DDR5 is FINALLY HERE... and I've got it

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You might think DDR5 is just another iteration on the same memory concept we've had since the beginning, but THIS is unlike any RAM you've ever used. Let's see what makes it tick, and how it can power the next generation of motherboards and CPUs.


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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
0:57 DDR5's physically different
2:29 DDR cash money
3:10 Advantages over DDR4
4:04 Why not just go faster?
5:25 Getting around the bottlenecks
7:07 This isn't dual channel
7:51 In-chip bit flip protection (no, it's not "real" ECC)
8:40 DDR4 is FASTER??? Overclock time! +RGB