64GB is pointless for that build.

Yes.

A Ryzen 5 5600 with a B550 board is a solid budget gaming setup, but 64GB of RAM is overkill. For gaming, 16GB is fine, 32GB is future-proof. Light productivity (browsing, documents, light photo editing) won’t touch 64GB either.

More importantly, RAM speed matters way more than capacity on Ryzen. You want 3600MHz CL16 or CL18. If you spend your budget on 64GB of slower RAM (like 3200MHz or worse), you’re leaving performance on the table. Two sticks of 16GB will run better and cost less.

Save the money. Put it into a better GPU or a faster NVMe drive. Future You will thank you.