DDR5 isn’t worth a new motherboard.

No.

You already have a working DDR4 board. Adding another 16GB stick of DDR4 (or swapping to a 2x16GB kit) costs ~$40-50 and gives you the same 32GB capacity. DDR5’s speed advantage is real but small—maybe 5-10% in most games, often less. You’re looking at $150+ for a new motherboard plus $80-100 for 32GB of DDR5. That’s $200+ for a marginal upgrade.

Unless you’re doing heavy video editing, 3D rendering, or data crunching that actually benefits from DDR5 bandwidth, you’re paying a lot for a little. And if you’re on an older CPU that doesn’t even support DDR5? You’d