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Yea, but it'll probably take ddr6 to really catalyze that....
Then you'll have a very limited window between the overstock of the last gen until it catches up with the ceasing of production of the last gen. Then... I dunno but it's probably going to be a used part so bid low. ;)
Seriously... The difference between ddr3/4/5 isn't really significant. Heck. Some ddr2 clocked like champs with tight timing. Modern ram is mostly just increasing sequential bandwidth. Doing jack shit for 4k(or smaller) random IO (actually "ram.", where R means random!)
The difference is no where near HDD vs SSD.
Like, a HDD speed is probably closer to your Internet speed than HDD v. SSD, especially high end SSD.
You probably don't need more RAM, as you haven't articulated a reason for such.
You might just enjoy some spring cleansing. Uninstall apps you don't use. Disable services and start ups you don't use. Ensure your device drivers are at the optimal version (i usually go mostly subjective on this but by all means run benchmarks.)
Utilize sleep instead of shut down. Especially if you can get S3 or deeper working. I don't suggest hibernate(s5) for a desktop but that's a fair option for a laptop.
If your running your OS off a slow SSD or HDD... I'd really suggest looking into upgrading storage before RAM. Prices there suck, too. But it'll probably be more beneficial.