Is DDR5 worth it for a gaming and video editing rig?

Yes, if you actually edit video. Gaming alone doesn’t need DDR5—a good DDR4 kit gets you 95% of the frames. But video editing loves bandwidth, and DDR5’s higher throughput speeds up proxies, timeline scrubbing, and rendering in Premiere or DaVinci. The 20–30% price premium buys real time savings if you edit semi-regularly, and it future-proofs your build.