7:55 I would like to see you run that same benchmark again, WITHOUT raytracing. I'm curious how many frames that eats up on something this weaky squeaky.
9:28 It's the RAM. 100% Cyberpunk LOVES to eat RAM for breakfast. In reality, I'd say in 2024 32GB is probably the working minimum, especially if you want a couple of years future proof.
Running the RAM single channel is holding you back, as well. You probably don't need to do a full video, but it would satisfy my curiosity to hear in a future episode of "Embrace the Jank" if dual channel made a noticeable difference, or if the 3x4 limitation is so bad that even a dual channel RAM setup will not move the needle.
I've got a 9700 and an RTX 3060ti in my system, it's an 8 core 65W chip that turbos to 4.7 GHz. Kind of older for that GPU, but it's doesn't bottleneck much at 1080p it's works pretty well. I think your major limitation is the x4 PCIe lanes.