Is it worth an upgrade?

belial8321 · 13 Feb 2011 at 02:44

Have this build atm

Phenom II x6 1055t @ 4.00ghz
Corsair XMS3 4GB Dual channel
Radeon 6970 2GB (oc)
Asus Crosshair III Formula 790FX RoG

I am tempted to get another 4GB of ram http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-203-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

Is it worth it?
Would an ssd upgrade benefit more?

(ps i am a hardcore gamer/benchmarker, not video editing etc)

stulid · 13 Feb 2011 at 11:16

Not worth it for gaming.

pooley · 13 Feb 2011 at 11:39

Your money is better spent on a ssd.

belial8321 · 13 Feb 2011 at 11:58

Oki, what use would all that ram have? :s cuz u can get 24gb kits, its wierd

stulid · 13 Feb 2011 at 12:01

Its as you said in your OP, Video editing and other memory heavy usage apps.

belial8321 · 13 Feb 2011 at 12:09

ah oki

Fangman · 13 Feb 2011 at 13:05

RAM is cheap, certainly cheaper than a SSD. As Stulid said, 4 gig is fine unless you do a lot of video editing.

belial8321 · 13 Feb 2011 at 13:40

so an ssd would be a noticable performance upgrade?

eddyc · 15 Feb 2011 at 11:41

belial8321 said:
so an ssd would be a noticable performance upgrade?

Yes. They are great

Make sure you get one with good read AND write speed.

gug54321 · 16 Feb 2011 at 15:15

yes go for ssd,( coming from somebody who got the extra ram lol) oh well will use it one day, although i read the other day reccomended for metro game was i7 and 8GB+ ram eek!