Small Upgrade (£200)

Loxa · 15 Nov 2018 at 11:19

Hi, looking to do a small upgrade between a new SSD or Memory (not sure which would be more beneficial). Budget is around £200 so not looking in to a CPU/GPU.

-Dominator Platinum 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMD16GX4M2B3200C

-970 PRO Polaris 512GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive

energizer123 · 15 Nov 2018 at 12:02

What ram are you currently running?

Loxa · 15 Nov 2018 at 12:14

energizer123 said:
What ram are you currently running?

The same set (Signature is my current setup), would basically be an upgrade from 16GB to 32GB.

-Dominator Platinum 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMD16GX4M2B3200C

Jamin280672 · 15 Nov 2018 at 17:30

Loxa said:
The same set (Signature is my current setup), would basically be an upgrade from 16GB to 32GB.

-Dominator Platinum 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMD16GX4M2B3200C

Ask yourself, do you need 32gb of ram ? it doesn't bring anymore performance increase, so which would benefit you more, or is it for aesthetic purposes ?

The nvme will bring a performance increase.

Loxa · 15 Nov 2018 at 18:22

Jamin280672 said:
Ask yourself, do you need 32gb of ram ? it doesn't bring anymore performance increase, so which would benefit you more, or is it for aesthetic purposes ?

The nvme will bring a performance increase.

Im stuck in the limbo of i want an upgrade but with limited money, was leaning towards the SSD because as you asked do i need 32GB of memory (not really). Wasn't sure if the upgrade from Intel 750 series would give me any noticbale improvement or not.

energizer123 · 17 Nov 2018 at 09:56

Not sure what you're doing but if you're gaming you would probably benefit more from faster RAM then more of it.

xavierzzz · 17 Nov 2018 at 15:51

m.2 512GB SSD, faster and more space.

Quartz · 17 Nov 2018 at 16:11

Get the SSD.

tamzzy · 17 Nov 2018 at 16:17

Loxa said:
Budget is around £200 so not looking in to a CPU/GPU.

you're not thinking mate...

sell your 980ti and get a 1070ti/1080/1080ti (you've got members market access)
definitely doable under budget for a 1070ti/1080, should be just about doable for just over £250 for a 1080ti.
that'll give the best performance gains, way more than a ssd sidegrade, or an extra 16gb ram

Quartz · 17 Nov 2018 at 16:26

If you go that route, don't bother with anything less than a 1080ti as the performance improvement will not be sufficiently noticeable.

tamzzy · 17 Nov 2018 at 16:29

Quartz said:
If you go that route, don't bother with anything less than a 1080ti as the performance improvement will not be sufficiently noticeable.

i agree, but OP had a £200 budget, so i had to list the 1070ti/1080 as alternatives

Loxa · 18 Nov 2018 at 13:38

I sell all my old parts on the members market

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Never went for a 1080ti or later gen CPU because the performance gains were so small compared to price, i mean yeah a second hand 1080ti maybe but i still play at 1080p so not really worth it (a 980ti at 1080p is still over doing it).

lee32uk · 18 Nov 2018 at 13:45

If you want more SSD storage I would grab one of these. Both are solid drives.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Crucial MX500 1.0TB 2.5" 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive= £158.99
1 x Samsung 1TB 860 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 64 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-76E1T0B/EU)= £169.99

Total: £339.48 (includes shipping: £10.50)

Loxa · 18 Nov 2018 at 13:50

lee32uk said:
If you want more SSD storage I would grab one of these. Both are solid drives.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Crucial MX500 1.0TB 2.5" 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive= £158.99

1 x Samsung 1TB 860 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 64 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-76E1T0B/EU)= £169.99

Total: £339.48 (includes shipping: £10.50)

More about the speed than the storage for me, i don't use a lot of space, i understand from the Intel 750 series to a newer M.2 i might not notice a difference in performance other than benchmarks. Was curious.

If i upgraded to a M.2 i would most likely sell the 750 series.

tamzzy · 18 Nov 2018 at 13:59

Loxa said:
More about the speed than the storage for me, i don't use a lot of space, i understand from the Intel 750 series to a newer M.2 i might not notice a difference in performance other than benchmarks. Was curious.

If i upgraded to a M.2 i would most likely sell the 750 series.

there won't be any perceptible difference outside of benchmarks.
heck, even going from sata to nvme yields very little difference unless one is hammering the storage subsystem (eg same drive copies or large file read/writes from video editing)

Vidar · 18 Nov 2018 at 14:20

What's making you want to upgrade? It doesn't sound like you're struggling for frames in games. Is it just you've got some cash and itch you need to scratch? What are you looking to achieve?

Loxa · 18 Nov 2018 at 14:27

Vidar said:
What's making you want to upgrade? It doesn't sound like you're struggling for frames in games. Is it just you've got some cash and itch you need to scratch? What are you looking to achieve?

Yeah you caught me lol, have not done an upgrade in some time and was looking to see what i could.

tamzzy · 18 Nov 2018 at 14:34

Loxa said:
Yeah you caught me lol, have not done an upgrade in some time and was looking to see what i could.

a good enough reason as any, i guess

scratch the itch!

Vidar · 18 Nov 2018 at 17:52

It's the only answer that really matters, welcome home brother! Haha

What monitor do you have? I know its 1080p but is it 60hz or more? Gsync or Freesync? I'd personally try and replace the monitor if you don't have a 144hz gsync panel. You'd definitely see a difference there, if you have one already I'd definitely sell your gpu and get a 1070ti. That way you'll be tempted to go 1440p and have another itch that needs scratching

Loxa · 18 Nov 2018 at 18:04

Vidar said:
It's the only answer that really matters, welcome home brother! Haha

What monitor do you have? I know its 1080p but is it 60hz or more? Gsync or Freesync? I'd personally try and replace the monitor if you don't have a 144hz gsync panel. You'd definitely see a difference there, if you have one already I'd definitely sell your gpu and get a 1070ti. That way you'll be tempted to go 1440p and have another itch that needs scratching

I have a BenQ XL2411T (144hz) & LG E2351 (60hz), was thinking about a new monitor a while back (1440p) but wasn't sure how the 980ti would handle it.