Threadripper Machine Upgrade Advice Needed

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Hey everyone I am looking for some advice on upgrading my machine. I currently have the following and use the computer mainly for 4K video editing and rendering with some gaming usage here and there.

Asus Zenith ROG
Threadripper 1950X @3.9ghz
MSI GTX 970
16GB G Skill RAM - 4x4gb - (G Skill Ripjaws 4 F4-2400C15Q-16GRR)
Few standard SSD drives one for Windows, one for Premiere Pro media and one large WD Red drive for everything else.
Corsair PSU 650W
Cooler is a Corsair AIO H80i GT v2

Right now I am thinking about upgrading the RAM to 64GB G Skill Trident Z 4x16GB kit (allowing for 128 if I ever want that) so that Premiere Pro can use it for previews so they are smoother as right now they struggle to play without stuttering here and there with 10gb of RAM assigned for use, I tend to use Photoshop at the same time as rendering too so a RAM upgrade is what I am leaning towards.

I am also tempted to upgrade the cooler so I can overclock it some more, I am getting high temps when above 3.9. Anyone know of a watercooling guide for beginners as I have never set one up before, don't know if one would fit well in my case :D

I am unsure about bothering to upgrade the graphics card with me not gaming so much, would a 1080ti be worth getting to help along rendering in Premiere Pro and with previews?

Any ideas, what would you upgrade? I don't need more disk space but a Samsung 960 Pro M2 drive could be good as I could dedicate a whole SSD to Premiere cache files. What would you do yourself?

I am definitely thinking of prioritising the RAM for now.

Thank you for any advice!
 
Get an m.2 drive for premier pro. I think your board lets you put on multiple m.2 drives so maybe one for OS too?

64 gig of RAM is a shedload :D MOOOOAR!!!! :D You'll be looking at 3000 or 3200 stuff

970 gpu is a bit meh given the rest of your spec but as you only game lightly, perhaps a 1070 to satisfy that GPU itch?

Powersupply - 650 seems a little lacking, I'm sure it still runs fine but perhaps future proof yourself with a gold 850 or the like? Again merely a suggestion of how to spend YOUR money :p

If you can fit it, get a dual fan cooler? a h100i or the like? Something with two 120 or 140mm fans, providing your case fits it. If you're OCing the TR chip then you'll want decent cooling. The h80 is borderline IMO, for cooling such an expensive CPU.
 
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