Upgrade 9yr old Titan Scythe 4770k OC PC

[Arthaei]

There's not going to be any noticeable difference in performance between 5600 and 6400.

In the hardware unboxed video I watched (I think it was: Zen 4 v Raptor Lake memory scaling, link), there was a 3% difference in average fps between 5200 and 6000 and a 3% difference in average fps between 6000 and 7200. This was at 1080p, with a 4090.

In Guru3D's article (13900K memory scaling, link), there was a 3% difference in average fps between 4800 and 7200. This was at 1080p, with a 3090.

I'd expect the gap to close at 1440p, to nearly disappear at 4K and to be less noticeable, the slower the graphics card. I think you can see that here, in an older TPU article with a 12900K and a 3080, there's a 0.2% difference between 5200 and 6000 at 4K.



Are both drives heavy usage? I'd usually suggest you only get high-end drive with DRAM, for the boot drive and apps, especially if one drive is only used for games or light storage. The WD SN770 is still pretty fast and has decent endurance, but is less than £140 for 2TB.

Thank you Tetras this is really helpful. Yes both drives will be in heavy use I expect. I’ll keep most games on same drive as the os and the other drive will be all the photography stuff. I might stick a third at a later date depending on need to store what Will be a lot of raw files too.

 

[Arthaei]

Thanks again for Ram advice. I've gone for the Kingston Fury Beast 5600 kit as recommended. From links provided and everything else I've read there's no discernible difference going for higher clocked ram particularly for 64gb kit and yields a 1-2fps increase at best for over £100 more so it's utterly pointless! hurray!