Where to upgrade from here?

Digital X

Digital X

Digital X

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Now, normally I wouldn't ask for advice as I know what I'm after. However I am at a stage where I don't know what would be best to upgrade.

Current setup:

5600X (on stock cooler atm while I test it, I have a Liquid Freezer 2 as well)
16GB Crucial Ballistix 3600Mhz
Gigabyte Gaming 3080 OC
Lancool 2 Mesh case
Sabrent 1TB SSD for boot and a few games.
WD 2TB 7200RPM HDD
Superflower Leadex 650w with custom sleeved cables.

I was considering swapping out the HDD for another M.2 solely for games, however I'm not sure how much of a benefit I would see on load times etc. If I did upgrade it would be replace with 2TB but it's quite pricey atm.

One benefit of swapping out the HDD would be less cables, and it can look a slight bit neater.

No real budget, just need something to aim for. I am also upgrade my stepdads PC here and there.

The SSD is an NVME*
 
Nothing preventing keeping that HDD for some media storage, if you're afraid of running out of space.
You can have Windows power saving shutting it down when not in use.

Anyway competent 2TB NVMe for gaming doesn't cost that much.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-b...-solid-state-drive-wds200t2b0c-hd-57n-wd.html


And if you care about loading times time to move games to SSD.
https://www.techspot.com/review/2116-storage-speed-game-loading/

And if game loading speed isn't limited by processing, NVMes can achieve really fast loading times:
https://www.realhardwarereviews.com/silicon-power-us70-1tb-review/11/
Tough that was tested with 24 core Threadripper with lots of muscle for data decompression...
 
AI might grab a 1TB now and just not install as many games. I do have a lot of mods for ETS2/ATS which can be up to 40GB per folder, plus backups. I'm terrible with mods.

Yeah cheers micky, I think another M.2 would be wise.
 
Probably the PSU, a 3080 on a 650W is doable with the 5600X being a fairly low power part, but it doesn't leave huge headroom for a 3080.

Or nothing, upgrading isn't necessary you know.
 
SSD for games is the only upgrade I'd go for right now and then start saving for RTX4000 as I doubt they're going to be cheap.
 
Digital X said:
I know, It's just a bad habit I have. I will look into a 750w in the near future.
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I'd probably go up to 850W instead of 750W from 650W, especially if you have a higher end CPU in mind.

Joxeon said:
SSD for games is the only upgrade I'd go for right now
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Also not a bad shout, there is word of storage prices increasing again, so would recommend it now before we have another dry spell in SSD availability.
 
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