So i am trying to decide what would be the biggest upgrade for my PC.. i already got a 6900xt to replace my 1080ti, and a 5800x 3d to reeplace my 3800x.. But i am trying to decide.. more memory ? For 32gb, I have 16gb of 3600 cl16 g.skill.. Right now im at only 2.5gb memory free, alt tabbed from a game with like 6 windows open on the internet typing this out.. So im nearing maximum memory usage, and lots of pagefile seems cached i noticed.
OR should i upgrade the hard drive ? I have weird mixture of drives. I have a 970 evo pro, 500gb with windows and only 3-5 games installed. Anymore and its maxed out and i have to keep shuffling games or uninstalling them.. its frustrating actually having to do this, my next drive is an older 860 evo one of the larger SATA ssd's 1TB this is where i put secondary games i dont play much anymore on. The other drive is some 256gb Sata SSD i dont use its empty i forgot the name.. The last is a sata 1TB wd black old fashioned hdd i just put pictures and other junk on.. As you can see my HDDs are aging and some are 5-7 years old now.. The 970 EVO plus is also 2-3 years old now, running out of space and PCI-E 3..
Sooo more memory ? Or a 1 TB SN 850X ?? And retire that physical drive and probably the 256gb sata ssd.. ?? Not sure... My main question though... is the 850x REALLY faster for gaming load times ? I know the 970 evo pro is faster than the 860 for sure... but is the 850x really gonna do anything ? Or should I focus on getting more storage and maybe get a 2 TB nvme but one of those 3100/3100 drives to keep the price down... and retire all my sata drives completetly.. In my mind a bigger storage NVME is probably the better option to improve overall system performance by elimitating all those SATA drives... But then im also running out of ram too, and i hate the slow down with pagefile being cached and stuff..
Sorry i know i talk alot
OR should i upgrade the hard drive ? I have weird mixture of drives. I have a 970 evo pro, 500gb with windows and only 3-5 games installed. Anymore and its maxed out and i have to keep shuffling games or uninstalling them.. its frustrating actually having to do this, my next drive is an older 860 evo one of the larger SATA ssd's 1TB this is where i put secondary games i dont play much anymore on. The other drive is some 256gb Sata SSD i dont use its empty i forgot the name.. The last is a sata 1TB wd black old fashioned hdd i just put pictures and other junk on.. As you can see my HDDs are aging and some are 5-7 years old now.. The 970 EVO plus is also 2-3 years old now, running out of space and PCI-E 3..
Sooo more memory ? Or a 1 TB SN 850X ?? And retire that physical drive and probably the 256gb sata ssd.. ?? Not sure... My main question though... is the 850x REALLY faster for gaming load times ? I know the 970 evo pro is faster than the 860 for sure... but is the 850x really gonna do anything ? Or should I focus on getting more storage and maybe get a 2 TB nvme but one of those 3100/3100 drives to keep the price down... and retire all my sata drives completetly.. In my mind a bigger storage NVME is probably the better option to improve overall system performance by elimitating all those SATA drives... But then im also running out of ram too, and i hate the slow down with pagefile being cached and stuff..
Sorry i know i talk alot