[SOLVED] PC upgrade

[gregor.hint]

What PC component should I upgrade or there are no need to upgrade anything? My goal is to get better FPS, to play with higher settings and get a smoother gameplay. For example in XP11.

RAM- hyperX fury DDR4 16GB (2 8GB) 2133mhz
Motherboard- ASUS PRIME Z270-A
CPU- Intel i5 7500 3.40GHZ
Monitors- Benq xl2411 144hz and BenQ GW2470 60hz
GPU- MSI gtx1070
Power supply- corsair cx750M
Case- Binfenix Enso Black RGB
Vans- 4x Bitfenix Spectre PWM black and 1 of these is RGB
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU cooler- default, but temperature is always normal, around 54c

 

[Darkbreeze]

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[gregor.hint]

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https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DDhQzN

 

[Darkbreeze]

Yep, that looks fine. Actually, you'd be a LOT better off with a pair of memory modules than you would with just one though. With just one stick, you're going to see maybe a ten percent hit in performance from the lack of dual channel operation.

 

[gregor.hint]

Yep, that looks fine. Actually, you'd be a LOT better off with a pair of memory modules than you would with just one though. With just one stick, you're going to see maybe a ten percent hit in performance from the lack of dual channel operation.

Yes I will buy 2 sticks. But what to you think, does 1 extra 8GB RAM make a big difference? (Upgrade to 24GB) or it makes no sense to do that?

 

[Solidjake]

If you get the 7700k it's a great processor. I have mine at 4.8 and doesn't go over 65C but I did do the de-lid mod with the conductonaut thermal compound on the chip. I have similarish specs to you but I went from a 1060 6gb to a 2070s. I have no intention to upgrade motherboard/ram/cpu until I really start to take performance hits in games.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Not wanting to upgrade because you ALREADY have a 7700k is a far cry from not upgrading TO a 7700k when the cost of the 7700k is pretty nearly the same cost as getting on a current platform that has significantly better performance.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Yes I will buy 2 sticks. But what to you think, does 1 extra 8GB RAM make a big difference? (Upgrade to 24GB) or it makes no sense to do that?

Yes, it would still make sense to do that because it's likely if you have two DIMMs operating in dual channel and one oddball DIMM, it will self configure for FLEX mode and simply run the extra 8GB DIMM in single channel and the other two DIMMs in dual. So it definitely isn't a waste, if it works that way, and for what you are doing if you can actually utilize that extra memory, it would be worth it. Problem is, you want fast RAM, not slow 2133mhz RAM, and if you put your 2133mhz RAM in with some 3000 or 3200mhz sticks, they are going to ALL run at that slow speed of 2133mhz. You don't want that. You are better off with just two sticks of 3200mhz OR if you want more memory and need it, then get 2 x16GB of 3000 or 3200mhz memory to start with.

Whatever you do, if you are going to buy memory, you want to end up with either 2 x8GB or 2 x16GB of DDR4 3000 or 3200mhz RAM.