[SOLVED] Ram or SSD

[messenger782]

so i want to buy more ram because i only have 8gb and i need an ssd because i dont have one and i can only afford one for now but which one is more important for gaming
and i will buy the other in month or two
and please help me choose an ssd that is under 100$ in newegg

 

[devpol]

Depends on the games you play, ssd won't get you more fps, but it may load some textures faster, while ram will be useful only if your games are using more then you have.

 

[WildCard999]

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[King_V]

I'd suggest the SSD - I think there are very few games that use more than 8GB of RAM. Knowing which specific games you play will help, though.

 

[messenger782]

I'd suggest the SSD - I think there are very few games that use more than 8GB of RAM. Knowing which specific games you play will help, though.

basically the games i play are LoL Fortnite Rainbow6 Pubg

in fortnite i get some huge fps drops idk why but i mainly play LoL

 

[King_V]

Hmm, I've heard a lot that PUBG isn't well optimized. I'm not sure about Fortnite.

I'd kind of have to defer to people who know about these games, as I don't.

 

[WildCard999]

Fortnite seems to be better optimized the PUBG but it's been awhile since I've played either (not really my style of games). Your FPS dips could be related to heat.

 

[dudeman509]

SSD will basically speed up ANYTHING that you do with the system - Windows loading times, app responsiveness, game load times, etc.

If you're running out of RAM while in game, and the computer starts paging out to the swap file while trying to load new textures, etc, that may cause stutters. Generally, 8 GB is enough for gaming if you close background stuff.

 

[messenger782]

Fortnite seems to be better optimized the PUBG but it's been awhile since I've played either (not really my style of games). Your FPS dips could be related to heat.

i dont think so because the dips happen most of the time in the first game after i run fortnite and after a couple of games it goes super smooth
i asked about it a lot said its beacuse the hdd

 

[messenger782]

Fortnite seems to be better optimized the PUBG but it's been awhile since I've played either (not really my style of games). Your FPS dips could be related to heat.

i dont think so because the dips happen most of the time in the first game after i run fortnite and after a couple of games it goes super smooth
i asked about it a lot said its beacuse the hdd

 

[WildCard999]

Fortnite seems to be better optimized the PUBG but it's been awhile since I've played either (not really my style of games). Your FPS dips could be related to heat.

i dont think so because the dips happen most of the time in the first game after i run fortnite and after a couple of games it goes super smooth
i asked about it a lot said its beacuse the hdd

Unless your HDD is dying I don't think a SSD is going to help with FPS dips. If it was texture pop ins then a SSD may help.