Upgrading MSI X99A Gaming 9 ACK ATXw/USB 3.1

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I purchased this about 1year ago I think it's the hard drive but gaming and application performance isn't where I want it to be any suggestions on how to upgrade and increase performance would be greatly appreciated.




CAS: LEPA Lenyx E-ATX Gaming Case w/ Black Rubber Coating Skin, USB 3.0, 2.5" Hot-Swap, 2x 200mm & 140mm Fans [+51]
CD: LG 14X Internal Blu-ray Burner, BD-RE, 3D Playback DVD+RW Combo Drive (Black Color)
COOLANT: Standard Coolant
CPU: Intel(R) Core™ i7-5820K Six-Core 3.30GHz 15MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011-V3
CS_FAN: Default case fans
FAN: Asetek 550LC 120mm Liquid Cooling CPU Cooler - Extreme Cooling Performance (Single Standard 120MM Fan)
HDD: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)
IUSB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
MEMORY: 16GB (4GBx4) DDR4/2400MHz Quad Channel Memory (Corsair or Major Brand)
MOTHERBOARD: MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK ATX w/ USB 3.1, 802.11 WIFI+BT 4.0, Killer GbLAN, 5x Gen3 PCIe x16, 1x M.2, 8x SATA 6Gb/s, 2x SATA Express (All Venom OC Certified) [+221]
Monitor Asus PB328Q 2560x1440
NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
OS: Windows10
No Overclocking
POWERSUPPLY: 600 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 (Maxwell) [+249] (Single Card)

 

[hiyabusared]

All I can really suggest in terms of performance gain is throw in a SSD for faster load times. Also you could update your gpu to the new Nvidia Pascal series coming out. If you need a performance boost right now could go with the 980 ti by EVGA (either the FTW/Classified/Kingpin) SLI or get another GTX 980 like you currently have and SLI. Another thing you could do is overclock that cpu and with your setup it has plenty of potential to do so. Depending on the ram and you could add more ram because that board is a tri channel setup. Mind you it might be a 5% +/- increase in performance.