RAM or NVME

[ChrisReese]

Hey everyone.

 

Okay, so to start off, I have 16gb of ram, and I'm running a Sandisk SATA 2.5" SSD 480GB, with a 1 TB HDD.  The video card is a GTX 1060 6GB (I have a 1070 on order), i5 6600K, and a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO (have a deep cool captain 240ex AIO not installed yet), and 2 Fractal Design case fans that came with the case.  Mostly use my rig for gaming.

 

I was thinking about putting in an NVME drive using 4 PCI-e lanes.  120GB, purely for the Windows 10, and use my SSD strictly for games.  I also have a 1TB HDD for anything not related to gaming.

I've watched lots of youtube videos, and it doesn't seem like I would benefit from the faster speeds of an NVME drive.  I don't do content creation or video editing.  I may edit some

pictures now and then, that I take with my DSLR, but nothing too intensive, and it's not something I do so often that I need to worry about it.  I thought the NVME would just make my OS a lot more snappy then my SSD.  

 

Then I thought, well if I don't do an NVME drive, maybe I could toss in another 16gb Avexir Ram kit (2 x 8gb sticks) to give me 32GB of ram.  But then again, I don't do content creation, so I'm not sure how much I would actually benefit from this.

 

Cooling is an option too.  The colour theme of my rig is black and red, so thought about putting in some fans with some red lighting.

 

Basically, I'm wondering what would be the most beneficial area to throw some money.  I would LOVE to upgrade the CPU, but I don't think that's an option, money wise.

 

Just trying to pick the brains of some more educated people and figure out where the best place is to put some cash.

 

Thanks!

 

 

[Cigano]

I have a normal SATA Samsung SSD and I just have not found NVME drives that appealing personally. The difference in stuff like windows isn't justifiable for the price unless you're already going crazy with other really high end stuff IMO. I would get another fan or two but other than that I would just save for a CPU upgrade in the future. 

[Jurrunio]

return the 1070 and get a 1070ti or Vega 56, whichever's cheaper. Upgrading to things 1 step up (1060 6gb to 1070 for example) is the worst way to spend money

[eira]

If you want the extra speed go for nvme. If not just invest in some aesthetic mods (rgb, new fans etc.)

Honestly though I'd just save money for a new CPU. 

[nick name]

Absolutely do what @Jurrunio suggested.  There isn't anything in your work flow that would benefit from spending money on a different drive.  However, an immediate increase in performance would be had by going from a 1070 to a 1070ti or a 1080.  

[ChrisReese]

2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

return the 1070 and get a 1070ti or Vega 56, whichever's cheaper. Upgrading to things 1 step up (1060 6gb to 1070 for example) is the worst way to spend money

Yea, I didn't even know the 1070ti existed until after I ordered the 1070.  I wanted to get a 1080, but the place I had to order from, doesn't stock 1080s.  They said they're discontinued.  I could have gotten a 2080, for 1350 bucks but I'm not made of money here, lol.

[Enderman]

Just get a larger sata SSD to put all of your stuff on.

Your files and games will benefit of sata SSD speeds over an HDD.

[eira]

Just now, ChrisReese said:

Yea, I didn't even know the 1070ti existed until after I ordered the 1070.  I wanted to get a 1080, but the place I had to order from, doesn't stock 1080s.  They said they're discontinued.  I could have gotten a 2080, for 1350 bucks but I'm not made of money here, lol.

1080s can be had for pretty decent prices on ebay now. 

[ChrisReese]

1 minute ago, 1kv said:

1080s can be had for pretty decent prices on ebay now. 

I get that.  But I can get special payment options if I order through a certain supplier.

[pstarlord]

I vote for return 1070, use extra money to buy 1070ti or Vega 56.