Future Proofing / upgrades I should look at?

[CGettins97]

Evening all, I recently received my new build (full specs are in the signature).
I'm just wondering, what sort of upgrades should I look at? I'm going to look at eventually upgrading the storage to higher levels, although theres no rush for this as I'm no where near filling my storage.

I'm using this computer for both work/play purposes. The only games I really play are FIFA, GTA V and Cities Skylines (CS I know is highly ram hungry and has high pc usage).

So far, monitor-wise, I've looked at the AOC e2770Sh 27" or Samsung C27F390 (my thinking is I wouldn't require a 144mhz monitor, due to me not being on the most intense games etc? Please correct me if wrong)

Any tips with regards to upgrades, or any future things I should look at would be great please. Thinking mainly GPU, ram?

 

specs are here if you cant see

[Fasauceome]

Faster ram, better graphics. Don't bother with the mythical concept of future proof, just upgrade when performance doesn't meet your standards.

[suchamoneypit]

I would try and get to 16GB of RAM first so you have a good core system, then start looking at something like a better GPU maybe something like a gtx 1070ti or a 2060. Your storage seems pretty great in terms of performance, if any maybe just more hard drives for mass storage if you are storing a lot of data. No need to keep things like photos or video files stored on expensive high speed SSDs.

[CGettins97]

15 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

Faster ram, better graphics. Don't bother with the mythical concept of future proof, just upgrade when performance doesn't meet your standards.

By faster ram do you mean more, or a faster mhz? Would I be fine with just 2x8, or should I be looking at 4x8 etc? 

[CGettins97]

15 minutes ago, suchamoneypit said:

I would try and get to 16GB of RAM first so you have a good core system, then start looking at something like a better GPU maybe something like a gtx 1070ti or a 2060. Your storage seems pretty great in terms of performance, if any maybe just more hard drives for mass storage if you are storing a lot of data. No need to keep things like photos or video files stored on expensive high speed SSDs.

Hello, thanks for the reply! I currently have 16gb of Ram, only at 2666mhz though. I'm looking at maybe quad core ram though, maybe? 

 

I agree the 1050ti, is okay, but no longer 'as good' as what newer models of GPUs might be, and could cause a potential bottleneck, although I'm not sure. Thanks for the advice! 

 

[Fasauceome]

15 minutes ago, CGettins97 said:

By faster ram do you mean more, or a faster mhz? Would I be fine with just 2x8, or should I be looking at 4x8 etc? 

more is not the same as faster, I do mean higher frequency, or if you can overclock your current kit.

[suchamoneypit]

2 hours ago, CGettins97 said:

Hello, thanks for the reply! I currently have 16gb of Ram, only at 2666mhz though. I'm looking at maybe quad core ram though, maybe? 

 

I agree the 1050ti, is okay, but no longer 'as good' as what newer models of GPUs might be, and could cause a potential bottleneck, although I'm not sure. Thanks for the advice! 

 

Sorry, I quickly read your specs as 2x4GB not 2x8GB. In that case, I would say the next thing to upgrade would be your GPU. You could probably go up to something like a 1070 or a 1070ti level of performance without bottlenecking.

 

As for RAM, I don't think you'll ever notice an increase in the speed of your RAM in a real use case.