Peoples thought Xeon e3-1231v3 system

[dlewis]

My current system:

Xeon e3-1231v3 (basically an i7-4770 non k)

32gb DDR3 1600mhz

Radeon RX480 4gb 

Samsung 1440p PLS 60Hz

SATA SSD (removable drive tray so I have a stack of them)

 

Used for:

  Test Lab, Virtual machines, server integration, and VDI (Use lots of RAM, very little CPU, machine to play with at home)

  Gaming (Fallout 4 and The Division maybe a few other things)

  Office Work 

 

I keep thinking about upgrading (building a new box) but would most likely be looking at 64gb of RAM if I upgrade and the cost has kept me from doing so. 

The machine I have right now seems kind of balance but wanted people opinions and thoughts.

 

Thanks

 

[manikyath]

feel like any part of it is holding you back?

 

if not - save that dough.

[yamileon]

upgrade if it doesn't do things you want it to in a time that you're ok with 

 

otherwise, just save it 

 

 

[Fasauceome]

If you really wanted to upgrade, I could see Ryzen being a real uplift for your VM workload, because the CPUs are very affordable and CPU horsepower is less emphasized.

Additionally, here's a little snag for your proposed upgrade:

7 minutes ago, dlewis said:

but would most likely be looking at 64gb of RAM if I upgrade

The thing about 4th gen and DDR3 motherboards is that they usually only support 32GB. Is your board a server board that supports 64GB or is it a consumer board? Unless your planned upgrade to 64GB was also an upgrade to a new platform.