HELP! better value upgrades?

[ryon0002]

2x8GB HyperX Fury ---> 2x8GB HyperX Predator RGB $115 more
PSU 650W Bronze SemiModular ---> PSU 650W Gold Modular $75 more
NVME M.2 256GB ---> NVME M.2 512GB $155 more
I5 8600K ---> I7 8700K $500 more

 

Im buying all the parts new but i want to know which "tier" to get to have the best value and make the best use of my budget? The CPU upgrade would only be done if I don't upgrade everything else. Could use some advice on which upgrades are worth it, and which aren't.

P/S: currencies are following my country (MALAYSIA) and prices I've scouted. 

[Streetguru]

7 minutes ago, ryon0002 said:

 

What website are you using to buy parts? and what's the total budget?

Do you already have a GPU and other stuff?

I don't see any real point in buying an 8000 series CPU at this point.

You can set up SSD caching to increase the speed of a 2TB hard drive and give yourself a lot more space for stuff.

[ryon0002]

Using my local stores and websites yo get them. Prices are in Malaysian Ringgit. I do have a current rig.

 

i5 6500

Gtx1060 3GB

16GB DDR3 Ram

2x 1TB HDD

1x 256GB Sata SSD

 

I'm preferring 8th gen over 9th to allow me to delid if I choose to further in the future. Using it for gaming & Solidworks so i suppose Single core performance is best? I don't really need the extra M.2 storage. it's just going to be my main boot drive. Games etc would be stored on my SATA SSD. Was just wondering if it's a good idea to future proof and get 512GB. As for RAM.... well that's just for RGB.

[Streetguru]

51 minutes ago, ryon0002 said:

 

And how does the Ryzen pricing compare? As Ryzen 3000 comes out July 7th if it's available there, if not older ryzen should be dropping in price and will be fine for solidworks most likely if it's a lot cheaper.

I really wouldn't pay an extra $100 for RGB...you can just buy RAM heatsinks that have RGB at any point in the future.

Probably not worth getting the 500GB SSD unless you know you'll need it, and not all NVME is the same, if you're not getting the 3K read/write WD black SSDs I'd just get the cheapest SSD(with a DRAM cache) that's large.

[ryon0002]

5 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

And how does the Ryzen pricing compare? As Ryzen 3000 comes out July 7th if it's available there, if not older ryzen should be dropping in price and will be fine for solidworks most likely if it's a lot cheaper.

I really wouldn't pay an extra $100 for RGB...you can just buy RAM heatsinks that have RGB at any point in the future.

Probably not worth getting the 500GB SSD unless you know you'll need it.

Ryzen prices are pretty much as competitive as the US. but based on pure performance the benchmarks ice seen heavily side Intel for Solidworks. 3000 series does seem catchy but the hype will probably make prices shoot way up over here at least until August. And I don't think I'll wait till then. Actually if I get the same speeds it's RM75 for the RGB ram. Which is about 20USD. Is that worth it?

 

Also, just curious... 8600k or 9600k? for nearly the same price?

[Streetguru]

2 minutes ago, ryon0002 said:

 

Holy crap why is it so broken for Ryzen, well that sucks.

You probably want an 8700K, or maybe look for a used 6700K/7700K that's really cheap
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/SOLIDWORKS-2018-CPU-Comparison-Coffee-Lake-vs-Skylake-X-vs-Threadripper-1105/