i7 7700k PC Build Question

[techerman]

Hi All! 

I have a question about my PC build, I built this PC around 3 years ago. I am a Computer science student and so do a lot of coding, video editing, 3d modelling as well as gaming. My current build is as follows;

 

Intel i7 7700k Overclocked to 4.6ghz 

Evo 220 cooler

ASUS Z270-A motherboard 

Crucial ballistix sport ddr4 2400 single ram 16gb stick

GTX 1060 Overclocked to max before stability issues 

Bronze 550W EVGA PSU

 

Now my question is, I am looking to make some kind of upgrade to my PC before I end up completely rebuilding it to try to get as much power from the system as I can before a complete new build is completed. I dont want to sink to much money into this system unless its a part I will use on my new PC I will be building within the next year. 

 

What do you recommend I do to this system to increase the speed without spending much?

 

My current opinion would be to upgrade the RAM to 3000mhz and get two 8gb sticks to take advantage of dual channel. 

I have also considered upgrading the cooler so I can OC my CPU further, or possibly even doing a delid on it to lower temps and get a higher clock speed. 

 

My question is, would I be best to increase the speed of the CPU by delidding it or would the performance be minimal with such a slow RAM and only using single channel, do you believe the ram could be bottle necking my CPU?

 

Thanks for your help!

[Daniel Z.]

Your CPU and RAM are good enough. What programs do you use? Many applications like Premiere Pro, Resolve, Vegas, etc would benefit a lot from a better GPU

[Jurrunio]

4 minutes ago, techerman said:

My current opinion would be to upgrade the RAM to 3000mhz and get two 8gb sticks to take advantage of dual channel. 

yup

 

4 minutes ago, techerman said:

I have also considered upgrading the cooler so I can OC my CPU further, or possibly even doing a delid on it to lower temps and get a higher clock speed. 

Cooler yes, delid no since that could make selling it more difficult

 

4 minutes ago, techerman said:

My question is, would I be best to increase the speed of the CPU by delidding it or would the performance be minimal with such a slow RAM and only using single channel, do you believe the ram could be bottle necking my CPU?

tbh the bottleneck is mostly due to single channel memory and weak GPU, overclocking the CPU further could help with modelling but not even in a major way at that.

[Daniel Z.]

2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

yup

 

Cooler yes, delid no since that could make selling it more difficult

 

tbh the bottleneck is mostly due to single channel memory and weak GPU, overclocking the CPU further could help with modelling but not even in a major way at that.

Single channel RAM should only be a 5% difference max. For gaming it barely changes anything.

https://techguided.com/single-channel-vs-dual-channel-vs-quad-channel/

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/1zwgs2/ram_benchmark_dual_vs_singlechannel_how/