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Budget (including currency): 300$

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Games mostly open world

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Alright guys I'm looking to upgrade my pc even though it runs great. I've got the money so why not but I want someone else's thoughts on what would be the best to upgrade for the money

Specs 
Cpu: I9 9900k
Cpu cooler:  Corsair A500
MB: Asus Prime Z390-A
Ram: Corsair Vengeance ddr4 3600 (2X8GB)
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 1TB M.2/ Samsung 850 500Gb ssd
Monitor: MSI Ultrawide 34inc 3440X1440(BOTTOM) /LG ultra wide 27 2560X1080 (TOP)/ Rift S
GPU: Evga FTW RTX 2080 super 

Due to open world games ex The Division 2, MFS2020, ARK, and Arma  I'm thinking going to 32gb of ram or dose anyone else see a bigger benefit form something else within $300 range.

 

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1 minute ago, ascott768 said:

Cpu: I9 9900k

Wont be possible without a new motherboard.

1 minute ago, ascott768 said:

GPU: Evga FTW RTX 2080 super 

You're not upgrading that for $300 in this market unless you sold it first and used that cash to add to the $300 budget.

That pretty much only leaves RAM

I'm not actually trying to be as grumpy as it seems.

I will find your mentions of Ikea or Gnome and I will /s post. 

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CPU 13900k, Motherboard Gigabyte Aorus Elite AX, RAM CORSAIR Vengeance 4x16gb 5200 MHZ, GPU Zotac RTX 4090 Trinity OC, Case Fractal Pop Air XL, Storage Sabrent Rocket Q4 2tbCORSAIR Force Series MP510 1920GB NVMe, CORSAIR FORCE Series MP510 960GB NVMe, PSU CORSAIR HX1000i, Cooling Corsair XC8 CPU block, Bykski GPU block, 360mm and 280mm radiator, Displays Odyssey G9, LG 34UC98-W 34-Inch,Keyboard Mountain Everest Max, Mouse Mountain Makalu 67, Sound AT2035, Massdrop 6xx headphones, Go XLR 

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CPU i9-9900k, Motherboard, ASUS Rog Maximus Code XI, RAM, 48GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB 3200 mhz (2x16)+(2x8) GPUs Asus ROG Strix 2070 8gb, PNY 1080, Nvidia 1080, Case Mining Frame, 2x Storage Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB, PSU Corsair RM1000x and RM850x, Cooling Asus Rog Ryuo 240 with Noctua NF-12 fans

 

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1 minute ago, ascott768 said:

Due to open world games ex The Division 2, MFS2020, ARK, and Arma  I'm thinking going to 32gb of ram or dose anyone else see a bigger benefit form something else within $300 range.

Either more RAM (another identical kit that you have) or more storage space, like a SATA SSD. 

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Main System Specifications: 

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X ||  CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 Air Cooler ||  RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB(4x8GB) DDR4-3600 CL18  ||  Mobo: ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero X570  ||  SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 1TB M.2-2280 Boot Drive/Some Games)  ||  HDD: 2X Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB(Game Drive)  ||  GPU: ASUS TUF Gaming RX 6900XT  ||  PSU: EVGA P2 1600W  ||  Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow  ||  Mouse: Logitech G502 Hero SE RGB  ||  Keyboard: Logitech G513 Carbon RGB with GX Blue Clicky Switches  ||  Mouse Pad: MAINGEAR ASSIST XL ||  Monitor: ASUS TUF Gaming VG34VQL1B 34" 

 

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2 minutes ago, ascott768 said:

Alright guys I'm looking to upgrade my pc even though it runs great.

Nada. Not much gains in gaming to go to 32 gigs, save up and dont feed into your impulse purchase issue. But if you insists, upgrade your peripheral or get a new secondary monitor.

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If it's performing well, there's no reason to put more money into, especially in this market.

 

Avoid wasteful consumerism. Save your money.

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