Looking for Advice for Memory Upgrade

[amtilton17]

2 years ago I bought a prebuilt computer for light gaming and personal use. It came with 500gb of ssd memory. I am looking to upgrade to 1-2 TB without breaking the bank. I only play games like Destiny very occasionally and I don't have hi-res monitors to worry about top of the line performance. Here is a link to the computer I bough with the current specs:

 

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpowerpc-gamer-master-gaming-desktop-amd-ryzen-5-5600g-8gb-memory-amd-radeon-rx-6600-500gb-ssd-black/6489032.p?skuId=6489032

 

[EdoTensei]

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?id=pcat17071&sp=%2Bcurrentprice skuidsaas&st=1tb+m.2

 

Why not just 1Tb M.2 then ? it's fairly cheap, and planty of space for "very occasionally" gaming. I have also 1Tb M.2 and playing games way more than you, but also not keeping all of them, just 1-2 I playing recently, Like CoD WZ, and Star Wars Outlaws + Avatar to back to it when I done with Star Wars tho.

[OddOod]

Welcome to the forums!
First off, you're looking for a *storage* upgrade, which is reasonable. What's your budget.
Also, 8GB of memory (RAM) is probably the biggest thing holding your PC back right now. Could you screenshot (win+shift+s) this page of Task Manager (after clicking More Details of course)

[BahnStormer]

Just to clarify the terminology: it sounds like you're looking for a storage upgrade (M.2 / SSD), not memory (RAM).

 

You need to find out if that case has a spare M.2 slot or PCIe slot... this will dramatically simplify things as you can just add some storage: most games management (e.g. Steam), will allow you to set up a "Games" folder on the new drive and move your entire games library over to it.

I'll see if I can find the specs of that PC - it seems to be this one:
 

• Brand
  CyberPowerPC
• Model Number
  GMA5200BSTV6

[Jueyyy]

1 hour ago, amtilton17 said:

2 years ago I bought a prebuilt computer for light gaming and personal use. It came with 500gb of ssd memory. I am looking to upgrade to 1-2 TB without breaking the bank. I only play games like Destiny very occasionally and I don't have hi-res monitors to worry about top of the line performance. Here is a link to the computer I bough with the current specs:

 

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpowerpc-gamer-master-gaming-desktop-amd-ryzen-5-5600g-8gb-memory-amd-radeon-rx-6600-500gb-ssd-black/6489032.p?skuId=6489032

 

the Lexar m.2 ssds like the NM620 1tb are fairly cheap and reliable

[BahnStormer]

Okay.... slightly painful reading on the specs as it's not a bad system, but they sold it short in a few silly ways that probably saved <$50 on the whole build!

 

You could get a LOT more gaming performance with:

1) a 2nd 8Gb stick of 3200MT/sec RAM

or

2) even better a 2x8Gb 3600MT/sec kit which will be more stable) and if you wanted another nice boost, especially big impact on CPU's with low cache.... then pass the old 8Gb to somebody else.... which would leave you with 16Gb high performance memory.
 

3) the 5600G is a slightly gimped CPU as it only has 16Mb L3 cache.... so it is about 20% slower than a Ryzen 5 5600. Especially relevant if you are using single channel memory or memory that is slower than 3600MT/sec. 5600X would be a nice step up and the $200 5600X3D would be a massive step up and negate some of the slow / narrow bandwidth memory bottlenecks.
 

Sorry.... couldn't help myself: that's not what we're here for - if you just want continued/more gaming at the same spec... 

 

The good news is that this system appears to have a 2nd M.2 slot!

 

Just ADD something like a Western Digital WD SN 580 (the newer model of your boot drive) and then move your games library over.... this would give you 500Gb for your OS and main apps AND another bigger drive for games. 

 

$60 for 1Tb: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/rqhv6h/western-digital-blue-sn580-1-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds100t3b0e

 

or 

 

$120 for 2Tb: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/266NnQ/western-digital-blue-sn580-2-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds200t3b0e

 

 

 

[BahnStormer]

My recommendation would be:

 

$60 on a 1Tb Western Digital SN580

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/rqhv6h/western-digital-blue-sn580-1-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds100t3b0e

 

And try to stretch to this....

 

$46 on 2x8Gb DDR4 3600MT/sec CL16:
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/6cZzK8/corsair-vengeance-lpx-16-gb-2-x-8-gb-ddr4-3600-cl16-memory-cmk16gx4m2d3600c16

It's $100 that will buy you a nice little bump in performance/longevity on the PC.... $160 if you want the 2Tb option, but I'd prioritise the memory.