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Upgrade Cpu vs M.2 Nvme

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Motherboard : MSI 170a M5

Cpu : Intel G4400

Gpu : XFX 6840 2g atm, awaiting my r480 8gig to arrive in the next two days

RAM : 2x4g g.Skill 3200mhz C16

Hard drive : 7200rpm 500g,3tb,2tb all three different brands using 6gb/s sata III

 

Like the title says I stuck with these to options, I have 220$ laying around and want to know if i should buy a Intell 600p 512g M.2 card ~180$ or spend it on a 6600k for around 220$

I would mainly using my computer for gaming, any advice would greatly appreciated. I feel like the cpu should be upgraded but also if i put all my games on a m.2 and have a better gfx card would that give me more fps.. 

Motherboard : MSI 170a M5

Cpu : Intel 6600k

Gpu : Red Devil r480 8g

Ram : 2x4g g.Skill 3200mhz C16

Hard drive : 500g 7200rpm,3tb,2tb all three different brands using 6gb/s sata III

SSD/Nvme: Intel 600p 512gb

 

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I would upgrade the CPU first. It is more expensive, but far more worth it.

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Yall are awesome thanks, well off to Microcenter never been there only ordered shit. Hope i dont go broke in there...

Motherboard : MSI 170a M5

Cpu : Intel 6600k

Gpu : Red Devil r480 8g

Ram : 2x4g g.Skill 3200mhz C16

Hard drive : 500g 7200rpm,3tb,2tb all three different brands using 6gb/s sata III

SSD/Nvme: Intel 600p 512gb

 

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No problem, I hope it works well for you.

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AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (8C/16T), ASRock B450 Steel Legend, 16GB G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000MHz, AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB (XFX), 960GB Crucial M500, 2TB Seagate BarraCuda, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations/macOS Catalina

 

Secondary System: York

Intel Core i7-2600 (4C/8T), ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3, 16GB GEIL Enhance Corsa DDR3 1600MHz, Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB, 240GB ADATA Ultimate SU650, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

 

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Don't get an NVMe drive, chances are you don't need it. Very few people will actually benefit from them for a while. I'd go with a regular SATA SSD when it comes time to get one, you can get a significantly higher capacity one for the same price as NVMe.

As others have stated, load times increase. I'd get an SSD asap though, they greatly increase the feel of the whole system. I can't imagine using an HDD these days.

26 minutes ago, daniielrp said:

Youll gain no fps from upgrading storage, just faster load times. If it's for gaming, upgrade CPU first, then storage. 

Load times don't even really increase from NVMe to SATA either, sadly.

23 minutes ago, Stoagmeyer said:

Yall are awesome thanks, well off to Microcenter never been there only ordered shit. Hope i dont go broke in there...

You need to quote people or tag them for them to know you've replied. Just for future posts. :)

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26 minutes ago, dizmo said:

 

Load times don't even really increase from NVMe to SATA either

They do when going from a mechanical HDD like the OP has ;)

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