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Gameronabudget
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Hello guys,I'm new on this LTT forum .

I have amd fx_8120 oc to 4 ghz,gtx 750ti and 4gb ram.I knew that 4 gb ram isn't enough so I bought 4 thst is totaly 8 gb ram now.but in open world games (ark survival evolved and just caused 3) i get decent framerates  but a lot of frame drops ,I noticed that my pc is using a lot of pagefile like 8 gb on my hdd that is 5400rpm very old hdd that suffered a lot of read/ write cycles,I don't care for loading times and system responsivnes but I want to get rid of those stuttering aka. framedrops.in open world games ...so ,should I upgrade hdd to m.2. 250gb (It's enough capacity for me) or maybe go for 16 gb ram and disable pagefile.I will eventually get both but right now I don't have a budget for both so please any advice would help .btw other games that are not open world are not stuttering ...also cpu is not termal throttling and I've tried 3 windows 10 and 7 with all difrent drivers and also my motherboard is asus aura 970 gaming pro but I've had the same problem on previous motherboard 

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RAM - buy 2x8gb or 3x4gb

SSD - buy one for windows, makes everything much faster

GPU - anything used that is better, don't gimp yourself with a lower tier GPU because it will be bottlenecked, it won't be when you do upgrade your:

CPU - ryzen / b350, or go with an intel alternative if coffee lake is appealing to you 

Ryzen 5 3600 stock | 2x16GB C13 3200MHz (AFR) | GTX 760 (Sold the VII)| ASUS Prime X570-P | 6TB WD Gold (128MB Cache, 2017)

Samsung 850 EVO 240 GB 

138 is a good number.

 

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3 minutes ago, themctipers said:

RAM - buy 2x8gb or 3x4gb

SSD - buy one for windows, makes everything much faster

GPU - anything used that is better, don't gimp yourself with a lower tier GPU because it will be bottlenecked, it won't be when you do upgrade your:

CPU - ryzen / b350, or go with an intel alternative if coffee lake is appealing to you 

 Thank you for your reply,but....I can only afford a new ssd or to upgrade from 8 to 16 gb ram

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I think your storage is fine and RAM is just enough for your requirements. The CPU and GPU will need upgrades though. It could be Ryzen 3 or Ryzen 5 (up to 1600) (avoid X models to spend less) and 1050ti or above.

 

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 Thank you for your reply,but....I can only afford a new ssd or to upgrade from 8 to 16 gb ram

Then dont upgrade just yet and save money, or maybe do more overclocking

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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3 minutes ago, Gameronabudget said:

 Thank you for your reply,but....I can only afford a new ssd or to upgrade from 8 to 16 gb ram

RAM first from 4gb to 8gb (your post says 4gb),  buy a stick of 4gb or 8gb of ram

then buy a cheap 120gb SSD, if you buy a nicer ssd later on you can keep this one for your laptop/games drive 

Ryzen 5 3600 stock | 2x16GB C13 3200MHz (AFR) | GTX 760 (Sold the VII)| ASUS Prime X570-P | 6TB WD Gold (128MB Cache, 2017)

Samsung 850 EVO 240 GB 

138 is a good number.

 

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2 minutes ago, themctipers said:

RAM first from 4gb to 8gb (your post says 4gb),  buy a stick of 4gb or 8gb of ram

then buy a cheap 120gb SSD, if you buy a nicer ssd later on you can keep this one for your laptop/games drive 

It's 8 already .should I go to 16 ?will itstop stuttering

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3 minutes ago, Gameronabudget said:

It's 8 already .should I go to 16 ?will itstop stuttering

i guess it will stop stuttering if you have more ram, yeah, but only if you are really running out of ram and its not your PC dying because of a dying HDD (this can also give you a stutter effect, at least on desktop where i have tried it on)

Ryzen 5 3600 stock | 2x16GB C13 3200MHz (AFR) | GTX 760 (Sold the VII)| ASUS Prime X570-P | 6TB WD Gold (128MB Cache, 2017)

Samsung 850 EVO 240 GB 

138 is a good number.

 

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