Upgrading for 144hz

[Weazle]

I should start by saying I have a 1080ti and have been running it with an i5-4590.

 

These are the parts I have in my cart but I dont know if they go well enough together for gaming.

Someone had said to get 3000 RAM but I was also told there's no difference.

Someone had said the 8500 was going to bottleneck my 1080ti but I havnt noticed anything bad with the 4590 I have now so i'm confused by the statement.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8500 3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($186.00)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper T2 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($16.19 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($82.88 @ Amazon)

Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($82.88 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB FTW3 GAMING iCX Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $460.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-11 18:59 EDT-0400

 

[TheGlenlivet]

For intel the ram is fine.  The difference in faster ram is small.  

8500 is not a bottleneck for a 1080ti.  You're good.

[MedievalMatt]

6 minutes ago, Weazle said:

I should start by saying I have a 1080ti and have been running it with an i5-4590.

 

These are the parts I have in my cart but I dont know if they go well enough together for gaming.

Someone had said to get 3000 RAM but I was also told there's no difference.

Someone had said the 8500 was going to bottleneck my 1080ti but I havnt noticed anything bad with the 4590 I have now so i'm confused by the statement.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8500 3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($186.00)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper T2 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($16.19 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($82.88 @ Amazon)

Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($82.88 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB FTW3 GAMING iCX Video Card  (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $460.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-11 18:59 EDT-0400

 

on Intel anyway... the speed difference in RAM is at most 10%.... thats a VERY extreme case when RAM specifially is hit hard for whatever load.  Typically youll see a 1 - 3% performance delta.

 

Whole other story for Ryzen tho.  you want speed speed speed for that infinity fabric magic.