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51 minutes ago, _CrisisRogue said:

that's 3:2, i'll get the RAM. Thanks for your insight!

this is how i would choose: does the game take long to load?, is it loading often or does it happen only a few times during many hours of gameplay, if its frequent enough that its pissing you of then get the ssd if not then get the ram 

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I have a Ryzen 5 1600 and single channel (I know...) 8GB of 3000MHz RAM I have an SSD already, but it's too full for Destiny 2, the game I play the most right now.
My storage looks like this :

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SSD

There are 10 types of people in this world. Those that understand binary and those that don't.

Current Rig (Dominator II): 8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3133 C15, AMD Ryzen 3 1200 at 4GHz, Coolermaster MasterLiquid Lite 120, ASRock B450M Pro4, AMD R9 280X, 120GB TCSunBow SSD, 3TB Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 HSD, Corsair CX750M Grey Label, Windows 10 Pro, 2x CoolerMaster MasterFan Pro 120, Thermaltake Versa H18 Tempered Glass.

 

Previous Rig (Black Magic): 8GB DDR3 1600, AMD FX6300 OC'd to 4.5GHz, Zalman CNPS5X Performa, Asus M5A78L-M PLUS /USB3, GTX 950 SC (former, it blew my PCIe lane so now on mobo graphics which is Radeon HD 3000 Series), 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 7200RPM HDD, 3TB Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 HDD (secondary), Corsair CX750M, Windows 8.1 Pro, 2x 120mm Red LED fans, Deepcool SMARTER case

 

My secondary rig (The Oldie): 4GB DDR2 800, Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3GHz, Stock Dell Cooler, Foxconn 0RY007, AMD Radeon HD 5450, 250GB Samsung Spinpoint 7200RPM HDD, Antec HCG 400M 400W Semi Modular PSU, Windows 8.1 Pro, 80mm Cooler Master fan, Dell Inspiron 530 Case modded for better cable management. UPDATE: SPECS UPGRADED DUE TO CASEMOD, 8GB DDR2 800, AMD Phenom X4 9650, Zalman CNPS5X Performa, Biostar GF8200C M2+, AMD Radeon HD 7450 GDDR5 edition, Samsung Spinpoint 250GB 7200RPM HDD, Antec HCG 400M 400W Semi Modular PSU, Windows 8.1 Pro, 80mm Cooler Master fan, Dell Inspiron 530 Case modded for better cable management and support for non Dell boards.

 

Retired/Dead Rigs: The OG (retired) (First ever PC I used at 3 years old back in 2005) Current Specs: 2GB DDR2, Pentium M 770 @ 2.13GHz, 60GB IDE laptop HDD, ZorinOS 12 Ultimate x86. Originally 512mb DDR2, Pentium M 740 @ 1.73GHzm 60GB IDE laptop HDD and single boot XP Pro. The Craptop (dead), 2gb DDR3, Celeron n2840 @ 2.1GHz, 50GB eMMC chip, Windows 10 Pro. Nightrider (dead and cannibalized for Dominator II): Ryzen 3 1200, Gigabyte A320M HD2, 8GB DDR4, XFX Ghost Core Radeon HD 7770, 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 (2010), 3TB Seagate Barracuda, Corsair CX750M Green, Deepcool SMARTER, Windows 10 Home.

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Just now, TechyBen said:

SSDs are getting really cheap. Can you stretch to both? 

No, my budget is 50$. I just got an unusually good grade lol

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Just now, _CrisisRogue said:

No, my budget is 50$. I just got an unusually good grade lol

I'm hestitating because a lot of people have been telling me that my single channel ram is hindering my CPU (and it is), because ryzen loves that speed.

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From looking at the current drive space on your drives, it seems you are fine with what you have. I would do a ram upgrade and upgrade the SSD later on because it seems that you already have enough storage. 

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And plus, ryzen benefits from dual channel memory because of its architecture design with the infinity fabric.

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Just now, PC_Master said:

From looking at the current drive space on your drives, it seems you are fine with what you have. I would do a ram upgrade and upgrade the SSD later on because it seems that you already have enough storage. 

also i got on "pimp my pc" or whatever is the part of BitWit's podcast where they tell people what is the best upgrade for them, and they said ram was important, but i wanted the thoughts of more people.

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Just now, _CrisisRogue said:

also i got on "pimp my pc" or whatever is the part of BitWit's podcast where they tell people what is the best upgrade for them, and they said ram was important, but i wanted the thoughts of more people.

Well, I just expressed my thoughts after all, lol. Ram would be the upgrade I'd suggest since ryzen will benefit from it anyways and you will get more out of a ram upgrade than storage upgrade.  

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Think of it like this, you already have enough storage anyways, and if you get ram now, you are not only benefiting the PC, you are giving the pc more ram just in case you are going to get into more demanding applications or more demanding games that might chew more ram. Then later on, you might say that you need more storage because my steam library is getting bigger, or I need a backup, or what ever the reason might be. You dont need more of something of what you already have if get what I mean, get what you need more so than what you might want if, again, you know what I mean. 

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51 minutes ago, _CrisisRogue said:

that's 3:2, i'll get the RAM. Thanks for your insight!

this is how i would choose: does the game take long to load?, is it loading often or does it happen only a few times during many hours of gameplay, if its frequent enough that its pissing you of then get the ssd if not then get the ram 

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@_CrisisRogue As I said before, get what you really need more so than what you want. Ram is more important, you might start using video editing packages that require more ram or start doing more heavier multitasking that might need more ram, it could be anything that requires more ram. If you get ram, 16GB, your not only setting yourself up for the use of more heavier applications, you are also benefiting your PC. Honestly, if your happy with loading times and don't particular care about how long it takes a game to load, don't get an SSD, because you already have enough storage, and theres no point getting more of what you have. Spending money on loading times isn't as more beneficial than spending money on ram because its what you need more. @cj09beira

 

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