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Need some help with a small upgrade Im doing to my PC. Would like to add another 8 Gb of RAM because I do alot of video editing and rendering. Also would like to add 1 TB HDD and a SSD. Would like to know if I can just buy new 16 GB of RAM instead of having to buy 8 GB more of the one I currently have which is $125 since its not made anymore. Also would like to know a good cheap SSD that I can add to give me faster loading times. Will also be getting 1 TB of WD Cavier Blue 7200RPM for $55. This is just a small upgrade since Im probably going to do a new build next year and selling my current one.

Also thinking about buying another GPU I cant find the same model number as my current GPU. Do I have to buy the same exact GPU or can I for something a little different? What would I gain from adding another GPU?

Current GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202006

This is what I could find on Amazon, looking elsewhere now: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=SAPPHIRE+100352-2L+Radeon+HD+7950

RAM im using: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00592002W/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
 
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Crucial Ballistix 16Gb of DDR3-1600 will cost about $120.

Almost any SSD will provide a big improvement. Micron (Crucial) and Samsung make most of the chips, everyone else re-sells them. Bigger drives are faster usually. For efficient 'garbage collection', the TRIM function, about 20% of the drive needs to be kept empty. I would start with at least 240Gb (I did, a 256Gb Crucial MX100). The new inexpensive BX100 series from Crucial would be where I would start. Read the reviews and decide for yourself.

For Crossfire, the GPU needs to be very, very, similar in memory and GPU chip.
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Crucial Ballistix 16Gb of DDR3-1600 will cost about $120.

Almost any SSD will provide a big improvement. Micron (Crucial) and Samsung make most of the chips, everyone else re-sells them. Bigger drives are faster usually. For efficient 'garbage collection', the TRIM function, about 20% of the drive needs to be kept empty. I would start with at least 240Gb (I did, a 256Gb Crucial MX100). The new inexpensive BX100 series from Crucial would be where I would start. Read the reviews and decide for yourself.

For Crossfire, the GPU needs to be very, very, similar in memory and GPU chip.
 
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Cant seem to find it so im just gonna leave it alone. Games run fine so there is no point in getting one if im most likely selling next year
 
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How do you like your SSD??
 
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lol ok, upgrade is gonna set me back $300 which will make my life easier and I can be more productive.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/pv2GNG
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/pv2GNG/by_merchant/

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($135.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($106.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $299.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-15 17:02 EST-0500
 
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It's like cable or color TV, you can live without it until you have it, then you cannot. 9 second boots from power-on rock!
 
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The RAM needs to be 240 pin just like my old one right? and can I go for faster speeds like 1866 or 2400??
 
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have you thought about a 1tb sshd drive? not sure about us prices but there around £65-70 in the uk.

also, 16 gig of kingston hyper x ram would be good and if your mobo can take it, get 1866 or 2400 mhz ram as that might aid the rendering a little more.
 
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My mobo is the ASRock Z77 Extreme4 so it should be fine, can go up to 32 GB
 
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Nah im not gonna go with the SSHD. I will just stick with the ssd and hdd. Will order my parts later.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HCq8CJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HCq8CJ/by_merchant/

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($130.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($106.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $312.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-15 17:37 EST-0500
 
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the sshd's are ok when at the right price.I threw a 2tb seagate in a new build for someone before xmas (it cost literally $15 more than a standard 2tb drive)
the initial dozen boots were not particularly impressive ,but after that it was pretty much matching a standalone ssd for boot speed & general usage with most used apps.
Would I use one for an upgrade to an existing system?NO
But at the price I paid for that it was a decent choice for a budget mid range new-build imo.


 
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