Question about upgrading : Ram or SSD

Catalin Stanciulescu · Apr 17, 2015

Hi guys. I need your help. First of all, this is my pc right now :

MSI z97 gaming 5
I5 4690K @ 4.3Ghz @ 1.25V
Gigabyte GTX 970 3X Windforce
8 Gb DDR 3 RAM (PC 1333)
1 SSD 128GB Kingston
1 HDD Western Digital

So, i have some extra money and i want to invest a bit into the pc . My question is , which of the following upgrades would benefit me better :

1. Buying another 128GB SSD (or selling mine and buying a 256GB )
2. Buying another 8GB of ram thus having 16GB( my ram now is from two sticks of 4 gigs)

Thank you for your answer !

shawn81 · Apr 17, 2015

I'd go storage....If you're gonna get 8 more gigs of RAM itd be better to get 16GB kit instead of just adding 8GB of another set.

Catalin Stanciulescu · Apr 17, 2015

Is there a big difference between buying another stick of 8 gigs and having 2X4 and 1X8 vs having a 16gb kit ?

shawn81 · Apr 17, 2015

There may and may not be...it's kinda random. If it's the same manufacturer, same type of RAM it'll probably be ok but then again it may have an issue....small chance but a chance. If you do go the RAM route i'd get at least the 1866Mhz.

shawn81 · Apr 17, 2015

8 gigs is plenty though. if anything i'd just get some with a higher speed.

andy_Man · Apr 17, 2015

Neither will show you any gaming performance, however more ssd room is always nice.
I vote SSD.

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