My PC 10 years old this month and I really need an upgrade, I have a newer GPU so only need the rest of the fucking owl.
The biggest issue of course is the RAM PRICE, Do I just take the plunge and spend €1800 on 128GB of 6000MT CL40 RAM? Or do I pay more/gb for 64GB of faster RAM?
I’m buying to last me another 10 years preferably. I’ll probably go for the latest top of the line AMD CPU and the best mobo/psu I can get.
I don’t really have a fixed budget but I’m trying not to spend the next 6+mo worth of money on an upgrade.
Any advice?
Edit:
I use it for work, I work in tech, I run a lot of memory heavy stuff, I use it for CAD, dev, gaming, etc. I’m constantly running at 90% ram utilisation on my 32gb ram. I’ll copy what I said below:
I’m sitting at around 90% utilisation constantly on 32 and FF keeps crashing because I’m out of memory.
I work in the tech field, so it’s sometimes docker, lots of CAD, games (often with said cad program and browser in the background)
Current specs: i7 7700k, 32GB DDR4, 2080TI
It wont be sudden jet plane after a Ford Model T, it will be a mediocre upgrade that you wont simply justify.
If you say you utilize 90% of ram, then just get more ram. Maybe find the best CPU you can put in your socket even if it is used. 2080ti should keep you afloat for the next 5 years. You’d save quite a fortune by upgrading your hardware just ever so slightly.
But, again, unless you really need 5090ti and Threadripper with 192GB of DDR5 ram, go for it.
I already upgraded my CPU, RAM and HDD to the best I could get for this board, unfortunately, I’m still running on 10 year old hardware (with an 8-9 y/o CPU).