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what is the current best nvme to get for speed and price? i see that the samsung 970 is the most popular in online stores, but it released in 2018 so there has to be something better by now
Robert Wilson
Which is a better way to spend your money? Upgrading your RAM from 16 to 32 gig or buying faster 16 gig RAM?
Oliver Murphy
Depending if you're constantly hitting the ceiling of 16gb or not I would go for 32gb. Mostly cause of multitasking.
Austin Morales
depends what you do if you're only playing games (excluding outliers like flight simulator or some ultra-modded abomination), anything over 16gb will be unused and wasted if you're doing video editing, super heavy VMs, things that can use over 16Gb of ram, of course 32gb will be useful
Christopher Wright
Read OP retard
Since you have to ask, neither
Brayden Brooks
>Read OP retard >google forms KILL YOURSELF YOU RETARDED GORILLA NIGGER BOBOON!!!!!!!!! NEVER POST ON HERE AGAIN YOU FAT BLACK BARREL OF TURDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NIGGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
any reason for going with one of the intel cpus in the OP? ive been looking at amd cpus, and they seem to all have a lot more threads at lower prices
Julian King
If you're asking about whether you should upgrade from 16gb you already have or replace the ram you have with faster ram, the answer is going to be different than if you are building a PC from scratch and don't have 16gb of ram to hand. If you're buying from scratch, don't skimp on speed just to have the 32gb. But don't fuss if the more expensive RAM speed is at the marginal improvement end of what your CPU+Mobo can handle.
The answer if you have the RAM already depends what speed of ram you have, and what your motherboard and CPU are. If you have a bottleneck, it's beneficial to fix it. You're unlikely to have a bottleneck from your RAM speed if you bought it at the same price bracket and time as the main components of your PC. Also, I know this general is consumerist central, so don't feel obligated to throw more money than you can afford to at it, but depending on where you live, it's not too hard to find RAM which is at the speed you want but also at 32gb, for prices which are reasonable. So it's not usually too hard to have the best of both worlds when you're upgrading.
Your use case is also important. From what I've seen, the marginal gains of really high-end RAM over RAM which is next down the list but potentially quite a bit cheaper aren't important. But if you are running into the limits of RAM quantity, increasing the headroom is just a flat benefit. That said, it's currently the case that gaming doesn't really max out 16gb of RAM at the minute. Nor would casual usage so long as you manage your browser tabs realistically.
Benjamin Moore
Why?
Blake Parker
Intel has traditionally been faster/more powerful in applications that depend on fewer cores, which has traditionally meant almost all games, as compared to workstation tasks which might benefit from having more cores available.
Looking for motherboard advice anons, MSI B660m-a D4, AsRock B660 Pro Rs or Asus B660 Plus Rest of the sytem - RAM 32GB 3200mhz (2*16), i5 12400F (not looking to remove power limits), 1x M2 PCIE3 ssd, 2x Sata SSD, 6600XT (non OC) The Asus is 185, the MSI is 160, the AsRock is 140
Charles Gonzalez
>threads That's not how you compare CPUs, numbnuts. I've got an 8350 to sell you cheap if that's all you care about
Jayden Russell
cheaper and more powerful than a 12900k + overpriced ddr5 board
