To upgrade or not

[DiedQuickly]

Got a question for everyone. Here is a list of my current setup and was wondering what everyones opinion on upgrading or not to upgrade. My system is mainly used for gaming. Any help would be awesome. Thanks

i7-4770k

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model F3-2400C11D-16GXM

ASRock Z87 Extreme6 LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Seagate Desktop HDD ST1000DM003 1TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

SLI evga 970s FTW

 

[UsandThem]

Get a SSD and call it a day.

No point in upgrading your other components .

 

[lehtv]

OC the i7-4770K if you haven't already. Requires a decent cooler, obviously.

 

[DiedQuickly]

Ok next question is do I go standard ssd or the new Samsung 950 pro pcie. will it work ok with the z87 chipset?

 

[UsandThem]

If you enjoy sitting at your computer watching benchmarks, get a pciexpress ssd.

If you enjoy using your computer and playing games, get any ssd. You will not be able to tell the difference in normal use. I'd just get a Samsung 850 evo, and save the money. Your system will be much more responsive by just adding the ssd.

In 2-4 years, when you build a whole new computer, you can move up to m.2 drives and such, and use your existing ssd as a data drive.

 

[daveybrat]

If you enjoy sitting at your computer watching benchmarks, get a pciexpress ssd.

If you enjoy using your computer and playing games, get any ssd. You will not be able to tell the difference in normal use. I'd just get a Samsung 850 evo, and save the money. Your system will be much more responsive by just adding the ssd.

In 2-4 years, when you build a whole new computer, you can move up to m.2 drives and such, and use your existing ssd as a data drive.

+1 ^^

 

[MongGrel]

Get a SSD and call it a day.

No point in upgrading your other components .

OC the i7-4770K if you haven't already. Requires a decent cooler, obviously.

Regular SSD would kick it up a lot on it's own.

Just a regular Sammy 840 EVO or a comparable Crucial I'd say, depending on the sales.

If you do not have a decent cooler and overclocked that i7, probably would be worth learning to do that more than just buying new stuff.

You could just slap in a little SATA3 RAID card in a PCIe slot and hook a couple small SSD's in RAID0, what I did with the old system here that only had SATA2 on it, but probably more money that it would be worth and it sounds your mobo newer to begin with.

My 2 cents at any rate.

 

[topmounter]

850 evo