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Advice on what to upgrade next? - Aeolian - 07-08-2021

Afternoon everyone,

I'm looking to upgrade my PC due to when *Editing & Gaming* it can tend to have some performance issues.

Editing is my biggest focus at the moment and would like some advice on what would be idea to upgrade next, I'll be upgrading one thing at a time so would appreciate if you didn't just tell me I need a brand new PC.
I appreciate any advice/responses given.

SPECS:
CPU: I7 7700K
GPU: Nvidia Geforce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB - (ASUS)
RAM: 16GB (DDR4 2400MHz)
Motherboard: ASUS Prime B250M-D
SSD: Samsung 480GB
HDD: 2TB
OS: Windows 10 Pro
CPU water cooler
Extra top, front fans

RE: Advice on what to upgrade next? - mothered - 07-08-2021

Quote:Editing is my biggest focus at the moment
What type of editing are you referring to?

For Instance, If It's HD video editing, It will chew through 16 GB of Ram In no time at all, particularly when multitasking. Based on that, my recommendation on what to upgrade Is clear.

RE: Advice on what to upgrade next? - Aeolian - 07-08-2021

(07-08-2021, 06:06 AM)mothered Wrote:
Quote:Editing is my biggest focus at the moment
What type of editing are you referring to?

For Instance, If It's HD video editing, It will chew through 16 GB of Ram In no time at all, particularly when multitasking. Based on that, my recommendation on what to upgrade Is clear.

Spot on, its specifically for video editing that is quite heavy.

I'll definitely check out getting some more RAM if that's the case.

RE: Advice on what to upgrade next? - Oni - 07-08-2021

Gaming-wise I figure the 1660Ti will be your biggest hindrance, so I'd upgrade your GPU. I had a 7700K up until a month or two ago and it was still kicking pretty well (with a Titan Xp). 16GB of RAM is still enough and if you need to you can buy a better SSD for cheaper than your original.

RE: Advice on what to upgrade next? - mothered - 07-08-2021

(07-08-2021, 06:09 AM)Aeolian Wrote:
(07-08-2021, 06:06 AM)mothered Wrote:
Quote:Editing is my biggest focus at the moment
What type of editing are you referring to?

For Instance, If It's HD video editing, It will chew through 16 GB of Ram In no time at all, particularly when multitasking. Based on that, my recommendation on what to upgrade Is clear.

Spot on, its specifically for video editing that is quite heavy.

I'll definitely check out getting some more RAM if that's the case.
Do note that 4k video editing Is even more demanding, so If that's the case with yourself, allow for 32 GB at the minimum.

Stating the obvious, be sure the MOBO can accommodate It.

RE: Advice on what to upgrade next? - r3c30 - 10-09-2021

What are you bottlenecked on right now? Take a look at your task manager while you're running your app and see if anything is hitting 100% utilization. Multi threaded video editing will eventually max out something, whether it's your CPU, memory, drive bandwidth, or even CPU temperature.

RE: Advice on what to upgrade next? - mothered - 10-10-2021

@Aeolian, any progress with the upgrade?