So I'm halfway between the build of my current computer and the anticipated time of my next build, that means it's time for the mid-life upgrades!
On the agenda is replacing my 275GB SATA SSD with a 1TB NVMe SSD, which means I would finally be able to get my 400GB of TRS19 content off my 1TB secondary HDD and get it all on an SSD alongside the actual game installation (errr... maybe I should go 2TB...), which will obviously result in much faster load times and more space on my secondary drive for less important stuff, as well as a possible upgrade to the secondary drive, probably 2 or 4TB.
But that's not the subject of this thread.
Right now my rig has 16GB of Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000MHz DDR4 RAM. While researching SSD upgrades, I just briefly thought about doubling up on RAM, up to 32GB of the same kind I have now.
Now, of note, I don't do anything much more intensive than Trainz, aside from some video editing and leaving one too many ignored Chrome tabs up. TRS19 is by far probably the most demanding of the games I play.
I know upgrading the RAM would result in better PC and program performance across the board, but how much does TRS19 really depend on RAM? How much RAM does the game ever use at one time? Would upgrading my RAM up to 32GB affect game performance at all, or would it be better used elsewhere?
Big things like the GPU will probably wait until the next build unless I feel the need to upgrade sooner than that.
As always, the rest of my PC's specs are in my signature.
Matt
On the agenda is replacing my 275GB SATA SSD with a 1TB NVMe SSD, which means I would finally be able to get my 400GB of TRS19 content off my 1TB secondary HDD and get it all on an SSD alongside the actual game installation (errr... maybe I should go 2TB...), which will obviously result in much faster load times and more space on my secondary drive for less important stuff, as well as a possible upgrade to the secondary drive, probably 2 or 4TB.
But that's not the subject of this thread.
Right now my rig has 16GB of Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000MHz DDR4 RAM. While researching SSD upgrades, I just briefly thought about doubling up on RAM, up to 32GB of the same kind I have now.
Now, of note, I don't do anything much more intensive than Trainz, aside from some video editing and leaving one too many ignored Chrome tabs up. TRS19 is by far probably the most demanding of the games I play.
I know upgrading the RAM would result in better PC and program performance across the board, but how much does TRS19 really depend on RAM? How much RAM does the game ever use at one time? Would upgrading my RAM up to 32GB affect game performance at all, or would it be better used elsewhere?
Big things like the GPU will probably wait until the next build unless I feel the need to upgrade sooner than that.
As always, the rest of my PC's specs are in my signature.
Matt
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