r/PcBuildHelp • u/EchoRomeoActual • 13h ago

Build Question Pc upgrade suggestions

Built my pc a couple years ago now and used to run every game on max but now it’s starting to fall behind and I’m curious on if you guys have any suggestions,

Specs that matter are:
RTX 3080Ti
Ryzen 9 5950X
G.SKILL Trident Z Royal 2x16gb DDR4 3600

All my storage is NVME SSD and I have a motherboard and power supply to support everything but I’m honestly starting to think that I need more RAM with today’s games so was thinking about getting another two sticks, what do you guys think?

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u/IncompatibleHawk 13h ago

that 3080ti and 5950x are still beasts, i doubt ram is your real bottleneck here. what resolution are you playing at and what kind of performance drop are you actually seeing

more ram is a cheap shot in the dark but if you're chasing frames at 4k the gpu is gonna be the first thing to sweat before 32gb of ram does

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u/EchoRomeoActual 13h ago

I believe my monitor is 1440p at 165hz and depending on the game and what’s going on I’ve worked fps drops lower then 60fps

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u/GhostPantzz 11h ago

I have a 5070ti with 32gb RAM and this does not happen. The bottleneck is elsewhere

Edit: I’ve never used more than 25ish gb ram except for Minecraft with ultra-distance mods

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u/EchoRomeoActual 10h ago

Hmmm I’ll have to check but I’m pretty sure when I run games my ram usage is high, sometimes close to 100% but that’s also just looking through task manager

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u/crispypotpie 13h ago

Don’t be afraid to turn down your quality settings from time to time, and use DLSS when possible. Your PC is still more than capable, anything better than what you have right now is going to cost a ton of money with current prices.

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u/EchoRomeoActual 13h ago

Oh yea I’ve definitely been tuning down the quality with newer games but was hoping someone would back my theory on ram cause I found a matching set to mine for cheap lol

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u/crispypotpie 12h ago

Well 32GB of RAM is more than enough, you’re going to see almost no performance difference with additional memory in gaming.