After having had major issues with windows on my present build, I think it's about time for me to shift to newer components that are probably better supported in windows 10. I installed Ubuntu for work on the machine after having done mem tests, cpu tests and everything else I could throw at it, and since then I havent had a single out of the blue reboot (which happend 3 times a day on monday untill I said f... that) so the machine is still functional and it isnt a hardware error which I feared, as Ubuntu has been rock solid since then.
Presently the machine is running with:
I7-4970K
16 GB 2400 Mhz DDR3
Asus Rog VII Gene
A couple of SSD's
MSI 970 GTX
Now since the machine is about 66 months old since I purchased it and since, there's been a pretty hefty development since then, I am looking at getting this build:
Ryzen 9 - 3900X
Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Hero (x570)
G.Skill Ripjaws V 2x16 GB DDR4 3600 Mhz
2x 970 EVO Plus mm2 500 gb drives to be setup in a raid0 config for a total of 1TB
Noctua NH-D15 black edition cooler
MSI 970 GTX (I mostly play stuff like wow, ESO or perhaps the new MMO by Amazon comming out in about a month, so I dont think I'll need a beefed up GPU but the age might be showing, since Im running with a 4k 37" display 100hz as my primary monitor, so perhaps a 5700 Radeon or 2060/2070 GTX card might come in handy down the line).
The new machine I'll use for a bit of gaming and regular pc work, so yeah the CPU is a bit over the top, but I also long for having the necesarry ressources to do what ever I feel like including Hyper-V setup, and using it for my new test environment, for mass deployment of VM's etc.
My question is this:
Should I go for 4x 16Gb rams for the get go, so I get a 4 channels setup from the get go or will 2 channels be sufficient for starters or will it negatively impact the 3900X ? Also I'm not sure about the Raid0 thing how much that will bring in terms of performance increase, but the nvme's are not that expensive, and the board supports it so I figure why not ? So any comments or suggestions for this new build would be greatly appreciated.