So i got some new toys today from Kingston HyperX a nice new 16GB set of HyperX Beast ram and a 240GB HyperX SSD, so last night in anticipation i lowered my CPU down to 3.6 from 3.7 so as to make sure i could bench effectively with no issues after upping the RAM before any tweeks.

So we start off with Last nights bench.

8GB HyperX Gen and 500GB WD Carver Black = 337


Then tonight i did a mirror image copy of my WD drive to my new SSD and got this.

8GB HyperX Gen and 240GB HyperX SSD = 357


So i got a good increase of a solid 20pts just by adding an SSD, so i changed out the RAM and left its settings exactly as i had them for my old HyperX Gen and so they can be tweaked.

16GB HyperX Beast and 240GB HyperX SSD = 343


So a slight drop in score but the RAM is not set up to its full potential, also all of these runs were first runs with nothing disabled in the system, unfortunately i am now away on business till Friday night and so i wont be able to play with the RAM to see what i can get up to but as it stands it looks good for once i get back up to 3.7Ghz to be able to get into the 400's on the league so till the weekend i will be counting down the hours till i can play.

This highlights though how such an over looked component in a lot of peoples PC's and by cost saving and going for a HDD can really nuke your chances of having a powerful PC.