RAM is something that I found gives a pretty good bang for the buck. Especially for RAM eaters like FL Studio and such.
What surprised me when I built two years ago was how much can be spent on the case. I ended up with pretty glass and the colored fans etc, Lian Li that was over budget from the start lol.
Ya those Li cases are amazing. Maybe one day I'll be tempting to drop some bucks on an amazing case. For now it's just nice to have some lighting.
Biggest upgrade I noticed this time around for me other then the gcards was upgrading from a HDD to M.2. This thing boots so fast it's more or less ready before the monitors flicker on lol.
Oh for sure, the old HDD boot... may as well go get a coffee and come back to it lol. The good old days lol.