BigChobbs

5 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Check your motherboard's QVL and see if G.Skill TridentZ is on there.

 

Motherboards can be picky in different ways, but Asus boards will almost never post if the memory isn't on their QVL.

No its not, i found F4-3200C16D-16GTZR, but mine is the same except a b instead of an r at the end.

1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

What are your full specs?

Besides what I have already stated, I have a 1060 3gb and 8 gb (2x4) corsair 2400mhz 

I bought new RAM, GSkill Trident Z 16gb (2x8) 3200mhz c16, but when I slotted it in, nothing happened. All the fans spin, the LEDs light up and the computer is on, but nothing shows up on my monitor. I tried both DP and HDMI and still nothing. Slotted my old ram in and everything came on just fine, so i'm assuming its the ram. I have a ryzen 5 2600 in an asus prime a320m-k (yes I know its shit, getting a new mobo soon). Could the motherboard be the problem? I heard the a320 chipset only supports ram up to 2666mhz, but I assumed it would just run the ram at 2666 instead of 3200 rather than not work at all?

7 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

10% gain on average frame rate, 30% gain on frame rate stability. Do you care about that?

Sound like it would be worth it, its more than my motherboard upgrading too, psu, cpu cooler, and a gpu down the line so with the price of those considered, it would seem to be worth it. Thanks.

My current motherboard is an asus a320m-k which only has 2 dimm slots, so im planning on upgrading sometime soon. My current memory configuration is 8gb (2x4) at 2400mhz. Is it worth paying extra for a 16 gb kit of higher speed memory? Say 3000 or 3200, or should i buy another 8 gb kit of the same 2400mhz. Would the performance gains be worth spending a good bit more, almost double, or is it minor for the most part? My processor is a ryzen 5 2600.

Does colour accuracy mean the colours look worse than an IPS? Or is accuracy only relevant for professionals and TN can still look great in games even if the colours aren't accurate? Will it still look vibrant and pleasing basically.

Will a TN panel detract from my gaming experience with single player games? I would like to run them at max (or close to) settings to get the best experience. TN is so much cheaper than other panel types and I would rather spend more on my GPU. I would still like high refresh rate for online games though i'm not competitive, i would still like to perform well. I'm willing to turn a few settings down here and there for more fps online.  I don't do much else on my computer besides gaming. Also, i asked before about 1440p 144 vs 4k 60 and decided 4k isnt worth it, but is 1440p worth it? Is a ryzen 5 2600 capable of pushing enough frames at 1440p? I'm not planning on maximizing frame rates over quality in single player games such as GTA 5 but would still like higher than 60. Not too sure what graphics card I want to get, was thinking a 2060 or 2070 but will probably wait to see what navi is like before making the decision.

Thanks for the advice guys. I'm hoping to get more into pc gaming in the future but as most of my friends are on consoles it's my main platform, though i mostly play single player games on pc.

I'm not an avid pc gamer so I'm not too concerned about the most competitive framerates or the most powerful hardware, but I do want to upgrade in the near future. Considering I don't really play online fps too much (though i may start) I want to to buy either a 4k/60hz or 1440p/144hz monitor, and a new graphics card to go with it. I know that an increase in resolution will reduce bottlenecks, but how much do I need to worry about it? I have a ryzen 5 2600 6-core processor that i don't plan on upgrading. The cards i'm considering are either a gtx 1070/1660ti (which ever i can find cheaper) or an rtx 2060 if i feel like spending a bit more.