ShiningLizard

Over the summer I built a brand new gaming PC (Ryzen 5 3600, MSI Radeon 5700 Gaming X GPU, ASUS TUF Gaming X570 mobo, 16GB RAM), which is awesome. My current monitor is a 24-inch, 1080p 60Hz Dell U2414h, which I bought in 2016: https://www.dell.com/hr/business/p/dell-u2414h/pd I loved this monitor when I bought it, but I feel like now I have a modern gaming PC of a decent spec that I would like to upgrade to something that will complement this new system. I'm starting to notice screen tearing in newer games (my most recent example being playing Total War Warhammer II at max settings and noticing the screen tearing as I move around the campaign map), and so I'm thinking a new monitor with a higher refresh rate would be good... but damn it, it's really hard to choose My budget is around £250. I don't want 4K (not that I expect I'd afford it with £250 anyway), and am thinking that 1440p would be nice... but I don't know if I would prefer a 1080p screen at 144Hz over a 1440p screen with say 75hz. I don't want to go bigger than 27 inches (24 is probably enough for my desk, it's not that big - it's only 60cm deep). Will I see the benefit more in a 24" 1080p 144Hz or a 27" 1440p with a lower refresh rate? My current monitor has a 4-port USB hub, which is really useful for working from home - I unhook the Displayport cable out of the back of my PC and connect it to my laptop, along with the single USB hub cable form my monitor. So, if I can find a new monitor that also has a USB hub it would be ideal - but would be prepared to sacrifice that for more monitor options. Here are some of the ones I've bookmarked - what do you guys think? Samsung LC27JG50QUXEN 27" 1440p 144Hz Curved Gaming Monitor: https://amzn.to/2HeMLv1 AOC 24G2U/BK 24"1080p 144Hz Gaming Monitor: https://bit.ly/2HgfYpc AOC Q27G2U 27" QHD VA 144Hz Gaming Monitor https://bit.ly/3m3F2ig electriQ 27" IPS QHD 1440p 95Hz Gaming Monitor: https://bit.ly/3m3jqlW

Thank you everyone for all of your help so far. So right now I'm feeling that the consensus is not to remove the label, and that I may not even need the heatsink. I'm thinking of just moving the SSD in to the slot above the CPU for now (away from the GPU blower) and not applying a heat sink - I guess I can just try it this way and see if I get any performance issues. Does this seem wise?

I just purchased a WD Black SN750 500GB NVMe M.2 SSD. The drive has a sticker which covers all of the chips. I have an ASUS TUF Gaming X570 motherboard with two M.2 slots - the first of which includes a heatsink with a pre-applied thermal pad. I've never used an NVMe SSD or a heatsink for one before, so I am wondering whether I should remove the sticker from the SSD before fitting the heatsink, or whether to leave it and it will be fine? I've done some research online already and am seeing conflicting reports. I don't want to damage the SSD, or void any warranty by removing the sticker. I have attached photos of the heatsink (front and back) for reference. Can anyone help me out here? Thank you.

Budget (including currency): I've already purchased everything apart from a CPU cooler - which I'd be happy to spend up to/around £50 on. Country: United Kingdom Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: gaming (would also like to try game streaming, which I've never done before) Other details: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 with stock cooler, Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 RAM, ASUS TUF GAMING x570-Plus ATX AM4 motherboard, MSI Radeon RX 5700 8 GB GAMING X Video Card, SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Modular PSU, Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD (OS), Crucial MX500 1TB SSD (games), Corsair Carbide Series 275R Case So this is my first Ryzen build (upgrading from an Intel i7 4770k) which I have all of the above parts for (the SSDs are from my current build). The one thing I haven't decided on yet is a CPU cooler, because I'm not sure how much I definitely need one. My current 4770k is getting noisy at stock speeds and hitting the mid 80s (celsius) when playing more demanding games - I've never overclocked it and have only ever used the stock cooler ( did re-apply the thermal paste recently) .I don't intend to overclock the Ryzen 3600 (it doesn't seem like there is much point?), and would like it to run quiet. I've seen a lot of people giving the stock Wraith Stealth cooler that comes with the 3600 a lot of grief, saying it is no good and temps get too high - but is this only because the kind of people reviewing it are also overclocking? I've also seen some people saying that the Stealth cooler is perfectly fine if you aren't overclocking, and temps and noise are reasonable. I've had my eye on the Arctic Freezer 34 eSports Duo and the Cooler Master Evo 212 Black Edition as potential aftermarket coolers. What are you guys doing? What do you recommend?

So I'm currently using a Gigabyte Z87-D3HP motherboard with an i7-4770k, and in my quest to upgrade to a Ryzen 5 3600 I have ordered an Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus: https://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/TUF-GAMING-X570-PLUS/ I will be using my existing case, which is a Riotoro 1088: https://www.riotoro.com/cr-1088 The case has two front USB 3.0 ports, and the new Asus board has two USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports - so it has hit me: will this work? Will I be able to connect the two front USB 3.0 ports from my Riotoro case to the USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports on the new Asus board? I've looked everywhere for some clear guidance on the compatibility of USB front headers with cases and I'm struggling to get a definitive answers... if you guys could shed some light on this I would be very grateful

Thank you guys, that really helps regarding PCI support. It looks like B550 is due very soon so I'm thinking I will go ahead and get my GPU first (get the biggest and probably most significant purchase out of the way!) and use it for a little on my current rig, and grab a B550 when that's out... then the Ryzen 5 3600 and RAM. I've already ordered a new PSU since it seems sensible to get a new one since mine is 6 years old and out of warranty, and feel it makes sense since I'm going to be doing some signficiant upgrades soon.

Thank you guys for all the recommendations. I am leaning towards getting a new GPU first and seeing how it copes with my current system.. I was planning on buying the parts a few at a time to spread out the cost, too. With the mobo recommendations, I see that they are all B450 variants... Is it not worth going for an X570 so I get PCIe v4 support, or will I not notice the difference? (My current mobo is PCIe V2 so even V3 would be an improvement). I have an ATX case by the way: Riotoro CR1088 Compact ATX https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0766DLZ4D/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_i_.buSEb92QZ0AG

Budget (including currency): £800 Country: UK Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming. Most demanding game I am playing currently is probably Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Also playing Soul Calibur 6, Monster Hunter World, Divinity: Original Sin 2 and CS:GO. I was thinking of playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey if it will work well on my PC, and maybe Valhalla when it comes out. Other details Current system: i7-4700k (stock speeds); Gigabyte Z87-D3HP mobo; 16GB DDR3 @ 1866MHz; GTX 1050 Ti 4GB; 250GB Samsung Evo 840 SSD for OS and Crucial MX500 1TB SSD for my games; Corsair CP-9020048-UK CX600 ATX 80 PLUS Bronze PSU; Riotoro CR1088 compact ATX case. CPU/RAM/Mobo/PSU was assembled in 2013; upgraded the GPU in November 2018 and added the 1TB SSD last year. Since the core of this PC is quite a few years old I have been thinking of upgrading for the past year, probably to a Ryzen 5 3600 build with an RX 5700 GPU (I cheaped out on my current GPU and I'm regretting it!). I'd love to run Kingdom Come at 60Fps or above (currently runs at around 35-40FPS on High settings and not much better on Medium). However, this rig has honestly been problem free since I've had it and I've reluctant to upgrade just because I can - I don't want to waste it. Would throwing an RX 5700 in this right now be worth it, with a view to upgrading to Ryzen at the end of the year when new CPUs come out? Bottleneck Calculator reckons I'd experience a 20% bottleneck with an RX 5700 in my current build. Currently CPU is at stock speeds but would be willing to consider overclocking (never done it before) and buying a new cooler (maybe a Dark Rock 4?)