1060 or 2060

[T123]

I need to get a graphics card I'm thinking do I wait to get a 2060 or save the money get a 1060 I have a ryzen 3 1300x 8gb 2400 ram ab350m gaming motherboard 

[NelizMastr]

You will get a bottleneck with the 2060 due to slow RAM, but otherwise it should be okay as long as you don't intend on playing like Battlefield V or similar very thread heavy games.

[T123]

3 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

You will get a bottleneck with the 2060 due to slow RAM, but otherwise it should be okay as long as you don't intend on playing like Battlefield V or similar very thread heavy games.

I only really play racing games 

[T123]

7 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

You will get a bottleneck with the 2060 due to slow RAM, but otherwise it should be okay as long as you don't intend on playing like Battlefield V or similar very thread heavy games.

So what mghz would make a  difference 

[NelizMastr]

2 minutes ago, T123 said:

So what mghz would make a  difference 

If you try, you can probably overclock your memory to 2666, that'd be a good enough base speed generally.

[T123]

4 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

If you try, you can probably overclock your memory to 2666, that'd be a good enough base speed.

OK thanks just have to look into how to overclock because I don't know how 

[T123]

31 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

If you try, you can probably overclock your memory to 2666, that'd be a good enough base speed generally.

I have found some 3000 mhz for £60 t force vulcan 

[NelizMastr]

10 minutes ago, T123 said:

I have found some 3000 mhz for £60 t force vulcan 

Not a bad price, but for about 100 you should be able to get 16 in a 2x8 config. I'd personally just keep your current config and see if you can OC the memory a bit. It's not worth buying new memory just for the extra speed right now, not if you're sticking with 8GB.

[T123]

24 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

Not a bad price, but for about 100 you should be able to get 16 in a 2x8 config. I'd personally just keep your current config and see if you can OC the memory a bit. It's not worth buying new memory just for the extra speed right now, not if you're sticking with 8GB.

OK thanks for the advice but in the long term to get the best from a 2060 would i need to upgrade to a ryzen 5

[NelizMastr]

Just now, T123 said:

OK thanks for the advice but in the long term to get the best from a 2060 would i need to upgrade to a ryzen 5

Basically, yes  

 

The R3 is a great budget processor, but it's not really meant to be paired with the higher end cards. What might be even better is waiting for Ryzen 3rd gen later this year. The Ryzen 3 processors in the lineup are expected to be 6 core chips for the same price as your 1300X.

[T123]

4 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

Basically, yes  

 

The R3 is a great budget processor, but it's not really meant to be paired with the higher end cards. What might be even better is waiting for Ryzen 3rd gen later this year. The Ryzen 3 processors in the lineup are expected to be 6 core chips for the same price as your 1300X.

OK thanks so if I sort out the ram and get 2060 it will be OK for know

[NelizMastr]

1 minute ago, T123 said:

OK thanks so if I sort out the ram and get 2060 it will be OK for know

Yep, for sure.

[T123]

1 minute ago, NelizMastr said:

Yep, for sure.

Thanks