Aging Gaming PC needs your help

[vlodato812]

Hey all, I have a PC i built like 6 years ago, i5-3570k, Asus z77-v, 16gb aries 2133. About 3 years ago i put a Xfx R9 390 and last year i upgraded the psu to a evga 850. The games i play most are overwatch, apex, and now looks like i might get into Anthem. I have about 400-500 to spend on upgrades. Key thing is i will be gaming at 1080@144hz so i need to hit 150fps regardless of visual fidelity. so my thoughts are either i keep the 390 and do a ryzen 2600x, asus x470, 16gb trident z 3200 OR just keep everything and buy a RTX 2060, mainly chose the RTX2060 because it falls in my price range and comes with Anthem which adds some value for me.

[Raudi_]

8 minutes ago, vlodato812 said:

Hey all, I have a PC i built like 6 years ago, i5-3570k, Asus z77-v, 16gb aries 2133. About 3 years ago i put a Xfx R9 390 and last year i upgraded the psu to a evga 850. The games i play most are overwatch, apex, and now looks like i might get into Anthem. I have about 400-500 to spend on upgrades. Key thing is i will be gaming at 1080@144hz so i need to hit 150fps regardless of visual fidelity. so my thoughts are either i keep the 390 and do a ryzen 2600x, asus x470, 16gb trident z 3200 OR just keep everything and buy a RTX 2060, mainly chose the RTX2060 because it falls in my price range and comes with Anthem which adds some value for me.

Do the CPU/MB/Ram upgrade first. Then worry about a GPU afterwards. I think it's smarter to go that route than to throw money at a video card without at least looking into just how much of a performance hit you might take running the card your looking at with a CPU that many generations behind.

[flibberdipper]

I'd defo do the CPU side of things first.

[zombienerd]

I run two R9 390's in crossfire.  Support is pretty good.  

 

I'd go Ryzen and maybe pick up a 2nd 390 (They're cheap on eBay these days).

[vlodato812]

1 hour ago, zombienerd said:

I run two R9 390's in crossfire.  Support is pretty good.  

 

I'd go Ryzen and maybe pick up a 2nd 390 (They're cheap on eBay these days).

Really? I feel like i'm having trouble managing the Heat dispassion of one 390. i feel like if i had 2 the tempered glass on my case would melt lol. but ill look into it.

[vlodato812]

1 hour ago, KingCry said:

Do the CPU/MB/Ram upgrade first. Then worry about a GPU afterwards. I think it's smarter to go that route than to throw money at a video card without at least looking into just how much of a performance hit you might take running the card your looking at with a CPU that many generations behind.

Thanks, i think i was hoping i would hear people say go for the GPU but im glad i asked then because i guess i was wrong.

[zombienerd]

1 minute ago, vlodato812 said:

Really? I feel like i'm having trouble managing the Heat dispassion of one 390. i feel like if i had 2 the tempered glass on my case would melt lol. but ill look into it.

I use the Corsair Carbide Air 540 - airflow is not an issue for me lol... My cards usually hang around 75c under hard load.

[zombienerd]

Pardon the dust, she needs a bit of cleaning

 

 

[vlodato812]

16 minutes ago, zombienerd said:

Pardon the dust, she needs a bit of cleaning

 

 

Yeah my h100i pump died a few months ago so I threw this massive cooler on it untill i get another aio. I think it traps a lot of heat around my card. I can't keep it below 80-84 under max load in overwatch and apex.