What should I upgrade first

[aruiz77]

Hi all!

 

First sorry for my english its not my first language and havent practiced in years, and thank for any help or advice you can give me, oh, and sorry for the length of the post  

1. Budget & Location: About 300€. Location Europe (Spain)
2. Aim: Mainly gaming and VR with Oculus Rift, and some photoshop for illustration
3. Monitors: I currently have a 1080p monitor, not planning to upgrade soon
4. Peripherals: Not really needing any upgrade here
5. Why are you upgrading?: I have to play most modern games in medium to get good framerates, and I cant even play some games with Oculus because framerates make me feel sick and have to stop playing

I bought a pre-built system some years ago and I have updated it whenever I was able to here and there (mainly the GPU). Im not too saavy in computer parts so maybe my build is a complete disaster now

 

Current specs:

• Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 3401 Mhz
• Motherboard: Medion MSI ms-7728 (or something like that)
• Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 EVO
• GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 OC WindForce
• RAM: 8GB (2x 4GB DDR3)
• Powersource: Tacens Radix VII AG 800W 80 Plus Silver
• Drives: SSD 500Gb HDD 1T
• Case: NOX Hummer VX

I've been happy with the performance of the computer till last year when I had the chance to get a quite cheap 2nd hand Oculus Rift and I started noticing I couldn play some games and experiences comfortably (due to having to lower too much graphics quality or due to low framerates).

 

Now Im thinking its time to upgrade it, and (to me) the logical choice is upgrading once more the GPU, and here is the first problem... there are sooooo many chipsets, models, brands, etc. in the 300/400€ bracket that the more I read the more lost I found myself.

 

I was thinking to get the RTX2060 Foundes Edition but its out of stock since day 1 (and in the limit of my budget with 369€). There are other RTX2060 from 360€ like this one but Im not sure if they will be crappy manufacturers or if they have any tradeoff beeing cheaper than the FE.

 

Then I looked at GTX1060 and GTX1070,

 

The first (GTX 1060) is availabe from 200€ but I dont know if it would be a big improvement and if I change it now wont be able tu upgrade again in a while. And there is a ton of references.

 

The second (GTX 1070) feels too expensive and with similar prices to the RTX2060

 

Now Ive learnt that something like GTX 1660 is comming in the price range of 300€ but know nothing about it. If its below 300€, could it be a good option?

 

My second problem is. will that new GPU bottleneck with the rest of the system? is there other update that will get me a beter performance increase for those 300€ than upgrading the GPU?

 

Thank you very much for your replyes and advice!

 

 

[ELSknutson]

If it was me I would go out an get a new motherboard, CPU, Ram, and an SSD

[Dedayog]

When you're gaming, check Task Manager for RAM usage.  Unless you're closing every background program, you could use another 8GB of RAM as well.

 

A good brand's 2060 will be great, look at the major players... EVGA, ASUS, Gigabyte, etc etc etc.

 

A full replacement/upgrade of the PC may be a good idea as well.  Do it in a couple stages, first stage would be what @ELSknutson mentions.  Not sure how much of an upgrade the Ryzen 2600 would be but it's something to look into.

[LukeSavenije]

https://es.pcpartpicker.com/product/cKhKHx/sapphire-radeon-rx-vega-56-2gb-pulse-video-card-11276-02-40g

 

considered this yet?

[LukeSavenije]

7 minutes ago, ELSknutson said:

If it was me I would go out an get a new motherboard, CPU, Ram, and an SSD

actually i would say no, it's probably the GPU that's holding back in vr

 

the 390x is a good budget option btw

[aruiz77]

Thanks for the replies!

 

7 minutes ago, ELSknutson said:

If it was me I would go out an get a new motherboard, CPU, Ram, and an SSD

I do have an SSD (500Gb)

 

As for the CPU/Motherboard combo... which one for about 300€? do you think ill notice a performance increase or is more geared towards future improvements?

 

6 minutes ago, jstudrawa said:

When you're gaming, check Task Manager for RAM usage.  Unless you're closing every background program, you could use another 8GB of RAM as well.

 

A good brand's 2060 will be great, look at the major players... EVGA, ASUS, Gigabyte, etc etc etc.

In regards RAM the motherboard only has 2 sockets so I would have to change it or trash the RAM I have and buy 2x8GB 

 

This is the cheapest one from those manufacturers I have found and is refurbished:
https://www.pccomponentes.com/gigabyte-geforce-rtx-2060-oc-6gb-gddr6-reacondicionado

[aruiz77]

9 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

https://es.pcpartpicker.com/product/cKhKHx/sapphire-radeon-rx-vega-56-2gb-pulse-video-card-11276-02-40g

 

considered this yet?

I haven't any experience with AMD, never had any GPU or CPU

 

Not closed to that option but I was told my powersource was not that good and Ive seen videos about that and seems I has a high power needs, What do you think?

 

And regards the price. This better than a 1660Ti? for 25€ more is worth considering a GTX2060?

 

Sorry but I am completly ignorant in AMD

8 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

actually i would say no, it's probably the GPU that's holding back in vr

 

the 390x is a good budget option btw

390x is a processor, motherboard...? 

 

Thank you in advance!

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, aruiz77 said:

Not closed to that option but I was told my powersource was not that good and Ive seen videos about that and seems I has a high power needs, What do you think?

it is, but i mean, you have a 800 watt psu, you can run 2 of those on it if it's a good one (personally haven't heared of it, so you might want to do some research first if you need to swap it)

 

2 minutes ago, aruiz77 said:

And regards the price. This better than a 1660Ti? for 25€ more is worth considering a GTX2060?

1660ti isn't out yet, so i can't tell you much

 

2 minutes ago, aruiz77 said:

390x is a processor, motherboard...? 

a older generation AMD graphics card that performs around a 970/1060/rx580