Need help with suggested upgrades

[DraconianWarlock]

I've just recently been gifted a 144hz monitor however, my current system cant push 144hz so I want to upgrade and spend as little as possible to do so I thought I'd ask for help, I'd prefer an all amd system if possible but it also has to be reasonably priced (will use other companies if needed but personal preference is amd I'm also okay with hitting 120 instead if that's significantly cheaper) 

My system specs are:

Ryzen 3 1200

Rx 570 sapphire itx pulse mini

8gb ddr4 2400mhz

Gigabyte a320m-hd2

550 watt psu

 

Any help is greatly appreciated 

[emosun]

That gpu should be compatible with a 144hz display. Do you have the latest driver installed?

[Boinbo]

13 minutes ago, DraconianWarlock said:

I've just recently been gifted a 144hz monitor however, my current system can push 144hz so I want to upgrade and spend as little as possible to do so I thought I'd ask for help, I'd prefer an all and system if possible but it also has to be reasonably priced (will use other companies if needed but personal preference is amd I'm also okay with hitting 120 instead if that's significantly cheaper) 

My system specs are:

Ryzen 3 1200

Rx 570 sapphire itx pulse mini

8gb ddr4 2400mhz

Gigabyte a320m-hd2

550 watt psu

 

Any help is greatly appreciated 

Many things:

1. Get at least an r5 1600

2. Get at least an RX 580

3. Try and get 16gb of ram, if not possible, try and get ram with faster speed(3000MHz and above)

4. That motherboard is very bad, get a b450m pro4, it's $60.

5. What kind of PSU specifically?

I understand that this sounds like a lot, but by selling off your old one, it's much cheaper. You aren't going to get a great 144hz experience with a 570 imo.

Please understand that this is what I reccomend, take others opinions into consideration as well, and ultimately, ask yourself if you can afford it.

 

[toobladink]

Personally, I would consider simply buying a GPU. Getting a new CPU sounds like you may have to overhaul the motherboard too, so if you get just the GPU and are satisfied with performance (it will depend on the game you are playing), then leave it. However, you should confirm it is a GPU bottleneck by monitoring the CPU usage. If CPU usage is pretty high, you may have to upgrade the CPU to see a decent uplift.

[Akira Shimazu]

I highly reccomend rx580 for stable 144Hz. and motherboards is okay but it will hold up your future upgrade.

[Guest]

26 minutes ago, Boinbo said:

Many things:

1. Get at least an r5 1600

2. Get at least an RX 580

3. Try and get 16gb of ram, if not possible, try and get ram with faster speed(3000MHz and above)

4. That motherboard is very bad, get a b450m pro4, it's $60.

5. What kind of PSU specifically?

I understand that this sounds like a lot, but by selling off your old one, it's much cheaper. You aren't going to get a great 144hz experience with a 570 imo.

Please understand that this is what I reccomend, take others opinions into consideration as well, and ultimately, ask yourself if you can afford it.

 

An RX 580 isn't going to help seeing as he already has an RX 570. Not a huge amount of difference between those two cards. A Vega 56/64 would be a better upgrade although he will probably be held back by the cpu.

[Guest]

Just now, Wolfycapt said:

I highly reccomend rx580 for stable 144Hz. and motherboards is okay but it will hold up your future upgrade.

He would be better off getting a Vega gpu instead of moving from an RX 570 to an RX 580. 

[Akira Shimazu]

5 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

He would be better off getting a Vega gpu instead of moving from an RX 570 to an RX 580. 

forgot about vega one. 56 sounds good

[KEIN NEIN]

58 minutes ago, DraconianWarlock said:

I've just recently been gifted a 144hz monitor however, my current system can push 144hz so I want to upgrade and spend as little as possible to do so I thought I'd ask for help, I'd prefer an all and system if possible but it also has to be reasonably priced (will use other companies if needed but personal preference is amd I'm also okay with hitting 120 instead if that's significantly cheaper) 

My system specs are:

Ryzen 3 1200

Rx 570 sapphire itx pulse mini

8gb ddr4 2400mhz

Gigabyte a320m-hd2

550 watt psu

 

Any help is greatly appreciated 

so sad you have an A320 board, you won't be able to upgrade to rysen 3000

[Daniel Z.]

Well getting a Vega 56 would be great, also maybe a 1600 or 2600 later.

[Boinbo]

46 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

An RX 580 isn't going to help seeing as he already has an RX 570. Not a huge amount of difference between those two cards. A Vega 56/64 would be a better upgrade although he will probably be held back by the cpu.

True, but I was unsure of a Vega would fit in his budget, even used. Ideally, a Vega 56 at least would be nice.

[Boinbo]

14 minutes ago, Daniel Z. said:

Well getting a Vega 56 would be great, also maybe a 1600 or 2600 later.

A 2600 has only a 5% iirc, so a 1600 would be fine.

[DraconianWarlock]

7 hours ago, Boinbo said:

Many things:

1. Get at least an r5 1600

2. Get at least an RX 580

3. Try and get 16gb of ram, if not possible, try and get ram with faster speed(3000MHz and above)

4. That motherboard is very bad, get a b450m pro4, it's $60.

5. What kind of PSU specifically?

I understand that this sounds like a lot, but by selling off your old one, it's much cheaper. You aren't going to get a great 144hz experience with a 570 imo.

Please understand that this is what I reccomend, take others opinions into consideration as well, and ultimately, ask yourself if you can afford it.

 

Where I live we dont have a second hand market at all, all that gets sold are laptop drives and I have a vs550 not great but I cant afford to respec the entire system

[DraconianWarlock]

6 hours ago, KEIN NEIN said:

so sad you have an A320 board, you won't be able to upgrade to rysen 3000

Hence I plan on getting a new board like a mortar or something 

[DraconianWarlock]

Also what about an rx590, as honestly I really cant afford a vega 56

[DraconianWarlock]

7 hours ago, emosun said:

That gpu should be compatible with a 144hz display. Do you have the latest driver installed?

It can use 144hz, but I cant play any games at 144 bar csgo

[emosun]

1 minute ago, DraconianWarlock said:

It can use 144hz, but I cant play any games at 144 bar csgo

ah ok your initial post and title have no mention of video games

[DraconianWarlock]

Just now, emosun said:

ah ok your initial post and title have no mention of video games

Oh sorry I kinda thought that was self explanatory Haha as i didn't want to use just windows at 144hz

[DraconianWarlock]

Also I feel a games list maybe nessisary and may help:

Destiny 2

Gta v

Overwatch

Witcher 3 

[emosun]

1 minute ago, DraconianWarlock said:

Oh sorry I kinda thought that was self explanatory Haha as i didn't want to use just windows at 144hz

yeah , need to be specific as more than one type of person can exist. for all i know you did want to just run windows and retro games at 144hz.

[DraconianWarlock]

Just now, emosun said:

yeah , need to be specific as more than one type of person can exist. for all i know you did want to just run windows and retro games at 144hz.

Oh I can already do that but sorry for not providing enough info

[emosun]

1 minute ago, DraconianWarlock said:

Also I feel a games list maybe nessisary and may help:

Destiny 2

Gta v

Overwatch

Witcher 3 

 so how many mortgages are you going to take out to get gta 5 to run at 144hz?

[DraconianWarlock]

5 minutes ago, emosun said:

 so how many mortgages are you going to take out to get gta 5 to run at 144hz?

if i have to sacrifice that but still hit the rest at medium possibly high i dont mind

[BigRom]

9 hours ago, DraconianWarlock said:

Ryzen 3 1200

Get at least a Ryzen 5 1600

 

9 hours ago, DraconianWarlock said:

Rx 570 sapphire itx pulse mini

Find a Sapphire RX580 instead

 

9 hours ago, DraconianWarlock said:

8gb ddr4 2400mhz

Is this at least a 2x4GB dual-channel kit? Speed isn't ideal but can be overclocked....

 

9 hours ago, DraconianWarlock said:

Gigabyte a320m-hd2

550 watt psu

Hell no to an A320 board, its locked and no overclocking for the CPU, get a B450M board (ASRock pro4 or something)

550W PSU is sufficient but what model specifically, every brand makes good and shitty PSUs

[DraconianWarlock]

1 minute ago, BigRom said:

Get at least a Ryzen 5 1600

 

Find a Sapphire RX580 instead

 

Is this at least a 2x4GB dual-channel kit? Speed isn't ideal but can be overclocked....

 

Hell no to an A320 board, its locked and no overclocking for the CPU, get a B450M board (ASRock pro4 or something)

550W PSU is sufficient but what model specifically, every brand makes good and shitty PSUs

its what i already have and yea its 2x4gb but is already overclocked from 2133mhz