Strix GTX 980, I5-4570, and 8 gigs of RAM

[BrowneyLTT]

I mostly play Overwatch, Assasins creed origins, apex legends. Is this enough for 60 FPS on Ultra, 1080p?

 

Gigabyte H310M-B

8 Gigs of Corsair Vengeance

Intel Core i5-4570

750 Watts of power 

Strix GTX 980

3 TB of HDD

[Sauron]

1 minute ago, BrowneyLTT said:

Is this enough for 60 FPS?

Resolution? Settings?

[minibois]

Keep in mind that motherboard and CPU don't match.

You either need to get a 1150 motherboard (H81, B85, H87, H97, Z87, Z97) or an 8th/9th gen CPU.

 

Assuming that CPU, Assassins' Creed will still struggle a bit, not sure about Apex, but Overwatch should be able to play nicely at 1080p@Medium to high settings.

[BrowneyLTT]

Should I upgrade? I game a lot and stream, any recommendations? 3000$ budget @minibois

[minibois]

2 minutes ago, BrowneyLTT said:

Should I upgrade? I game a lot and stream, any recommendations? 3000$ budget @minibois

So you have this system already? Why not try out the games you mentioned and you know the performance you will get.

Of course upgrading is always an option (e.g. a Ryzen 5 3600+16GB 3600Mhz+B450+2070 Super+SSD would be a great choice, assuming you have a decent case and PSU. That should be around 900 USD), but why bother upgrading when your PC is good already? Best to check that before-hand.

[BrowneyLTT]

This system was built around 5 years ago and is pretty old, that’s why I think I should upgrade, if my FPS on a new system is going to be around 200 FPS, of course it’s worth an upgrade. Though I got this prebuilt, and don’t have much experience picking parts. What do you recommend as a good system for 150 FPS gaming in 2560x1440? @minibois

[Paul Rudd]

2 hours ago, BrowneyLTT said:

Is this enough for 60 FPS on Ultra, 1080p?

Nope.

2 hours ago, BrowneyLTT said:

Should I upgrade? I game a lot and stream

Yep.

2 hours ago, BrowneyLTT said:

any recommendations? 3000$ budget

You can just buy the best everything with that budget, no need to recommend. Just buy whatever is $3000 at Bestbuy.

1 hour ago, BrowneyLTT said:

don’t have much experience picking parts. What do you recommend as a good system for 150 FPS gaming in 2560x1440?

You're not gonna get 150 fps in high demanding games like Assassins Creed Origins in 1440p on ultra period so just get that out of your brain. Get ultra out of your brain as well for any game. Using the ultra preset is just dumb when it comes to achieving high frame rates. Some individual ultra settings KILL fps and do subtle differences visually that look just as good as on low, medium or even OFF, yes OFF.

 

What you gonna do in this circumstance... Turn on Ultra Shadows in Ghost Recon Wildlands and lose 40 fps or turn OFF Shadows period and reap the benefit of 40 fps? And before you answer this question, remember that half the game is played at night.

 

Just hit 155 hours in GRW not once using Shadows. The rest of the game is just so absolutely beautiful. I don't ever even have the time to think of Shadows in GRW.

 

And of course you're gonna want Shadows to look good in Assassins Creed Origins. But in ACO, Shadows don't hit the frame rate by 40.

[minibois]

1 hour ago, BrowneyLTT said:

This system was built around 5 years ago and is pretty old, that’s why I think I should upgrade, if my FPS on a new system is going to be around 200 FPS, of course it’s worth an upgrade. Though I got this prebuilt, and don’t have much experience picking parts. What do you recommend as a good system for 150 FPS gaming in 2560x1440? @minibois

Assassins' Creed will be difficult to run at Ultra, 1440p@144Hz:

 

That means even a system like this:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor  ($499.99 @ Best Buy) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 CHROMAX.BLACK 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler  ($99.95 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus PRIME X570-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($235.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($154.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($169.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($94.00 @ B&H) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB ROG Strix Gaming Advanced Video Card  ($1253.33 @ Amazon) 
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($98.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($114.79 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $2811.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-29 12:14 EDT-0400

 

Couldn't max out that game at 1440p and run it at 144fps (and this is basically the best you can get in current parts).

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A system like this is a bit more sensible:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($327.89 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 CHROMAX.BLACK 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler  ($99.95 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 GAMING X ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($169.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($94.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($169.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($79.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB XC ULTRA GAMING Video Card  ($513.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($98.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $1645.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-29 12:17 EDT-0400

 

Some fewer cores, half the memory, no extra NVME 1TB SSD added, 3TB instead of 4TB HDD, little lower wattage PSU, little more sensible motherboard for the build.

That all won't make a gaming impact.

The videocard is the most different part; as the 2070 Super quite a bit slower, but depending on the game and settings it can run a lot of games on 1440p@60fps.

It (the build/videocard on its own) is about half the price though.

[seagate_surfer]

With $3000 you'll have plenty of chances to build the machine with 2019 products and definetely play those games at more than 60FPS.

[Paul Rudd]

3 hours ago, minibois said:

the 2070 Super quite a bit slower, but depending on the game and settings it can run a lot of games on 1440p@60fps.

So can a 1070.

 

With a $3000 budget, my first choice would be an i7/Ryzen 7 CPU capable of 4.5-5.0 GHz(maybe an i7-8700K), a motherboard that can handle that power/OC and 16GB of high speed RAM. Then I'd determine the perfect cooler to keep that CPU nice and cool without going water cooling. Then worry about the GPU to keep up with that CPU. Something like this... 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i7-8700K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor	$354.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler	$89.95 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$159.89 @ OutletPC
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$129.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Seagate Barracuda 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$67.48 @ Amazon
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB XC ULTRA GAMING Video Card	$747.38 @ Amazon
Case	NZXT H500 ATX Mid Tower Case	$89.98 @ NZXT
Power Supply	Rosewill Capstone 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$84.00 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1753.66
	Mail-in rebates	-$30.00
	Total	$1723.66
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-29 15:58 EDT-0400

 

I want to say that G.Skill RAM is a B-Die. F4-3600C16D-16GVK is its part #. That i7-8700K should easily achieve 4.5-4.7 GHz and most likely at and just above 5.0 GHz if you so choose to push it. I'm all about longevity so I'd clock it at whatever keeps the CPU the coolest.