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So here is my problem. 

 

About a year ago i built my first rig and I want to upgrade something in it this holiday. I use it mainly for gaming at 1440p with a target fps of 60 with High to Ultra details, since i play mostly single player games. My system is perfectly able to maintain 60fps at Ultra on Shadow of the Tomb Raider when there are no npc's around. And in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, as soon i enter the most npc busy area, my 60 fps drops significantly. 

 

My specs are the following:

 

Amd Ryzen 7 1800x at 3.8Ghz

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070ti at 2000Mhz on the core and 8800 on the memory

16GB of HyperX Fury 2400Mhz overclocked to 2800

 

I was thinking about upgrading the 1800x to a 3600x, however i don't know if it will improve my performance significantly at 1440p. 

Alternatively i could upgrade the GPU to something more powerful like a 2080 Super and and raise the raw fps level, but with both Amd and Nvidia announcing new stuff in the next 6 months i feel like it's a bad move right now.

 

Additional information: I am now using Riva Tuner to lock my system to 60 fps and have noticed a huge improvement in frametimes.

 

Thank you for any help or advice!

 

Vicente

 

PS: I am not a native English speaker (i'm from Brazil. Yeah, its really hot here #sadface) and this is my first time on the Ltt Forum! Thanks again

 

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2 minutes ago, vicentemileo said:

So here is my problem. 

 

About a year ago i built my first rig and I want to upgrade something in it this holiday. I use it mainly for gaming at 1440p with a target fps of 60 with High to Ultra details, since i play mostly single player games. My system is perfectly able to maintain 60fps at Ultra on Shadow of the Tomb Raider when there are no npc's around. And in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, as soon i enter the most npc busy area, my 60 fps drops significantly. 

 

My specs are the following:

 

Amd Ryzen 7 1800x at 3.8Ghz

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070ti at 2000Mhz on the core and 8800 on the memory

16GB of HyperX Fury 2400Mhz overclocked to 2800

 

I was thinking about upgrading the 1800x to a 3600x, however i don't know if it will improve my performance significantly at 1440p. 

Alternatively i could upgrade the GPU to something more powerful like a 2080 Super and and raise the raw fps level. 

 

Additional information: I am now using Riva Tuner to lock my system to 60 fps and have noticed a huge improvement in frametimes.

 

Thank you for any help or advice!

 

Vicente

 

PS: I am not a native English speaker (i'm from Brazil. Yeah, its really hot here #sadface) and this is my first time on the Ltt Forum! Thanks again

 

Well since you use 1440p get gpu first.

Would like to know about your stroges and psu too, even mobo if you can tell us.

I Use my knowledge as business owner and self taught technician aswell as an AI to help people. AI might be controversial but it actually works pretty well 90% of the time.

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GPU. that CPU is still good enough.

Im with the mentaility of "IF IM NOT SURE IF ITS ENOUGH COOLING, GO OVERKILL"

 

CURRENT PC SPECS    

CPU             : Ryzen 5 3600 (Formerly Ryzen 3 1200)

GPU             : ASUS RX 580 Dual OC (Formerly ASUS GTX 1060 but it got corroded for some odd reasons)

GPU COOOER      : ID Cooling Frostflow 120 VGA (Stock cooler overheats even when undervolted :()

MOBO            : MSI B350m Bazooka

MEMORY          : Team Group Elite TUF DDR4 3600 Mhz CL 16
STORAGE         : Seagate Baracudda 1TB and Kingston SSD
PSU             : Thermaltake Lite power 550W (Gonna change soon as i dont trust this)
CASE            : Rakk Anyag Frost
CPU COOLER      : ID-Cooling SE 207
CASE FANS       : Mix of ID cooling fans, Corsair fans and Rakk Ounos (planned change to ID Cooling)
DISPLAY         : SpectrePro XTNS24 144hz Curved VA panel
MOUSE           : Logitech G603 Lightspeed
KEYBOARD        : Rakk Lam Ang

HEADSET         : Plantronics RIG 500HD

Kingston Hyper X Stinger

 

and a whole lot of LED everywhere(behind the monitor, behind the desk, behind the shelf of the PC mount and inside the case)

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Gettin r5 3600x could give you a little more fps in games, but i do not think its worth upgradin now since your cpu can do almost 4ghz. Wait under a year to forth gen ryzen.

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Just now, vicentemileo said:

@SavageNeo Sure. For PSU i'm using a Sharkoon Silent Storm Icewind 650 Watt 80 Plus Bronze and my MOBO is a Asus X470-f ATX.

Yes get 2080super first (your psu is good enough, check that it has enough cables for 2080S since i think it uses 2x8pin or 8pin and 6pin power). Worry about your cpu in a year

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Just now, SavageNeo said:

Yes get 2080super first (your psu is good enough, check that it has enough cables for 2080S since i think it uses 2x8pin or 8pin and 6pin power). Worry about your cpu in a year

just checked, it has enough power cables

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Just now, SavageNeo said:

Yes get 2080super first (your psu is good enough, check that it has enough cables for 2080S since i think it uses 2x8pin or 8pin and 6pin power). Worry about your cpu in a year

i do thing it does. 2070 Super would be a valid option too, right? PC parts around here are really expensive.

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Just now, vicentemileo said:

i do thing it does. 2070 Super would be a valid option too, right? PC parts around here are really expensive.

If you consider getting 2070 super, get power coler red devil 5700xt instead, its on par  with 2070 super +-10 fps in games.

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Just now, SavageNeo said:

If you consider getting 2070 super, get power coler red devil 5700xt instead, its on par  with 2070 super +-10 fps in games.

Just checked and the 2080 super from EVGA is massively discounted in the store that i usually shop. i think i'll go with that.

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Just now, vicentemileo said:

Just checked and the 2080 super from EVGA is massively discounted in the store that i usually shop. i think i'll go with that.

that would be solid choice. DM me when you done with your building

I Use my knowledge as business owner and self taught technician aswell as an AI to help people. AI might be controversial but it actually works pretty well 90% of the time.

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