Need Input

MaxFubar · January 13, 2020

I'm currently sitting on my annual bonus funds from this year and have about $500 of it I'd like to slot into upgrades for my gaming rig. I'm currently running a Ryzen 2600 @4.1Ghz, air cooled with 16GB of DDR4-3000(CL16), ASUS ROG Strix 1070, MSI Tomahawk B450(Have bios update for Ryzen 3000, done by me, not the new Max with 3000 support already). I'm run my games at 1080p on a 144hz monitor. All of this is in a Fractal Meshify C, 750W Full Modular 80+ Bronze PSU, with 4 Noctua case fans(2 intake, 2 exhaust) and a Deepcook Gamaxx 400 with 2 Noctua fans(push/pull)

Question is, would I be better of with a Ryzen 3600/3700/3800 and faster RAM???? Or upgrade the video card to a 5700XT??? Maybe stretch a bit and find a 2070 Super???? Or am I ok for now and wait another generation then upgrade??? If I did the last option, might look into an AIO and get onto watercooling my CPU. Just looking for the best way to stretch my dollars.

Spaceman_Wil · January 13, 2020

The two things I would look at are faster RAM or a new Video Card. You may hold off on the Video Card though. I've heard the murmurs start on the 3000 series RTX cards. Second Gen RTX is probably a wise choice in the event it takes off.

chrispy747 · January 13, 2020

Maybe consider a new monitor.

Your 1070 can easily handle 1440p at 75 fps and if you turn down a few of the settings you can get 100+ fps

I have an AMD R9 290X and it runs games like Forza horizon 4, rocket league, and no man's sky at 1440p 60fps just fine.

Your 1070 is about 50% faster than my card so you will see great framerates.

2 hours ago, MaxFubar said:

I'm currently sitting on my annual bonus funds from this year and have about $500 of it I'd like to slot into upgrades for my gaming rig. I'm currently running a Ryzen 2600 @4.1Ghz, air cooled with 16GB of DDR4-3000(CL16), ASUS ROG Strix 1070, MSI Tomahawk B450(Have bios update for Ryzen 3000, done by me, not the new Max with 3000 support already). I'm run my games at 1080p on a 144hz monitor. All of this is in a Fractal Meshify C, 750W Full Modular 80+ Bronze PSU, with 4 Noctua case fans(2 intake, 2 exhaust) and a Deepcook Gamaxx 400 with 2 Noctua fans(push/pull)

Question is, would I be better of with a Ryzen 3600/3700/3800 and faster RAM???? Or upgrade the video card to a 5700XT??? Maybe stretch a bit and find a 2070 Super???? Or am I ok for now and wait another generation then upgrade??? If I did the last option, might look into an AIO and get onto watercooling my CPU. Just looking for the best way to stretch my dollars.