What should I upgrade to?

[ezpickings]

I'm thinking of doing an upgrade as i'm not getting the desired FPS for a game I play competitively.

Specs:
Ryzen 3 3200g
RX 580 Red Devil
B450 Tomahawk MAX
8 GB DDR4 2400 RAM
500 Watts PSU
 

[EndoliteMatrix]

Gonna need to know the game's you play. Depends on if they are CPU intensive, or GFX intensive. How much ram is needed, etc etc...

 

Thanks!

[xdeathshot20]

3 minutes ago, grzvity said:

I'm thinking of doing an upgrade as i'm not getting the desired FPS for a game I play competitively.

Specs:
Ryzen 3 3200g
RX 580 Red Devil
B450 Tomahawk MAX
8 GB DDR4 2400 RAM
500 Watts PSU
 

whats ur budget for this upgrade?  whats ur location, what games do you wana play?  but before knowing all that i would say get 16gb of high speed ram at least 3200 mhz and then maybe a cpu upgrade to like a 3600 as u wont need a new mobo for it

[MadAnt250]

4 minutes ago, grzvity said:

I'm thinking of doing an upgrade as i'm not getting the desired FPS for a game I play competitively.

 

What games do you play?

[ezpickings]

2 minutes ago, MadAnt250 said:

What games do you play?

 

2 minutes ago, xdeathshot20 said:

whats ur budget for this upgrade?  whats ur location, what games do you wana play?  but before knowing all that i would say get 16gb of high speed ram at least 3200 mhz and then maybe a cpu upgrade to like a 3600 as u wont need a new mobo for it

 

3 minutes ago, EndoliteMatrix said:

Gonna need to know the game's you play. Depends on if they are CPU intensive, or GFX intensive. How much ram is needed, etc etc...

 

Thanks!

I play competitive Beat Saber. I'm a hardcore rhythm gamer and I play this thing every day but I don't even get 80 FPS. Beat Saber requires atleast 8 gigs.

[Shrekpad]

3 minutes ago, grzvity said:

I play competitive Beat Saber. I'm a hardcore rhythm gamer and I play this thing every day but I don't even get 80 FPS. Beat Saber requires atleast 8 gigs.

I would upgrade the gpu and ram. How much do you have to spend?

[ezpickings]

2 minutes ago, Shrekpad said:

I would upgrade the gpu and ram. How much do you have to spend?

$400. I'm thinking of buying a 2060 and get 16 gigs or even 32 gigs.

[Shrekpad]

1 minute ago, grzvity said:

$400. I'm thinking of buying a 2060 and get 16 gigs or even 32 gigs.

I would do that, make sure the ram is at least 3000MHz.

[MadAnt250]

3 minutes ago, grzvity said:

$400. I'm thinking of buying a 2060 and get 16 gigs or even 32 gigs.

The CPU may be a bottleneck and 32Gbs of ram may be overkill.

[EndoliteMatrix]

Your ram would serve you better. I would recommend at least 3000MHz kit. 32GB should do you fine and add some longevity with the newer games coming out. Since you have a 3rd gen ryzen, you can play with the Infinity fabric settings as well to make sure you're getting the speeds necessary.

If it were me personally, I would wait until you have $600USD for the graphics card upgrade alone, after you upgrade the RAM. Upgrades are about adding longevity to your system. Skimping out by trying to upgrade 2 things with lesser improvement will just mean more upgrades sooner. That is just my two cents however!

[Shrekpad]

5 minutes ago, MadAnt250 said:

The CPU may be a bottleneck.

Perhaps, but the there is still the option later. Better ram and gpu are more important.

[MadAnt250]

35 minutes ago, Shrekpad said:

Perhaps, but the there is still the option later. Better ram and gpu are more important.

I don't think the hitching will be fun in VR unless the frame rate is capped.

[TrigrH]

37 minutes ago, grzvity said:

$400. I'm thinking of buying a 2060 and get 16 gigs or even 32 gigs.

sell the 3200g and the ram

buy a ryzen 3600 cpu and 16gb of 3600mhz ddr4

 

not a new GPU, get that in a few years time.

[Guest]

First thing to do, UPGRADE THAT RAM! I would recommend at LEAST 16GB of 3200MHZ DDR4 RAM for buttery smooth performance. If you like RGB (I bet you do) and have two or more RAM slots, the Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro. These are great memory sticks that look as amazing as they are functional.