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tlmills82
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I'm thinking of maybe upgrading my GPU in my PC (as I can't afford a new PC right now) .

 

My current specs:

Intel i5 4690k
16gb Ram

GTX 970

I'm looking at maybe buying a 1660 ti or something of similar price.  I'll only be gaming at 1080p and I'd like as high of frame rate as I can get for the dollar as I have a 144hz monitor that's going to waste atm.

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Just now, tlmills82 said:

I'm thinking of maybe upgrading my GPU in my PC (as I can't afford a new PC right now) .

 

My current specs:

Intel i5 4690k
16gb Ram

GTX 970

I'm looking at maybe buying a 1660 ti or something of similar price.  I'll only be gaming at 1080p and I'd like as high of frame rate as I can get for the dollar as I have a 144hz monitor that's going to waste atm.

Budget?

SLAMD-XT  Ryzen 2600X 4.125ghz 1.26v~Gigabyte B450 Aorus ELITE~16GB Corsair Vengeance 3000mhz C15~Arcting Cooling Freezer 34 Esports Duo~Gigabyte Aorus RX 5700-XT~CIT chassis~120GB PNY SSD~WD BLUE 3D NAND 1TB SSD M.2~Phobya 120mm G.Silent's~SuperFlower Leadex III GOLD~Razer Basilisk~RedDragon Kumura

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1 minute ago, GreyestGoat said:

Budget?

Somewhere around $300 maybe?

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Just now, tlmills82 said:

Somewhere around $300 maybe?

wont the 5600xt be better at that price point?

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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Just now, tlmills82 said:

Somewhere around $300 maybe?

The only issue is your CPU really, it will bottleneck even a 1660Ti most likely.

 

For $300 you can get a 5600-XT or 1660Ti, the 5600-XT is the faster GPU, but you should think about upgrading your CPU at some point.

SLAMD-XT  Ryzen 2600X 4.125ghz 1.26v~Gigabyte B450 Aorus ELITE~16GB Corsair Vengeance 3000mhz C15~Arcting Cooling Freezer 34 Esports Duo~Gigabyte Aorus RX 5700-XT~CIT chassis~120GB PNY SSD~WD BLUE 3D NAND 1TB SSD M.2~Phobya 120mm G.Silent's~SuperFlower Leadex III GOLD~Razer Basilisk~RedDragon Kumura

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5 minutes ago, GreyestGoat said:

you should think about upgrading your CPU at some point.

upgrading the cpu means upgrading motherboard and ram also though... :(

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Just now, tlmills82 said:

upgrading the cpu means upgrading motherboard and ram also though... :(

Well that is how it goes...

 

 

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2 minutes ago, GreyestGoat said:

Well that is how it goes...

 

 

So no is the answer.  Thanks.

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1 minute ago, tlmills82 said:

So no is the answer.  Thanks.

Personally i would upgrade your CPU, motherboard & ram now then save for a GPU.

SLAMD-XT  Ryzen 2600X 4.125ghz 1.26v~Gigabyte B450 Aorus ELITE~16GB Corsair Vengeance 3000mhz C15~Arcting Cooling Freezer 34 Esports Duo~Gigabyte Aorus RX 5700-XT~CIT chassis~120GB PNY SSD~WD BLUE 3D NAND 1TB SSD M.2~Phobya 120mm G.Silent's~SuperFlower Leadex III GOLD~Razer Basilisk~RedDragon Kumura

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Insted of spending  $ just for the GPU, upgrade the MB+RAM+CPU whit ryzen (2600+16 GB ram+ MSI B450 MB) and upgrade the GPU later whit a nvidia 1660 SUPER. This is much better special if you put a SSD there.

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