Help With My New PC! :)

[ScubaFishMan]

Hello everyone! My name is Andy and I am a beginner when it comes to PC builds, CPUs, and graphics cards. I do, however, play a lot of overwatch and want to play it at a consistent 240fps. I just recently bought a gaming PC online for $750 it was the CYBERPOWERPC Gamer Xtreme VR Gaming PC, Intel Core i5-9400F 2.9GHz, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 6GB, 8GB DDR4, 240GB SSD, 1TB HDD, with Win 10 Home. This PC does perform well and gets me to about an average frame rate of around 170 fps although during big fights it does drop quite a bit. Now my question for you is if money was not an issue what would I need to upgrade in order to get a consistent 240fps while playing overwatch. Or can I overclock the GPU or CPU to get to that framerate? I am happy with my current playing experience but I am just curious what it would take to get the best experience with the best framerates. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks!

Edited July 13, 2020 by wkdpaul

[Oswin]

what PSU?

if budget isnt an issue then get something like a 10600k and a rtx 2080ti and a better PSU along with another stick of ram and possibly a larger SSD.

 

also, welcome to the forums  

[Haro]

2 minutes ago, ScubaFishMan said:

I overclock the GPU or CPU

Can't overlock a locked chip.

But the GPU is overclockable 

1 minute ago, Oswin said:

if budget isnt an issue then get something like a 10600k

Eh I mean yes I agree. But you'll have to move to a different platform sadly. 

[boggy77]

that was a pretty bad deal you bought, but there are a few improvements you can make.

firstly, if you only have 1 stick of 8gb ram, buying another 8gb stick to enable dual channel should improve things by 10-20%

overclocking your gpu should yield another 10%. use msi afterburner for this.

look into reducing some of the details/settings in game. do you have a 240hz screen? if not, there is no point in achieving 240fps, as you won't see it.

[ScubaFishMan]

4 minutes ago, Oswin said:

what PSU?

if budget isnt an issue then get something like a 10600k and a rtx 2080ti and a better PSU along with another stick of ram and possibly a larger SSD.

 

also, welcome to the forums  

Thanks for the welcome! Will these parts be compatible then to what I have now?

[Oswin]

Just now, ScubaFishMan said:

Thanks for the welcome! Will these parts be compatible then to what I have now?

no, as @TofuHaroto said, you will need to move to a different platform.

[ScubaFishMan]

6 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

Can't overlock a locked chip.

But the GPU is overclockable 

Eh I mean yes I agree. But you'll have to move to a different platform sadly. 

What do you mean exactly by switching platforms?

[SupaKomputa]

To get a higher FPS, you need to lower the quality to LOW.

 

[ScubaFishMan]

Just now, Oswin said:

no, as @TofuHaroto said, you will need to move to a different platform.

Awh I see. What platform would i need to switch to?

[Haro]

Just now, ScubaFishMan said:

What do you mean exactly by switching platforms?

Moving to a completely new motherboard. 

 

[Haro]

Just now, ScubaFishMan said:

What platform would i need to switch to?

Nothing if your satisfied with the current rig. 

Do what @boggy77 said.  

[ScubaFishMan]

Just now, SupaKomputa said:

To get a higher FPS, you need to lower the quality to LOW.

 

Right. Forgot to mention in the bost all my settings are set to low currently. 

[zeusthemoose]

Cheapest way to get more frames is to lower graphics settings like @SupaKomputa said.

[ScubaFishMan]

9 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

that was a pretty bad deal you bought, but there are a few improvements you can make.

firstly, if you only have 1 stick of 8gb ram, buying another 8gb stick to enable dual channel should improve things by 10-20%

overclocking your gpu should yield another 10%. use msi afterburner for this.

look into reducing some of the details/settings in game. do you have a 240hz screen? if not, there is no point in achieving 240fps, as you won't see it.

Yeah I have a 240hz monitor. I might try giving this a shot though! Thanks for the advise!

[ScubaFishMan]

Thanks everyone for the advise. Didn't realize how helpful this forum would be! I will definitely be back with more questions.  @Oswin @TofuHaroto @boggy77