Upgrade

[DewisLavid]

Hi everyone,

Im looking to change things up a bit and upgrade my PC/ set up, I’ve not really got a budget but I don’t want to spend stupid money though. What would you upgrade from my pc/set up?

 

My current PC build at the moment is:

 

ASUS TUF B450 plus

Ryzen 5 3600

RTX 3060ti

16gb of 2400mhz Corsair vengeance 

1tb hard drive 

240gb ssd

850 watt Corsair psu

 

Set up:

Alienware Aw2518hf

Logitech g pro wireless mouse

razer black widow keyboard 

corsair HS70 SE wireless headset 

 

Im mainly thinking the Ram needs to be upgraded but anything else you would change up?

[bmx6454]

4 minutes ago, DewisLavid said:

Im mainly thinking the Ram needs to be upgraded but anything else you would change up?

that's what i would recommend, maybe a bigger ssd. otherwise, pretty decent build.

[RAS_3885]

Faster RAM would be good since you're running Ryzen.

 

What are your CPU and GPU usages while gaming? Are you hitting your target refresh rate with desired graphics settings?

 

If yes, then I wouldn't upgrade anything else. If not, then I'd upgrade where the bottleneck is.

[DewisLavid]

1 minute ago, RAS_3885 said:

Faster RAM would be good since you're running Ryzen.

 

What are your CPU and GPU usages while gaming? Are you hitting your target refresh rate with desired graphics settings?

 

If yes, then I wouldn't upgrade anything else. If not, then I'd upgrade where the bottleneck is.

CPU and GPU usage is normally fairly even. most of the time I get my desired FPS and normally play on highest graphics settings, only game I would like more FPS is Cold War but that’s a fairly demanding game I get like 150-165fps average which is a little lower than I’d like but I think that may be down to the ram?

[DewisLavid]

7 minutes ago, bmx6454 said:

that's what i would recommend, maybe a bigger ssd. otherwise, pretty decent build.

Only really use the ssd for windows as I don’t think the ssd will make much difference for FPS in games does it?

[RAS_3885]

1 minute ago, DewisLavid said:

CPU and GPU usage is normally fairly even. most of the time I get my desired FPS and normally play on highest graphics settings, only game I would like more FPS is Cold War but that’s a fairly demanding game I get like 150-165fps average which is a little lower than I’d like but I think that may be down to the ram?

It certainly could be. Since I'd recommend upgrade RAM regardless see how the performance is once that's done. Then you can evaluate if more expensive upgrades are needed (or if you're happy with what that gives you).

[DewisLavid]

3 minutes ago, RAS_3885 said:

It certainly could be. Since I'd recommend upgrade RAM regardless see how the performance is once that's done. Then you can evaluate if more expensive upgrades are needed (or if you're happy with what that gives you).

Ok great I’ll do that, only other thing I want to try would be a 1440p monitor but not sure what performance would be like at 1440p

[TheRandomness]

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