Advice on Upgrades/Changes

[Genonik]

Hi there,

 

I need some advise on 2 topics.

So 2 yrs ago i built my pc mainly for gaming (older games but also the newer like Horizon Forbidden west). 

Specs listed below. Everything works fine so no problem there.

 

Now question 1: Did i choose the right parts in your opinion? What should i change/what would get me more performance out of it? Did i go somewhere completly wrong?

Also i want to upgrade my monitor. Rn i play in 1080p Asus . Works but maybe you guys got advise what would match for my specs. 

Question 2: My old PC (10yrs) which my gf uses started to make some problems yesterday. I could fix it and right now it works again, but in the near future (probably this year) i want to replace it. If i take some stuff out of my pc and put it in her new one and only get what works with those parts so i can safe her some money then thats the way to go. She uses it mainly for GTAV right now. Nothing to crazy, but i want a PC that lasts for some years to come for her. 

 

Budget (including currency): planning

Country: Switzerland

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: as described

Other details: 

Monitor: Asus VG278HE

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 Super Gaming OC 3X - 8GB
Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (3.60GHz / 32MB) - boxed
Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 - 1TB
Seagate BarraCuda HDD - 3.5" SATA 6Gb/s - 4TB
Corsair RM850 - 850W
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 32GB Kit (4 x 8GB) 3200MHz... 
Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic XL ROG - weiss

 

Thanks for your advice!

 

(Now with the C)

[191x7]

1st advice - Grammarly.

 

2nd advice - upgrade your monitor to a decent 1440p 144Hz-165Hz-185Hz-240Hz. 27" or 32" depending on your eyesight. Hardware Unboxed has great reviews.

 

3rd advice - from the mentioned parts, only the CPU might be suitable for an upgrade, and even that isn't really needed if you're not severely multitasking.

I did upgrade from a 3600 to a 5900X. In most games, no difference, and I do have a 5700XT, that's similar to a 2070S. And I use 1440p 144Hz.

The GPU could be upgraded too, but with today's prices and availability the 2070S is still a great option even for 1440p.

And yes, on 1080p the 3600 does probably bottleneck the 2070s in some scenarios; that can be alleviated by upgrading the CPU or the monitor.

 

4th advice - the r5 3600 could be used for building your GF a new system based on a B550 board, the ryzen 3600, 16GB ddr4, an SSD, and a new PSU, keeping the old case and maybe the old GPU 8depending on what it is).

[Genonik]

1 hour ago, 191x7 said:

1st advice - Grammarly.

 

2nd advice - upgrade your monitor to a decent 1440p 144Hz-165Hz-185Hz-240Hz. 27" or 32" depending on your eyesight. Hardware Unboxed has great reviews.

 

3rd advice - from the mentioned parts, only the CPU might be suitable for an upgrade, and even that isn't really needed if you're not severely multitasking.

I did upgrade from a 3600 to a 5900X. In most games, no difference, and I do have a 5700XT, that's similar to a 2070S. And I use 1440p 144Hz.

The GPU could be upgraded too, but with today's prices and availability the 2070S is still a great option even for 1440p.

And yes, on 1080p the 3600 does probably bottleneck the 2070s in some scenarios; that can be alleviated by upgrading the CPU or the monitor.

 

4th advice - the r5 3600 could be used for building your GF a new system based on a B550 board, the ryzen 3600, 16GB ddr4, an SSD, and a new PSU, keeping the old case and maybe the old GPU 8depending on what it is).

1st: Thanks for the adviCe. Im swiss, sorry about that

 

2nd: will look into it!

 

3rd: if i upgrade lets say to a 5900X shouldnt i upgrade also the ram? I read sometime ago best would be 3600mhz. True or false?

If the prices go down, what would you recommend upgrading the GPU to? 

 

4th: there's a GeForce GTX 770 in the old system. I dont think its worth to put that inside. Or am i wrong?

 

 

[191x7]

16 minutes ago, Genonik said:

1st: Thanks for the adviCe. Im swiss, sorry about that

 

2nd: will look into it!

 

3rd: If the prices go down, what would you recommend upgrading the GPU to? 

 

4th: there's a GeForce GTX 770 in the old system. I dont think its worth to put that inside. Or am i wrong?

 

 

I'm Croatian and I do use Grammarly to check my written english for spelling errors, wording errors, grammatical errors and so on.

 

If the prices go down close to normal prices, a worthwhile upgrade from a 2070S would be something like an RTX 3080 or Radeon RX 6800.

Or something newer/stronger than that. But not for 1080p, that's for sure.

 

That 770, especially if its the 4GB version, in this time with those availability and pricing issues, is still an acceptable choice, if it works fine.

 

[Genonik]

13 minutes ago, 191x7 said:

I'm Croatian and I do use Grammarly to check my written english for spelling errors, wording errors, grammatical errors and so on.

 

If the prices go down close to normal prices, a worthwhile upgrade from a 2070S would be something like an RTX 3080 or Radeon RX 6800.

Or something newer/stronger than that. But not for 1080p, that's for sure.

 

That 770, especially if its the 4GB version, in this time with those availability and pricing issues, is still an acceptable choice, if it works fine.

 

Will keep it in mind for the future!

 

Thank you for your time and support!!!

[Jonathan Lee]

 

8 hours ago, Genonik said:

Now question 1: Did i choose the right parts in your opinion? What should i change/what would get me more performance out of it? Did i go somewhere completly wrong?

Also i want to upgrade my monitor. Rn i play in 1080p Asus . Works but maybe you guys got advise what would match for my specs. 

Probably would have gone with a higher end CPU with that GPU. You have a high end GPU for the time, so I would have paired it with a higher end CPU as well. Ryzen 3700x would have been a good choice at the time. Not a major problem though.

 

1440p, 144hz, IPS monitor for the 2070S would be reasonable. 

 

6 hours ago, Genonik said:

3rd: if i upgrade lets say to a 5900X shouldnt i upgrade also the ram? I read sometime ago best would be 3600mhz. True or false?

Ideally, yes. Since you already have the ram, I wouldn't bother though. The difference is marginal.

 

For CPU upgrades, if you're a heavier multi tasker, the 5900X is a good choice. If you play only older games, single monitor, not many background task, then 5800X would be plenty.