Question about my build

[Jguff]

Hello all.. I am new here and I appreciate all the help in advance.  A little history  in the early 2000s, I was building my own rig and gaming, then in 2014, I moved to a new place that internet was not available so i got rid of my PC and focused on PS4 and now PS5.  Internet recently becam available at my place and after a little bit i have built the my current system.. MSI x370 gaming plus MOBO, Ryzen 7 1700, 16GB of DDR4 3200 mhz RAM, Radeon 6700XT and a couple of ssds running win 11 pro.  Monitor wise I am running a 27" 60hrtz ASUS, for a secondary, and a insignia 39" 4k 60hrtz with adaptive refresh rate as a primary.  I have a total of 30$ in this build currently.  Around Christmas I plan on treating myself to an upgrade but here lies my question... 

Do I....

A: Upgrade my CPU so its no longer the bottleneck for gaming in 4k

Or B: upgrade to a 1440p 144hrtz Monitor and abadon the 4k idea?

 

Thanks in advance!

[Hinjima]

5 minutes ago, Jguff said:

Hello all.. I am new here and I appreciate all the help in advance.  A little history  in the early 2000s, I was building my own rig and gaming, then in 2014, I moved to a new place that internet was not available so i got rid of my PC and focused on PS4 and now PS5.  Internet recently becam available at my place and after a little bit i have built the my current system.. MSI x370 gaming plus MOBO, Ryzen 7 1700, 16GB of DDR4 3200 mhz RAM, Radeon 6700XT and a couple of ssds running win 11 pro.  Monitor wise I am running a 27" 60hrtz ASUS, for a secondary, and a insignia 39" 4k 60hrtz with adaptive refresh rate as a primary.  I have a total of 30$ in this build currently.  Around Christmas I plan on treating myself to an upgrade but here lies my question... 

Do I....

A: Upgrade my CPU so its no longer the bottleneck for gaming in 4k

Or B: upgrade to a 1440p 144hrtz Monitor and abadon the 4k idea?

 

Thanks in advance!

Welcome to the Forum! Glad to have you here

Your motherboard supports up to Ryzen 5000 with a BIOS update. I would slap in a 5600x or 5700x, maybe even a 5800X3D if budget allows, then I would upgrade to a 1440p 144hz monitor.
This leaves room for a slight GPU upgrade later in 2 years time and it will continue to be a great 1440p machine   I like 1440p 144hz and I think its a great middle ground between 1080p 240hz and 4k 60hz.

With adaptive sync technology, even 100fps on a 144hz monitor looks and feels fantastic.

[Jguff]

Thank you... currently playing CS:GO getting about 150fps on 4k mostly high settings... overall I think I just suck at FPS, but Inwould love to blame it on my refresh rate.  As far as the cpu goes, are you talking about staying with Ryzen 7 or dropping to Ryzen 5?

[SorryBella]

12 hours ago, Jguff said:

Thank you... currently playing CS:GO getting about 150fps on 4k mostly high settings... overall I think I just suck at FPS, but Inwould love to blame it on my refresh rate.  As far as the cpu goes, are you talking about staying with Ryzen 7 or dropping to Ryzen 5?

Just generational update. From Ryzen 1700 to 5600 or 5800X3D. And then yeah i would definitely go for 1440p 144Hz monitor instead as that would be less straining on the GPU and you would hit better framerate for pretty minimum clarity loss at or below 32 inch. 

[Queen Chrysalis]

3 hours ago, SorryBella said:

Just generational update. From Ryzen 1700 to 5600 or 5800X3D. And then yeah i would definitely go for 1440p 144Hz monitor instead as that would be less straining on the GPU and you would hit better framerate for pretty minimum clarity loss at or below 32 inch. 

The 5600 would be plenty for this, the 5800x3d would just be an exercise in excess.  CS:GO runs at way higher framerates than OP would ever realize any benefit from on slower chips.  Hell, if OP is already getting 150fps with the 1700, a 5500 or 3600 would probably be plenty, but the 5600 would definitely be plenty.

[QuantumSingularity]

Well, Christmas is so far and so many things could change until then. We are expecting 14th gen Intel Meteor Lake to hit the market by then, RX7800 and RX7700 as well. Monitors also get GREAT discounts at that time of the year. 144 or 165Hz 1440p monitor like the LG 27GP850-B would be a perfect present. And if you can score one on black friday, the LG 27GR95QE-B is just pure magic.