Build Advice upgrades

[AaronKman]

Hi guys I am looking for some advice on possible upgrade for my gaming PC. Here is what I currently have:

Asus b350+ motherboard,
1TB Harddrive,
250 GB SSD,
Radeon RX 550 4gb Graphics Card,
16GB Ram,
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G CPU,
Corsair 7650 Powersupply that is 6+ years old... same as Hard drive.

I mostly play computer games and watch videos on this no streaming or anything like that. I play games like Destiny 2, overwatch,League and Runescape. I have 3 monitors so I am looking for upgrades that will help those games run smoothly in high graphics without any frame drops. I have excellent Internet. I am also looking for a case upgrade as my current one is also 6+ years old. Any advice would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance!

 

[jmsellars1]

Hi, you're not getting a response at the moment because you haven't provided enough info. What's your budget? Where are you based? Can you build/upgrade the PC yourself?

 

[ScrewySqrl]

not knowing your budget, I would suggest this in order of costs:
Replace the psu, just on age. get at least 80+ Bronze and 550W from a reputable brand,
Upgrade the GPU to a 570, 580, or RX5700 depending on budget
Upgrade CPU to 2600, 2700 or 3600, or 3700x (do a bios upgrade first)
Optionally upgrade the ram if its less than DDR4-3000

the 320 mobo means you cannot overclock, but thats not really necessary. stick with the 65w chips.

 

[AaronKman]

Sorry I thought I posted it. Im based in AZ, my budget is around $800, I can do the upgrades myself and I do have ddr4 ram atm.

 

[greigm78]

Sorry I thought I posted it. Im based in AZ, my budget is around $800, I can do the upgrades myself and I do have ddr4 ram atm.

What speed of RAM do you currently have? $800 should see a decent upgrade path. BIOS update to your motherboard and you don't need to replace that, so CPU, GPU, Case, PSU and possibly faster RAM is certainly doable for your budget.

 

[ScrewySqrl]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard (Purchased For $0.00)
Memory: OLOy 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($57.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB DUAL EVO OC Video Card ($439.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $797.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-31 06:37 EST-0500

this keeps your current motherbord and case, if your RAM is already DDR4-3000, then a 2070 super (at 499) can be done instead or $801 total

 

[AaronKman]

I am trying to find the speed of my ram I bought the corsair vengeance ddr4 I believe it is 2400 .

 

[ScrewySqrl]

if its running on its XMP profilke and not the default of 2133, CPU-Z will tell you the speed. if its 2400, you want faster ram with AMD chips