[SOLVED] What to upgrade first ?

[SedzDay]

Current specs:

Gigabyte B450 ds3h V2
Gtx 1650 super
Ryzen 5 2600 with stock cooler
16 gb ddr4 3200mhz


Im planning on upgrading my PC piece by piece so what should i upgrade first ?

 

[sizzling]

What psu and case do you have?
What is your monitors resolution and Hz?

What do you want the pc to do better? If gaming are you wanting more fps, higher resolution or higher game settings?

 

[SkyNetRising]

Im planning on upgrading my PC piece by piece so what should i upgrade first ?

What is your upgrade budget?

 

[John Chesterfield]

If for gaming, graphics card.

 

[SedzDay]

What psu and case do you have?
What is your monitors resolution and Hz?

What do you want the pc to do better? If gaming are you wanting more fps, higher resolution or higher game settings?

i have a DarkFlash 650W psu and a 1920x1080p Nvision monitor 75hz monitor and I'd like to play for more fps in lost ark and any other games

 

[sizzling]

i have a DarkFlash 650W psu and a 1920x1080p Nvision monitor 75hz monitor and I'd like to play for more fps in lost ark and any other games

I expect a gpu upgrade would help the most but you can do a test. Drop your resolution to 720p and see if your fps goes up as much as you want. If it does it shows the rest of the system can deliver the fps you want and it’s the gpu limiting you at 1080p. Also when at 1080p is your gpu usage 100%?

However before buying a new gpu you need to be sure you have a high quality psu. I have never heard of DarkFkash and the searches I did make me question it, looks likely a low quality brand.

For a gaming build you really want to be looking at tier A or B on this list https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...er-list-rev-14-8-final-update-jul-21.3624094/

 

[John Chesterfield]

Definitely replace that power supply if buying a new graphics card.

 

[geofelt]

A perennial question;

My stock approach to this perennial question:

Some games are graphics limited like fast action shooters.
Others are cpu core speed limited like strategy, sims, and mmo.
Multiplayer tends to like many threads.

You need to find out which.
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To help clarify your CPU/GPU options, run these two tests:

a) Run YOUR games, but lower your resolution and eye candy.
This makes the graphics card loaf a bit.
If your FPS increases, it indicates that your cpu is strong enough to drive a better graphics configuration.
If your FPS stays the same, you are likely more cpu limited.

b) Limit your cpu, either by reducing the OC, or, in windows power management, limit the maximum cpu% to something like 70%.
Go to control panel/power options/change plan settings/change advanced power settings/processor power management/maximum processor state/
This will simulate what a lack of cpu power will do.
Conversely what a 30% improvement in core speed might do.

You should also experiment with removing one or more cores/threads. You can do this in the windows msconfig boot advanced options option.
You will need to reboot for the change to take effect. Set the number of threads to less than you have.
This will tell you how sensitive your games are to the benefits of many threads.
If you see little difference, your game does not need all the threads you have.



It is possible that both tests are positive, indicating that you have a well balanced system,
and both cpu and gpu need to be upgraded to get better gaming FPS.
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