Hello Everyone, first post and I am pretty sure if I don't get a good answer here I'll never get one.
About 3-4 years ago I built my first grown up games system, and it's been fairly good up to now. I can generally get medium/high settings 1440p or sometimes 4k with the help of DLSS in performance.
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor
NZXT Kraken Z63 98.17 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Asus ROG STRIX B550-I GAMING Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard
Kingston HyperX Fury RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL17 Memory
Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Samsung 980 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
NVIDIA Founders Edition GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB Video Card
SSUPD Meshlicious (PCIe 4.0) Mini ITX Tower Case
Corsair SF750 (2018) 750 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply
I have since bought an LG C4 77" and with the PS5 Pro launching I'm looking at what my options are for upgrading to a 4080 Super/4070 Super TI to outclass the playstation for a while longer, with a view to potentially upgrading the CPU and MOBO in a few years maybe. I have a PS5 and from what I've seen the PS5 Pro is probably overall not going to make things look as good as they do now and hit around 60fps, so the value doesn't seem to be there in that upgrade.
From my limited knowledge and experience I reckon I should probably be upgrading the RAM to 2 x16 GB sticks and putting a new GPU in there.
However I can also see that none of the cards above some 4070 super TIs will fit in my case.
Getting close to 120fps in 4k on most games would be more than enough for me, though I suspect my CPU is a bottleneck somewhere along the line. I'd be happy enough with 60FPS + if I could crank the settings up.
So I suppose, to drill it down:
About 3-4 years ago I built my first grown up games system, and it's been fairly good up to now. I can generally get medium/high settings 1440p or sometimes 4k with the help of DLSS in performance.
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor
NZXT Kraken Z63 98.17 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Asus ROG STRIX B550-I GAMING Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard
Kingston HyperX Fury RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL17 Memory
Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Samsung 980 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
NVIDIA Founders Edition GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB Video Card
SSUPD Meshlicious (PCIe 4.0) Mini ITX Tower Case
Corsair SF750 (2018) 750 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply
I have since bought an LG C4 77" and with the PS5 Pro launching I'm looking at what my options are for upgrading to a 4080 Super/4070 Super TI to outclass the playstation for a while longer, with a view to potentially upgrading the CPU and MOBO in a few years maybe. I have a PS5 and from what I've seen the PS5 Pro is probably overall not going to make things look as good as they do now and hit around 60fps, so the value doesn't seem to be there in that upgrade.
From my limited knowledge and experience I reckon I should probably be upgrading the RAM to 2 x16 GB sticks and putting a new GPU in there.
However I can also see that none of the cards above some 4070 super TIs will fit in my case.
Getting close to 120fps in 4k on most games would be more than enough for me, though I suspect my CPU is a bottleneck somewhere along the line. I'd be happy enough with 60FPS + if I could crank the settings up.
So I suppose, to drill it down:
- What GPU should I be looking at. I fancy a 4080 Super, the Pro Art seems a good pick.
- Should I put in more RAM? 32 GB DDR4 3600 is my thinking
- Am I resigned to moving out of the Meshalicious case? I have had a look at a Mesh Roomy but I'm not sure which one. Lian Li A3 MaTX, Fractal Terra, something along those lines are the ideal replacement. I like the idea of a Fractal Ridge but PC Part Picker seems to rule it out, although it doesn't rule out other incompatible cases.
