PC Upgrade

miami2k · 12 Nov 2020 at 10:24

Hi guys, my kid has this PC and based on the suggestions of some friends he wants to make some upgrades. I’d like to know what you think, if I can save some money or if you suggest any other change. Consider that his goal is to play Fortnite with maximum resolution and at the moment is not running fluently with maximum detail.

Current configuration:

Digital Storm Desktop

Chassis Model: Digital Storm Lynx - Level 4 (MPN-9700F-2070S-120MM)
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7-9700F (4.7 GHz Turbo) (8-Core) 3.0 GHz (Not Overclockable)
Motherboard: ASUS / MSI / ASRock (Intel Chipset) (Up to 2x PCI-E Devices)
System Memory: 16GB DDR4 Digital Storm Performance Series
Power Supply: 600W Digital Storm Performance Series (Supports up to an NVIDIA RTX 2070 GPU)
Storage Set 1: 1x SSD M.2 (500GB Digital Storm M.2 Performance Series)
Storage Set 2: 1x Storage (2TB Seagate / Toshiba)Storage
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Graphics Card(s): 1x GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8GB (VR Ready)
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard AudioH
Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 1: Digital Storm Vortex Liquid CPU Cooler (Single Fan) (Fully Sealed + No Maintenance)
Cable Management: Premium Cable Management (Strategically Routed & Organized for Airflow)
Chassis Fans: Digital Storm Performance Series (RGB Fans)
Internal Lighting: Remote Controlled Advanced LED Lighting System (Multiple RGB Color Modes)
CPU Boost: Stock Factory Turbo Boost Advanced Automatic Overclocking

Upgrade:

Intel Core i9-10900X - LGA 2066, 3.70GHz, 10-Core
ASUS ROG Maximus XII Extreme - LGA 1200, Intel Z490, E-ATX
HyperX Fury RGB - 4x, 16GB, DDR4-3466, DIMM 288
ASUS GeForce ROG STRIX RTX 3080 O10G Gaming
Corsair HX1200 – 1200W
Adata XPG Spectrix S40G - 1000GB, M.2 2280
Thermal Grizzly 1g, 73W/m K

I thank you in advance!

Mesai · 12 Nov 2020 at 10:28

What monitor does he have i.e. screen size, resolution and refresh rate?

miami2k · 12 Nov 2020 at 10:44

ASUS Gaming VG279QM (27", 1920 x 1080)

ExRayTed · 12 Nov 2020 at 11:12

The pc you've listed should easily play Fortnite at maximum settings, you really shouldn't need to upgrade. If the game isn't running properly then something else could be wrong. I wouldn't spend money on an upgrade...a 3080 for Fortnite at 1080p resolution is utter madness

miami2k · 12 Nov 2020 at 11:22

Thank you, but how can I fidn out to fix the problem for fortnite?
What is the 3080 for? Other kind of games?

Thank you.

mickyflinn · 12 Nov 2020 at 11:25

1080p epic details you should be hitting 140 fps.

You should monitor gpu and cpu usage and see what for your getting, msi afterburner will do all that.

miami2k · 12 Nov 2020 at 13:13

He says that when he turns RTX ON in the settings of Fortnite is not running fluidly anymore.
I've installed msi afterburner as well, what should I post for you to help me understand?

miami2k · 13 Nov 2020 at 08:06

mickyflinn said:
1080p epic details you should be hitting 140 fps.

You should monitor gpu and cpu usage and see what for your getting, msi afterburner will do all that.

How do I check this? "1080p epic details you should be hitting 140 fps."

Joxeon · 13 Nov 2020 at 08:12

miami2k said:
He says that when he turns RTX ON in the settings of Fortnite is not running fluidly anymore.
I've installed msi afterburner as well, what should I post for you to help me understand?

You don't want to use RTX if you want high fps, even with a 3080 fps would still tank with RTX on.
He should be using just DLSS on its own if he wants high FPS.

miami2k · 13 Nov 2020 at 09:31

Joxeon said:
You don't want to use RTX if you want high fps, even with a 3080 fps would still tank with RTX on.
He should be using just DLSS on its own if he wants high FPS.

Thank you much appreciated. But does this mean that is not possible to play Fortnite smoothly with RTX ON?

Joxeon · 13 Nov 2020 at 11:36

miami2k said:
Thank you much appreciated. But does this mean that is not possible to play Fortnite smoothly with RTX ON?

Its still possible to play but you not going to get over 60 FPS even with a £1800 GPU unless you also use it combined with DLSS and even then your only looking at 100FPS max so its more of a setting to turn on check how it looks and maybe take some screenshots or use for single player mode but when you go back to the serious business of competitive multiplayer then its definitely something that should be turned off.

miami2k · 13 Nov 2020 at 12:24

Thank you for the exmplanation!