Upgrade advice

[Tompiggott14]

Hi, I am looking to enter the realm of 1440p gaming and need some advice to whether my pc will handle it and if not what additions i should get. Overall I did not want to spend more than around £500 if i can get away with it.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 Quad Core 1500X 3.70GHz
GPU: Radeon RX 580 8gb
Motherboard: ASRock AB350M
memory: Corsair Vengence DDR4 16gb 3000mhz
storage: WD Black PCIe NVMe 256GB SSD
Storage 2: Samsung 500gb ssd
monitor: Acer KG251Qbmiix
PSU: EVGA 500W 80 Plus Power Supply

This is what i had in mind for the CPU and GPU:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £199.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Gaming OC 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £289.99

Total: £500.48 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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I was looking at maybe putting a bit more into the GPU and going for a 5700 but ive heard they can be really noisy?

I'm not sure if 32gb of RAM is needed but if i had to I would need to upgrade the motherboard too unless i wanted to buy 2 x 16gb kit.

would also need a new monitor: I was thinking of getting this when it comes back in stock
My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AOC Q27G2U/BK 27" 2560x1440 VA 144Hz 1ms FreeSync Widescreen LED Backlit Gaming Monitor= £259.99

Total: £271.09 (includes shipping: £11.10)
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[Grimley]

Hello
1. Upgrade the motherboard bios so it can take the latest Ryzen, in case you need to, though I think the CPU & GFX are balanced. Only way to be certain is to install MSI afterburner & run it in a game at 1440p to see if you have a bottleneck in your system.
2. Buy these bits: (Assuming you don't have a 3rd party CPU cooler) The EVGA PSU is OK for what you have right now but EVGA PSU's are either very good or very bad depending on the price you paid. The superflower will be much better. The 3rd party cooler will be better at cooling the 1500x for overclocking.

I'd see if you can get a 2nd hand 1600/1600AF/2600 or the X versions if you dont want to overclock.

I'd stick with the RX580 for now, as new GFX card releases are due later this year, you may get playable frame rates with it in most games at lower settings in 1440p.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Super Flower Leadex III 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply - Black= £99.95
• 1 x Alpenfohn Brocken ECO Advanced CPU Cooler - 120 mm= £29.99

Total: £140.44 (includes shipping: £10.50)​

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