Upgrades to get the most out of 27" 165hz 1440p monitor

Jonny Chee · 21 Nov 2020 at 08:57

Hi all, I posted similar a while back, before the 30xx series information was available.

As per the title, what can I / should I upgrade to get the best out of my monitor?

GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070Ti (overclocked)
CPU: Ryzen 5 1600x (overclocked to 3.8Ghz)
CPU COOLER: be quiet! Dark Rock 4
RAM: Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) - 3200Mhz
MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus GA-AX370-Gaming 5 AMD X370
PSU: Antec EarthWatts Gold Pro 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply
SSD: TeamGroup 480GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps
HDD: Seagate 2TB BarraCuda Internal Hard Drive
CASE: Antec P8 Midi-Tower Gaming Case

Thanks!

mickyflinn · 21 Nov 2020 at 10:11

Your cpu is probably loosing between 10% -20% in frames compared to a 3600x so that's something to consider.

A 3070 is 2080ti performance but with less vram

dfour · 21 Nov 2020 at 15:21

Alternatively a radeon rx 6800 with 16 gig ram. Slightly better performance than the 3070 unless you really want to use lots of ray tracing or dlss.

Agree a 3600 would be a good upgrade to your 1600x. Non X version of the 3600 can be had for under £200 elsewhere.

Quartz · 21 Nov 2020 at 15:30

Is your monitor Freesync or GSync?

Jonny Chee · 21 Nov 2020 at 15:47

Quartz said:
Is your monitor Freesync or GSync?

It's GSync, forgot to mention that.

dfour · 21 Nov 2020 at 15:55

Jonny Chee said:
It's GSync, forgot to mention that.

Just g-sync or freesysnc compatable?
Which monitor??

Jonny Chee · 21 Nov 2020 at 17:39

dfour said:
Just g-sync or freesysnc compatable?
Which monitor??

Acer Predator XB271HU

Not sure if it's Freesync compatible or not to be honest.

dfour · 22 Nov 2020 at 00:10

Jonny Chee said:
Acer Predator XB271HU

Not sure if it's Freesync compatible or not to be honest.

3060ti or 3070 for you then

Jonny Chee · 22 Nov 2020 at 10:28

dfour said:
3060ti or 3070 for you then

Thanks.

The 3070 sound good, though interested to see more about the 3060 ti in future days.

mickyflinn · 22 Nov 2020 at 10:50

Jonny Chee said:
Thanks.

The 3070 sound good, though interested to see more about the 3060 ti in future days.

Did you totally skip the comments about the cpu and how much performance Your loosing ?

Jonny Chee · 22 Nov 2020 at 10:55

mickyflinn said:
Did you totally skip the comments about the cpu and how much performance Your loosing ?

No, sorry for not responding. It was acknowledged and I will be looking to pair a 3600x with a 3070.

Appreciate the advice.

mickyflinn · 22 Nov 2020 at 10:59

Jonny Chee said:
No, sorry for not responding. It was acknowledged and I will be looking to pair a 3600x with a 3070.

Appreciate the advice.

Cool didn't want you to miss it , you may have to update the bios on the motherboard to get the cpu to work.

Jonny Chee · 22 Nov 2020 at 11:04

mickyflinn said:
Cool didn't want you to miss it , you may have to update the bios on the motherboard to get the cpu to work.

Ok, I'll bear that in mind. Thanks again!