Graphics card and Memory upgrade?

ElroyH

ElroyH

ElroyH

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Hi guys looking to do some upgrades, my current system is,

Asus TUF Gaming Z590-Plus WIFI
Intel Core i5-11600K
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit
WD Blue SN550 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)
AMD Radeon HD 7970

The weakest part of the system is the ancient graphics card, i'm getting a new QHD monitor and thinking about getting a 3080 and also increasing the RAM as i use MSFS2020 all the time which eats RAM, would it be ok to just buy the same RAM again so i would have 4 x 8GB or better to start from scratch and go for 2 x 16B or even a different spec?

Also i'm using an CPU mounted air cooler for me CPU which isn't great and wondering if it's worth upgrading to an AIO water cooled unit but not looking to spend too much money on CPU cooling.

Any ideas on monitors appreciated too, looking for a monitor for mainly simming around 27" QHD and looking to spend around 3 or 4 hundred on a monitor.

Any ideas or suggestions welcome. Thx.
 
It is hitting 100 when I run prime95 and the red cpu led on the board lights up which I think means it's throttling, I could try repasting the cpu but I think it's because the case is quite small and a rad on top should help with that. It does only have 1 case fan on the front and 1 on the back which I could increase if you think that might help?
 
Thanks for the advice guys, it's a Riotoro CR400 ATX Mid-Tower Case, not a very expensive case but didn't want anything big this time.
 
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