what should i upgrade for performance

[GeorgeEllis]

Hi i am wanting to upgrade my PC without buying a new PC. what upgrade should i do to get a better playing experience. My pc is a Alienware aroura R7 and it only has 2 fans FYI. Any feedback appreciated

NVIDIA geForce RTX 2080 Super
Intel Core I7-8700 @ 3.2GHz
32GB RAM 2666 MT/s

 

[Tetras]

What resolution do you play games at?

Which games are you having problems with?

To be honest unless you're playing at 4K and can just plug in a 9070, I think you're going to struggle without doing both CPU and graphics.

Your CPU is similar(ish) to the 10600K in this video:

 

[adrichardson81]

The easiest drop-in upgrade would be your GPU, but the 8700 is risking a bottleneck. What's driving the upgrade?

 

[GeorgeEllis]

What resolution do you play games at?

Which games are you having problems with?

To be honest unless you're playing at 4K and can just plug in a 9070, I think you're going to struggle without doing both CPU and graphics.

Your CPU is similar(ish) to the 10600K in this video:

I run at 1920x1080 but when I play rust for example I am on roughly 50-60 fps with the occasional 40fps at times. My fans are really loud as well when running games like rust, rainbow six siege and any other game that requires a lot of graphics.

 

[GeorgeEllis]

The easiest drop-in upgrade would be your GPU, but the 8700 is risking a bottleneck. What's driving the upgrade?

When im playing games such as rust or siege i have to play on the lowest settings to maximize performance and even then its not that much difference. My pc fans are also really loud but i dont know if that is just down to only having 2 fans.