Where to begin?

Shaolin Chicken · 27 Nov 2020 at 12:51

Steven Pratt said:
250 but I could probably negotiate slightly lower.

Yes try to get it lower if you can.

Also check the auction site and see what prices they are selling for.

Hakanese · 27 Nov 2020 at 12:51

Get it at lower no more than 200

Hakanese · 27 Nov 2020 at 12:52

If you can snag a radeon 5600/5700 I think you're going to be happy with the performance uplift

Steven Pratt · 27 Nov 2020 at 13:09

Hakanese said:
If you can snag a radeon 5600/5700 I think you're going to be happy with the performance uplift

They seem out of my price range, unfortunately.

Steven Pratt · 28 Nov 2020 at 19:06

Quartz said:
Are you using a Displayport or HDMI cable? You need a Displayport cable to get 60 Hz. There should have been one in the box. Failing that they're cheap.

I'm either being dumb or really dumb. I've got a new displayport cable, plugged it in, restarted the pc (no real reason to) and it still will only let me use 30hz?

Xelene · 28 Nov 2020 at 19:41

Steven Pratt said:
I'm either being dumb or really dumb. I've got a new displayport cable, plugged it in, restarted the pc (no real reason to) and it still will only let me use 30hz?

Might be a limitation of the card.

You have a K series CPU, so give that a light overclock; no need to go nuts here - you aren't trying to get world records.

16GB RAM should be fine in this day and age.

Run some spyware / antivirus / crapware removers

Grab yourself a new main SSD, there's tons of good options on sale ATM; I haven't used anything but Samsung for the last 8 years or so - but hear relatively good things about Western Digital. Honestly you can't go wrong with Samsung tho.

Bung a better GPU in there, this is likely the best upgrade you can make. The faster ones might need more power than you can supply, so be mindful of that. I personally wouldn't run a card that older than previous generation as driver support gets a bit spotty, be on the look out for NVIDIA 1660 / 2600 or AMD 5500 / 5600. Get one with a higher number if your budget allows.