Advice for Upgrading of PC

[Moohai]

Hello i want to upgrade my pc as it has problems supporting games like ARK my current build is:

Motherboard : B85-G43 GAMING
Ram: DDR3 2x4gb
GPU: RADEON R9 290 GAMING 4G
PSU: SUPER FLOWER 80plus gold
CPU: intel i5-4460

i would like a fan recommendation too as one of my fan is spoilt :-( my casing is sharkoon bd28. As for the pc upgrade my budget would be around 500++ not sure on what to upgrade yet thanks!

 

[MianBaoFren]

What problems is it having? The specs look good leh.

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[ZrE0_Cha0s]

u mean that dinosuar survial ark?

 

[Moohai]

What problems is it having? The specs look good leh.

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memory & cpu like not enough always @ 90%

 

[Moohai]

u mean that dinosuar survial ark?

yeah that game

 

[MianBaoFren]

Sounds like the game is facing massive problems due to a recent patch? Island map specifically?

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[Moohai]

Sounds like the game is facing massive problems due to a recent patch? Island map specifically?

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i doubt so have been having this problem since the beginning period just recently crashing more often. I have tried the center map also equally consuming

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

lol that game is almost like crysis, heavy water rendering and particle details, that's why when u set too high setting, u end up have very low frame rate. though the system requirement isnt that high, but that doesnt means that u can set to high with good system setup.

anyway with your budget, buy GTX 1060, should be able to get good framerates at between 30~60 in medium.

 

[Moohai]

lol that game is almost like crysis, heavy water rendering and particle details, that's why when u set too high setting, u end up have very low frame rate. though the system requirement isnt that high, but that doesnt means that u can set to high with good system setup.

anyway with your budget, buy GTX 1060, should be able to get good framerates at between 30~60 in medium.

all of my settings are set to low but still fps around 30~60 sometimes will freeze every 3 seconds when loading new terrain

 

[EatSnakeWarrior]

all of my settings are set to low but still fps around 30~60 sometimes will freeze every 3 seconds when loading new terrain

Have you tried uninstalling all your drivers and reinstalling new ones? Or reformating you computer

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[MianBaoFren]

all of my settings are set to low but still fps around 30~60 sometimes will freeze every 3 seconds when loading new terrain

that's very odd..

are u running anything in the background while in the game?

 

[Moohai]

Have you tried uninstalling all your drivers and reinstalling new ones? Or reformating you computer

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nope but ill try and get back to you soon!

 

[Moohai]

Have you tried uninstalling all your drivers and reinstalling new ones? Or reformating you computer

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that's very odd..

are u running anything in the background while in the game?

not anything really memory consuming

 

[anon121087]

r9 290 is much better than gtx 1060 leh....

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[Encrypted11]

Probably buy new or 2nd hand single 8GB DIMM (remove a current 4gb dimm) + SSD should do the trick.

970, 980, 1060, 480 are all within range of 290 performance title dependent. For early batch, maybe can do shader unlocking with the appropriate software tools. YMMV.

 

[Moohai]

Probably buy new or 2nd hand single 8GB DIMM (remove a current 4gb dimm) + SSD should do the trick.

970, 980, 1060, 480 are all within range of 290 performance title dependent. For early batch, maybe can do shader unlocking with the appropriate software tools. YMMV.

okay thank you so much! any place to find second hand rams? or should i just go for a new one?

 

[Moohai]

r9 290 is much better than gtx 1060 leh....

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the r9 290 dam hot sia one of my fan spoilt my pc keeps overheating like a bitch :-(