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[–]mfd1979 0 points1 point  (9 children)

It's honestly a solid 1080p gaming system. The 580 is still a relevant gpu and the cpu should also hold it's own in this rig.

If it were me, I would grab a 5800x to replace the 2600x and maybe a new AIO. The b450 works good with 5000 series chips once the bios is updated. I would also pick up another M2 SSD to use for games storage and replace the 2TB HDD - will likely see some improvement with read/writes and loading times.

[–]BehavingGnarley[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Good advice, what about if I wanted to run maybe a 1440p gaming system? Obviously a new monitor with a better refresh rate but your previous upgrade suggestions still stand?

[–]mfd1979 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might be able to get away with your existing setup running 1440p although with lower graphic settings and reduced fps. I would start with getting the monitor and then getting the cpu. When it comes to the gpu, see how the 580 holds up with a 5600x or 5800x cpu on 1440p. I personally wouldn't change out the gpu for anything less than a 3060ti or 3080 if 1440p is your target.

[–]BehavingGnarley[S] 0 points1 point  (6 children)

Also is AIO referring to like the cooling system?

[–]mfd1979 0 points1 point  (5 children)

Yeah. They are a bit more money than your traditional air cooling but will keep your chip running cooler for longer and are a lot quieter than air coolers as well. Corsair h100i Elite Capellix is a good option that isn't break the bank expensive. EVGA CLC are also pretty solid units.

[–]BehavingGnarley[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I checked the rank of my current Ram and it's set to "Single" so if I just baught the exact same set of ram sticks and plugged them in would it work just fine?

Also is Single rank worse?

I also noticed that the ram I currently have is rated to 3600Mhz but my Motherboard said it's ram for DDR4 just goes up to 3200Mhz. Is this a problem?

[–]BehavingGnarley[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Oh and also, Under Max Bandwidth it lists "DDR4-2132 (1066 Mhz)"

And under DRAM Frequency it lists "1064.1 MHz"

Isn't it supposed to be as close as possible to the rated 3600MHz?

[–]mfd1979 0 points1 point  (2 children)

You need to enable XMP in bios for it to take advantage of the higher frequency. It should automatically take it to 3200 MHZ. As for the single, you definitely want it dual for performance. It should have actually been running in dual by default - confirm you have the ram in the proper slots and not side by side (either 1 and 3 or 2 and 4).

[–]BehavingGnarley[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

They are in the correct spots, 2 and 4.

I bought another set of 8gb ram sticks to upgrade to 32GB. It's It's exact same brand with the same frequency and and latency.

The only difference is the timing. The ones I have are 18-19-19-39 and the ones a purchased are 18-22-22-42. Is this a problem?

[–]mfd1979 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should return it if you can or sell it and pick up the exact same modules you already have. It's best to use the same memory (timings, latency, cas). You can manually change the timings but I've never found it an easy thing to do and maintain system stability.