need help getting better FPS

MarshMelo

I recently bought a prebuild pc online and realized that my FPS, when I was playing Valorant, was slower than I had hoped for, what part/parts can I upgrade to improve my FPS?

My current PC:

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard

CPU: AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor

RAM: 24gb DDR3 1600

Case: CyberPower C series

"these are the parts I know are in the PC"

Aodhan_Gorman

Valorant is a very single threaded dependent game. The age of the FX-6300 means it will not have great performance in this area of processor performance. The RAM is also 2 generations old at this point which is slowing down how fast the data is being fed into the CPU also resulting in another bottleneck for gaming.

Unfortunately your motherboard platform is too old for any meaningful upgrades without replacing a large portion of the PC (Motherboard, CPU, and RAM all will need replaced). CyberPower's C Series is also a small form factor line meaning parts are more expensive to try and upgrade even if you wanted to invest the time into that endeavor.

This may mean you would be better off buying a newer but budget pre-built. Many of our sub-$1000 systems are more than capable of pushing Valorant to over 200fps.

I very common PC I sell for people looking to play Valorant is the PowerSpec G230 because it has a really powerful CPU for its price range, this should easily break 240fps if you set the graphics to low/medium.

PowerSpec G230 Gaming PC; Intel Core i5 12th Gen 12400F 2.5GHz Processor; AMD Radeon RX 6600 8GB GDDR6; 16GB DDR4-2666 RAM; - Micro Center

Ian

Greetings, if that is a recent purchase those are some older parts unforunately, as the processor was released back in 2012. Do you not have a video card in the system?

MarshMelo

https://community.microcenter.com/discussion/comment/42513#Comment_42513

what is the best motherboard, CPU, and ram I can get for around $300 each that would fit in the same case the CyberPower C series

Shoan041

I would recommend you take your computer in to your nearest Micro Center. Alot of pre-built cases are proprietary and it's easier to see if the case is still usable that way.
Also, depending on what Graphics Card is in your system and if it even has the capability of the performance you want, you may need a new one and a new Power supply as well.

Aodhan_Gorman

It looks like your model may not have as big an issue with space as I originally thought. The newer C series are ITX, but your model looks to be old enough that it has a different chassis.

Just to be sure, does your system look like this model? Amazon.com: CyberpowerPC Gamer Ultra Gaming PC, AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz, Radeon R7 240 2GB, 8GB DDR3, 1TB HDD, WiFi & Win 10 Home (GUA884) : Electronics

If that is the case, then I would recommend this combination of parts. You wouldn't need to spend nearly that much to get far better performance:

https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=ddab8aa7-7976-40c1-9be4-9cc6982ca0d8

Otherwise, if you could still return the system, a brand-new model for about $900 like the PowerSpec G230 would heavily outperform the parts you have already.

PowerSpec G230 Gaming PC; Intel Core i5 12th Gen 12400F 2.5GHz Processor; AMD Radeon RX 6600 8GB GDDR6; 16GB DDR4-2666 RAM; - Micro Center