Graphics Card Upgrade - Advice Needed

[ArchGamer54]

Hi All,

Looking to upgrade my current system from Integrated graphics to a dedicated card and bumping up my RAM from 16 to 32GB at the same time.
Looking for advice on a good spec card that won’t break the bank and won’t require an upgrade to my PSU.

For some background I use the PC for general day to day browsing, streaming, casual gaming and for work (Architectural Modelling).

Considering a Radeon card so I can make use of the AMD Freesync on the monitor but open to Nvidia cards too.

Current Build info below:

Processor - Intel® Core™ i5-12600K
Motherboard - GIGABYTE Z690 UD DDR4
RAM- 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card - INTEGRATED GRAPHICS
Storage Drive - 1TB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb
M.2 SSD Drive - 256GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD
Power Supply - CORSAIR CV-650W
Cooling - PCS FrostFlow 100 RGB V3 Series
Sound Card - ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1)
Network Card - 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN
Wireless Card - TP-Link AX1800 w/ bt 5.2
OS - Windows 11 Home 64 Bit
Monitor - LG 4K Ultra HD 27" IPS LCD

ArchGamer54

 

[Paul1964]

Depending on what your budget is the Intel B580 might be a good option as performance vs cost is very impressive for the mid-range sector.

 

[SpyderTracks]

Any card works with any monitor these days, so Intel / AMD / NVidia will all be fine with your freesync monitor (unless it's very old)

 

[ArchGamer54]

Depending on what your budget is the Intel B580 might be a good option as performance vs cost is very impressive for the mid-range sector.

Budget is up to £300-£350 so the Intel B580 is definitely an option.
Although since it only just came out I’m seeing very limited availability, particularly the 2 fan models which is what I’d need to fit my case (PCS 3601 case).

 

[ArchGamer54]

Any card works with any monitor these days, so Intel / AMD / NVidia will all be fine with your freesync monitor (unless it's very old)

Good to know, thanks.
Monitor was bought a couple of months ago. The model is from 2021 but I’d hope that’s recent enough.

 

[SpyderTracks]

Good to know, thanks.
Monitor was bought a couple of months ago. The model is from 2021 but I’d hope that’s recent enough.

Yeah, that should be fine. I think it was around 2018 they became cross compatible.