[2021] !!!PC HELP NEEDED!!! this is about why my fps is so low

Your bottleneck is the single channel RAM. Running in single channel is halving the speed your CPU can read/write memory. I'd estimate a 30-50% FPS increase by running dual channel. YMMV based on your systems thermals and other factors if they become a bottleneck.

At Mid/High specs VALORANT is a CPU bound game so wasting CPU cycles waiting on memory can really tank your FPS.

You MIGHT run into the occasional GPU bound scenario on a setup like this if you were running 4K but otherwise this system is going to be CPU bound most of the time in a 10-player game.

Hope this insight helps you on the adventure to getting more frames!

Rendering in VALORANT uses 1 render thread by default. Multi-threaded rendering adds an additional core to the mix. Great if you have extra CPU headroom and can up your framerate in some scenarios.

When I talk about GPU/CPU limited the easiest way to think about it is what FPS can your CPU or GPU achieve.

If your CPU can hit 100FPS but your GPU only hits 50FPS you will get 50FPS. If your CPU can hit 40FPS but your GPU can hit 60FPS you will get 40FPS.

If you see your GPU at 100% usage you are most likely GPU bound. Generally speaking most people with a 7XX series NVIDIA card or better are probably CPU bound. It matters what your render resolution and graphics settings are as well as what CPU you have (if you have a really old CPU you can still be CPU bound). If your graphics card usage is <100% you are CPU bound.

In your case lowering graphic settings especially resolution should boost your framerate.