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LimeNade
United States2125 Posts
www.newegg.com and www.amazon.com Thanks guys | ||
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Doodsmack
United States7224 Posts
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ArtyK
France3143 Posts
On November 28 2016 09:11 LimeNade wrote: Can someone give me a brief rundown the differnce between these two GTX 1060 6GB PNY cards www.newegg.com and www.amazon.com Thanks guys Looks like the one on newegg is overclocked and requires an 8 pin power connector instead of 6 pin for the other. And supposedly has a better cooler considering it's OC'ed That means for the same price or less the one from newegg has better value | ||
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Disregard
China10252 Posts
On November 28 2016 09:11 LimeNade wrote: Can someone give me a brief rundown the differnce between these two GTX 1060 6GB PNY cards www.newegg.com and www.amazon.com Thanks guys Why not just do a side-by-side comparsion on newegg? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?CompareItemList=48|14-133-631^14-133-631,14-133-638^14-133-638 One is factory overclocked with a fancier and better cooler so you need a 8pin and the other is the stock model without a factory overclock so less power draw with a 6pin. Someone answered faster. | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States23607 Posts
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Disregard
China10252 Posts
On November 28 2016 09:13 Doodsmack wrote: Any reason to go above 8 GB RAM for midrange gaming build, RX 480 + Skylake i5? If you like to browse with a billion active Chrome tabs while using Adobe Suite and various other programs design-related sure. But besides that, not really. | ||
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Craton
United States17274 Posts
On November 28 2016 09:13 Doodsmack wrote: Any reason to go above 8 GB RAM for midrange gaming build, RX 480 + Skylake i5? Not really. You gotta be doing pretty specific things to need more than that. It's not something a standard user/gamer is going to deal with. | ||
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icystorage
Jollibee19350 Posts
Mobo - ASRock Z97 Pro4 ATX Motherboard Processor (2nd hand) - i5-4690k GPU - GTX 960 Strix RAM - 8x2 HyperX Fury I forgot what my PSU was but i think it was 500W I'm on dual monitors | ||
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issh
Netherlands96 Posts
What is your current build? CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K @ 3.40GHz GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 Ram: 8.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 799MHz (corsair veng) Power supply: Golden Green HX 550W Case: define r4 (without window) What is your monitor's native resolution? 1920x1080 (120hz) Why do you want to upgrade? What do you want to achieve with the upgrade? Currently struggling to run at 100+ fps with anything above medium settings in most games. Games include: WoW, Overwatch, Dota2, Tera online, though i will probably play more in the future. What is your budget? id like to keep it around 250-300eu, but im willing to stretch my budget if it's worth it. What country will you be buying your parts in? Netherlands. If you have any brand or retailer preferences, please specify. I dont. Thanks in advance for any advice. | ||
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ArtyK
France3143 Posts
On November 29 2016 00:56 issh wrote: looking to upgrade my GPU and possibly ram (if needed) What is your current build? CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K @ 3.40GHz GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 Ram: 8.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 799MHz (corsair veng) Power supply: Golden Green HX 550W Case: define r4 (without window) What is your monitor's native resolution? 1920x1080 (120hz) Why do you want to upgrade? What do you want to achieve with the upgrade? Currently struggling to run at 100+ fps with anything above medium settings in most games. Games include: WoW, Overwatch, Dota2, Tera online, though i will probably play more in the future. What is your budget? id like to keep it around 250-300eu, but im willing to stretch my budget if it's worth it. What country will you be buying your parts in? Netherlands. If you have any brand or retailer preferences, please specify. I dont. Thanks in advance for any advice. Look for GTX 1060 or RX 480, and check game bundles to see if any game offered interest you For the games you play you don't need the higher VRAM versions, it really depends on what you think you might play later on. | ||
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issh
Netherlands96 Posts
the sapphire r9 fury is abit cheaper than the MSI 1060, but it also draws alot more power, and im not sure my power supply is good enough for it. (though supposedly its easy to undervolt) | ||
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ArtyK
France3143 Posts
On November 29 2016 03:40 issh wrote: I really have no idea what i'll play later on, hard to say - but i'd be nice to have a card for atleast 2 years. the sapphire r9 fury is abit cheaper than the MSI 1060, but it also draws alot more power, and im not sure my power supply is good enough for it. (though supposedly its easy to undervolt) as long as your psu has enough connectors for the 480 i see no reason why 550W isn't enough, sure it draws maybe 50 more watts than the 1060 but your total pc power consumption will still be at like 300W max... | ||
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issh
Netherlands96 Posts
The 1060 seems cheaper than the RX 480 atleast, but im abit overwhelmed at the amount of different versions of them. https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/zoeken/?keyword=1060 Any advice on which to take from this list? | ||
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ArtyK
France3143 Posts
On November 29 2016 04:20 issh wrote: I was talking about the r9 fury ( https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/479855/sapphire-radeon-nitro-r9-fury-4g-hbm-with-back-plate-(1050mhz).htm l) the RX 480 seems abit expensive here (360eu) The 1060 seems cheaper than the RX 480 atleast, but im abit overwhelmed at the amount of different versions of them. https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/zoeken/?keyword=1060 Any advice on which to take from this list? Well like i said you might want to consider 3Gb (4Gb for the 480) versions unless you plan on playing next gen games on ultra. By the time you get use of those 6Gb i'm not even sure those cards will even be able to handle high settings... It's only crucial for higher resolutions. I would just take the cheapest while taking overclocking into account. As for the fury, performance will definitely increase by a lot, and total power consumption should stay at around 400W so i think it's still ok although not perfect | ||
NovemberstOrm
Canada16217 Posts
On November 29 2016 04:20 issh wrote: I was talking about the r9 fury ( https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/479855/sapphire-radeon-nitro-r9-fury-4g-hbm-with-back-plate-(1050mhz).htm l) the RX 480 seems abit expensive here (360eu) The 1060 seems cheaper than the RX 480 atleast, but im abit overwhelmed at the amount of different versions of them. https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/zoeken/?keyword=1060 Any advice on which to take from this list? I'd recommend the 1060 6gb over the 3gb as it's still within your budget. https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/572983/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1060-windforce-oc-6g.html | ||
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issh
Netherlands96 Posts
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ArtyK
France3143 Posts
If you think playing next gen games on ultra is a possibility for you in the near future, take the 6gb. Don't expect the extra memory to change anything in 2+ years though, AAA games will crush a 1060 regardless. Your budget doesn't allow you to go for a 1070, doesn't mean you have to spend your entire budget on the new GC Bottom line is, decide between 3 and 6gb, then buy the cheapest you can find from EVGA, Asus, MSI or Gigabyte (i'm not super familiar with the other brands, experts here can add infos if they want :p) | ||
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ArtyK
France3143 Posts
On November 29 2016 09:27 issh wrote: Thanks guys, i do have one quick question, the card you linked has a "g1 gaming" version thats slighly more at 314eu ( https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/562099/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1060-g1-gaming-6g.html ) Is it worth the difference? Considering the small overclock and the 8 pin requirement instead of 6 i doubt it. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20323 Posts
If you think playing next gen games on ultra is a possibility for you in the near future, take the 6gb. There were a small handful of new games the day i bought my 970 that exceeded 3.5GB of VRAM when maxed @1080p; that was over two years ago. Usually the heavy VRAM usage is in settings like textures that you can turn down, but it's something to keep in mind. Some of those settings do not affect the GPU usage much but rely heavily on memory capacity (textures ultra vs medium may see double the VRAM usage but no significant FPS change) sry for not replying to some previous stuff^ | ||
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issh
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