RX580 to buy or not to buy? 2019

[DilbertOfTheHood]

So I'm considering buying a used RX580 8gb for $120. It's a PowerColor Red Devil model. 

 

I'm looking for a best price per value GPU for 1080p gaming. I don't want to have to upgrade again for 2-3 years.  My price cap is $200.  I play mostly older games but would like something that could handle Battlefield 5 smoothly and High-ish settings. Any advise would be appreciated. 

 

System:

Intel Core i7 920

AsRock Deluxe X58 Mobo

12gb DDR3 RAM

Current GPU (GTX950)

750w PSU

260gb Adata SSD

750gb WD black HHD

Antec 900 case (bad air flow)

[PopsicleHustler]

Its good for older game, but your CPU will bottleneck it in games like BF5.

[Dedayog]

You're looking at upgrading in 2 years regardless of what GPU you get.  That CPU isn't going to last you much longer unless you don't advance the games you play.

 

That case has awesome airflow!  Best case ever!!

 

I'd look into saving a bit more and upgrading the entire setup when Ryzen 2 is released and prices shift.

[Fasauceome]

The 580 has excellent bang for buck, it's a good card to pick up.

[RejZoR]

Can't go wrong with RX580 even today. Runs a lot of games at 50-60fps 1080p with max settings.

[SenKa]

For 1080P it is still a fantastic card, even lower detail 1440p.

[glenalz81]

38 minutes ago, DilbertOfTheHood said:

My price cap is $200

A frugal techy can find a 1070 for that price, CPU may be an issue though.

 

580 is a solid option that would leave you with a pretty well balanced system.

[Lenovo1984]

The RX 580 is still a great card, and should work well for you. 

[DilbertOfTheHood]

Thanks everyone, sounds like consensus that RX580 will serve me well at 1080p and that people like shitting on older CPU's.  

 

I should be able to squeeze out another two years out of this old thing. 

[Reytime]

For $120 and 1080p that is indeed a good value.

[RejZoR]

Have you overclocked the i7 920 ? It should go to 4GHz on all cores with relative ease. Just watch out for DRAM voltage coz it likes to go over the limit when on AUTO and overclocking... You'll have quite a gain with such OC (stock runs a bit under 3GHz turbo so...)

[wills95]

My old MSI rx580 could run esports titles like fortnite and overwatch at 4k 60, and at the time this was paired with an i5 7600k. It struggled to do it and it was maxed out on load, but it was impressive for what I paid for it. 

[DilbertOfTheHood]

On 6/19/2019 at 12:16 PM, RejZoR said:

Have you overclocked the i7 920 ? It should go to 4GHz on all cores with relative ease. Just watch out for DRAM voltage coz it likes to go over the limit when on AUTO and overclocking... You'll have quite a gain with such OC (stock runs a bit under 3GHz turbo so...)

Yes, I tried overclocking my i7-920 last night. Got as far as 3.6ghz stable. Anything over it started to lock up and crash.  

 

I just bought a Xeon W3690 6 core 12 thread cpu @ 3.7 ghz turbo for $80 today. I'm hoping to flash the bios and drop it in.

 

Along with the RX580 I'm hoping to hold off on upgrading for another 2 years. 12 year old system will have definitely gotten my money's worth lol. 

[Jon Jon]

2 hours ago, DilbertOfTheHood said:

Yes, I tried overclocking my i7-920 last night. Got as far as 3.6ghz stable. Anything over it started to lock up and crash.  

 

I just bought a Xeon W3690 6 core 12 thread cpu @ 3.7 ghz turbo for $80 today. I'm hoping to flash the bios and drop it in.

 

Along with the RX580 I'm hoping to hold off on upgrading for another 2 years. 12 year old system will have definitely gotten my money's worth lol. 

The RX 580 8GB for $120 is a steal.

 

Mine is great for 2560x1080 at 75hz for most games at high/ultra settings.

 

It does a really good job.

 

Everyone is right about your CPU situation. I wouldn't look to upgrade the graphics card again until you decide to do a full upgrade in the future.

 

The RX 580 will serve you well for the time frame you want I'd say.

[Gohardgrandpa]

The 580 is good for 1080p 60fps 

 

[SenKa]

On 6/19/2019 at 10:19 AM, DilbertOfTheHood said:

So I'm considering buying a used RX580 8gb for $120. It's a PowerColor Red Devil model. 

I just caught this, Powercolor uses very crap thermal paste from the factory. Thats a steal of a deal for that card, but re-paste immediately.