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jeffery7466

So, in July I bought everything for my build except for the graphics card. I was under the impression that GPU stocks and prices will return to normal around now, and was planning to get the RX 580 Nitro+. However I've contacted Sapphire and they said that they have no idea when the market situation will return to normal, or when stocks will become wildly available.

I think that it is a huge waste to have parts sitting around for more months to come.

I am thinking of dropping my target and go for the RX 560, which seems unaffected by the market situation. I did toy with the idea of getting a GTX 1070, but I'll give up freesync and will blow my budget at their current market prices.

 

What is a first time builder to do?

 

As further consideration my build consists of:

Ryzen 1600

Asrock AB350 ITX

Corsair SF450

LG 23MP68VQ monitor - freesync and @75Hz - 1080p

 

Edit: I also wish to consider the re-selling value of whatever I end up with. Or should I just forget that...

Edit edit: I am using this build for photo editing and also play games, such as Fallout 4, Mass Effect, Doom, i.e. all the recent amazing games I've been missing out on with my ageing laptop.

Everyone on here be showing off their rigs, so here I go:

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Main Desktop CPU: Ryzen 1600 @ 3.65 GHz Memory: 2x8GB @ 3200 MHz Graphics: NVIDIA ASUS 1070 MOBO: ASRock Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac Storage: NVME M.2 Crucial P1 SSD; SATA Crucial MX500 SSD; Seagate BarraCuda HDD.

 

Acer Aspire 5755G CPU: Intel i5-2410M @ 2.30GHz Memory: 6GB DDR3-1066 SDRAM Graphics: NVIDIA GT 540M 2GB Storage750GB 2.5" 5400RPM HDD Display15.6" 1366x768

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Hit the used market and get yourself a GTX 970. Can be found for as low as $165-175 if you track one down on Craiglist.

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Well a RX560 will manage to drive 1080p somewhat decently enough, Personally speaking FastSync with good nVidia cards renders unnecessary the use of FreeSync, I speak out of experience I have a freesync monitor but fast sync render it needless... but a GTX 1070 / 1080 (price difference between them is small enough to consider hehe) would be a bit too much to a common 1920x1080p monitor maybe?

 

Frankly the way I see it get a cheap card now if you can wait say another 10 months for a distant Volta chance or something, it will be enough for ESports at  least.

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I'm in a very similar situation. I built an R5 1600 system as well and I just put in an extreamly bad GPU. I hoped that the prices will go down soon. But even though the current situation isn't that bad anymore, I still have to wait to get a new mid-range GPU for a reasonable price. Until then I try to find a cheap used GPU so I can play some less demanding games on lower settings until I get a new GPU. I only play less demanding games anyways.

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Ryzen 5 1600 3.8GHz - RX 570 4GB - 2x8GB DDR4 - ASUS Prime X370-Pro - Shadow Rock 2 - Define S - Seasonic Prime Gold 650W

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Pentium G4400 - 4GB DDR4 - Fujitsu Esprimo P556 - 250GB SATA SSD - 2 x 4TB NAS HDD - 12V PSU - OpenMediaVault

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I would just get a 1070 and live without FreeSync. 

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11 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

Hit the used market and get yourself a GTX 970. Can be found for as low as $165-175 if you track one down on Craiglist.

How does it compare to the RX 560?

 

12 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Frankly the way I see it get a cheap card now if you can wait say another 10 months for a distant Volta chance or something, it will be enough for ESports at  least.

Good point

13 minutes ago, GrayTech said:

I'm in a very similar situation. I built an R5 1600 system as well and I just put in an extreamly bad GPU. I hoped that the prices will go down soon. But even though the current situation isn't that bad anymore, I still have to wait to get a new mid-range GPU for a reasonable price. Until then I try to find a cheap used GPU so I can play some less demanding games on lower settings until I get a new GPU. I only play less demanding games anyways.

Which GPU did you buy?

 

10 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

I would just get a 1070 and live without FreeSync. 

Do you have one you would recommend? It needs to be less than 266mm or 10.5"

Everyone on here be showing off their rigs, so here I go:

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Main Desktop CPU: Ryzen 1600 @ 3.65 GHz Memory: 2x8GB @ 3200 MHz Graphics: NVIDIA ASUS 1070 MOBO: ASRock Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac Storage: NVME M.2 Crucial P1 SSD; SATA Crucial MX500 SSD; Seagate BarraCuda HDD.

 

Acer Aspire 5755G CPU: Intel i5-2410M @ 2.30GHz Memory: 6GB DDR3-1066 SDRAM Graphics: NVIDIA GT 540M 2GB Storage750GB 2.5" 5400RPM HDD Display15.6" 1366x768

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Just now, jeffery7466 said:

Do you have one you would recommend? It needs to be less than 266mm or 10.5"

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Motherboard: ASRock Z370 Extreme4
Memory: G.Skill TridentZ RGB 2x8GB 3200/14
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive 
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: EVGA - 970 SSC ACX (1080 is in RMA)
Case: Fractal Design - Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA P2 750W with CableMod blue/black Pro Series
Optical Drive: LG - WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit and Linux Mint Serena
Keyboard: Logitech - G910 Orion Spectrum RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard
Mouse: Logitech - G502 Wired Optical Mouse
Headphones: Logitech - G430 7.1 Channel  Headset
Speakers: Logitech - Z506 155W 5.1ch Speakers

 

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6 minutes ago, jeffery7466 said:

Which GPU did you buy?

I wanated to spend almost no money so I got a 560 Ti. The card works fine until you boot into Windows. xD It can't automatically download the drivers and when I try to install the drivers I downloaded from NVidias webiste, it crashes. But I will try it again since NVidia released new drivers since I've tried to install the card. So at the moment I'm back at the old crappy card I mentioned above. If the 560 Ti doesn't work I'll probably look out for some NVidia 600 Series or HD 7000 Series/R7 200 Series cards.

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Main PC:

Ryzen 5 1600 3.8GHz - RX 570 4GB - 2x8GB DDR4 - ASUS Prime X370-Pro - Shadow Rock 2 - Define S - Seasonic Prime Gold 650W

500GB NVME SSD - 1TB SATA SSD - 1TB HDD - Windows 10 Pro

Dorm PC:

i5 4590 - GTX 960 4GB - 2x4GB DDR3 - ASUS H81M2 - Dark Rock 3 - Define R3 - 250GB SATA SSD - Seasonic S12 430W - Windows 10 Pro - Linux Mint

NAS:

Pentium G4400 - 4GB DDR4 - Fujitsu Esprimo P556 - 250GB SATA SSD - 2 x 4TB NAS HDD - 12V PSU - OpenMediaVault

Laptop:

Dell Latitude E6520 - i5 2430M - 2x4GB DDR3 - 250GB SATA SSD - Windows 10 Pro - Linux Mint

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1 minute ago, Cookybiscuit said:

Was it really worth waiting four months to maybe save $100 on a GPU?

Not every is employed I suppose...

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20 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Not every is employed I suppose...

Hey now :P

Everyone on here be showing off their rigs, so here I go:

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Main Desktop CPU: Ryzen 1600 @ 3.65 GHz Memory: 2x8GB @ 3200 MHz Graphics: NVIDIA ASUS 1070 MOBO: ASRock Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac Storage: NVME M.2 Crucial P1 SSD; SATA Crucial MX500 SSD; Seagate BarraCuda HDD.

 

Acer Aspire 5755G CPU: Intel i5-2410M @ 2.30GHz Memory: 6GB DDR3-1066 SDRAM Graphics: NVIDIA GT 540M 2GB Storage750GB 2.5" 5400RPM HDD Display15.6" 1366x768

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On 04/09/2017 at 9:08 PM, aisle9 said:

Hit the used market and get yourself a GTX 970. Can be found for as low as $165-175 if you track one down on Craiglist.

On 04/09/2017 at 9:29 PM, ARikozuM said:

There aren't any cheap second hand GTX 970 in the UK. Or rather I refuse to pay £170+ for a 2 year old warranty expired card that originally cost £240 :P

 

Looks like I'll go for the 1070. I've found a Superclocked black edition of it for £408, and is new. Is that a good deal? Will my PSU handle the system? (i think it will, but would like a second opinion.)

 

 

Everyone on here be showing off their rigs, so here I go:

Spoiler

Main Desktop CPU: Ryzen 1600 @ 3.65 GHz Memory: 2x8GB @ 3200 MHz Graphics: NVIDIA ASUS 1070 MOBO: ASRock Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac Storage: NVME M.2 Crucial P1 SSD; SATA Crucial MX500 SSD; Seagate BarraCuda HDD.

 

Acer Aspire 5755G CPU: Intel i5-2410M @ 2.30GHz Memory: 6GB DDR3-1066 SDRAM Graphics: NVIDIA GT 540M 2GB Storage750GB 2.5" 5400RPM HDD Display15.6" 1366x768

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1 hour ago, jeffery7466 said:

Looks like I'll go for the 1070. I've found a Superclocked black edition of it for £408

that seems really expensive in pounds. thought they'd be more like 300-350. not sure as i live in aus but, as gbp exchange rate is normally nuts that seems pretty bad as you can get a 1070 for around 600 AUD here

 

 

Edit: exchange rate is currently 1.6 so it should be around 380 gbp, just buy it

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