What Graphics Card to Pair with a 8600K?

[Taddy]

I'm looking to upgrade my pc from a 1060 3gb card to a more capable card since i'm also getting a new monitor. I'm looking for a used card that will fit with a red/black color scheme (but it will look nice if it has a little white) and I have found a good 1070 ti for about $310 and a 1080 for about $380. Should I look into a different card or buy one of those, and if so, which one?

[Shimejii]

1070ti will be a better deal, peforms pretty much the same as a 1080

[Zando_]

Pretty much anything. My 5.1Ghz 8600K keeps up pretty well with my 1080 Ti at 1080p, pushes 180fps quite easily on most planets in Destiny 2 (144Hz G-Sync monitor, can clock up to 180Hz). It'd be much more at home with 1440p144Hz though, but I keep buying actual PC hardware instead of monitors, lol. I assume it'd bottleneck a 2080 Ti though, and could be holding back my 1080 Ti, but like I said it's already keeping up with the refresh rate of my monitor easily.

[Zando_]

Just now, Shimejii said:

1070ti will be a better deal, peforms pretty much the same as a 1080

IIRC when overclocked it'll match a 1080 FE or something like that. I doubt it can keep up with a nice AIB 1080 (my EVGA 1080 SCs I used to have in SLI both went to 2100MHz on the core and I forget what on the memory quite easily, pretty beastly cards), but for $70 cheaper it's definitely the better deal.

[Taddy]

@Zando Bob so you saying there's basically no bottlenecks with a 8600k, so which bang for the buck gpu is best for under about 400 dollars?

 

[knightslugger]

Why not a Titan V?

 

under $400? ...1080 i guess...

[Taddy]

@Shimejii thanks

 

[knightslugger]

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[Taddy]

@Zando Bob  yeah ive been looking at cards and chose evga sc cards look the best, also will that color scheme go well in a nzxt h700 and a msi z370 gaming plus?

[Zando_]

Just now, Taddy said:

@Zando Bob so you saying there's basically no bottlenecks with a 8600k, so which bang for the buck gpu is best for under about 400 dollars?

 

Preeetty much unless it's a specific game that uses more than 6 cores quite well. Destiny 2 can use up to 20 threads, but it's still a higher fps count on my 5.1Ghz 6c/6t 8600K than it is on a 4.2GHz 8c/16t R7 2700X with the same GPU, monitor, and settings. And best bang for the buck would be a 1070 Ti or 1080, whichever is cheapest unless it's like a $10 difference, then get the 1080.

[Taddy]

@Zando Bob  yeah ive been looking at cards and chose evga sc cards look the best, also will that color scheme go well in a nzxt h700 and a msi z370 gaming plus? and new 1070ti for 400 or a used 1080 for 385?

 

[Zando_]

Just now, Taddy said:

@Zando Bob  yeah ive been looking at cards and chose evga sc cards look the best, also will that color scheme go well in a nzxt h700 and a msi z370 gaming plus? 

Should go fine, though your mobo is more black/red, I stick with plain black mobos with RGB or black/white/silver. The SC cards are black/silver/grey so they kinda fit in anywhere, they match really well with white but they go fine with red RGB as well, even though the logos are white (FTWs are RGB so you can change the colors). The 1080s I have are incredibly well built though, absolutely gorgeous, and like I said before they perform pretty damn well. I don't remember the exact numbers for a single card, but in Battlefront 2015 at ultra with no AA, the pair of them in SLI pulled 200fps solid at 1440p, 125-144fps in 4K.

[Zando_]

Just now, Taddy said:

@Zando Bob  yeah ive been looking at cards and chose evga sc cards look the best, also will that color scheme go well in a nzxt h700 and a msi z370 gaming plus? and new 1070ti for 400 or a used 1080 for 385?

 

What 1070 Ti and 1080 specifically? If it's an EVGA 1080 bought in the last year or so I'd go for it, they have a 3 year warranty standard (unless it was B-Stock, then it's one year), and the warranty follows the card's serial number so it doesn't matter who bought it originally.

[Taddy]

@Zando Bob damn, well im getting a 144hz 1080p monitor, aas im upgrading from a 60hz 1080p monitor

[Taddy]

@Zando Bob

new 1070 ti: https://www.ebay.com/itm/EVGA-GeForce-GTX-1070-Ti-SC-GAMING-8GB-GDDR5-Black-Edition-08G-P4-5671-KR/264018860312?hash=item3d78c01918:g:1ewAAOSw7UJbIUal:rk:3:pf:0&LH_ItemCondition=1000&LH_BIN=1

used 1080: https://www.ebay.com/itm/EVGA-GeForce-GTX-1080-SC-GAMING-ACX-3-0-8GB-GDDR5X/223278924865?epid=26021689585&hash=item33fc760441:g:oKYAAOSwtmNcDpve:rk:33:pf:0

used 1070 ti: https://www.ebay.com/itm/EVGA-GeForce-GTX-1070-Ti-SC-GAMING-ACX-3-0-Black-Edition-8GB-GDDR5/273604466291?hash=item3fb418d673:g:t2QAAOSwXi9cDt3q:rk:1:pf:0&LH_BIN=1

all evga super clocked cards

 

[Zando_]

2 minutes ago, Taddy said:

@Zando Bob

new 1070 ti: https://www.ebay.com/itm/EVGA-GeForce-GTX-1070-Ti-SC-GAMING-8GB-GDDR5-Black-Edition-08G-P4-5671-KR/264018860312?hash=item3d78c01918:g:1ewAAOSw7UJbIUal:rk:3:pf:0&LH_ItemCondition=1000&LH_BIN=1

used 1080: https://www.ebay.com/itm/EVGA-GeForce-GTX-1080-SC-GAMING-ACX-3-0-8GB-GDDR5X/223278924865?epid=26021689585&hash=item33fc760441:g:oKYAAOSwtmNcDpve:rk:33:pf:0

used 1070 ti: https://www.ebay.com/itm/EVGA-GeForce-GTX-1070-Ti-SC-GAMING-ACX-3-0-Black-Edition-8GB-GDDR5/273604466291?hash=item3fb418d673:g:t2QAAOSwXi9cDt3q:rk:1:pf:0&LH_BIN=1

all evga super clocked cards

 

I haven't had any issues with my two used 1050s, a 1050 Ti, 1080s (those were used by my cousins though so I know exactly how they were treated), MSI 980 Ti, and Sapphire RX480. IDK how long of a warranty would be left on the used 1080 though, and it doesn't have the box so either he got it from someone who threw away the box, did it himself, or he's had it a while and the box got lost/misplaced. The 1070 Ti comes with the box and is much cheaper for similar performance, and if the seller is to be believed it's only been used for 3 months. Says he's got the OG box with matching serial # so it's either legit, or else eBay and PayPal (always use PayPal on eBay) will both have your back if it doesn't match the description. Seeing as it's $90 cheaper than the used 1080 and $105 cheaper than the new one I'd go for the used 1070 Ti.

[Taddy]

@Zando Bob thanks all i care about is the box

 

[xg32]

4 hours ago, Taddy said:

@Zando Bob so you saying there's basically no bottlenecks with a 8600k, so which bang for the buck gpu is best for under about 400 dollars?

 

the 8600k does has its bottlenecks in certain games regardless of video cards because it lacks threads, but i'd say 95% of the time, you are fine.

[gbergeron]

4 hours ago, Zando Bob said:

Pretty much anything. My 5.1Ghz 8600K keeps up pretty well with my 1080 Ti at 1080p, pushes 180fps quite easily on most planets in Destiny 2 (144Hz G-Sync monitor, can clock up to 180Hz). It'd be much more at home with 1440p144Hz though, but I keep buying actual PC hardware instead of monitors, lol. I assume it'd bottleneck a 2080 Ti though, and could be holding back my 1080 Ti, but like I said it's already keeping up with the refresh rate of my monitor easily.

Yep it can run a 1080 ti no problem but you will yes face bottlenecks in high cpu demanding titles like BF1 per example, my friend has the same setup as you and in BF1 we get some situations where the cpu is @ 100% usage and the GPU gets bottlenecked @ 70% usage

[Turtle Rig]

4 hours ago, Taddy said:

I'm looking to upgrade my pc from a 1060 3gb card to a more capable card since i'm also getting a new monitor. I'm looking for a used card that will fit with a red/black color scheme (but it will look nice if it has a little white) and I have found a good 1070 ti for about $310 and a 1080 for about $380. Should I look into a different card or buy one of those, and if so, which one?

Grab a 1070 my friend.  You can find it used for very good price.  good luck

[knightslugger]

8 hours ago, Turtle Rig said:

Grab a 1070 my friend.  You can find it used for very good price.  good luck

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[generalpompeyo]

I have an i5-8600k paired with a strix gtx 1080 that I bought second hand, they work wonderfully together. The card has some coil whine, but a part from that it's great. In my experience it's a decent combo for 1440p 144hz (with g-sync).

 

I did pay however 400 euro for the card, in Europe they are hard to find and not cheap.

[Turtle Rig]

But ya 310 for a 1080 is pretty good, grantid its in good condition and what not...