need help choosing graphics card

[ike1471]

Im building a gaming computer and im currently up to 1400 bucks, i dont want to go past 1500 but i dont know what graphics card to pick, as of right now i have the EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6gb, but i cant find anything on youtube of it going up against other graphic cards, my current build is intel core i7 9700k, water cooled by the Cooler Master - MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler, mother board is MSI - MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK ATX LGA1151 Motherboard, memory is Corsair - Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory, storage is Samsung - 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive, and also want to know if this power suppply is wrth it, i didnt spend much time choosing a power suply but i have so far chose the Corsair - RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

 

pc build.docx

[Crunchy Dragon]

Get an RX 580 8G instead, it performs identically to a 1060 6G for less: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/KQQRsY/gigabyte-radeon-rx-580-8gb-gaming-8g-video-card-gv-rx580gaming-8gd

 

Definitely don't get that EVGA card you linked, though. You should never get a mini or ITX graphics card unless your case forces you to.

 

 

[R U CRAZY]

 

6 minutes ago, ike1471 said:

as of right now i have the EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6gb

Just to make sure, do you already own the GTX 1060? Or is this what you currently think about buying?

 

[ike1471]

what do i need to be looking for when shopping for a gpu, like what specs do i need to compare to other cards.  

[ike1471]

Just now, R U CRAZY said:

 

Just to make sure, do you already own the GTX 1060? Or is this what you currently think about buying?

 

i have not bought anything yet. its just in pcpartpicker 

[R U CRAZY]

2 minutes ago, ike1471 said:

what do i need to be looking for when shopping for a gpu, like what specs do i need to compare to other cards.  

When shopping for anything computer related, don't look at specs, look for benchmarks, they give you far more accurate results. 

[ike1471]

Just now, R U CRAZY said:

When shopping for anything computer related, don't look at specs, look for benchmarks, they give you far more accurate results. 

do you agree with crunchy dragon about getting rx 580 8g? like i said im good with going up to a few hundred. i wish i could get a gtx 1080 but im not going to spend close to if not more than 1k on a gpu

[R U CRAZY]

2 minutes ago, ike1471 said:

do you agree with crunchy dragon about getting rx 580 8g? like i said im good with going up to a few hundred. i wish i could get a gtx 1080 but im not going to spend close to if not more than 1k on a gpu

Yes, I certainly do agree with her about it, and like many I also fantasize about being of the 1%, but sadly I am not, so I could only advise you to almost always listen to moderators here on the LTT forums, they are quite the smart ones.

[Crunchy Dragon]

2 minutes ago, R U CRAZY said:

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Thanks for calling us smart

16 minutes ago, ike1471 said:

what do i need to be looking for when shopping for a gpu, like what specs do i need to compare to other cards.  

Don't look at the raw numbers, look at the benchmarks.

[R U CRAZY]

1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

him

 

Thanks for calling us smart

Don't look at the raw numbers, look at the benchmarks.

Sorry, the pony confused me

[ike1471]

is the tomahawk a good motherboard?? i mean i mainly care about geting a good gpu but dont want anything to bottleneck, and what graphics card for under 500 bucks, 580 is a type there are still tons of 580's, do you have a favored RX580? 

[R U CRAZY]

Do you plan on overclocking anything?

[ike1471]

Just now, R U CRAZY said:

Do you plan on overclocking anything?

i have never down any over clocking, my laptop is a bit old, its great for college use but thats it, does over clocking have a chance to damage the card?

[R U CRAZY]

Just now, ike1471 said:

i have never down any over clocking, my laptop is a bit old, its great for college use but thats it, does over clocking have a chance to damage the card?

It does, but a very slim chance, and only if done recklessly, but you can also overclock your RAM, and by buying an unlocked one you can also oc (overclock) your cpu, speaking of, this is a very high end CPU, what are you planning to do with the pc?

[ike1471]

Just now, R U CRAZY said:

It does, but a very slim chance, and only if done recklessly, but you can also overclock your RAM, and by buying an unlocked one you can also oc (overclock) your cpu, speaking of, this is a very high end CPU, what are you planning to do with the pc?

i knew i7 where very good for gaiming so i kinda started with getting newest i7, will it be usless to get one that expensive? id like to have a graphics card that is at same level as it or close dont want anything bottle necked, i also looked at the ryzen 7 2700x 3.7ghz 8core

[R U CRAZY]

1 minute ago, ike1471 said:

i knew i7 where very good for gaiming so i kinda started with getting newest i7, will it be usless to get one that expensive? id like to have a graphics card that is at same level as it or close dont want anything bottle necked, i also looked at the ryzen 7 2700x 3.7ghz 8core

It won't be useless, but it might not be what you need, so what kind of things do you plan to do other than gaming? From web browsing to 3D rendering.

[ike1471]

Just now, R U CRAZY said:

It won't be useless, but it might not be what you need, so what kind of things do you plan to do other than gaming? From web browsing to 3D rendering.

youtube, gaming, and thats about it, im focusing on whats best for gaming, and wont be crap in 5 years. so im going a bit over on stats so it will be getting 60fps+ on common games a few years from now 

[R U CRAZY]

So you don't need 8 cores, go for 8th gen, and if you're going to overclock, take the i7-8700k, and if not, ditch the water cooler for an air cooler, get a better graphics card and the i7-8700.

So, you have a choice to make, are you going to overclock? Because otherwise you are getting a build remake.

[ike1471]

oh yea and a another thing is id like to be able to play 1080p and dual monitor

 

[BlockedTheShot]

5 minutes ago, ike1471 said:

youtube, gaming, and thats about it, im focusing on whats best for gaming, and wont be crap in 5 years. so im going a bit over on stats so it will be getting 60fps+ on common games a few years from now 

i'd probably allocate more money to your gpu if you plan on gaming higher than 1080p 60hz(single monitor)(like a gtx 1070, 1070 ti, 2070, etc)

[ike1471]

Just now, R U CRAZY said:

So you don't need 8 cores, go for 8th gen, and if you're going to overclock, take the i7-8700k, and if not, ditch the water cooler for an air cooler, get a better graphics card and the i7-8700.

So, you have a choice to make, are you going to overclock? Because otherwise you are getting a build remake.

yes i plan to overclock but not to much, i just want good gear for gaming to get dual monitors at 1080p and no less than 60fps

[ike1471]

im ok with going for a ryzen 7 2700k, or is that to much also, they are going for 300 bucks

[R U CRAZY]

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($267.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($114.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($77.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB Video Card  ($499.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT - H500 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($76.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $1317.52

 

So build remake anyway

[ike1471]

remake? this your setup?

[R U CRAZY]

The extra 100$ you can either upgrade CPU to 2700X + get 500GB of SSD instead of 256, or you can get a paid version of windows.