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TheOne420
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Hey all,

 

Trying to decide on a new graphics card to upgrade from a Radeon R9 280X at about $200-$250, at most $300 maybe more if I can sell my current card for more than like $20. Decided I needed to because my card had a fan go out so I've had a fan blowing on it trying to keep it cool. Any help or advise is welcome. Thank you!

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1660 if you dont mind overclocking it yourself, 1660S for guaranteed success. Not enough money to get 2060 or RX 5700 so this is currently the best step.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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39 minutes ago, TheOne420 said:

Hey all,

 

Trying to decide on a new graphics card to upgrade from a Radeon R9 280X at about $200-$250, at most $300 maybe more if I can sell my current card for more than like $20. Decided I needed to because my card had a fan go out so I've had a fan blowing on it trying to keep it cool. Any help or advise is welcome. Thank you!

What's your CPU, power supply, and display resolution/refresh rate?

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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10 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

1660 if you dont mind overclocking it yourself, 1660S for guaranteed success. Not enough money to get 2060 or RX 5700 so this is currently the best step.

The super is not for the OC, it's for the GDDR6.

CPU: Ryzen 2600 GPU: RX 6800 RAM: ddr4 3000Mhz 4x8GB  MOBO: MSI B450-A PRO Display: 4k120hz with freesync premium.

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7 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

What's your CPU, power supply, and display resolution/refresh rate?

CPU: AMD FX 8320

PSU: Raidmax RX-730SS

60 hz display

I meant to add this when I originally made the post and forgot to lol.

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7 minutes ago, LOST TALE said:

The super is not for the OC, it's for the GDDR6.

You OC 1660's GDDR5, you'll get 1660S max mem OC results, GDDR6 is overkill amount of memory bandwidth

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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12 minutes ago, TheOne420 said:

PSU: Raidmax RX-730SS

And it hasn't blown up yet powering an FX CPU?

What you want to do is replace the fire hazzard power supply, and then grab the RX 5500 that is about to come out if it's good , though it's a bit overkill for your likely 1080p 60hz display.


Alternatively you could find an RX 470/480/570/580 for $80-120 on ebay, and it'll do 1080p gaming just fine, preferably any 8GB card. Either saving the rest towards a 1080p 144hz display, or an upgrade to Ryzen 5 for ~$250 in total. for CPU/MOBO/DDR4 3200mhz

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/sX7v6h/be-quiet-pure-power-11-600-w-80-gold-certified-atx-power-supply-bn902

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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1 hour ago, Jurrunio said:

You OC 1660's GDDR5, you'll get 1660S max mem OC results, GDDR6 is overkill amount of memory bandwidth

That’s true but you could oc the super and get much better performance and the price difference between the two is minimal and they are both within budget .

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1 minute ago, William23r said:

you could oc the super and get much better performance

No you don't, not when the bottleneck is the GPU core which is identical.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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The super has gddr6 which leads to the faster mem speeds, yes they will both oc to similar levels but due to the higher mem speeds the performance on the super will still exceed either way .

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You need to upgrade your cpu before upgrading your gpu. I wouldn't put anything more powerful than an rx 570 together with a FX processor. You can find a New rx 570 for $120-130. Or a used one for $70-$80 on Ebay.

 

Do you live near microcenter?

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