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hello guys, i want to buy new GPU for my pc, to play games on ultra at least 60 fps on 1080p games like The Witcher 3, Tomb Raider trilogy, Call Of Duty Modern Warfare, Assassin´s Creed Odyssey and more...

Budget in between 200 to 350 euros.

 

My pc specs:

 

CPU- AMD FX 8300

RAM- 32 GB DDR3 1600 mhz

Motherboard- 78LMT-USB3 R2

PSU- 400w

Current GPU- GTX 1060 3GB

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A 1660ti, is normally available within your budget, should provide 60fps on 1080p. A 5600xt or 5700 too. Not sure about the prices in your market.

Quote me or mention me at @Shrekpad so I get notified 
pc specs:
CPU: Intel i7 8700K MOBO: ROG Strix Z390-E Gaming RAM: 16GB (2x8) DDR4 G Skill TridentZ 3000 MHz GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GAMING OC CASE: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv STORAGE: Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB M.2 NVME SSD,
T-Force Delta RGB 250GB SSD, 4TB Seagate Barracuda HDD PSU: 750 Watt EVGA SuperNova G3 MONITER: Dell S2716DGR 1440p 144hz G-Sync, BenQ PD2700U 4K 60hz CPU COOLER: Corsair H115i RGB Platinum OS: Windows 10

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1. what country?

 

2. what model of PSU?

 

3. Even if the model of PSU is actually good (strongly doubt that), there's not enough wattage headroom for a good GPU with that power hungry FX 8 core

 

4. FX 8 core will not let you game at 60fps in Assassin's Creed Origins for sure, likely not COD either since it also eats crappy CPUs for breakfast

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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2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

1. what country?

 

2. what model of PSU?

 

3. Even if the model of PSU is actually good (strongly doubt that), there's not enough wattage headroom for a good GPU with that power hungry FX 8 core

 

4. FX 8 core will not let you game at 60fps in Assassin's Creed Origins for sure, likely not COD either since it also eats crappy CPUs for breakfast

country is Portugal PSU model is a Aerocool integrator 400w 12CM Fan 80 Plus Active PFC

PSU - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aerocool-Integrator-400W-PSU-ATX-PC-Power-Supply-12CM-Fan-80-Plus-Active-PFC-UK-/193125032893

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1 minute ago, Flokikz77 said:

country is Portugal PSU model is a Aerocool integrator 400w 12CM Fan 80 Plus Active PFC

PSU - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aerocool-Integrator-400W-PSU-ATX-PC-Power-Supply-12CM-Fan-80-Plus-Active-PFC-UK-/193125032893

another thing that needs replacement then, at that point there wont be much budget left for any GPU significantly better than the 1060 3GB though

 

At least the 1060 can do 60fps in these games with low enough graphics settings, I'm running my laptop version of 1060 6GB with medium settings 60fps in Assassin's Creed Origins for example, you should be able to do the same despite having less cores in the GPU as desktop cards run higher frequency

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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9 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

another thing that needs replacement then, at that point there wont be much budget left for any GPU significantly better than the 1060 3GB though

 

power supplies are fairly expensive in portugal, but it about works

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Video Card Asus GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB DUAL EVO OC Video Card €248.90 @ Globaldata
Power Supply Corsair CV 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply €117.74 @ Newegg Portugal
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €366.64
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-30 18:03 CEST+0200  

 

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 11 and Fedora Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

PSU tier list

How many watts do I need?

PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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20 hours ago, Fasauceome said:

power supplies are fairly expensive in portugal, but it about works

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Video Card Asus GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB DUAL EVO OC Video Card €248.90 @ Globaldata
Power Supply Corsair CV 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply €117.74 @ Newegg Portugal
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €366.64
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-30 18:03 CEST+0200  

 

can i play on ultra with that GPU ? and need other PSU or mine is enough ? 

this one is more cheap in Portugal.

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Power Supply BitFenix Formula Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €0.00
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-31 14:17 CEST+0200  

 

 

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2 hours ago, Flokikz77 said:

can i play on ultra with that GPU ?

Yeah but your CPU might hurt performance.

 

2 hours ago, Flokikz77 said:

and need other PSU or mine is enough ? 

It's not a good power supply, a new one would be nice.

 

2 hours ago, Flokikz77 said:

this one is more cheap in Portugal.

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Power Supply BitFenix Formula Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €0.00
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-31 14:17 CEST+0200

The formula gold is a great power supply, so you would be well served by it. Guess I didn't notice the pricing of the CV when I put it in.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 11 and Fedora Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

PSU tier list

How many watts do I need?

PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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1 hour ago, Fasauceome said:

Yeah but your CPU might hurt performance.

 

It's not a good power supply, a new one would be nice.

 

The formula gold is a great power supply, so you would be well served by it. Guess I didn't notice the pricing of the CV when I put it in.

there is no compatibility issues with that PSU and GPU ?

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29 minutes ago, Flokikz77 said:

there is no compatibility issues with that PSU and GPU ?

The formula gold has 4 PCIe connectors, so it's definitely got everything it needs and more, since most 1660 super cards only use 1.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 11 and Fedora Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

PSU tier list

How many watts do I need?

PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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10 minutes ago, Flokikz77 said:

and motherboard is fine too ? my is a 78LMT-USB3 R2

Thanks for the help😉

That appears to be a standard ATX motherboard so yes, a standard ATX power supply would work. When in doubt, use pcpartpicker.com, since it has a built in compatibility filter.

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD FX-8300 3.3 GHz 8-Core Processor  
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 R2 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  
Video Card Asus GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB DUAL EVO OC Video Card €248.90 @ Globaldata
Power Supply BitFenix Formula Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €248.90
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-31 19:43 CEST+0200  

Looks good to me.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 11 and Fedora Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

PSU tier list

How many watts do I need?

PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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2 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

That appears to be a standard ATX motherboard so yes, a standard ATX power supply would work. When in doubt, use pcpartpicker.com, since it has a built in compatibility filter.

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD FX-8300 3.3 GHz 8-Core Processor  
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 R2 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  
Video Card Asus GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB DUAL EVO OC Video Card €248.90 @ Globaldata
Power Supply BitFenix Formula Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €248.90
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-31 19:43 CEST+0200  

Looks good to me.

nice, thanks again 

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On 3/30/2020 at 5:03 PM, Fasauceome said:

power supplies are fairly expensive in portugal, but it about works

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Video Card Asus GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB DUAL EVO OC Video Card €248.90 @ Globaldata
Power Supply Corsair CV 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply €117.74 @ Newegg Portugal
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €366.64
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-30 18:03 CEST+0200  

 

i forgot to ask if i need to delete the old GPU drivers and install for the new one or i can keep the old drivers and only install the new GPU drivers ?

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1 minute ago, Flokikz77 said:

i forgot to ask if i need to delete the old GPU drivers and install for the new one or i can keep the old drivers and only install the new GPU drivers ?

Usually it's a good idea to download and run DDU but you can certainly just install the new drivers and see if it works. Since you're going from an Nvidia card to an Nvidia card, you shouldn't face issues.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 11 and Fedora Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

PSU tier list

How many watts do I need?

PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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4 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

Usually it's a good idea to download and run DDU but you can certainly just install the new drivers and see if it works. Since you're going from an Nvidia card to an Nvidia card, you shouldn't face issues.

to run DDU must be on safe mode ? i will try only install the new GPU drivers if i face some issues i run DDU

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7 minutes ago, Flokikz77 said:

to run DDU must be on safe mode ? i will try only install the new GPU drivers if i face some issues i run DDU

So far DDU has worked for me without safe mode.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 11 and Fedora Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

PSU tier list

How many watts do I need?

PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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