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JinzoMT
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Hey everyone!

I was planning on getting a new GPU and I was looking for some opinions since I can not decide. I am really trying to find a great card for a decent price since my budget is not crazy. My current rig is a Ryzen 5 3600x 16GB DDR4 Corsair vengeance, 1050ti, and a Corsair 500w power supply. I am mostly looking just to play average games like Overwatch, Elden Ring, and Valorant with and decent frame rate, nothing too crazy. I was looking at the RTX 3050 since the card seems fairly priced with good performance. However, I heard people saying 1660 was a good card for cheap, as well as the 2060 super, but 2060 seemed to be the most expensive out of them all. 

I am just looking for some advice, anything helps!

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RX 6600 XT (or RX 6650 XT) is the best imo. Costs more than 2060 etc, but is great price for performance.

Although depends if new or aftermarket... latter being cheaper of course. But all the cards you mentioned are most likely used anyway.

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On new budget cards only 6600 is worth its price

3050 is overpriced, 6500XT is sh#t if you're not on PCIe4, 6400 is a joke...

Else there's the A770, it's pretty decent, relatively good price ($350), drivers are baaaad, but quite quickly getting better

Need SAM to work ok, not sure you have it with a 3600 ?

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the 1660 will not be very good in the coming years. If price is an issue the used market is pretty cheep for RTX 2000 cards, however when buying used make sure to get a good conditioned card. You can get used like new 2060 Supers for like 200-300 USD. That's just my thoughts.  

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If you want a brand new card go for like an RX 6600, if you don't mind used you can find used RTX cards on Ebay for cheap all day everyday now. Same thing with local classifieds like Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist. If you're going for a 6600 or higher a PSU upgrade may be beneficial as well.

 

RTX 3080s on Ebay:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=rtx+3080&_sacat=0&LH_BIN=1&_sop=15&rt=nc&LH_ItemCondition=3000

 

RTX 3070s on Ebay:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=rtx+3070&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&LH_BIN=1&_sop=15&rt=nc&LH_ItemCondition=3000

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28 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

On new budget cards only 6600 is worth its price

3050 is overpriced, 6500XT is sh#t if you're not on PCIe4, 6400 is a joke...

Else there's the A770, it's pretty decent, relatively good price ($350), drivers are baaaad, but quite quickly getting better

Need SAM to work ok, not sure you have it with a 3600 ?

with a 500w PSU your new GPU might struggle. Maybe a 650w?

Have you tried turning it off and on again? Maybe Restart it? 

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18 minutes ago, FI Fheonix said:

with a 500w PSU your new GPU might struggle. Maybe a 650w?

Why would it ? 6600 TDP is 130W and recommended PSU is ...300W !

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-rx-6600.c3696

 

 

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1 hour ago, Tan3l6 said:

RX 6600 XT (or RX 6650 XT) is the best imo. Costs more than 2060 etc, but is great price for performance.

Although depends if new or aftermarket... latter being cheaper of course. But all the cards you mentioned are most likely used anyway.

I actually MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT OC edition barley used on Facebook market place for $250, I could probably get it down to $200. Do you think it is worth?

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6 minutes ago, JinzoMT said:

I actually MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT OC edition barley used on Facebook market place for $250, I could probably get it down to $200. Do you think it is worth?

I think $200 would sure be a good value. 

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45 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

Why would it ? 6600 TDP is 130W and recommended PSU is ...300W !

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-rx-6600.c3696

 

 

with a 3600x?

Have you tried turning it off and on again? Maybe Restart it? 

Please make sure to Mark the Solution as a Solution.

Take everything I say with a grain of salt. I could be just about wrong as I am right.

 

Main RIG

13600K (Undervolted) +MSI Z690 Edge Wi-Fi+ Team Elite 32gb RAM (3200) +Noctua Nhd-15 Chromax Black+ Intel 670p 1TB SSD+ Intel Arc A770+ Corsair Crystal 465x case+ EVGA SuperNOVA 650W PSU.+ ASUS VP222 Gaming Monitor

 

Laptop for School: Surface go 2 (sucks ass)

 

Laptop for tinkering: Dell Inspirion 3358

 

Audio: Apple Airpods Pro (1st Gen)

 

(Apple_reigns_ supreme_ forever_ and_ ever)

 

(I am 15 years old and don't know shit about fucking shit.) 

 

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46 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

Why would it ? 6600 TDP is 130W and recommended PSU is ...300W !

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-rx-6600.c3696

 

 

not to mention overclocking.

Have you tried turning it off and on again? Maybe Restart it? 

Please make sure to Mark the Solution as a Solution.

Take everything I say with a grain of salt. I could be just about wrong as I am right.

 

Main RIG

13600K (Undervolted) +MSI Z690 Edge Wi-Fi+ Team Elite 32gb RAM (3200) +Noctua Nhd-15 Chromax Black+ Intel 670p 1TB SSD+ Intel Arc A770+ Corsair Crystal 465x case+ EVGA SuperNOVA 650W PSU.+ ASUS VP222 Gaming Monitor

 

Laptop for School: Surface go 2 (sucks ass)

 

Laptop for tinkering: Dell Inspirion 3358

 

Audio: Apple Airpods Pro (1st Gen)

 

(Apple_reigns_ supreme_ forever_ and_ ever)

 

(I am 15 years old and don't know shit about fucking shit.) 

 

Everyone must suffer one of two Pains: The pain of Discipline or the pain of regret and disappointment.

 

-Jim Rohn

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12 minutes ago, FI Fheonix said:

not to mention overclocking.

I would def not be overclocking, I am planning on upgrading it in the future, but I think the 500w could handle it

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1 hour ago, FI Fheonix said:

not to mention overclocking.

OCing a 6600 is pretty pointless...

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