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Thomas Wellings
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9 minutes ago, Thomas Wellings said:

I was originally going for a 6700xt when on sale but I took a bit too long and it is now outside of my budget... I want to be running with 1440p at 170hz 27inch monitor and using a ryzen 7 5700 cpu. Should I go for the rtx 3060 or 6650xt?

 

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6650XT has more performance but both of these cards are not suited to 1440P gaming, you can try tho and i bet older games will work well

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Used or new?

 

Which 3060, 8GB or 12GB?

 

Are you shopping in Australia?

 

What is the budget?

 

What is the price of both cards?

Niether of these is really a good choice for 1440p 170hz

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4 minutes ago, will0hlep said:

Used or new?

 

Which 3060, 8GB or 12GB?

 

Are you shopping in Australia?

 

What is the budget?

 

What is the price of both cards?

Niether of these is really a good choice for 1440p 170hz

New

12gb

Yes

Overall around 1.8 (Cheaper if possible)

 

6650 is around $40-70 depending on brand.

 

Would the 6700xt be suitable for 1440p 170hz? Cause do you think I should just spend the extra money on it?

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1 minute ago, Thomas Wellings said:

New

12gb

Yes

Overall around 1.8 (Cheaper if possible)

 

6650 is around $40-70 depending on brand.

 

Would the 6700xt be suitable for 1440p 170hz? Cause do you think I should just spend the extra money on it?

It does depend on the games your playing as well tbh, but if you plan on playing games that are GPU heavy (typically non esports triple AAA titles) you want something with both atleast 12GB of VRam (6650 XT lacks this) and a decent amount of performance (3060 lacks this).

 

Looking at prices I wouldn't recommend the RX6700 cause I think you can get a RX6750 for cheaper.

 

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/4RrRsY/xfx-radeon-rx-6750-xt-12-gb-speedster-qick-319-core-video-card-rx-675xyjfdp

 

What games are you playing or looking to play?

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14 minutes ago, will0hlep said:

It does depend on the games your playing as well tbh, but if you plan on playing games that are GPU heavy (typically non esports triple AAA titles) you want something with both atleast 12GB of VRam (6650 XT lacks this) and a decent amount of performance (3060 lacks this).

 

Looking at prices I wouldn't recommend the RX6700 cause I think you can get a RX6750 for cheaper.

 

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/4RrRsY/xfx-radeon-rx-6750-xt-12-gb-speedster-qick-319-core-video-card-rx-675xyjfdp

 

What games are you playing or looking to play?

Honestly whatever my mates play. I was mainly looking at something around the 6700xt to match a cheap (sale) 1440p 170hz monitor and thought it would be satisfactory to match it with the ryzen 7 5700x. The 6750 does to seem a bit cheaper but do you think it still fits the monitor?

 

plus i’m starting an engineering degree which will require some proper programs but idk if any of them will require a solid gpu.

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1 minute ago, Thomas Wellings said:

Honestly whatever my mates play. I was mainly looking at something around the 6700xt to match a cheap (sale) 1440p 170hz monitor and thought it would be satisfactory to match it with the ryzen 7 5700x. The 6750 does to seem a bit cheaper but do you think it still fits the monitor?

Honestly, there are lots of games that won't reach 1440p 170Hz with top tier cards (unless your turn on FSR or DLSS ect.).

 

Do you already have the monitor and CPU you've mentioned?

 

If you already have the monitor I suggest just buying the most powerful GPU you can fit in the budget while still picking up decent components elsewhere.

 

If you havn't bought any of the parts yet (and intend to buy them within a week of now), I suggest posting in the new build section of the forum with your budget, nation, and use case, to get a config that will be better value than asking about each piece one by one.

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Common build advice:

1) Buy the cheapest (well reviewed) motherboard that has the features you need. Paying more typically only gets you features you won’t use. 2) only get as much RAM as you need, getting more won’t (typically) make your PC faster. 3) While I recommend getting an NVMe drive, you don’t need to splurge for an expensive drive with DRam cache, DRamless drives are fine for gamers. 4) paying for looks is fine, just don’t break the bank. 5) Tower coolers are usually good enough, unless you go top tier Intel or plan on OCing. 6) OCing is a dead meme, you probably shouldn’t bother. 7) "Bottlenecks" rarely matter and "Future-proofing" is a myth. 8) AIOs don't noticeably improve performance past 240mm and don't improve at all past 360mm. 9) RTFM.

 

Useful Websites:

https://www.productchart.com - helps compare monitors, https://uk.pcpartpicker.com - makes designing a PC easier.

 

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1) When I was 3 years old my favourite toy was a scientific calculator. 2) My father is a British Champion ploughman in the Vintage Hydraulic Class. 3) On Speedrun.com, I'm the world record holder for the Dream Bobsleigh event on Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games 2010.

 

My Favourite Games: World of Tanks, Runescape, Subnautica, Metroid (Fusion and Dread), Spyro: Year of the Dragon (Original and Reignited Trilogy), Crash Bash, Mario Kart Wii, Balatro

 

My Computers: Primary: My main gaming rig - https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/will0hlep/saved/NByp3C Second: Hosts Discord bots as well as a Minecraft and Ark server, and also serves as a reinforcement learning sand box - https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/will0hlep/saved/cc9K7P NAS: TrueNAS Scale NAS hosting SMB shares, DDNS updater, pi-hole, and a Jellyfin server - https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/will0hlep/saved/m37w3C Foldatron: My folding@home and BOINC rig (partially donated to me by Folding Team Leader GOTSpectrum) - Mobile: Mini-ITX gaming rig for when I'm away from home -

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3 minutes ago, will0hlep said:

Honestly, there are lots of games that won't reach 1440p 170Hz with top tier cards (unless your turn on FSR or DLSS ect.).

 

Do you already have the monitor and CPU you've mentioned?

 

If you already have the monitor I suggest just buying the most powerful GPU you can fit in the budget while still picking up decent components elsewhere.

 

If you havn't bought any of the parts yet (and intend to buy them within a week of now), I suggest posting in the new build section of the forum with your budget, nation, and use case, to get a config that will be better value than asking about each piece one by one.

I haven’t bought any yet but the sale for the monitor is ending soon. You think just a 1080p monitor instead then or lowering the hz of the 1440? I pretty much had the whole pc but the 6700xt gpu i had jumped by $80. (that’s why i was looking for an alternative) so i might post soon with the 6750xt you mentioned to get overall opinions.

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