Thoughts on the Sapphire Radeon Pulse RX 580 8GB

[Celsius_265]

A friend of mine wants to sell me his gpu and I was wondering is it worth it? He wants $100  ? Can you guys tell me if it’s a good deal or if he’s ripping me off. Since I wanted to build a pc  but only know surface stuff. 

[8tg]

No, you can get the same variant for about $60-80 on eBay.

I’m in NWI so if your Amazon ship to is correct there, we see the same craigslist

Theres an XFX one for sale for $60 rn locally

https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/sop/d/chicago-xfx-amd-radeon-rx-580-gts8gb/7696914191.html

 

I’d only pay $60

[IkeaGnome]

4 minutes ago, Celsius_265 said:

Can you guys tell me if it’s a good deal

Sapphire Radeon Pulse RX 580 8GB for sale | eBay

It's not really an okay deal. I'd try to get him lower, but at least you know the history of the graphics card.

[8tg]

1 minute ago, IkeaGnome said:

Sapphire Radeon Pulse RX 580 8GB for sale | eBay

It's not really an okay deal. I'd try to get him lower, but at least you know the history of the graphics card.

Further example, here’s a $60 one from a seller with 12k feedback score, of the same sapphire card

 

And then for a used GPU in a $100 budget, GTX 1080

[IkeaGnome]

1 minute ago, 8tg said:

And then for a used GPU in a $100 budget, GTX 1080

That's a killer deal. Where'd you find that?

The seem to be going for closer to $160 with shipping on eBay.

[8tg]

2 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said:

That's a killer deal. Where'd you find that?

The seem to be going for closer to $160 with shipping on eBay.

The blower ones or reference ones tend to show up every now and then for 100$ listings, presumably someone just wants the card gone so they’re like $20 under market value. 
Same as that $60 580 up there. Just a matter of checking what’s listed every now and then.

 

And sometimes you can toss them in your watchlist and see if they send a reduced offer, or if they allow offers just send one and see if it works.

So it’s not consistent but it is possible, just with enough deal hunting you could probably source a $100 1080 within a day.

[Celsius_265]

13 minutes ago, 8tg said:

No, you can get the same variant for about $60-80 on eBay.

I’m in NWI so if your Amazon ship to is correct there, we see the same craigslist

Theres an XFX one for sale for $60 rn locally

https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/sop/d/chicago-xfx-amd-radeon-rx-580-gts8gb/7696914191.html

 

I’d only pay $60

Is that gpu a good beginner gpu for a low budget pc build? Or is it outdated 

[Fasauceome]

2 minutes ago, Celsius_265 said:

Is that gpu a good beginner gpu for a low budget pc build? Or is it outdated 

The RX 580 is not a bad card for a budget build, especially the 8GB variant. Sapphire makes some pretty banger graphics cards, so if you can get your friend to do a lower price, you probably won't regret getting this one.

 

A used GTX 1070 TI is also worth considering in the sub-$100 category. We are talking USD correct?

[8tg]

1 minute ago, Celsius_265 said:

Is that gpu a good beginner gpu for a low budget pc build? Or is it outdated 

It’ll do fine, it’s definitely an old card at this point but you can watch modern benchmarks for the rx 580, it’ll play current games in 1080p no issues.