Need $250 GPU

[Chris Blackwing]

So m building a rig and have everything else up and running except the graphics card as i couldnt decide which one

My specs being

CPU:- i7 6700k

Mobo:- Asus Z170-E

Ram:- 16gb HyperX Fury Black

SSD;- Samsung evo 750 250gb

HDD:- Segate 2tb

Case:- Nzxt phantom S240

 

So i do have abt $250-$280 left for a graphics card, and i am torn between Msi Gtx 1060 Gaming X 6gb and the Msi RX 480 8gb

I do plan to upgrade in the future (After 9-10 months). So wht i plan to do is sell my gtx 1060 when i need to upgrade add some money and get a 1070 or 1080.

 

Wht i wanna know is if i get a RX 480 will i compromise performance for upgradeability. As i feel like adding another RX 480 for crossfire is going to be much easier for me.

Something tht i cant do with the 1060 as it doesnt supports sli. 

 

Also i cant get a budget raise to get a 1070 insted for another 4-5 months due to budget constraints (m a college student so.....).

So wht r my options as most of u guys r experts and this is only my second build (the first one was a fx 8350, R7 build).

 

Thnx in advance. 

[EPPHO]

Team "whateverischeaper"

[xentropa]

Team green bcoz fanboi.

[Cracklingice]

Personal opinion is that the RX 480 will probably hold better value since they can be used in multi GPU and the 1060 cannot (aside from DX12 adaptations of it)

[xentropa]

1 minute ago, frozeNNN said:

Team "whateverischeaper"

Team Red?

[DeathSmile26]

1060 and 1070 are good and powerful gpus my freind. i am also a college student in fact many here are.

specially the twin frozer architecture of msi is really good. my personal opinion would be to wait and get a 1070 msi.

will give you great gamming performace at 1080p and good at 1440p. you dont need a crossfire. it will just waste more power and heat up the pc. best advice save money and get msi gtx 1070.

[Prysin]

I'd reccomend a RX 480 XFX GTR 8GB version. If that is not availible where you live, get  the cheapest GTX 1060 6GB you can find.