upgrading graphics card

[Dogsparky]

Recently got a 7700K, using a 390X from XFX and i decided i wanted to go 1080TI from MSI, i like their color scheme, and i was thinking about just using the 390X for a friends system to reduce the cost so i was wondering if a 7600 would be a good match for it since it is on sale right now for about 130 where i am 

[MyNameIsJ3ff]

It certainly wouldn't be the worst thing to partner a 390X with, I'd say they would work just fine with eachother. Although it really depends on what your friend expects out of the system.

 

[MaxBunny]

15 minutes ago, Dogsparky said:

Recently got a 7700K, using a 390X from XFX and i decided i wanted to go 1080TI from MSI, i like their color scheme, and i was thinking about just using the 390X for a friends system to reduce the cost so i was wondering if a 7600 would be a good match for it since it is on sale right now for about 130 where i am 

Sell the 390x for $350-$400 and use the money to buy a gtx 1070 for your friend. The 390/x cards, along with other AMD cards, are selling like hotcakes right now due to Etherium miners. Yes, a used one can fetch that much.

[Dogsparky]

14 minutes ago, MaxBunny said:

Sell the 390x for $350-$400 and use the money to buy a gtx 1070 for your friend. The 390/x cards, along with other AMD cards, are selling like hotcakes right now due to Etherium miners. Yes, a used one can fetch that much.

well considering i bought it for 279.99 and it wasn't on sale i don't think i could sell it enough for a 1070, so i don't know where you live but it isn't worth that much here

[Dogsparky]

30 minutes ago, MyNameIsJ3ff said:

It certainly wouldn't be the worst thing to partner a 390X with, I'd say they would work just fine with eachother. Although it really depends on what your friend expects out of the system.

 

think a ryzen 1600 would probably be better? or would the 7600 be better in terms of most games,because of the single core performance being a bit better

[MyNameIsJ3ff]

Would he overclock? Since that is one of the biggest differences between these 2 chips. In terms of single core performance I personally don't think it would make much of a difference, at least not a huge one

[MaxBunny]

17 minutes ago, Dogsparky said:

well considering i bought it for 279.99 and it wasn't on sale i don't think i could sell it enough for a 1070, so i don't know where you live but it isn't worth that much here

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/57855/amd-radeon-rx-series-cards-hard-buy-right-now/index.html

 

Etherium is the new bitcoin. Miners are buying up the cards. Now's a good time to sell. Even if you bought your friend a 1060 and kept the profits, that'd be better than a 390x hand me down.

[Dogsparky]

2 minutes ago, MaxBunny said:

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/57855/amd-radeon-rx-series-cards-hard-buy-right-now/index.html

 

Etherium is the new bitcoin. Miners are buying up the cards. Now's a good time to sell. Even if you bought your friend a 1060 and kept the profits, that'd be better than a 390x hand me down.

that uses difference currency than i do that is no where near as much money as i can sell mine for, around here i see them selling for about 200 and rx 480s are selling for about 150

[JJVGaming]

23 minutes ago, Dogsparky said:

well considering i bought it for 279.99 and it wasn't on sale i don't think i could sell it enough for a 1070, so i don't know where you live but it isn't worth that much here

I agree with Max, you will make quite a bit of money selling 390x on ebay (This is in the US also):

 

 

[Dogsparky]

11 minutes ago, MyNameIsJ3ff said:

Would he overclock? Since that is one of the biggest differences between these 2 chips. In terms of single core performance I personally don't think it would make much of a difference, at least not a huge one

i don't think he would overclock, but the higher cores might be a bit better since h does want to play battlefield 1

[Dogsparky]

1 minute ago, JJVGaming said:

I agree with Max, you will make quite a bit of money selling 390x on ebay:

 

 

i just can't get that much money in my currency, i can get maybe 200 US dollars and that wouldn't get me a 1070 or an 1060 unless it was 3gb or something 

[JJVGaming]

1 minute ago, Dogsparky said:

i just can't get that much money in my currency, i can get maybe 200 US dollars and that wouldn't get me a 1070 or an 1060 unless it was 3gb or something 

oh i thot u lived in the US because of your profile

[Dogsparky]

Just now, JJVGaming said:

oh i thot u lived in the US because of your profile

no i don't like to actually put where i live in 99% of cases, even on my facebook it says i live in in russia

[MyNameIsJ3ff]

Even if he doesn't I feel like it may be the "better" choice just because he would be able to overclock if he ever decided to. I just feel like you're getting an extra feature by going AMD in this case but at the end of the day its up to you.

[Dogsparky]

2 minutes ago, MyNameIsJ3ff said:

Even if he doesn't I feel like it may be the "better" choice just because he would be able to overclock if he ever decided to. I just feel like you're getting an extra feature by going AMD in this case but at the end of the day its up to you.

that is why i got the 7700k, after i got my 6600, wanted to get an overclockable chip just in case gave me a feature and gave me more threads, so i am thinking a 1600 might give him a bit more headroom there, thanks

[MEC-777]

Moved to new builds & planning.

[Dogsparky]

2 hours ago, MEC-777 said:

Moved to new builds & planning.

Thanks, i will use that thread in the future