Posted June 19, 2017 So I'm planning to build my first ever gaming PC and I was speaking to some of my family about it when my uncle says he has a $400 graphics card his department got by mistake where he works and has been sitting in his office for almost a year. He doesn't actually know what the card is but he knows how much it cost them. He said he'll bring me it tomorrow to see if I'd want it. Bear in mind I was aiming to build a $500 PC with a $170 card, is there any way this $400 card would be bad for my gaming PC? I asked this somewhere else and was told it shouldn't hinder my PC or mean I'd have to buy more expensive other parts except maybe a more powerful power supply. They also said I'd only have to worry about bottlenecking my CPU but since the card is free I don't mind that. Finally, I was aiming to get a motherboard that can support max DDR3, so is my biggest priority with a potentially free powerful card to get DDR4 and a motherboard that can support it or should I get a larger SSD instead with the extra money now available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 19, 2017 Could you send a part list, you CPU might be bottlenecking your graphics card if its real cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 19, 2017 What is the card? No reason it would be bad, it just may be limited depending on your CPU. Please quote our replys so we get a notification and can reply easily. Never cheap out on a PSU, or I will come to watch the fireworks. PSU Tier List My specs Spoiler PC: CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K @4.8GHz CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S Motherboard: ASUS Maximus VIII Hero GPU: Zotac AMP Extreme 1070 @ 2114Mhz Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB Case: Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5 Power Supply: EVGA 750W G2 Peripherals Keyboard: Corsair K70 LUX Browns Mouse: Logitech G502 Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud Revolver Monitor: U2713M @ 75Hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 19, 2017 Author 1 minute ago, ColonelB said: Could you send a part list, you CPU might be bottlenecking your graphics card if its real cheap. Here's what I've got so far, it's mostly based on the Holiday 2016 budget PC video and I'm not sure if it's missing parts (no optical drive was personal choice since I'll be using steam and thought I could save money there) I genuinely am a noob though so all advice is welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 19, 2017 since you got the gpu for free, just use the budget set for the graphics card to get yourself a ryzen 1600 and there shouldn't be much bottlenecking. CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 19, 2017 Would like to know which card it is, but shouldn't be a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 19, 2017 1 minute ago, Abe_R said: Here's what I've got so far, it's mostly based on the Holiday 2016 budget PC video and I'm not sure if it's missing parts (no optical drive was personal choice since I'll be using steam and thought I could save money there) I genuinely am a noob though so all advice is welcome. -snip- First off, better CPU? Ryzen 1300 or 1600? Magical Pineapples
