GPU Upgrade

[slanensis]

Hello guys,

 

Some years ago I bought an R9 380 4GB by MSI, and as you probably can understand, it is no longer capable of supporting my 3 monitors and gaming needs. My birthday is coming up this week, and I thought I should treat myself!

 

So, I have 4 options on how to go about this:

• Wait a few weeks or months to see how the market will grow with the upcoming Volta cards
• Buy a new card with inflated prices from a store
• Buying a used card from Greece (Where I live)
• Buying a used card from London (My brother is a uni stud there, and my parents are going for a visit in a some weeks) 

You know what the first bullet means, and I really don't think we will be seeing any huge improvements IMHO. You know best though.

2nd bullet, we are talking about INFLATED prices. A GTX1060 6GB from MSI costs 500 euros here.

3rd option, Is one of the most versatile, I have seen many 980Tis for sale at 400-450 euros. 

4th option, is the one I believe that is the best, but ultimately could fail. My brother doesn't know shit about PCs, so I could get scammed. But, the prices there are really good from a fast search around. I just found a GTX980Ti ACX2 (06G-P4-4993-KR) GPU for 350 pounds (~400EUR).

 

I don't know how I should move with this. If I am going for a new one, I will either be going for a 1050ti or a 1060 6GB.

If I am going for used, I don't know how I should go about buying which card. From where, which versions of the cards, etc.

 

Here I have the specs of my PC: 

Spoiler

[PCPartPicker part list](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vTZqq4) / [Price breakdown by merchant](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vTZqq4/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel - Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/hV7CmG/intel-cpu-bx80662i36100) | $109.49 @ OutletPC 
**CPU Cooler** | [CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/93Crxr/cryorig-cpu-cooler-h7) | $34.99 @ Amazon 
**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte - GA-Z170-HD3P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/mp8H99/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz170hd3p) | $130.00 
**Memory** | [Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/sMbkcf/corsair-memory-cmk8gx4m1a2400c16) | $92.99 @ Amazon 
**Storage** | [Kingston - Savage 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Vf8H99/kingston-internal-hard-drive-shss3b7a240g) | $134.99 @ Amazon 
**Storage** | [Western Digital - Blue 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/bskwrH/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd20ezrz) | $62.19 @ OutletPC 
**Video Card** | [MSI - Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/cZRFf7/msi-video-card-r9380gaming4g) | $250.00 
**Power Supply** | [Corsair - RMx 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/7Dx9TW/corsair-power-supply-cp9020093na) | $159.89 @ OutletPC 
 | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
 | **Total** | **$974.54**
 | Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2018-02-11 09:31 EST-0500 |

 

 

 

Please, I am really looking forward to see your answers.

 

Thanks a lot!