Need some advice

[Josh-new-to-pc gaming]

I got given a i5 2600k. With compatable motherboard and 16 gigs of ddr3 memory. What would be a good graphics card. To get for now. Till i can efford newer hardware.

[jiyeon]

GTX 1050 Ti is a good budget option, and also probably won't be a bottleneck.

[Crunchy Dragon]

With a 2600K, the highest I would go is maybe a GTX 1060 6GB or RX 580 8GB.

[ManosMax13]

12 minutes ago, seoz said:

GTX 1050 Ti is a good budget option, and also probably won't be a bottleneck.

 

11 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

With a 2600K, the highest I would go is maybe a GTX 1060 6GB or RX 580 8GB.

If he has that low hardware that means that he aint willing to spend 300dollars in a gpu,at least i think so,get a used 970 or960 for wayy cheaper.

[Queen Chrysalis]

10 minutes ago, ManosMax13 said:

 

If he has that low hardware that means that he aint willing to spend 300dollars in a gpu,at least i think so,get a used 970 or960 for wayy cheaper.

If you are looking at as used card, I would go 780ti all the way.  For new, rx 580 8gb. If you plan on doing a new build soonish, I would keep it cheap with the 780ti.  Can be had for ~$150, maybe less in an auction.  Here's a great one for $155:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/GTX-780-TI-OC-3GB-GDDR5-Windforce-Edition/292618248474?hash=item442168211a%3Ag%3AT4oAAOSwRTtbMYym&_sacat=0&_nkw=780ti&LH_BIN=1&_from=R40&rt=nc

 

Benchmarks:

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-970-vs-Nvidia-GTX-780-Ti/2577vs2165