GTX1060 choice

[AvogadrosDog]

Hello all,

 

I am currently struggling to choose between the Asus Dual 1060 6GB (£249.99) or the Asus ROG strix 1060 (£294.99) which comes with the new CoD. I am wondering that other than the game, is the ROG Strix better in general than the dual? And why?

 

The CPU is a Ryzen 2 2600X

Mobo is Asus strix X470-F

8GB DDR4-3000 MHz

PSU RM650X

 

Or can you offer an alternative for this price range? My max budget for graphics card is £330

 

Thanks and sorry if this seems silly to you, first time builder here.

[Firewrath9]

1 minute ago, xandredu said:

Hello all,

 

I am currently struggling to choose between the Asus Dual 1060 6GB (£249.99) or the Asus ROG strix 1060 (£294.99) which comes with the new CoD. I am wondering that other than the game, is the ROG Strix better in general than the dual? And why?

 

The CPU is a Ryzen 2 2600X

Mobo is Asus strix X470-F

8GB DDR4-3000 MHz

PSU RM650X

 

Or can you offer an alternative for this price range? My max budget for graphics card is £330

 

Thanks and sorry if this seems silly to you, first time builder here.

You might be able to find a 1070/vega 56 on sale for ~330 as there are some for 360. mabye check a actual store as they often are cheaper. else,

imo 45$ is not worth the upgrade from dual to strix, better save that cash for a better gpu later on.

 

there looks to be a RX 580 8gb for 212$, or a good 1060 for 230.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/PTfmP6/powercolor-radeon-rx-580-8gb-red-devil-video-card-axrx-580-8gbd5-3dhoc

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/GhYWGX/pny-geforce-gtx-1060-6gb-6gb-xlr8-gaming-oc-video-card-vcggtx10606xgpb-oc 

[PopsicleHustler]

ROG Strix got better coooler, but its huge, so make sure your case can accept it.

[AvogadrosDog]

3 minutes ago, PopsicleHustler said:

ROG Strix got better coooler, but its huge, so make sure your case can accept it.

Yeah I've got a Fractal Design Meshify C and it fits so that's not the issue.

 

5 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

You might be able to find a 1070/vega 56 on sale for ~330 as there are some for 360. mabye check a actual store as they often are cheaper. else,

imo 45$ is not worth the upgrade from dual to strix, better save that cash for a better gpu later on.

 

there looks to be a RX 580 8gb for 212$, or a good 1060 for 230.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/PTfmP6/powercolor-radeon-rx-580-8gb-red-devil-video-card-axrx-580-8gbd5-3dhoc

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/GhYWGX/pny-geforce-gtx-1060-6gb-6gb-xlr8-gaming-oc-video-card-vcggtx10606xgpb-oc 

I wanted to stick with nvidia to be honest as I've always preferred and enjoyed their products more. I've never heard of PNY ], are they good? I wanted to stick with an established good manufacturer such as ASUS or EVGA tio be honest

[Firewrath9]

1 minute ago, xandredu said:

I wanted to stick with nvidia to be honest as I've always preferred and enjoyed their products more. I've never heard of PNY ], are they good? I wanted to stick with an established good manufacturer such as ASUS or EVGA tio be honest

PNY is fine, there is no problem with their cards.

Their cards are perfectly fine.

There is also a Zotac AMP! card for 240$'

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/QVWrxr/zotac-geforce-gtx-1060-6gb-amp-edition-video-card-zt-p10600b-10m

and a gigabyte windforce.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/7RKhP6/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1060-6gb-windforce-oc-6g-video-card-gv-n1060wf2oc-6gd

[AvogadrosDog]

44 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

PNY is fine, there is no problem with their cards.

Their cards are perfectly fine.

There is also a Zotac AMP! card for 240$'

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/QVWrxr/zotac-geforce-gtx-1060-6gb-amp-edition-video-card-zt-p10600b-10m

and a gigabyte windforce.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/7RKhP6/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1060-6gb-windforce-oc-6g-video-card-gv-n1060wf2oc-6gd

That doesn't look too bad, thanks for the heads up.

 

What do you guys think of this EVGA SC GTX1070 AC 3.0 Black edition for £360? Good deal? I know I said my budget was £330 but an extra £30 for a GTX1070 instead of a GTX1060 seems good.

 

I probably should have said but I am looking to play Battlefield 1 and V, CS:Go, Dota2, Tomb Raider and possibly AC:Origins.

[Firewrath9]

3 minutes ago, xandredu said:

What do you guys think of this EVGA SC GTX1070 AC 3.0 Black edition for £360? Good deal? I know I said my budget was £30 but an extra £30 for a GTX1070 instead of a GTX1060 seems good.

yeah a 1070 is a big upgrade from the 1060, 500 more cuda cores, 2gb more vram etc. the 1070 ti almost has a full 1000 more cuda cores.

[AvogadrosDog]

I might get it then, it's from Amazon so it's not really a dodgy vendor and it's new so I think I'm going for that