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GTX 1060... are they all much of a muchness?

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I'm putting together a build for a friend and he's set on the 1060... fine choice for his needs I think. I'm a bit puzzled by the range of cards though, and price swing is rather large, from £230 to well over £300... surely such a high price isn't worth it when you're getting in to used 980Ti territory? I've also seen the short cards, are they going to perform the same as the full length ones. Are any standing out from the pack at the moment? He definitely wants one with a backplate, and I can't tell with most of them whether they have one or not, annoyingly! Am I to assume if the product pics don't show one, it doesn't?
 
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The only real difference between all of them is the cooler and the warranty.

I'd say the best one overall is this MSI: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-32s-ms.html

There's no point going any more expensive than that, and it's worth the extra £5 over the KFA2 for the extra years warranty.

The small ones probably won't clock as high as the dual-fan big ones. Even though the card is low-ish power consumption, a cooler that small still won't cope with ~2 GHz.

And I wouldn't be too bothered about a backplate. It won't need one for cooling, and you have to pay a big premium to get one. Paying over £250 for a 1060 is mad IMO.
 
Personally I would get one with a back plate (if your case is normal configuration) and decent fans. I'm looking at the MSI Gaming (and Gaming X), because of these reasons, even though the red/black color scheme isn't in keeping with my case. (thinking about it, I might get some white rubberized paint on the go).
 
This is a 120W TDP card. You know all that frippery that certain markets liked to do like put three times as much VRAM on low end cards just so the number was bigger on the box? Fancy coolers are the equivalent for the 1060.
 
kalniel said:
This is a 120W TDP card. You know all that frippery that certain markets liked to do like put three times as much VRAM on low end cards just so the number was bigger on the box? Fancy coolers are the equivalent for the 1060.
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I think they do it just so it looks related to the bigger, faster cards in the same range.

Visual aspect plays a HUGE part even for things that get stuffed in a case 99% of folks will never see.

If you're buying something that LOOKS like the 1080 then in you're mind it isn't much of a leap, it's so the less well off folk don't feel bad about not being able to stump up for the proper cards, if they sold the 1060s/480s with a gimpy cooler that shouts 'national health glasses' then they'd sell a shed load less.
 
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/evga...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-30a-ea.html

This EVGA one seems good, cheap, good company etc.

Issue is when I investigated availability with EVGA they told me told me "OCUK should receive these by Wed 10th August".

So, it could be worth waiting for.


I certainly wouldn't go at or above £250 for a 1060.


Might also want to ask if silence is important for your friend, as some fans have 0db mode and others don't.


Below is a review for that MSI 1060 (https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-32s-ms.html)

http://videocardz.com/review/msi-geforce-gtx-1060-6gt-oc
 
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Well a better cooler should mean the card will maintain boost for longer in an enclosed case,especially as the card gets more dusty though.

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OTH,some of the coolers are bit OTT though!!
 
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CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Well a better cooler should mean the card will maintain boost for longer in an enclosed case,especially as the card gets more dusty though.

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OTH,some of the coolers are bit OTT though!!
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Even on boost it's not going to be sending out so much heat a small cooler can't cope - they're going to ~1911Mhz even at 70+C. There is the zero fan argument I suppose, but better to go down the route of a dedicated semi-passive cooler I'd have thought than 'converting' a normal cooler into one.
 
Circa £250 is really his max, and I agree the 1060 isn't worth more than that. A second hand 980Ti would be nice, but they seem a bit thin on the ground and looks like you'd be paying well over £300 for a good one (and EVGA is really the only second hand card I'd consider myself or recommend due to ease of warranty). The compact EVGA 1060 looks rather nice, assuming it's a good performer... can't see any reviews of this particular model yet, but I'm guessing it will be on par with any other?
 
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Circa £250 is really his max, and I agree the 1060 isn't worth more than that. A second hand 980Ti would be nice, but they seem a bit thin on the ground and looks like you'd be paying well over £300 for a good one (and EVGA is really the only second hand card I'd consider myself or recommend due to ease of warranty). The compact EVGA 1060 looks rather nice, assuming it's a good performer... can't see any reviews of this particular model yet, but I'm guessing it will be on par with any other?
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I have that exact model you're talking about. I have no complaints for the price. Has 0db fan mode, runs quiet and cool. Doesn't overclock as much as the SC but that's a given. Is also very small, so should easily fit into any case, just make sure airflow is good. There is a slightly cheaper Zotac compact, but haven't read much about it. I would also stay away from the cheapest reference one OCuk do, it will run louder and only has 2 year warranty.
 
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