Upgrading my old granny ;)

oztomcat

oztomcat

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Hello to everyone,
I am looking for upgrade to my old old old q6600 ;) recently I bought for very good price bundle MSI z170a tomahawk with i5-6600k and corsair h55 water cooling. What I need now is RAM and graphic card. With the memory I aiming in corsair LPX 16gb (2x8gb) 3200mhz but choosing GPU is a nightmare :/ what I read on other forums that gtx 1060 should be optimum to that cpu, but I'm thinking about new card ass well. My gtx580 is giving his last breath at the moment :P
Kind regards
 
GTX 1060's are far too expensive for the performance they offer. RX 580 8GB can be bought second hand for ~£80-100, or new for £140. If you are buying new, and are on a budget then it would be something like an RX 570 4/8GB. Don't waste money on fast RAM, just get the cheapest DDR4 2x8GB around 2666-3000MHz, you should get change from £50 new.
 
Journey said:
GTX 1060's are far too expensive for the performance they offer. RX 580 8GB can be bought second hand for ~£80-100, or new for £140. If you are buying new, and are on a budget then it would be something like an RX 570 4/8GB.
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Thank You for that detailed reply ;) I'm thinking to get new one so could You please recommend which one should I get?
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/pc-components/graphics-cards/amd/radeon-rx-580
What You think about that Saphire which is on sale now?
Kind regards

p.s. Edited ;)
 
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oztomcat said:
p.s. why this link is like that?? its from ****** what they offer frim rx580
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becuase overclockers uk forum is run and paid for, by...you guessed it...overclockers uk
hence entirely reasonable that posting their competitors links isn't allowed.
 
£150 it's nice ;) I know I'm not up to date with news but never heard about "powercolor" brand before... was thinking about MSI tbh. Or I just shouldn't bother the brand?
 
for a £150 card, i wouldn't worry about it too much...though it is still a consideration

Graphics Card Warranties (UK Only) - Let's see how good they really are *Look*

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https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...s-see-how-good-they-really-are-look.18231329/
 
oztomcat said:
old old old q6600
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I loved my Q6600 back in the day! I was wondering when I got it and found an email conversation with a friend where I was weighing up the pros and cons between the Q6600 with 2GB RAM against an Athlon 64 6000 with 4GB RAM. Looking back at that, I'm not sure I did make the best decision!
 
Bounce said:
Why do you post this from something which is old and outdated?

According to that table the powercolor offers 2 year warranty when it's in fact now 3 years.
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Because it's all we have to go on as a single point of reference. It should be updated, but surely buyers would check first on the item page?
 
You'd hope so. Don't Asus have a reputation on here for poor RMA service? I know others have linked to a shocking thread relating to a motherboard return.
 
Thank you guys for those tips ;) it's been decided I will get that rx 590 :) what you think about fury hyperx memory? Its advertise on common online shopping website ;) for £56 for 16gb 3200mhz
 
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