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New PC! Time to swap the old GPU **Help**

Cr1tch

Cr1tch

Cr1tch

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Hi Guys,

So earlier this year i built my new machines (Spec's Below). But i kept my old NVIDIA GTX 1060 to keep the cost down but now i am looking to upgrade. Don't want to break the bank but looking for something that will improve the system and last a few year like my 1060 has. I looked at the RTX 3060 Ti as a possibility but ill be honest i don't know what i am looking for with a GPU.

Any help and advise would be really appreciated. Thanks

Corsair RM Series RM850 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor

WD Blue SN550 1TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive

MSI MAG CORELIQUID 240R ARGB Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

MSI MPG B550 Gaming Carbon WiFi (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard

Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO Black 16GB (2x8GB) 3600 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Dual Kit
 
Difficult to say because its the worst time to buy a graphics card if I were you I would stick with the 1060 for another 6-8 months as unless you want to pay £250+ or more over normal prices you are not going to get anything new.
 
As above, its not a good time to buy a gpu as they are overpriced and hard to find. If prices and stock get back to normal a AMD 6800 or 6700xt are the current cheaper AMD graphics cards that would be a good balance for that system. The Nvidia 3060ti as you highlighted is excellent with the 3070 around 10 to 15% faster on average so not worth hundreds more for, but it is in stock more often. The 3060ti is more a 1080p card and the 3070 a 1440p, but it all depends on the game.
 
cant link it but if you search a popular auction site someone has 10+ for £269 delivered and good feedback always risky but paypal should protect you
PALIT GEFORCE RTX 3060 DUAL OC
 
It doesn't matter, you can't buy a new card anyway.

I'd stick with your 1060 for another six months and see what availability is like then.
 
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