Upgrading my old granny ;)

oztomcat · 17 Nov 2019 at 13:00

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

Kind regards

tamzzy · 17 Nov 2019 at 14:46

oztomcat said:
recently I bought for very good price bundle MSI z170a tomahawk with i5-6600k and corsair h55 water cooling.

how much did you spend on that because i'd send it straight back

Daevil666 · 17 Nov 2019 at 15:07

I hear Amd are doing good stuff with GPUs at the moment

oztomcat · 17 Nov 2019 at 17:14

tamzzy said:
how much did you spend on that because i'd send it straight back

I spend £100 for it and why would you send it back?

tamzzy · 17 Nov 2019 at 18:18

oztomcat said:
I spend £100 for it and why would you send it back?

ah nvm. £100 isn't too expensive. i'd keep it then.
normally goes for a wee bit more than that...and isn't great value.

Journey · 17 Nov 2019 at 19:29

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.

oztomcat · 18 Nov 2019 at 13:33

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.

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

tamzzy · 18 Nov 2019 at 13:41

oztomcat said:
p.s. why this link is like that?? its from ****** what they offer frim rx580

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.

oztomcat · 18 Nov 2019 at 13:55

tamzzy said:
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.

thanks

tamzzy · 18 Nov 2019 at 13:56

or get the rx590 which is better and cheaper?
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/powe...raphics-card-black-friday-deal-gx-197-pc.html

Journey · 18 Nov 2019 at 14:08

Cracking price on the RX590 to be fair.

tamzzy · 18 Nov 2019 at 14:16

Journey said:
Cracking price on the RX590 to be fair.

yeah. best bang/back gpu with decent performance right now

oztomcat · 18 Nov 2019 at 14:26

£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?

tamzzy · 18 Nov 2019 at 14:42

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*

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...s-see-how-good-they-really-are-look.18231329/

Seearbe · 18 Nov 2019 at 14:59

oztomcat said:
old old old q6600

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 · 18 Nov 2019 at 15:04

tamzzy said:
for a £150 card, i wouldn't worry about it too much...though it is still a consideration

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...s-see-how-good-they-really-are-look.18231329/

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.

tamzzy · 18 Nov 2019 at 15:34

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.

ah well spotted

snips86x · 18 Nov 2019 at 15:45

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.

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?

Wegason · 18 Nov 2019 at 17:13

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.

oztomcat · 18 Nov 2019 at 17:54

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