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Asrock Steel Legend Build

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I built my PC a couple of years ago:

  • CPU: Intel 12600K
  • MOTHERBOARD: Asrock Z690 Steel Legend
  • RAM: Kingston Fury Beast RGB DDR4 3600
  • COOLER: 2024 NZXT Kraken Elite 280mm RGB
  • CASE: Lian Li O11 Mini (white)
  • CASE FANS: Cooler Master Halo v2
  • GPU: Zotac Gaming AMP RTX 3060 12Gb white

Overall, been pretty happy with it.. have been thinking about upgrading my GPU for a while now and was looking for something to fit into the aesthetics of the build. And then I stumbled across the Asrock B580 Intel Arc Steel Legend GPU - ordered it from OC on 17/12/2024 and still waiting on it! LOL! - once it arrives I'll post up some before and after images and update on it's performance.


 
Yes, I'm afraid I agree with the other guys in this thread. More of a sidegrade at best. Are you still able to cancel the order?
 
wow not a lot of love here for the B580 - clearly a lot of hurt Nvidia fanboys on lurking ;) :) - I play mostly at 1440p and the B580 decimates the 3060 at this resolution... most of the comments above seem to relate to the negative press from a couple of reviews speaking about driver overheads at 1080p - which purposely picked older games that were optimised for RTX cards and tested on some processors which weren't even recommended as *minimum* for the B580..

In a lot of games at 1440p it will actually outperform a 3060/3060Ti/4060 and sometimes close to a 4070:


Intel have also shown they are fast to implement driver updates and these cards have already been improved since initial driver launches.. if any Nvidia fanboys are looking for a 3060 - let me know as there will be one for sale soon! :)
 
Yes, I'm afraid I agree with the other guys in this thread. More of a sidegrade at best. Are you still able to cancel the order?
it definitely isn't a sidegrade :cry::cry::cry: - but I'll soon be in physical possession of one.. something no one else who has commented on how bad these cards are on this thread can say.. and I'll do my own benchmarking and testing on my own rig to make sure I'm happy with the performance.. I'd rather believe my own proven facts than being influenced by a couple of YouTubers with an agenda ;)
 
it definitely isn't a sidegrade :cry::cry::cry: - but I'll soon be in physical possession of one.. something no one else who has commented on how bad these cards are on this thread can say.. and I'll do my own benchmarking and testing on my own rig to make sure I'm happy with the performance.. I'd rather believe my own proven facts than being influenced by a couple of YouTubers with an agenda ;)
Why would I want one when I already have a much better card? Very strange take on your end, but good luck, it's your money.
 
it definitely isn't a sidegrade :cry::cry::cry: - but I'll soon be in physical possession of one.. something no one else who has commented on how bad these cards are on this thread can say.. and I'll do my own benchmarking and testing on my own rig to make sure I'm happy with the performance.. I'd rather believe my own proven facts than being influenced by a couple of YouTubers with an agenda ;)
My apologies. I thought you were rocking a 3060ti, which is quite a bit better than the 3060. I think I'd still want a bigger boost in performance when purchasing a new card, though. I'm using a 7800XT and 3060ti in my PCs. The 3060ti is paired with a 2560x1440 resolution monitor and still performs admirably at that resolution in most games.
 
My apologies. I thought you were rocking a 3060ti, which is quite a bit better than the 3060. I think I'd still want a bigger boost in performance when purchasing a new card, though. I'm using a 7800XT and 3060ti in my PCs. The 3060ti is paired with a 2560x1440 resolution monitor and still performs admirably at that resolution in most games.
so a couple of reasons for changing - one is the boost in performance, it's also current gen card so gets loads of nice new features - something that Nvidia cards older than one generation get excluded from (despite being technically able to run them).. was pretty impressed with the cards performance at 1440p (compared to my 3060) and wanted to try an Intel card first hand - given the improvements they've made since Alchemist and also lastly - for aesthetics..

as I have a Steel Legend motherboard and white/silver/black build I wanted something to go with this.. Asrock do several Steel Legend AMD cards as well - but the RX 7600 is only 8Gb and is more expensive (c£310) and has worse performance than than B580.. you then have AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 16GB Steel Legend (which is around c£520) and then the AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 GRE Steel Legend 16GB (which is around £800) - so from the 4 Steel Legend GPU's that Asrock do - then the B580 was the only one that I was really interested in - figured it would be a free swing at dabbling with Intel GPU's as I would get a decent proportion of my money back from selling the 3060 as I got it for MSRP - *or* if it is absolutely rotten (which I don't think it will be) - then I'd also be able to sell it on with minimal loss..
 
I'm going from 6600 to B580, wasn't sure if it would be a sidegrade or upgrade but i need a new GPU now so i just bought one. Main reason was that i was struggling with VRAM, my PC was already up to 2GB usage with everything running in background, and most games were pushing close/past 8GB.

There wasn't much choice elsewhere, 4060Ti and 7700XT are around £350, 6700XT/6750XT are too old, and because i have a SFF half of them wouldn't fit!

Tested the B580 yesterday and Superposition benchmark is giving me double the score of my 6600, i'm not an expert at these things but i'm assuming that relates to actual gaming performance. Going from 8900 to 16200 score and 66FPS to 121FPS. I'm still yet to properly test games, i may need to switch back to 6600 again, but a few games are already showing a massive improvement, going from choppy low FPS to a nice smooth gameplay, obviously this depends on the games you play etc.

Another thing is that i can probably sell my 6600 for around £180, it still has warranty until end of 2025 (not sure if it's transferrable but whatever), is in great condition and i still have box, so £80 to move to a better GPU with 3yr warranty sounds pretty good to me.

I'm pretty sure you will be pleased with it.
 
i think people saying that moving from a 6600 or a 3060 to a B580 is a sidegrade/downgrade have never used, saw or owned an Intel B580... they're likely just AMD or Nvidia fanboys who are blindly loyal to their brand.. whereas people who aren't necessarily brand loyal and have a relatively open mind will see that the B580 represents remarkable value and delivers competitive performance at 1440p - it's punching well above it's value - I'll report back on how I get on! :)
 
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