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Tommy_Here

Tommy_Here

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My cousins kid is after a computer for his birthday, very tight budget. We’re giving him my spare pc with an i7-2600 just to get him started on his feet.

Looking at second hand seems I can get a 2080 or a brand new 6600? Any other suggestions greatly appreciated
 
Tommy_Here said:
My cousins kid is after a computer for his birthday, very tight budget. We’re giving him my spare pc with an i7-2600 just to get him started on his feet.

Looking at second hand seems I can get a 2080 or a brand new 6600? Any other suggestions greatly appreciated
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Just go with the new GPU that has a warranty unless you really don't mind the hassle of "Well, you said a used one would be a good idea" if it ever fails on them.

Someone else said on here recently that they found an RX 6600 for £165 by shopping around. It's a solid card for 1080p.
 
For a first pc I wouldn't buy second hand. You want as much chance of a good experience as possible. Them chances are greatly reduced when you go second hand.
 
I would go for a 1080Ti, got one in my machine and one in my boys, best upgrade for circa £150 I could get and was not dissapointed - doing the comparisons the £200 cards just did not give the extra £50 worth of performance.
 
Thanks all for your input appreciate it! I’m in the way to overclockers now with my brother - first time I’ve been in the shop! Going to get the 6600 I think Asus Dual it just seems overall much better than the 3050. I assume it’s not like Vega where you have to tinker with it? Out of the box they seem very efficient cool and fast..
 
Tommy_Here said:
Dissapointing there’s no in store shopping click and collect only takes an hour.. wish I knew as it’s took me nearly 2 hours to get here!! Ah well ordered a 6600 just need to wait for it to be picked now..
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yes I agree oc got rid of the shop a good while ago you can do a click and collect you just have to wait for a text message to pick up your item I've often posted on here they need reopen the shop as I like to pay cash so the wife doesn't see how much I spend

shame on you overlockers
 
Brutal biff said:
yes I agree oc got rid of the shop a good while ago you can do a click and collect you just have to wait for a text message to pick up your item I've often posted on here they need reopen the shop as I like to pay cash so the wife doesn't see how much I spend

shame on you overlockers
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Yep agree! It’ll be the last time I go and will stick to going in store sounds like Scam as I like having a look round the whole setups
 
Tommy_Here said:
Dissapointing there’s no in store shopping click and collect only takes an hour.. wish I knew as it’s took me nearly 2 hours to get here!! Ah well ordered a 6600 just need to wait for it to be picked now..
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As much as I liked my 1080 Ti, which I just sold on here. The lack of a Direct X feature such as Mesh Shaders is starting to cause issue in games. The 6600 is a good choice in that case. The popular AMD 5700XT also now becoming obsolete for the same reason.
 
bimbleuk said:
As much as I liked my 1080 Ti, which I just sold on here. The lack of a Direct X feature such as Mesh Shaders is starting to cause issue in games. The 6600 is a good choice in that case. The popular AMD 5700XT also now becoming obsolete for the same reason.
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Completely agree and given this is his first pc to last a little while I don’t want him to encounter any issues due to missing feature set
 
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