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GPU upgrade for my son

Ronson12

Ronson12

Ronson12

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Hi i am looking for a new card for my son and would like some help trying to get the best bang for my buck.he only games at 1080p, we have a budget of £300.are they any cards in that price range thats better than his current card? thanks

he currently has:

Sapphire Radeon RX 5600 XT Pulse 6144mb 14gbps GDDR6
Ryzen 5 3600
Asus PRIME A520M-K
16gb DDR4 3200mhz
cougar STX 550watt PSU
Asus 27" 120hz IPS 1080p A-Sync monitor
kingston 1TB SSD drive
Windows 10
 
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TrojanWhore said:
If you can stretch the budget a little bit, then this is probably your best bet:


There's also one in B-grade, so you could make them an offer and hopefully get it a bit cheaper. (bearing in mind the reduced warranty)

Beyond that, you're looking at the 8GB version, or an RTX 5060 (also 8GB) - There's no way I'd buy an 8GB card at this point!
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So something like these 2? If so which would you recommend please


 
Reaper is usually the cheapest 9060 XT 16GB available, but it does have one of the weakest coolers.

The Sapphire Pure is a better card (Pulse only has sleeve bearings) and can even be available cheaper than the Pulse.

I wouldn't pay £380 for the Dual, even the Prime is cheaper than that at OCUK :o
 
Ronson12 said:
So something like these 2? If so which would you recommend please


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I only listed the one I did because it was the cheapest and I didn't want to stretch your budget too much.... as @Tetras said, if you can stretch the extra bit, then it's worth spending a little more for a better cooler (better temperatures and hence noise, plus especially where bearings are concerned, likely to be more durable).

So I'd say either of the cards he's listed would be worth it, but I'm not too up to speed on the differences between models....
Tetras, would the hellhound also be worthy of consideration here? (as another tripe fan option in roughly the same price range)
 
TrojanWhore said:
Tetras, would the hellhound also be worthy of consideration here? (as another tripe fan option in roughly the same price range)
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Yeah, KitGuru included the Hellhound in their roundup. The most notable feature was a dual bios. From what I've seen of the Prime, that's also a decent card (with a dual BIOS).

Like you said though, got to be careful of the budget here, was originally £300 and some premium models near the price of a 5060 Ti 16GB :o

Personally, I don't think the Pulse makes any sense at £360, especially when you can get the superior Pure cheaper than that.

Reaper is good at near £300, but hard to justify much more, with the weak cooler.

From what I can see of current prices, my purchase would be between Sapphire's Pure or the Prime. Ideally, I wouldn't want to pay more than £350 for a more premium model (like the Hellhound or Prime) and any entry-level model (like the Reaper or Pulse) should be closer to £300 than £350.
 
Tetras said:
Yeah, KitGuru included the Hellhound in their roundup. The most notable feature was a dual bios. From what I've seen of the Prime, that's also a decent card (with a dual BIOS).

Like you said though, got to be careful of the budget here, was originally £300 and some premium models near the price of a 5060 Ti 16GB :o

Personally, I don't think the Pulse makes any sense at £360, especially when you can get the superior Pure cheaper than that.

Reaper is good at near £300, but hard to justify much more, with the weak cooler.

From what I can see of current prices, my purchase would be between Sapphire's Pure or the Prime. Ideally, I wouldn't want to pay more than £350 for a more premium model (like the Hellhound or Prime) and any entry-level model (like the Reaper or Pulse) should be closer to £300 than £350.
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looking at the prime i think it might be an issue with installing it in his case so probably be this,the pure?
have you any idea on pre order times for these by any chance.

 
Ronson12 said:
looking at the prime i think it might be an issue with installing it in his case so probably be this,the pure?
have you any idea on pre order times for these by any chance.

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Hard to say tbh, I know that it's available for £330-340 but direct from OCUK you'd need to contact them.

They could have a shipment due in tomorrow or it could be two weeks from now.
 
Gray2233 said:
Hard to say tbh, I know that it's available for £330-340 but direct from OCUK you'd need to contact them.

They could have a shipment due in tomorrow or it could be two weeks from now.
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infact ingore me.just checked and his current cards 250mm and the case takes up to 350mm,the prime is 304mm.i shall go for them prime as its currently in stock.thanks for the help
 
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