Secondhand 3060 12gb or new?

[gizmo1990]

Ok don't laugh, yes I'm in the market for an Ampere card. If I could afford a better one I would, but right now I need a stop gap upgrade (from a 1030!). I realise that the 4000 series is better grunt and efficiency wise but the 8gb in 4060s is ridiculous imo. The card will be used for some 3D work so more ram is preferable to pure grunt. And I need rock solid compatability which rules out AMD and Intel.

Looking at the prices 12gb 3060s go for around the £200-£230 mark. Whereas new they're £280-£300.

Does anyone have some good advice on whether the secondhand saving is worth it? Reliability issues, fan whine etc? Or also brand opinions, Gigabyte, ASUS, MSI etc.

Any advice much appreciated.

 

[no_1_dave]

Depends how long you plan to keep it for
Brand new if it's going to be a couple of years, 2nd hand if it's temporary for 6 months to a year

 

[Craig_d1]

Ok don't laugh, yes I'm in the market for an Ampere card. If I could afford a better one I would, but right now I need a stop gap upgrade (from a 1030!). I realise that the 4000 series is better grunt and efficiency wise but the 8gb in 4060s is ridiculous imo. The card will be used for some 3D work so more ram is preferable to pure grunt. And I need rock solid compatability which rules out AMD and Intel.

Looking at the prices 12gb 3060s go for around the £200-£230 mark. Whereas new they're £280-£300.

Does anyone have some good advice on whether the secondhand saving is worth it? Reliability issues, fan whine etc? Or also brand opinions, Gigabyte, ASUS, MSI etc.

Any advice much appreciated.

can only say I have a 3070tife and a my eldest a 3080fe from new. zero issues with either of them. don't hear either when in the case. Downside of course is you don't want a card that's been used for mining. Wanted to know what it was like and after setting up, when it started, gpu went to max and then yes...it was lound as fan must have been on 100%...that lasted all of 1 min and I turned it off and never though about mining again..can only imagine what a card will be like being on 100% for a couple of years..oooff torture

 

[Tetras]

Ok don't laugh, yes I'm in the market for an Ampere card. If I could afford a better one I would, but right now I need a stop gap upgrade (from a 1030!). I realise that the 4000 series is better grunt and efficiency wise but the 8gb in 4060s is ridiculous imo. The card will be used for some 3D work so more ram is preferable to pure grunt. And I need rock solid compatability which rules out AMD and Intel.

Looking at the prices 12gb 3060s go for around the £200-£230 mark. Whereas new they're £280-£300.

Does anyone have some good advice on whether the secondhand saving is worth it? Reliability issues, fan whine etc? Or also brand opinions, Gigabyte, ASUS, MSI etc.

Any advice much appreciated.

You can get a new 3060 12GB around ~£250, £300 I'd consider overpriced.

In regards to the saving: the 3060 is a pretty basic card that they churned out loads of, there's no widespread issues that I'm aware of. You're just relying on luck. Personally, given your requirements, I'd buy new as you don't want to faff around with troubleshooting issues, dubious warranty status and such.

 

[clone]

I got one from a certain shop with five years of warranty, bargain.