Temp card

[daveheath1888]

Ok some people might not agree with me but thinking about getting a temporary card and backup in the future for my new pc build, have not really got the money to pay out £600-£800 for a graphics card and also dont want to spend that money yet till i have made sure my first pc build works properly and with some new cards coming out, so thoughts are to spend up to £100 on a second hard graphics card, can get a gtx 1080 for about £105, what are peoples thoughts is there a better second hand card option?

potentual build :

9800x3d
64 gb ram
1000w psu
5070ti/9700xt (in future)

 

[daveheath1888]

so can i use the 1080 to play new games even if its a low level?

 

[daveheath1888]

Hi thanks for the replies, dont want to tweak my system too much as its not just for playing games as i will be multitasking as well and running other software.just want to build the system and make sure its reliable before spending £600-£800 more(in my mind the build might not work and i might have to recoup the cost and so the £600-£800 gpu is not necessary to make sure the build works first), so spending £100 for a temp card and then as a backup is not to bad in terms of cost.

 

[daveheath1888]

thanks for all the replies, yes i now dont know what to do.

 

[daveheath1888]

maybe i am just delaying myself from buying all the parts and building, very anxious about paying all the money out and building it and not working and not being able to find out why and then having to recoup the money back somehow.

 

[daveheath1888]

thanks for all the replies, have spent months agonizing over the spec so will stay the same generally, my current system had 32gb and runs out of ram so need 64gb, want to keep the 1000w psu because for future upgrade and only the 1000w ones have the extra pcie 8 pin i might need, i was originally getting a much more expensive motherboard but have settled on one that ticked all my boxes, my current pc has lasted 8 years and need this one to last as long as possible so i want to stick with the 9800x3d, in terms of the gpu just want to make sure the pc works before spending a lot of money on the gpu so i thought spending £100 on an older card was a good temp option as i might not buy a higher class card till next year(not necessarily because i cannot afford it but i might want to see how the market pans out when the new nvidia cards come out, plus i also need to get a 4k/1440p monitor).

 

[daveheath1888]

Personally I dont think a used graphics card is a bad idea. I would have a look at CEX as returns arent a problem and there is a guarantee. If you had 1000 posts then the MM would be good too.

ok thanks will have a look.