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)

 

[throwaway4372]

Throwing money away when money is the limiting factor is not the play. Save up.

 

[Captain_Bosh]

I'd just use the integrated graphics. Although a 1080 for about £105 will probably not lose much value if you sell later.

 

[throwaway4372]

Also old cards like that don't get driver support anymore. Literally obsolete.

 

[Luke_Bowman]

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Also old cards like that don't get driver support anymore. Literally obsolete.

Obsolete doesn't mean much if they still work fine. Sure you're not getting support for new games but you can't run them anyway.

 

[daveheath1888]

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

 

[throwaway4372]

Depends what you're playing. But I just replaced a 1080 because it wasn't really up to it anymore.

 

[Trickle]

is there a better second hand card option?

Quickly checking the 'bay in the last 3 days has 2 2070's for £100 and a 1080ti also. Blower seems to be reason for the 1080ti. That price includes postage.

2070s £120
£160 has a 3060, a 6700xt and a couple of 2080ti blowers.

 

[bimbleuk]

I have a low profile 1650 for a general use or testing systems as it doesn't use an external power connector and fits in ITX cases easily.

I have bought a few 2060 Supers in the past for budget PC and they down to ~£80 now on the Overclockers Members Market (you can't access that due to your low post count).

I've got to the point now that I won't buy any 8GB GPUs. 3060 12GB for as little as possible would be my choice.

 

[Armageus]

Some very questionable decisions going on. If you can't afford a GPU then why not get a slightly slower CPU, cut the Ram back to 32GB, get a 850w PSU rather than 1000w, Get a single 2TB SSD instead of getting 2 drives etc.

 

[kayone]

What games are you looking to play and at what res? A cheap 1080ti may fit the bill for the mean time. Or as @Armageus suggested, some tweaks could be your enabler to a more balanced system.

 

[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.

 

[Tetras]

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.

You don't need a graphics card to check it works, just use the integrated graphics.

If you must buy the 1080:

 

[mattyfez]

9800x3d has integrated graphics... Just use that..

And you don't need a 1kw PSU... I'm running a 9070xt on a 750w just fine...

 

[Devious]

You could always use the 1080 for PhysX later l if you buy a new Nvidia card. I just got a £30 970 though.

 

[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.

 

[Tetras]

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.

If you're that worried about it, it sounds like you're overspending.

Perhaps you should send some of the parts back and get cheaper ones.

E.g.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £160.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03573) = £124.99
• 1 x Crucial Pro 48GB (2x24GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C46 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRU-01086) = £99.95
• 1 x XFX Swift 9060 XT Gaming OC Dual Fan 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-XFX-05433) = £329.99

Total: £723.91 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

Still great performance for 1080p/1440p from that and costs the same as you were planning to spend on the graphics card.