There was another thread three months ago, but it ended and I have a bit more narrower question.
We are doing a budget DIY, with a AMD R5 3600x (sure) and an Asus ROG Strix B450-F motherboard (planned, open for discussion).
After feedback from this forum, we decided on the GTX 1660 Super as the currently best sweet spot. Two questions on that.
1) Which manufacturer to use. Narrowed it down to
Asus: the Dual GTX 1660s EVO ($ 280) and the TUF-3 1660s super gaming ($ 320).
Gigabyte: GTX Super ($ 300) and GTX Super Gaming ($ 320)
MSI: Ventus XS ($ 275) and the Super Gaming X ($ 330)
I checked a comparison card, the main difference is of each manufacturer the expensive cards have RGB. Big difference is also in display and hdmi ports. Since we will have one brand new PC and as second monitor we have an old onemwith DVI port, so we need a connector anyway, and probably we will never need more than two monitors. For the rest, it is marginal differences in max clock. No serious OC planned, so I expect that to be not a point.
Question now is, does it make any sense to pay the premium and is there a big difference between these cheaper versions or it is 6 of 1 and half a dozen of the other?
Maybe more important, is it better to use an msi board with msi GPU or that does not matter anymore either? I have experience with the Asus MBs and like them, but if for this the combo Gygabit MB and Gygabit GPU is better, why not.
We are doing a budget DIY, with a AMD R5 3600x (sure) and an Asus ROG Strix B450-F motherboard (planned, open for discussion).
After feedback from this forum, we decided on the GTX 1660 Super as the currently best sweet spot. Two questions on that.
1) Which manufacturer to use. Narrowed it down to
Asus: the Dual GTX 1660s EVO ($ 280) and the TUF-3 1660s super gaming ($ 320).
Gigabyte: GTX Super ($ 300) and GTX Super Gaming ($ 320)
MSI: Ventus XS ($ 275) and the Super Gaming X ($ 330)
I checked a comparison card, the main difference is of each manufacturer the expensive cards have RGB. Big difference is also in display and hdmi ports. Since we will have one brand new PC and as second monitor we have an old onemwith DVI port, so we need a connector anyway, and probably we will never need more than two monitors. For the rest, it is marginal differences in max clock. No serious OC planned, so I expect that to be not a point.
Question now is, does it make any sense to pay the premium and is there a big difference between these cheaper versions or it is 6 of 1 and half a dozen of the other?
Maybe more important, is it better to use an msi board with msi GPU or that does not matter anymore either? I have experience with the Asus MBs and like them, but if for this the combo Gygabit MB and Gygabit GPU is better, why not.