How much should I pay for a 970?

[Rico2001]

I'm going to be buying a Xeon X5687 which will hopefully be around the £65 mark, and a 970, but I don't know what price is a good price, i've seen some go up for 160, 140, and 120, but I'm not sure what brand to look for, I know MSI, EVGA, are quite good, but are Zotac cards really that bad??

 

[pepslight]

I'm going to be buying a Xeon X5687 which will hopefully be around the £65 mark, and a 970, but I don't know what price is a good price, i've seen some go up for 160, 140, and 120, but I'm not sure what brand to look for, I know MSI, EVGA, are quite good, but are Zotac cards really that bad??

I would say if you go on eBay and bid on a used gtx 970 you should be paying lowest 150 and highest 180 pounds. it´s to consider you could get for 188 a brand new RX 480 which is a bit stronger or a GTX 1060 ( I prefer)

 

[Rico2001]

I'm going to be buying a Xeon X5687 which will hopefully be around the £65 mark, and a 970, but I don't know what price is a good price, i've seen some go up for 160, 140, and 120, but I'm not sure what brand to look for, I know MSI, EVGA, are quite good, but are Zotac cards really that bad??

I would say if you go on eBay and bid on a used gtx 970 you should be paying lowest 150 and highest 180 pounds. it´s to consider you could get for 188 a brand new RX 480 which is a bit stronger or a GTX 1060 ( I prefer)

I could probably win one for around 135-140, but what about the manufacturers ?

 

[pepslight]

I'm going to be buying a Xeon X5687 which will hopefully be around the £65 mark, and a 970, but I don't know what price is a good price, i've seen some go up for 160, 140, and 120, but I'm not sure what brand to look for, I know MSI, EVGA, are quite good, but are Zotac cards really that bad??

I would say if you go on eBay and bid on a used gtx 970 you should be paying lowest 150 and highest 180 pounds. it´s to consider you could get for 188 a brand new RX 480 which is a bit stronger or a GTX 1060 ( I prefer)

I could probably win one for around 135-140, but what about the manufacturers ?

The best cards to go are the Asus Strix, Gigabyte Windforce, or Msi the EVGA or Zotac ar not a bad choice neither, Palit and Gainward improved a lot. Than you get the more cheap brands like PNY or Inno3D, I got once an Inno3D, although I never got problem, I could clearly Hear and feel how cheap this card was...

If you can afford stick to these brands above wouldn´t recommend an used Inno3d or Manli card, you need to consider those cards don´t have as strong capacitors and components as the card above, meaning its prone to failure

Edit: For 190 You can find on amazon an RX 480 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01JLG7HOK?m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&tag=idealocouk-21&ascsubtag=6y-1mnf-qCOqcSogEnZ3aA could be a deal