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I'm currently in the market for a a short GPU preferably under 7 inches (7.5 is a stretch) for a current ITX build. The thickness and width of the card is less important. The best option that I was able to find was the EVGA 1060 SC mini. If there is anything I have overlooked, please let me know. Thank you
 
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This is probably the best card you're going to find at or near that price range and it's perfectly good for 1080p gaming. Certainly much better than the GTX 1060 you were considering.

I do not buy used graphics card, nor do I recommend buying them. Some do, I do not. You get no warranty, no matter who you buy it from or what brand of card it is, UNLESS it is an EVGA card that the original owner specifically bought the extended 3rd party coverage warranty on. Other brands don't have this, even as an option. EVGA has it ONLY as an option and I've rarely found anybody who actually paid extra to have it, so the chances of buying ANY used card that has a warranty are pretty much slim to none.

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gpu prices are still very high right now, plus high end and small are 2 words that don't really go together. think i saw 1660 super and 2060's on the list but they are not gonna be cheap!!

newest gen stuff will likely have a couple shorter models but the flagship oc'ed mega cards tend to show up first. it'll be a few months before they put out the oddball cards as they still can't supply their main models yet. considering the power draw of these new gen cards, it is unlikely you'll see any that short as they need lots of cooling to keep from melting
 
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The pcb alone on the smaller pg132 30 cards is @ 220mm, just over 8" so even using a reference card with hybrid cooling is out. The pg133 cards are V shaped and even longer. Extremely doubtful with as much as is packed onto that pcb that they'll release a 'mini' version. It's already @ 4" shorter than normal.

7" is not much room for a gpu, even in mITX-land, what's the obstruction?
 
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This is probably the best card you're going to find at or near that price range and it's perfectly good for 1080p gaming. Certainly much better than the GTX 1060 you were considering.

I do not buy used graphics card, nor do I recommend buying them. Some do, I do not. You get no warranty, no matter who you buy it from or what brand of card it is, UNLESS it is an EVGA card that the original owner specifically bought the extended 3rd party coverage warranty on. Other brands don't have this, even as an option. EVGA has it ONLY as an option and I've rarely found anybody who actually paid extra to have it, so the chances of buying ANY used card that has a warranty are pretty much slim to none.

Do not buy spend 200+ dollars on a piece of hardware that has no warranty. You will end up with no money and nothing to show for it, I promise. I see it day in and day out, time after time after time. Sure, some get lucky enough to score a great deal and some even have them work for a considerably long amount of time, but if you are not one of them that is fortunate enough or has the luck of the Irish, it's not worth taking the chance.

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Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB GAMING Twin Fan Video Card ($266.99 @ Staples)
Total: $266.99
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Just make sure it hasn’t been used for crypto mining!
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and how do you go about knowing that? you have no way at all to know how a used anything was utilized while in service. this is the main reason many of us here never recommend buying used pc parts. you just never know how they've been used and abused.

i got my msi itx 1650 super on sale for $159 new. i've seen it back near that price twice since i got mine in june. i see no reason to risk a used model when you can find sale prices like that.
 
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Not sure I understand the mining reference. Never did really. Mining cards are barely used, there's no graphical output, almost all are run pcie x1, almost all are lowered voltages, running minimal to remain stable at what they are doing. If anything, I can see mining cards suffer less actual abuse than most ppl who have this absolute need to apply rediculous OC to an OC card. And yes, I ran my 660ti and 970 at 124/128% OC respectively, so I understand the abuse they saw.

The only real objection I see to mining cards is their fans run 24/7/365. Ok, that's an easy enough fix that's relatively cheap.

Like Darkbreeze and others, there's 3 things I personally absolutely will not buy used. Gpus, psus and storage. Anything else is fair game. But thats me.
 
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I don't buy anything used anymore. NOT because I am rich, or even well off, because I'm really neither of those things. It's BECAUSE I'm neither of those things, and I fully NEED the money I spend on something to not only be guaranteed to work when I get it, without any question or hassles, but to also CONTINUE doing so for a long period of time so that I do not have to RE-invest in that thing again for as long as possible. I want to buy it once, and then not have to think about it again for at least three to five years, minimum. Whatever it is. Obviously there are some things out there that have only a one year warranty and there's not much you can do about that, but fortunately for us MOST things that are going to fail "prematurely" USUALLY do so during the first year.

So if you have a warranty, it's no big deal. For everything else, and most motherboards, graphics cards and power supplies have either 3, 5, 7 or 10 year warranties, depending on what it is. That GREATLY outweighs any savings you might secure from buying something used. That 2080 ti you got for 400 bucks isn't worth a DAMN if it fails on you 3 weeks or 3 months down the road. And you WILL be HERE (Or another forum or board) sniveling about how it died and what can you do to bring it back to life. I know, I've had to participate in those threads again and again, as have many of you.

It just simply isn't worth it to me, and even more so BECAUSE the money I spend on whatever I spend it on, needs to mean something, and it needs to last or be covered by a warranty so that it can be replaced at no or very little cost to me if it does fail.
 
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Karadjgne said:
Not sure I understand the mining reference. Never did really. Mining cards are barely used, there's no graphical output, almost all are run pcie x1, almost all are lowered voltages, running minimal to remain stable at what they are doing. If anything, I can see mining cards suffer less actual abuse than most ppl who have this absolute need to apply rediculous OC to an OC card. And yes, I ran my 660ti and 970 at 124/128% OC respectively, so I understand the abuse they saw.

The only real objection I see to mining cards is their fans run 24/7/365. Ok, that's an easy enough fix that's relatively cheap.

Like Darkbreeze and others, there's 3 things I personally absolutely will not buy used. Gpus, psus and storage. Anything else is fair game. But thats me.
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Where on Gods green earth did you find one In stock?
 
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Gigabyte made mini 1080/1070/1060s, as well as really there are really a ton of single fan xx60 and xx50 series GPUs that fall below 7.5 inches easily. AMD has a few offerings but they are definitely fewer of them.

I would say 1060,1070, 1660, 1650 super, are probably the best you will get on the used market for your price range. just search for ITX gpus.
 
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nofanneeded said:
I would look for GTX 1070ti/1080 ITX on ebay , it is easy to find one for $250

and you could find RTX 2060 ITX model for around $300 if you look hard.

What is your PC case ?
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And I would not. Plain and simple. I don't even care in the least what your position is on used hardware, we already know you are pretty clearly inconsiderate when it comes to handing out bad advice here so I know nothing I say is going to change your belief that you are the MOST right in every conversation. And, you are fully entitled to that opinion. I just don't happen to agree with it or with anybody who thinks that buying used hardware from anybody they don't know well enough to invite to their mother's house for dinner is a good idea.

I've already explained why, so I'll just leave it at that. And bottom line is anyhow, those cards don't perform well enough to give them leverage over the 1660 super anyhow at 1080p, so paying those kinds of prices for them and not getting a warranty is just plain stupid.
 
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