Question Suggestions for a graphics card upgrade ?

[ilukey77]

is this PSU any good?

https://www.newegg.com/thermaltake-smart-series-ps-spd-0700npcwus-w-700w/p/17-153-231?Item=17-153-231&cm_sp=product-_-from-price-options

I use corsair in almost all my builds and the 5800x3d 6900xt red devil build is the rog Thor 850w for the pretty lights ..

A good rule is the PSU is the life blood of your pc if you buy a just enough wattage or a cheaper brand and you run the risk of popping not only your PSU but your components as well ..

I usually overkill but not crazy crazy so i wouldnt see any business running a 1600w psu unless it was 4090 13900ks even then thats way way over kill !! 1200w maybe

 

[Butters5000]

how about these one's they cost more

https://www.newegg.com/evga-supernova-650-gt-220-gt-0650-y1-650w/p/N82E16817438186

https://www.newegg.com/corsair-rmx-series-rm750x-cp-9020199-na-750w/p/N82E16817139271?nm_mc=AFC-RAN-COM&cm_mmc=afc-ran-com-_-IGN&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=afc-ran-com-_-IGN&utm_source=afc-IGN&AFFID=3011275&AFFNAME=IGN&ACRID=1&ASUBID=04OSxb2YkZ6D26EXNkFCYV8&ASID=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ign.com%2Farticles%2Fbest-power-supply&ranMID=44583&ranEAID=3011275&ranSiteID=oelFIBIMgTk-M3v8Jk6aSyA0Lx18GX7P2A

https://www.newegg.com/super-flower-leadex-iii-sf-750f14hg-750w/p/1HU-024C-00006?Item=9SIAMNPAY44279

 

[ilukey77]

how about these one's they cost more

https://www.newegg.com/evga-supernova-650-gt-220-gt-0650-y1-650w/p/N82E16817438186

https://www.newegg.com/corsair-rmx-series-rm750x-cp-9020199-na-750w/p/N82E16817139271?nm_mc=AFC-RAN-COM&cm_mmc=afc-ran-com-_-IGN&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=afc-ran-com-_-IGN&utm_source=afc-IGN&AFFID=3011275&AFFNAME=IGN&ACRID=1&ASUBID=04OSxb2YkZ6D26EXNkFCYV8&ASID=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ign.com%2Farticles%2Fbest-power-supply&ranMID=44583&ranEAID=3011275&ranSiteID=oelFIBIMgTk-M3v8Jk6aSyA0Lx18GX7P2A

https://www.newegg.com/super-flower-leadex-iii-sf-750f14hg-750w/p/1HU-024C-00006?Item=9SIAMNPAY44279

Im going to say corsair by default out of pure recommendation of owning a few and having no issues at all for years !!
depending on your location prices will differ between shops and sales ..

 

[SorryBella]

how about these one's they cost more

https://www.newegg.com/evga-supernova-650-gt-220-gt-0650-y1-650w/p/N82E16817438186

https://www.newegg.com/corsair-rmx-series-rm750x-cp-9020199-na-750w/p/N82E16817139271?nm_mc=AFC-RAN-COM&cm_mmc=afc-ran-com-_-IGN&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=afc-ran-com-_-IGN&utm_source=afc-IGN&AFFID=3011275&AFFNAME=IGN&ACRID=1&ASUBID=04OSxb2YkZ6D26EXNkFCYV8&ASID=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ign.com%2Farticles%2Fbest-power-supply&ranMID=44583&ranEAID=3011275&ranSiteID=oelFIBIMgTk-M3v8Jk6aSyA0Lx18GX7P2A

https://www.newegg.com/super-flower-leadex-iii-sf-750f14hg-750w/p/1HU-024C-00006?Item=9SIAMNPAY44279

The SuperFlower Leadex and Corsair would be it for me. But if you are a bit of a computer dunce you might appreciate Corsair's bit better customer service.

 

[Unolocogringo]

The Corsair or Leadex3 from your list.
I have the 850w version of both .
Good choices.

 

[Butters5000]

thanks for the help, think i'll get the corsair, and get a graphics card later, since i looked at my PSU and it only has 1 "6 pin" for the GPU, so getting one right away would suck to have it sit there

 

[Butters5000]

how about this one, seems to be newer

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYR1BXC6?tag=pcpapi-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1

 

[Butters5000]

sorry to keep posting here, so i installed HW monitor and another one, and it says that my GPU uses 87 watts max, it doesn't seem to go over, so i am wondering if i my PSU has been holding back my GPU this whole time, any help would be nice, thanks

 

[Lucky_SLS]

^ in idle scenario? Or during gaming? Which game?

 

[Butters5000]

during gaming, TDP is 150, so thought it would be atleast over a 125 watts.

 

[Lucky_SLS]

Not all games consumes the full tdp.

Depends on the settings, game and resolution.

If you want to test it, try something like furmark or 3d mark.

 

[Butters5000]

okay, tried furmark and got 110 watts, not sure if that is good or bad though.

 

[Lucky_SLS]

Compare the results with other gpu models and see if there is an issue?

 

[Butters5000]

ah, seems more or less the same from what i can tell.

i do have a different problem though, i ordered a PSU and after 2 weeks of being held up at UPS they ended up sending it back to newegg, so now i have to try again, so have to try again, i did find a diff one that might be better. so any advice would be great.

Corsair
or
MSI

 

[Lucky_SLS]

I would choose the MSI

 

[Butters5000]

ah, thanks for the response was thinking of that one as well

 

[Butters5000]

okay, got the PSU, now just need to decide between 3060 ti or a 6700xt

 

[Lucky_SLS]

okay, got the PSU, now just need to decide between 3060 ti or a 6700xt

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you have benchmarks for both rtx and non rtx games. i would suggest the 6700XT if ray tracing is not a big deal to you.

 

[Butters5000]

thanks, just ordered the 6700 xt, spent more then i wanted to because of taxes, and i don't care much about ray tracing, i feel it's not a main thing, atleast for me.

 

[Order 66]

There's still a good number of them out there for good prices:

RX 6700:
XFX Speedster SWFT 309 - Amazon: $270, Newegg: $278, B&H: $281
Sapphire Pulse - Newegg: $280, Amazon: $310

RX 6700 XT:
ASRock Challenger D - Newegg: $330, Amazon: $360
Powercolor Fighter - Newegg: $340, Amazon: $350
ASRock Phantom Gaming D - Newegg: $340

RX 6750 XT:
ASRock Challenger Pro OC - Newegg: $350
MSi Gaming X Trio - Newegg: $370, Amazon: $380
ASRock Phantom Gaming D - Newegg: $370
Gigabyte Gaming OC - Newegg: $380

RX 6800:
XFX Speedster SWFT 319 - Newegg: $430
Powercolor Fighter - Newegg: $450

RX 6800 XT:
XFX Speedster MERC 319 Core - Amazon: $504, Newegg: $530
ASRock Phantom Gaming D OC - Newegg: $510
XFX Speedster SWFT 319 - Amazon: $520, Newegg: $530
ASRock Taichi - Newegg: $540

RX 6900 XT:
None

RX 6950 XT:
XFX Speedster MERC 319 - B&H: $590, Amazon: $630, Best Buy: $640
ASRock Phantom Gaming OC - Newegg: $640

So, yeah, the 6900 XT is long gone but all of the others are more than numerous enough to be considered viable purchasing options.

Well, it depends... for modern AAA titles, yeah, it can be a problem, especially above 1080p. For online games, hell, even 4GB is enough. 😆

You're preaching to the choir here. I used to have GeForce cards. I had an Albatron GeForce FX 5200, an XFX GeForce 6200, a PNY GeForce 8400 GS PCI (for diagnostic work only) and a Palit GeForce 8500 GT.

Here's the list of video cards that I've owned since then:

2 x XFX Radeon HD 4870
1 x XFX Radeon HD 5450
1 x Dell Radeon HD 5870
1 x XFX Radeon HD 6450
2 x Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970
2 x Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury
1 x XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT
1 x Powercolor Radeon RX 6500 XT
1 x ASRock Radeon RX 6600
1 x O.G. ATi Radeon RX 6800 XT
1 x ASRock RX 7900 XTX

When I saw that the Radeon HD 4870 offered the same performance as the GeForce GTX 260 for $200 less, I never looked back and never bought GeForce again. My craptop has a GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile discrete card in addition to the Vega 8 that came with my R5-3500U APU. However, since I paid the same price for my ASUS Vivobook with that GTX 1050 as other craptops with the same specs that didn't have it, as far as I'm concerned, I got it for free. 😉

Yeah, but that price will fall to something civilised before too long.

I couldn't agree more. I was using an RX 6800 XT but when I heard whispers of AMD, Intel and nVidia dedicating a huge chunk of their fab allocations to GPUs for AI. I heard whispers that this will cause a new GPU shortage. Coupled with the fact that ATi isn't going to produce a high-end card in their next generation, I was getting antsy. See, the first GPU-shortage from mining was in 2017 and I got extremely lucky because games weren't using Crossfire anymore and so I was kinda stuck with a single HD 7970. I got lucky because out of nowhere, Newegg had the Sapphire R9 Fury for less than half the going rate for an RX 580 at the time. I bought one and some months later, I bought a second one because it was some refurbished Sapphire Nitro (same as the first) for only $100. The second mining craze really got me bad as I ended up paying too much for my RX 6800 XT. I did far better than most but it was still too much. So, this time, I said "Screw this!" and bought an open-box ASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX Phantom Gaming OC from Newegg for the equivalent of $845USD.

I won't make that mistake again.

Yeah $1300 isn't a great price for a 6900 xt when you can get a 7900xtx for cheaper and save enough to upgrade your PSU to handle the new card!

 

[Order 66]

It sounds really nice. You should post pics. 😉👍

Yeah, the RX 5700 XT was one of the premier cards for mining during the craze.

You may not realise this but an open-box item from Newegg has full warranty. I read their terms and open-box items still get the 30 day return window and they aslo get the full warranty from the manufacturer (in this case, ASRock). Open-box are so-called because they don't come with any extra bits that a new one might have. In this case, it wasn't a big deal to me because the ASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX doesn't come with any extra bits anyway. What I didn't get was the premium Starfield bundle but I don't care about that because I already claimed a standard bundle with an RX 6600 that I bought specifically for that purpose. I'll sell it to a coworker for $50CAD off the price. That way, I get the game for half-price and he gets a brand-new card for $50 off.

An incredible coincidence has just occurred. Newegg now has the new RX 7900 XTX Phantom Gaming for only $56CAD more than I paid for the open-box ($1,199 instead of $1,143) and it comes with the Premium Starfield bundle! I ordered one and have already printed out a shipping label to return the one I ordered last week. Now I'll have two Starfield codes

I actually still have my RX 5700 XT. It's an XFX THICC-III model. It is absolutely GIGANTIC, about the same size as my ASRock RX 7900 XTX Phantom Gaming OC (I compared them):

You should update this post with the story of how you accidentally scammed the copy of Starfield from Newegg.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Yeah $1300 isn't a great price for a 6900 xt when you can get a 7900xtx for cheaper and save enough to upgrade your PSU to handle the new card!

Yeah, $1300 for an RX 6900 XT would be a terrible price, but I couldn't find any at any price.

You should update this post with the story of how you accidentally scammed the copy of Starfield from Newegg.

Nah, I don't want people to start doing that all the time because it could potentially damage Newegg and make them a lot more tight with those bundles. That's why I've been mostly quiet about it.

 

[Order 66]

Nah, I don't want people to start doing that all the time because it could potentially damage Newegg and make them a lot more tight with those bundles. That's why I've been mostly quiet about it.

That's a very good point, I just thought that people would enjoy the story, I didn't even think about that.