What are your thoughts on buying used graphics cards on Carousell? The prices are sometimes very attractive, some selling RX6600XT for like below $200 with warranty (and claims that they did not use it for mining). Are these too good to be true, since some of the listings have yet to be "sold" for over a month even with such prices.
if they are just regular gddr6 cards, i dont see any reason to worry about mined cards. those 6600xts were almost definitely used for mining given the price and availability, but since they came out quite late they were mined on for a year at most before eth moved to pos so they should still have a lot of life left in them. if the price is right to u then no reason to pass on them, especially if they have warranty;
i personally have bought an ex mining 6600xt (along with another forum member's friends), no issues and even found healthy oc/uv headroom.
would like to ask for your opinions on this build?
| Zotac gaming rtx 4070 |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600 |
| Asrock B650M PG Riptide Wifi |
| ID cooling SE 224 XT |
| WD Black SN850X 1TB |
| Superflower legion GX pro semi modular 750W |
| Jonsbo D41 Mesh black (ATX, Type C, no fans) |
| Deepcool FC120 Black 3 in 1 x 2 |
do list the prices too. looks good in general, though u forgot ram; do get fast tight (and preferably expo) ram, the closer to 6000mhz cl30 the better. only thing is that u might not need a 750w psu, maybe cut down to a 650w with 10y warranty (superflower only offers 5y). imo the legion gx pro only makes sense up to 650w, other than the 5y warranty higher wattage models have fixed sata cables too which can be unsightly.
Hi! Chanced upon this post and wanted to ask for opinions on my next build.
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
GPU: AMD RX6700XT / 6750XT (whichever price is lower)
Mobo: B550 Motherboard (no particular favour in brands, whichever is cheaper as well)
Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin
Cooler: Lian Li SL120 Uni Fans
RAM: Additional 8x2GB 3200MHZ ram kit from G.Skill (adding on to my current 8x2 3200mh from gskill)
Case: Lian Li O11 Dynamic
Will be using back the same PSU and SSDs from my current build.
wouldve suggested expanding ur budget to get latest gen as am4 is as good as eol, but since the focus is on saving money (judging from getting the cheapest mobo/gpu and reusing ddr4), it is not a bad option. mobo wise, the asrock b550m/ac is the bare minimum imo, u can find the phantom gaming model for cheaper but it is very barebones. 67X0xt is a good choice, though stock seems very scarce locally, might have to dig a few stores to find for a decent price (<$600 for 6700xt, <$650 for 6750xt). if u do find any and are unsure of price, can post back here again to check too
also for the cooler, u will have to get the se variant as the o11d only supports up to 155mm air coolers while the non se which has been getting the attention of late is 157mm.
Also, what do you think of the Tecware VXL casing from them? Had a tough time choosing between the Lian Li O11 Dynamic against the Tecware VXL however unsure if the airflow in the VXL will be good as compared to the O11
the placement and sizes of the fan mounts look quite similar, though the vxl does not appear to have dust filters. im also unsure of the build quality of the vxl, as tecware does not have a good track record in this department in my experience. if ur getting a matx mobo then the vxm is a more compelling option, if u can find it.
May I know which is a more valuable build? No.1 or No.2? Mainly used to surf the internet, word processing, YouTube, watch movies and play shooting games.
No.1
- INTEL I5-12400F 2.50GHz 18MB CACHE 6C/12THREAD
- ASUS DUAL RTX3060 O12G V2 TWIN FAN
- ASUS PRIME B660M-A WIFI D4 AX ARGB
- THERMALRIGHT ASSASSIN X 120 SE ARGB HEATSINK
- KINGSTON FURY BEAST RGB 3600MHz 16GB(8GBx2) CL17
- ADATA LEGEND 850 1TB GEN4 NVME M.2 SSD
- Asus rog strix 750w 80+ gold full modular
- COOLER MASTER TD300 ARGB MESH BLACK
$1141
No.2
- INTEL I5-12400F 2.50GHz 18MB CACHE 6C/12THREAD
- ASUS TUF GAMING RTX3060Ti O8G GAMING OC
- ASUS PRIME B760M-A WIFI D4 AX ARGB
- ID-COOLING SE-214-XT ARGB BLACK 180W
- KINGSTON FURY BEAST RGB 3600MHz 16GB(8GBx2) CL17
- WD BLACK SN770 1TB 5150MB/s GEN4
- SILVERSTONE ET750 750W 80+ GOLD
- MONTECH AIR 100 BLACK ARGB
$1245
kinda depends on which shooting games u play, the more popular ones like csgo and valorant are generally not very graphically intensive, though bigger releases like halo infinite or cod can be more demanding and can benefit from the higher performance of the 3060ti. if ur games are of the easier to run variety, then the first option is the better pick, as u probably wont notice the difference when either card can push hundreds of fps (so the premium on the 2nd build is wasted) and the psu is of a much higher quality. the 2nd option is okay if ur games are harder to run, though im a bit skeptical of getting an 8gb card in a build that costs well over $1k.
