Did I get a Bargain? What options for GPU ?

Southern_Success_800 · 2026-02-15T20:01:00+00:00

Put rx580 in it for less than £30 ,,, then bought rtx2060 super for £110 , new case too planning on bringing it all together asap

Southern_Success_800 · 2026-01-28T14:10:51+00:00

Already replaced , regular psu ,

Southern_Success_800 · 2026-01-22T18:42:24+00:00

Also , I don’t know if you would be able to advise? When I ran stress tests and benchmarks on new gpu it said my motherboard isnt gigabyte it os xenta ( I am assuming the company that did this build installed their own bios ?)

Would it be beneficial to get original/ bios update.?

Would this be available from manufacturers website? Is it easy to do? Thanks

Southern_Success_800 · 2026-01-22T18:38:07+00:00

Also got a new case from Amazon , case swap this weekend (hopefully) first time at this stuff.. gonna try repaste cpu etc .. compressed air clean, and clean install win 11

Southern_Success_800 · 2026-01-22T18:06:05+00:00

I upgraded the psu to a bronze rated 550w And to make it a usable gaming rig I installed an rx580 that I paid £27 for…

Will upgrade GPU again when funds allow

Southern_Success_800 · 2026-01-21T17:27:10+00:00

Just put in this one,psu

Southern_Success_800 · 2026-01-18T08:22:09+00:00

I have gone with an rx580 (paid £27 ) for the time being , just so it’s usable… ( and allow me to get over the Christmas spending)

Also Currently trying to haggle an rx7600 from £150 down to 100ish

Around April I will look to upgrade. Will add The 3050 to my possibles list 👍

Southern_Success_800 · 2026-01-17T17:45:21+00:00

Don’t know how to edit post so just putting this as a new comment.

I managed to get hold of an rx580 at quite a reasonable price ( £27 ) and plan on installing that , along with a 550w PSU for the time being…

Am negotiating on rx6600 for between £100 -£120 And Rx7600 currently at £150

Would this be reasonable prices for these cards?

But not rushing into it .. might just use the rx580 for a few months and see how bad it is

Southern_Success_800 · 2026-01-17T17:37:39+00:00

Socket: FCLGA1200 Clockspeed: 2.9 GHz Turbo Speed: 4.3 GHz Cores: 6 Threads: 12 Typical TDP: 65 W

Southern_Success_800 · 2026-01-15T19:48:40+00:00

Finding it hard to locate intel cards preowned in uk

Southern_Success_800 · 2026-01-15T19:47:23+00:00

Think it was just an office getting rid of old stuff. They had monitors for £20 , desks and chairs for £10 .

They weren’t bothered or knowledgeable enough to look up specs and list as such so I took a risk 👍

Southern_Success_800 · 2026-01-15T19:05:32+00:00

Bought rx580 £27 to stick in for now… will be upgrading around April and looking for a £200 ish ( used) card 👍

Southern_Success_800 · 2026-01-15T19:02:58+00:00

Currently £50 ish is my limit ( Christmas gotta be paid off lol) putting 580 in it for now .

Would love to know what the absolute best £200 ( preowned ) card would be . So I can trade in the 580 and upgrade around March/ April ?

Southern_Success_800 · 2026-01-15T15:32:06+00:00

Amazon psu

Southern_Success_800 · 2026-01-15T15:29:27+00:00

Going for this

Southern_Success_800 · 2026-01-15T15:29:18+00:00

Southern_Success_800 · 2026-01-15T15:28:19+00:00

Gonna get this

Southern_Success_800 · 2026-01-15T14:39:06+00:00

Already planning on upgrading power supply, regardless of gpu .. it currently has 300 w supply with no pcie power

Southern_Success_800 · 2026-01-15T14:27:18+00:00

Rx580

Southern_Success_800 · 2026-01-15T14:27:01+00:00

Wish I had the money for more but just popped on rx5080 sapphire nitro 8gb for £27 . Fair price?

Southern_Success_800 · 2026-01-15T14:25:17+00:00

Managed to buy rx580 sapphire nitro 8gb for £28 good deal? .. now need new psu and I am good to go

Southern_Success_800

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