I Bought The Cheapest RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition On eBay...
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- Опубліковано 3 сер 2024
- Today we're (finally) taking a look at the Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition. I found this card second hand online for just a few pounds more than RRP, so what's the catch, and should you take a risk on a used GPU at the moment?
0:00 Intro, The Current Market, The Card & The Price
3:59 Problems... (And Solution)
5:23 Gaming Benchmarks - Battlefield V
6:14 Cyberpunk 2077
7:14 Elden Ring
7:43 Far Cry 6
8:19 Forza Horizon 5
8:43 GTA V
9:22 Red Dead Redemption 2
9:57 Final Thoughts
Thanks for watching :) - Наука та технологія
Absolute troll timing by Nvidia. As soon as this arrived the 3060ti, 3070 and 3070ti went back in stock on Nvidia UK 😂
At MSRP as well lol, I'm personally going to wait until the RTX 4000 series get announced so that I can get a 3070 around £400 or less.
No, troll purchase timing by you..
NVidia should send one out to compare used never much mined vs new 3060Ti FE
Only saw because of this comment, finally got myself a 3060ti at a not-completely-absurd price, much appreciated. I might almost miss my little 1050ti.
Yep, the 3080 aswell, they are still instock lmao
Hey, can we all agree that this man literally helped a friend out despite not going to see another 3070 Founder's Edition ever again? Mad RESPECT
True. That's a good friend right there. 👥💪
I wouldnt have done that ever, yes i am a jerk.
I’ll find a other one day I hope haha
He is the nicest tech UA-camr out there
And voice wise him and tech by matt compete
He's very wholesome. Love watching his videos for that reason
Mad respect for you man going out and giving a 30 series gpu to a friend either to keep or sell wow that's so kind hearted
Kind man
probably just straight sold it himself
The founders edition cards are really pretty cards aesthetically. I would really question the "smoke free" claim though, as a former smoker, nice smelling covers were an easy "go to" when I didn't want someone to smell my ciggy smell.
good job on quitting smoking tobacco
I think that power cable would be coated in smoke residue if they were actually a smoker.
Could've just been in a room with vanilla scented candles or something
@@WayStedYou yeah one time i left an air freshener near the intake of my pc and whenever i work on it/open my pc it definately smells like lavender
@@adam-bc6tl tbh a nice touch :D
@@adam-bc6tl dude i did the same n it caused build up in my gpu fans .. i had to take it apart and clean it thoroughly, be careful with ur air freshner near the intake
Nice video, lovely gesture to let your friend keep the 3070 FE. I got a 3060ti around 6 months after release in a random drop at RRP. Solid card, in current market still feeling very fortunate to own one and hoping everyone can get a bit of luck and get one of the 30 series cards soon!
Prices for 30 series are dropping quite a bit after the crypto crash and will drop even more after the 40 series releases
Those earlier Seasonic Focus PSUs were known to drop out from high transient spikes with Vega GPUs. It's odd that it's only happening with this 3060 and that you haven't had it happen already, but the PSU is still good in general. It just triggers the safety shutoff. Later revisions of it (past late 2018 iirc) were fixed.
Used to have a Vega 64 which I reckon was pulling 400W from the power connectors - and this with an undervolt on the core (albeit max power limit) . They are very finicky and they can crash in strange ways (and occasionally reset the system) if they are undervolted and I wonder if some of that is due to current draw from the core/hbm spiking massively. I have a Corsair 850W RMi PSU, and was going to get the 750W one but the extra 100W was an extra £5 on Amazon. Glad I did or I'd have struggled more with my Vega 64!
My Seasonic Focus 750W Platinum that I bought at the end of 2017 can't handle my new RTX 3080Ti without undervolting. The PC just shuts off in some games. It works fine with GPU at 1860Mhz and 0.875V. It's good that the power supply has a 10 year warranty though and I can send it for a replacement hopefully soon. Too bad I need my PC daily for work and didn't have the time.
@@TempleKa I had the same problem, the fix was to contact seasonic support via their web site, they send u new PCI-e cables for free to fix the problem.
@@CookePro I did contact them via website and they told me to send the PSU to the local shop I bought it from. Guess I'm going to try again and suggest them this solution. I do wonder though if the cables are the problem or the PSU itself?
@@TempleKa When I contacted them, I explained my problem and what GPU I had, then I sent them forum threads where other people found the reason why the power supply protection was activated, the solution was to use PCI-e cables without the capacitors on line, that's why they sent new cables.
You have to send them the model of your PSU and GPU, and refer other people with the same problem.
If they refuse, just do what they tell you.
I did all of this so I don't have to ship and wait for the warranty (I live outside of the US).
Good luck, I hope you find the solution to your problem.
Wow! The dog AI in Far Cry 6 at 8:00 is some top notch stuff! Ubisoft, always pushing the boundaries of reality...
Haha yeah I did wonder if it was going to attack me
LMAO. Funnily though, some real dogs, sometimes, do run back and forth like they spazzed out.
LMAO 100% realistic dog
I got two 3060ti's at MRSP at launch (I ordered from 2 different retailers hoping 1 would come through, they both did.) I can't get a new 3060ti for less than a $100 over MRSP right now in my country.
Redundancy? Lol
@@turtleguy123r3 afraid of losing stock again
@@turtleguy123r3 It's a great card at MRSP to upgrade family/friends computers.
Got one at launch, too, from BestBuy. It was surprisingly easy. Just had to wait until 10:21am rather than the expected launch at 9am (EST)
The power spikes of the 3000 series are well known and documented. In fact I've heard some commentators recommend using one with DOUBLE the TDP that the card, along with the rest of the system, is targeting.
@@youtubeisgarbage900 Not really, most of us got oversized power supplys.
@@youtubeisgarbage900 Who said "needs"?
Always bringing us our fix of sometimes random gpu videos. Love it
Off topic but at 6:01 i cant help notice the attention to detail put into BF5 with the Garand thumb reload nice touch dice
Yeah I love the sound of it too
it would be interesting to compare this to some of the older/pervious generations rtx cards and see how it stacks up 👍
Well rtx 3000 arent that valueable when you are the type of guy who goes for 1080 p, also he has an RTX 2080 super, is no like he need it.
3060 ti is the almost the exact same as a 2070 super for all resolutions. Some games have +5-10 fps on 3060 ti
@@Sebbz wrong. Not 2070 super but 2080super.
@Ben C so what happens when you turn on raytracing?
Does your 1080 handle that well?
@Ben C nope I don’t play games much, I do simulations, especially particle and ray studies with Solidworks and Catia.
Some rendering to if I have to put the results in a pretty presentation.
RTX where like a revolution when they came out, the cheap RTX 3060 blew away the traditional Nvidia Quadro cards just because the Raytracing was such a big step forward for my field of work.
That’s why I switched my Xeon workstation computer with a Quadro P for a amd Ryzen with a RTX 3060ti.
If I could afford a Quadro RTX of course I would go for it, but the price rates are still ridiculous for them.
Most impressive thing is that he actually got a 3060ti from ebay. Usually it would have been a scam but things do really improve these days
Ebay has been a pretty solid and safe buying site for many years now, it definitely ain't Wish
EBAY is good the only thing that in my country is not that great is shipping time, with amazon I recieve almost all my packages in 2 days
probably crypto miners selling them all now
@@sirfairplay9153 As a buyer its safe yes - as a seller there's no guarantee. A buyer with an already broken 3060 Ti FE could buy a perfectly working one - receive it in the mail and then open a case for a defective item either forcing the seller to refund or offer a return.
Either way the scammer got a working 3060 Ti for free and there's nothing the seller can do to prove otherwise.
@@pottingsoil723 Exactly, ebay is way less safe for the seller these days and the buyer has free reign to do what they want
After a hard day at work, I get home and boot up my desktop PC. In order to unwind, I head to UA-cam knowing precisely what's needed. Something familiar. Something timeless. Something welcoming...
"Hello everyone, and welcome to another video"
Ahhh yes. That's the good stuff.
I honestly love the Fe 3060ti. Managed to getting @ msrp during February from a best buy online cancellation.(when BB did the whole you need to pay for a subscription to get a chance to buy a GPU online thing). Paired w/ a 12600k it's the quietest and most powerful card I've ever used. I don't think I'll have to upgrade in a long time seeing as I drive a single 1080p monitor.
Congrats on finding one! FYI the silver color on the 60ti is unique to that model of Founders edition, the higher class cards have a different color for the metal accents.
I recently got a 3070 FE for under retail price off of ebay, very happy with it so far :D
Awesome!
I love your Content, Keep up the great content!
thanks :)
wholesome helping a brother out like that man nice to see :)
I was extremely lucky to get my 3060 Ti FE at MSRP in February this year.
It‘s a good card and at 1080p my 3800X is actually holding it back in badly optimized titles like Squad.
Looking forward to a 5800X3D once AM5 stuff is out which hopefully lets its price drop a bit 🤞
I had a similar issue with a Seasonic PSU when I got a 2070. Apparently my model specifically had undercurrent protection issues in some circumstances.
EDIT: In case anyone was wondering, it was a Seasonic S12II which was an older model.
ah ok thanks for the info
I also had an issue with a Seasonic PSU while gaming, I switched to a EVGA then to sfx Corsair PSU, both of which completely fixed my issue at the exact same rating of 650 watts. Im not saying that Seasonic are not a good company but so far I'm seeing a little trend here. 😬
Hope my enermax psu can last longer, cause so far i did not find any issue with that psu
@@GrandPno
I've been using the same 600W Bronze Corsair unit since 2013, along with an old hard drive it's the oldest thing in my computer(disclaimer: I do have an even older 7.1 sound card in there but I got that free 2.5 years ago as I wanted an optical out which my PCB doesn't have, better sound than the board makes through my amps is the bonus). 😎
I have a 750 W Seasonic PSU. I'm using a i5-11400f and waiting for 3060 TI prices to finally drop. I wonder if I will get the same trouble as RandomGaminginHD.
Thanks for the review, btw! I've been watching this channel when choosing what I actually want to build when replacing my G3420/R7 260x setup. I really have considered not spending a lot of money and building a cheap system basing on your videos :)
I just bought a second hand RTX 3080 for MSRP and was worried it would have been mined on. Imagine my surprise when it turned up with the original plastic still on and in perfect condition, not a spec of dust anywhere to be seen. If it had been used, that plastic would have dust stuck to the inside of it. So this must be either unused, or as close to it as possible.
Some miner cards are in better condition than you would expect. Depending on the miner and how well they took care of their card
@@planetmorgoth2838 lol 3070 since launch. Mining since launch and still games like new.
Its surprising how many "gamers" dont even touch the fan profiles out of the box.
I would be more concerned about a card from a previous gamer than from a miner if I'm being honest.
You never know how many times the card had been dusted off, if any.
You don't know on what case it was stuck inside, and how much airflow (or the lack of) it suffered.
You don't know if the power supply used to power it was adequate.
And you don't know for real if the card was overclocked, not like overclocking is the issue, the issue comes from neglect in terms of changing the thermal interfaces to be adequate enough to handle the extra heat.
Oh, and you don't know for sure if the card was liquid metal modded, if done incorrectly it can cause quite the short circuits and case pollution if there was too much liquid metal.
Most miners take care of their equipment or else it's not profitable to have a card failing on each rack every 5 weeks, gamers do not in most instances.
This intro was fantastic. Love your videos dude
Good to see your channel doing well. Keep it up.
Been watching this guy for a year. Love every video!
I'm really glad you finally tried RDR2 at ultra, i always wondered how the cards would handle it at max.
0:59 - What an absolute man of class. You have all my respect bro!
Nice content!
Nice just ordered a used 3060 ti yesterday can't wait to try it out
You got such a soothing voice and such beautiful eyes. Be proud man, love your videos!
I think I started watching your channel since you were in the lower thousands, man. Half a mil mate, I am so glad. Keep up the good work!!!
thanks :)
What I love about your videos is the fact that you do things we also would like to do be honest that is also one of my dream cards to and I'm glad that you fix the issue with just a little bit more power EVGA power supplies are excellent I use them and I'm very pleased with them they run very well and they're cheap to buy and they look amazing
MAD respect for that 3070 story. Holy shit.
Tbh i am following you from 2019 and i really enjoy watching your videos.
I'm a miner and it's literally more profit to run cards at 80% power limit and underclocked core so silicon of nearly all cards should be unharmed.
Though the fans might be dood from frunning 100% 24/7 (I run cooler cards, 3070 and lower at around 60% fan speeds so should last much longer).
Also avoid any zotac cards, nearly all have fan failures.
Another thing it's best to buy from larger miners, those are usually experienced and take better care of the cards than amateurs, so if you see one card for sale vs another listing with 10+ of the same card go for the multi qty listing.
Lastly it's predicted the prices of the crypto will start going back up and so the mining around early 2023 so you want to buy your card before that time, though that's just pure speculation.
Happy discount GPU shopping!
As someone who got VERY lucky and snagged a Founders Edition 3060 Ti at launch, I've been really happy with it. Pretty much 1440p everything (or 4k with sensible compromises). Plus I've been using it for work stuff as well as gaming, and it's very good overall.
Also, I wouldn't worry majorly about mining on these - miners will undervolt and it doesn't run hot (unlike the issues with GDDR6x in other higher end models). Maybe new thermal pads and fans in a year or two - but GPU fans are usually rated for anywhere from 50,000 hours use upwards anyway (which is 5+ years of 24/7 use).
What dyu think about the vram? I have one also but find that the 8gb is not enough in specific games.
@@Adzy2k1 I know what you mean, it's definitely a big limiting factor for 4k (without using DLSS or similar), which I get because its essentially dealing with double the number of pixels vs 1440p (and 4x 1080p!); but the memory bus has plenty of bandwidth too so I've not noticed a lot of asset streaming issues (I do only use SDDs though, so not sure if drive speed is a factor). Little changes like dropping textures or shading from 'ultra' levels can also make a big difference imo as I often don't notice the differences much. Its not many times I've really run into it though - Flight Simulator for example is a complete Vram hog!
best tech yter out there love ur vids gang good shi
You have my respect. Helping his friend out like this. Truly set an example for all Giga-chads.
Hey,
I've been watching your chanel for a few years and like your content very much.
There was a point in my life that i did the same (of courese without the You tube part). It is good that you show to the people that do not have the budget or they are still on their parrents allowence that they still can game on PC.
Wish you well with your channel and keep on with te good job you do.
Nice regards
Hi Dude. Nice to see another Video from you. 👍
Aye Another Banger Video From RGHD :D
Hope all is well bro!
If buying used GPUs you should be sure to check bios versions. As some may have a mining bios flashed to them and that will hurt performance.
Nvidia cards don't have specific mining bios versions right? I only heard about flashing 3090 bios versions to 3080ti's.
(For amd there are a lot lol)
Can't wait for mine to arrive got it for MSRP!!! Ive had a 3070 since release but this would be perfect for my itx machine. I also found a £150 RX5700XT on Overclockers clearance aswell
Thanks for the video
Absolutely love the look of these cards. Definitely on my list at some point. 🤞
Your videos are even more entertaining after a few puffs off a joint. Nice.
Anyone else just love listening to this man’s voice. Love your videos!
Got this card for retail price last year when people where paying silly money for it in the £800-900 range, It's a great card I won't need to upgrade for a long time with just 1080p gaming.
You can get a 3080 for that price now..
People keep saying that, but you all end up getting another card in 2 years.
The Casino always wins.
Love your content! still rocking a second hand ROG Strix 1080ti since early 2020 off a friend for $400 (upgraded from 1070) sad to see you retire yours 😭
It’s in stock now on the website
Yes yes bro good to see ya again
Just got a PNY version for 400 Pound, inclusive. All alone, packed in a brown box with bubble wrap (probably OEM use). Premium Ebay Seller said it was 3 months old and only switched a handful of times for gaming. I was looking for a new purchase, but prices seem to stuck at 470 to 550 at the momment.
@UCtXJpXn7NVUzd-Tf1N7h4cQ Not only do I now own a nice graphics card, but I also have a chance to own a MASSIVE YAGHT (Mitchel and Webb reference), you absolute BELL END. *Yeah, I know it's just a bot*
The reason why your PSU shut off with this card is that the 3060Ti and higher-end cards tend to induce transient load spikes that overpower the PSUs wattage (sometimes, over 500W spikes on the highest-end cards), causing it to kick in its protection circuits.
Lol that should be true only for 3080 and above.
Its hard to beleive a single pcie connector card can pull more than 200w.
75w from pcie / 125w from the pcie.
Last i checked they are good for more than 200w power delivery wise.
The 3060ti should not be powerful enough to pull down enough current to shut down a 550w PSU on its own. Wonder if the unit might be on it's way out?
Comment corrected to indicate that the most severe spikes happen on the highest-end silicon.
My Seasonic SII2 620W was always very quiet with a R5 2600+GTX 1060, for almost 5 years. But when I bought an RTX 3060, this PSU went very quickly to high rotation on the fan every time, even with undervolt configured (the system never shut down). There is something on this GPUs that certainly draws much power, compared to Pascal or other arquitectures. I ended up buying a Fractal Design ION+ 660W Platinum, now my system is much more quiet.
Hey,nice video, i have a question what is that case that you are using in the video? it looks really good
My 11 year old 850w Seasonic PSU is still running fine, although the beefiest card it ever ran was GTX 680 Ti. Now it has a GTX 1060 6GB. 550w is perhaps on the brink of optimism for a card like RTX 3070, seeing these cards boosts quite a lot and the power spikes much higher. Anyway, I love that you cover the low end/mid range hardware. Useful for us that can't always afford top of the line.
You mentioned fragrant video cards and I immediatly thought of Yeston waifu gpus. Apparently they are quite intensive in fragrance
I was fortunate to get my 3060 Ti from SCAN back in September 2021. £369 + £11.50 delivery because Bolton is a bit far from me to collect it.
Works surprisingly well with my i7-4790.
4:51 - I still have one of those PSUs lying around the house. My current one is a Riotoro Enigma G2 650W.
@MyLazySundae Nope, I have a R7 5700X now. Really made the difference, now getting the full power of the GPU!
bro I really can't believe it, u saved me from restoring my windows. I also have an rtx 3060 ti and out of nowhere started getting random black screens when using full screen on my pc, or at some games such as god of war when starting. I have a 650w 80plus bronze psu and it was really weird having that issue when my psu is way better than what it is recommended. So I saw u changed the psu, I tried changing some power configuration at msi afterburner, using 80% of power (which is the usual usage while gaming), and I solved my whole black screen problem, thank u so much for this video.
Truely an amazing UA-camr 🥰 with a heart of gold 🤩🥰. Great to see you help out a friend like that. It’s a rewarding thing to help people when they really need it. I’ve been fortunate enough to help some family / friends when they’ve need it and seen a better relationship come out of it knowing you’ve asked for nothing in return. Keep up the great content and being such a humble person.
This can be issue with GPU VRM that trigger PSU protection circuit. In the end this can be a) oversensitive protection circuit. on PSU b) GPU VRM have some sort fault and can cause catastrophic failure in future
Damn! I clicked on it 19 seconds after it was uploaded. Flash who?
My seasonic green 430 W also starting to have some problem, it will made my home electric grid turn off when I turning it on using stabilizer (r5 2600+ GTX1060 6GB). But when switch it to Seasonic Core 600W to accomodate my new RTX 3060Ti (also got it new for a few dollars more than MSrP last march) ,it wont make my house electrical grid go crazy from when turning it on from cold boot.
The little adapter is so cute.
The vanilla smell is probably from an air freshener they use in the house. I've noticed this when moving computers from my house to office that I get that same puff of fragrance when I plug it in at the new location.
Canada has had all the 30xx series cards in stock consistently for the past few months. Canada computers actually has a discount on a lot of them and even with the discount it’s still in stock
Got a 3060Ti for MSRP last July when a whole batch of LHR cards came into the UK. Now on a RTX 3080 :D
I love your idea for GPU scent.
I think Radeon should smell like Durian or Dorean. LOL. I'm sure people will absolutely love it!
561 days is pretty good for you! Normally you take 10 years to review cards lol. Love the videos!
Those 600w EVGA White PSU’s are absolute units. Mine ran (and continues to) for years without skipping a beat with my 3070FE, 5900x (previously overclocked all core 4.2ghz 3900x), 2x90mm Noctua fans on a nh9us, 48gb ram (4dimms), 8 hard drives, sata expansion card, 3x120mm noctuas, 2x rob strips, and a full widget of USB devices. I list the above cause that’s mad amount of stress and it just handles it. BIG SHOUT OUT to the EVGA 600w white!
Quite happy with my MSI Gaming X Trio RTX 2080 ti which I got second hand a few months ago. Holding out well for 4k60 if sometimes with the help of DLSS and an overclock on the core/memory.
Let me tell you something, back in 2018 when we had similar situation to now a lot of mining cards were flooded into market I got myself a gtx 1080 for only $250! Yes 250 dollars and it was before 20 series came out. It was a card I purchased from a miner and it worked like a champ up until a couple months ago when I sold it for $650 so I'm actually excited to see the prices of the current gen cards in the upcoming months
Waited in EVGA's queue system for a 3060 Ti FTW3 Ultra and bought it 10/26/2021 for $514 , It has been running great at 1080P 144Hz, CPU is a little older (i7 8700K) but no problems staying above 60fps with everything cranked up, It's my first card to feature 0 RPM fans so they only run when playing games which is a nice thought for fan long term reliability, max temp I've seen is 71C during gaming and thats with all 3 fans at 66-67% under load (stock fan profile) so the card is always pretty quiet too.
Looking good brother :)
I asked in a couple vids in the past what happen to your 3070 but I guess you didn’t see the comment. Glad to know someone got some use out of it
FE drop today, 16 Jun on Scan, most GPU’s are still in stock. So for the UK people who are still holding out, you can go ahead and buy your 30 series FE GPU.
been waiting since release, but finally got a 3080 today on scan. They had everything in stock but 3090!
Wish I went for founders edition instead of zotac twin edge, founders edition is so much quieter for similar thermal performance
I love my 3060, 100% bottlenecked by my (slightly) outdated CPU. I bought mine during the squeeze but was desperate for an update, feel like the card will last a good while though. Keep up the good work!
Man i always wanted a founders card. These seem so unique compared to past versions, regardless if theyre actually better or worse than partner cards. I have a 3070 TI ASUS TUF OC so thats a good looking card in its own right, but aesthetically i prefer the founders nvidia cards and the Red Devil and Sapphire AMD cards. ROG strix is up there too tho
You can get some realy good deals on ebay with the founder edition rtx cards, both used and new
I feel like I need to upgrade from my 2060 to a 3060ti and that was an awesome thing you did for your mate
You got the vanilla version - I love that.
Yeah the issue with the power supply and the 30 series nvidia gpu seems to be quite common. I bought a 3070 and it was working with my coolermaster 650w power supply for like 3 months before it started to crash and sometimes dont even output a display. Initially i thought the pcie lane was busted but my pc ran fine when i ran it with my old gtx 1080 so the pcie wasnt the problem. So the issue could be a faulty gpu or psu. My friend told me the 30 series card has a power spiking issue and when i replaced my 650w with a 850w one my 3070 ran fine with no issues up to this day. I cant even imagine how the people who built a new pc and thinking they got defective parts even though it was just their gpu power spiking feel, hopefully they fix this issue soon!
They are in stock today on Nvidia UK, 3060Ti, even 3080FEs. Been available for hours, which is pretty unprecedented.
That's Sad because that used to be normal, cards would be in stock for weeks, hopefully we can go back to those days soon.
Man literally got a garand thumb 😂 06:00
I had one of these in my cart on launch day. I decided against because I thought the market would pick up, it took me a year to finally get a card
Had my 1080 for over 5 years and was mining for the past year and still working perfectly
3:05 buy an anime Sakura edition GPU from Yeston, part of the card’s gimmick is the flower smell
good for you, i bought lunch yesterday, video coming soon
I really like the half blower/blow through design of the founders edition cards helps with a little more exhaust with smaller cases while having better preformance then a standard blower card tbh if new 3060 tis ever end up in stock again ill prob pick one up for a friend's build either that or hopefully Nvidia sticks with this design for the 40 series cards
not a bad card all around and the psu thing makes me wonder how it would run or if it would on other makers ..i mean seasonic usually makes decent kit so it could be a voltage regulation issue on that i dont know when that psu was made and if it had the 3xxx cards in mind or what but ya great audio and content
Mining cards are a double edged sword. You know for certain they will have been ran for a long time but at the same time the chances are higher that thermal pads may have been replaced, temps will have been kept acceptable and card will have been kept clean. Obviously it's still a gamble nomatter who you're buying from but things to keep in mind. Would still prefer new stock if upgrading any time soon.
Something to consider in regards to buying a mining card. GPUs are designed to sit in an 'upright' case with the GPU in a horizontal position. When you stand a card on it's edge, with the PCIe connector down. Those fans are now hanging sideways. This accelerates the fan bushing/bearings wear. The number one cause of failure in a mining GPU is a failed fan that allows the card to run hotter. If you buy a mining card and when connected you find it has an inoperable fan, perhaps skip over-clocking it. As it's likely already been heat stressed.
I’ll remember that , thanks :)
@@RandomGaminginHD Even better, replace the worn fans with a set of new ones, they aren't that costly honestly, for FE cards, they usually sell you a set for 5 USD regardless of the card you will repair.
If you can't replace them, a quick fix for dead fans is getting a bottle of Silicone Oil and pouring a bit on the bushing (remember to remove the sticker behind the fan first), let it sit like that for half a day, put the sticker back on the fan and reinstall the fans again, they should be good to go again.
I’ve finally picked up one of these for £300 on eBay, and am expecting delivery tomorrow morning… only 798 days since release.
I’m a bit trepidatious, the listing said it’s been used for gaming and some ‘light’ mining but is only a year old and is in good fully working order.
Crossing my fingers that it’s fine, or else I’m back to the fun of optimising games to run on my lowly-but-loved RX 6400.
Cant believe its almost been 2 years and now I can actually buy one if I want
I managed to nab one from nvidia site this week. Love how quiet and power efficient it is vs my old 980 Ti
Hi, enjoyed the video, I could never get a 3060ti to buy new but did land a 3070 for rrp. What board are you using with 11400?, I have seen these for £100 without cooler.
You should have done some overclocking with the ddr6 ram take it up about 1000mhz you could bump the gpu up +60 at least also and get some big performance.
Thanks for clearing up on the 3070. I thought you traded it for a 2080 Super, so I thought you was crazy.
Holy crap you just gave away a 3070? What a good friend.
Borrowed to a friend at first, but then let them keep it after the friend has lost their job* , big difference tbh
As of now both 3060 ti & 3070 founders edition cards are available on uk nvidia site for msrp (369£ & 460£)