crazy that you uploaded this because when i was playing Baldur's Gate 3 yesterday i was thinking, i should probably look to upgrade my graphics card. it's a 1080 that i've been using since 2019 and has honestly been great. most that i play run great and medium-high graphics
Honestly the 1080 is a great card still! About twice the FPS as the 1650 I was using for almost 2 years! If everything runs smooth for you, I wouldn't bother. Something like the 3060 would be a very minimal upgrade from your 1080. Maybe 10 to 20 fps more in most games. To really upgrade you would need to get something like the 3080, and those are really expensive still. I used an 860m (in a laptop I had for 7 years, had 16gb ram and i7-4710hq). I used that to play all the games I am playing now. And it did well! Yeah, I played on medium/low settings, but it still worked smooth as butter. Now that is super old for today, but your 1080 is still really good. I vote to keep it a while longer!
@@earthling1984 thanks for the input man. yeah i have been shocked by how well it's been holding up considering it was technically outdated even when i got it in 2019 :P but yeah, thing is a beast card and has been running mostly anything, and very decently
Nothing wrong with a prebuilt! And they are still upgradeable! Just have to check what parts you have and make sure what you want to put in will be supported.
Thanks. Yeah it has been great for video editing and gaming. I kept my last system (a laptop) for 7 years! Only replaced it because it was starting to have thermal issues. Had to take it apart and remove the battery too because it was puffing up the keyboard (that was in like year 3). Never put a new battery in, just used it without the battery, setup as a desktop. Was a 14" tiny laptop. But it had i7-4710hq, 16gb ram, 860m. I had always built my own systems before I got that laptop, and decided to build again after I moved on from it.
I've never messed with Zotac, are they a descent brand? I went with AMD this time around and got a 6800xt last year and that thing runs hot as hell. Wish i woulda just stayed with nvidia lol
Yeah Zotac is a known brand and fine quality. I actually decided to send this back though because the 3060i by MSI was only $40 more. So, now I have a MSI 3060i. But I've had many Zotac parts over the years and never had any issues. I have used AMD / ATI video cards in the past. They were fine too. But, I usually go with Nvidia. Nvidia has some extras as well that AMD doesn't. Like DLSS (yes AMD has their own version but it isn't as good or as well supported). Also Nvidia has NVENC which is a separate processor on the GPU for video encoding / recording / streaming. So it handles all that and basically doesn't effect your in game FPS.
And yeah, the 3060 ran smooth and cool. Don't think I saw it ever go over 75C. Quiet stock as well. The 3060i stock fan settings were loud, but I adjusted in MSI Afterburner software and now the fans are quiet. Idles at 35C, games around 77C.
Probably you'll have lil issue if you'll try to close your case. GPU power cable looks not soft let's say. So how it's going? Maybe you preferred to buy angled power cabel?
Looks like you havent learnt anything. I feel sorry seeing you go with 3060 instead of 6600xt or 6650xt. Afraid of 8gig vram? 10gig 6700 and 12gig 6700xt exist in sizes that ur case can accept.
Read this video description... I actually did send this back and got a 3060ti 8gb. Because it was only $40 more. I've built computers for over 20 years. I've had parts of all brands. The 3060 was actually great (I tested it for a few days before swapping it for the 3060ti). Plenty good for 1080p. And Nvidia has much better RTX/DLSS/NVDEC than AMD versions. I've looked into AMD cards. And I know online people love to say, "but AMD is $20 less for the same performance". But, AMD also falls short in many ways, so I'd rather spend $20 more for the same FPS, and better other features. ALSO, I have a 550W PSU (3060 requires a 550w, 3060ti requires a 600w). But, I know PC's and what other parts I have, and the 3060ti works perfect in my system. Now, the AMD 6700xt (the only one that could possibly beat my 3060ti in FPS) needs a 650w PSU. That would be pushing it for my system. I would then need a new PSU and that would cost more as well. And no reason to do that when the 3060ti beats the 6700xt in many games as well.
don't feel sorry for him ... at least with nvidia you won't have to deal with amd gpu drivers ... i've never had issue with nvidia cards, but amd is a different story
crazy that you uploaded this because when i was playing Baldur's Gate 3 yesterday i was thinking, i should probably look to upgrade my graphics card. it's a 1080 that i've been using since 2019 and has honestly been great. most that i play run great and medium-high graphics
Honestly the 1080 is a great card still! About twice the FPS as the 1650 I was using for almost 2 years! If everything runs smooth for you, I wouldn't bother. Something like the 3060 would be a very minimal upgrade from your 1080. Maybe 10 to 20 fps more in most games. To really upgrade you would need to get something like the 3080, and those are really expensive still. I used an 860m (in a laptop I had for 7 years, had 16gb ram and i7-4710hq). I used that to play all the games I am playing now. And it did well! Yeah, I played on medium/low settings, but it still worked smooth as butter. Now that is super old for today, but your 1080 is still really good. I vote to keep it a while longer!
@@earthling1984 thanks for the input man. yeah i have been shocked by how well it's been holding up considering it was technically outdated even when i got it in 2019 :P but yeah, thing is a beast card and has been running mostly anything, and very decently
My current gaming PC is pre-built but I appreciate this walkthrough in case I feel I need to upgrade.
Nothing wrong with a prebuilt! And they are still upgradeable! Just have to check what parts you have and make sure what you want to put in will be supported.
@@earthling1984 Thanks as always for the helpful advice!
Well rounded system, more than enough for 1080p gaming
Thanks. Yeah it has been great for video editing and gaming. I kept my last system (a laptop) for 7 years! Only replaced it because it was starting to have thermal issues. Had to take it apart and remove the battery too because it was puffing up the keyboard (that was in like year 3). Never put a new battery in, just used it without the battery, setup as a desktop. Was a 14" tiny laptop. But it had i7-4710hq, 16gb ram, 860m. I had always built my own systems before I got that laptop, and decided to build again after I moved on from it.
I've never messed with Zotac, are they a descent brand? I went with AMD this time around and got a 6800xt last year and that thing runs hot as hell. Wish i woulda just stayed with nvidia lol
Yeah Zotac is a known brand and fine quality. I actually decided to send this back though because the 3060i by MSI was only $40 more. So, now I have a MSI 3060i. But I've had many Zotac parts over the years and never had any issues. I have used AMD / ATI video cards in the past. They were fine too. But, I usually go with Nvidia. Nvidia has some extras as well that AMD doesn't. Like DLSS (yes AMD has their own version but it isn't as good or as well supported). Also Nvidia has NVENC which is a separate processor on the GPU for video encoding / recording / streaming. So it handles all that and basically doesn't effect your in game FPS.
And yeah, the 3060 ran smooth and cool. Don't think I saw it ever go over 75C. Quiet stock as well. The 3060i stock fan settings were loud, but I adjusted in MSI Afterburner software and now the fans are quiet. Idles at 35C, games around 77C.
this is unintentional asmr
Probably you'll have lil issue if you'll try to close your case. GPU power cable looks not soft let's say. So how it's going? Maybe you preferred to buy angled power cabel?
Fits perfectly fine. Doesn't even touch.
Looks like you havent learnt anything. I feel sorry seeing you go with 3060 instead of 6600xt or 6650xt. Afraid of 8gig vram? 10gig 6700 and 12gig 6700xt exist in sizes that ur case can accept.
Read this video description... I actually did send this back and got a 3060ti 8gb. Because it was only $40 more. I've built computers for over 20 years. I've had parts of all brands. The 3060 was actually great (I tested it for a few days before swapping it for the 3060ti). Plenty good for 1080p. And Nvidia has much better RTX/DLSS/NVDEC than AMD versions. I've looked into AMD cards. And I know online people love to say, "but AMD is $20 less for the same performance". But, AMD also falls short in many ways, so I'd rather spend $20 more for the same FPS, and better other features. ALSO, I have a 550W PSU (3060 requires a 550w, 3060ti requires a 600w). But, I know PC's and what other parts I have, and the 3060ti works perfect in my system. Now, the AMD 6700xt (the only one that could possibly beat my 3060ti in FPS) needs a 650w PSU. That would be pushing it for my system. I would then need a new PSU and that would cost more as well. And no reason to do that when the 3060ti beats the 6700xt in many games as well.
don't feel sorry for him ... at least with nvidia you won't have to deal with amd gpu drivers ... i've never had issue with nvidia cards, but amd is a different story