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@@viibecity The difference is mostly visual, they have a different shroud design on the outside, but the fans and functions are the same. Otherwise, there's a very marginal difference in the reference clock speeds, due to ever so slightly better binning for the Merc cards. If there's a difference in price, and you're considering one of these models, I'd get whichever costs less, the performance is basically the same.

@@joholmes4340 I agree, 12GB would be the minimum I'd recommend for most people, moving forward, even for 1080p gaming.

@@agnql I haven't recorded videos in some time now, but as far as I understand, Shadowplay is now capable of recording up to 120fps, but not 144.

@@hardlytech9072 ok! Thanks!

@@TheDiagoz1 I have good case airflow and a manual fan speed ramp. Otherwise, I haven't undervolted or anything. I might have just received a good one?

@@buxexinha123-bo4ms Thankfully no.

@@Jacobinks It should be. You'll have to do a little Google searching, but I believe they are still available.

@@Alexutzzu That's really tough to say, to be honest. In a case without good airflow, temps will probably be fairly high on this GPU. That said, these GPU's are designed to be stable at high temps. It's a very good 1080p and 1440p card. The 4770k will be a bottleneck, but, probably not as bad as you might think. Personally, I'd probably go for it. If you have the money, and you plan to upgrade other components later, I think it'd be a good upgrade from the 1650. The 3050 wouldn't be much benefit, so I'd go for the 3060. Also, depending on your circumstances, and how much support you can get from your friend, if there does end up being an issue with the new GPU, you can always RMA it, and get a replacement. I hope this helps!

​@@hardlytech9072 Do you think a case with 2 fans one that gives cold airflow to the case and the one on the back that gets the heat out are enough to cool this gpu? Plus the cpu fan and the gpu fan itself i dont play newer games the only "new game" that i would play is cyberpunk 2077 and i hope i can play it at high settings with a good fps ig ill see how it goes but for now all i can say is that its working decent i was thinking of doing an undervolt to the gpu as well but im not sure it is worth it

That's cool ;D, lol. The information is there just to inform people before they possibly make a purchase. I'm glad you're enjoying your purchase!

That's true, Shadowplay is mainly for recording, it's not setup to be an OBS replacement for streaming.

The 7600x should get similar, if not slightly better performance in most cases.

Hey, thanks for watching and commenting! I'm always pleased with what this GPU is capable of, considering it's a 3060 and it's so tiny, lol.

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@@Godslayerjeff why ???

If you mean 2k res, then yes, I do. It's great at 1080p/1440p. In my personal use, I was able to play at 4k in a lot of games, with settings reduced, but it was still solid.

Yes, it's a great GPU.

Oh no.. the plastic didn't melt, did it? If not, you should be fine. I'd check it over really god though.

@@hardlytech9072 It didn't melt, and it seems fine, I'll probably try and get the rest of later, but I have to procrastinate first

That's not a dumb question. I've heard of a few people having this card and it running hot, but mine has been in a few different cases, one with poor airflow, and it's run cool. It helps to have good airflow in your case, directly to and away from the fan on this GPU, and it helps to set your own fan curve using something like MSI Afterburner. The heatsink on this thing is large and does a good job, imo.

@hardlytech9072 I appreciate that bud. The only reason I thought it was a dumb question was because of how cheap I have an opportunity to get it for, lol. However, and this might not be smart either, but I removed the side glass from my PC to help with airflow, too. My pc is under my desk and I don't eat or drink at the pc. I do have a water bottle I use, so if I did knock it over, it won't spill. I don't have any pets, so no pet hair gets in there. I do blow it out if it looks like it's getting a little dusty, but I've never had any issues so far with the side glass being removed and the temps are always cool.

@@OhioBoii330 Nothing wrong with removing the glass if it helps and you don't mind it. For reference, with a custom fan curve, in an NR200P case with the glass panel on, no bottom fans, but 2 top exhaust fans, this GPU runs between 45c-65c depending on load. The custom fan curve, I believe, is set to 30% fan at 30c and a linear ramp up to 100% fan at 80c. The fan, so far has been very quiet. If you're not sure about the purchase, are you able to ask the seller questions? That's a cheap price.

@hardlytech9072 Again, I appreciate the quick reply, feedback and instruction. Unfortunately, I can not contact a seller. It's on an Amazon return, damaged box or open box auction app. If the product itself is damaged, they tell you in the description. But everything starts at literally 1$. Gaming pcs, laptops, GPUs, CPUs, mobos, full giant swimming pools, hot tubs ect. Literally anything you can find on Amazon is on here being auctioned off starting at 1$. So, that's why it's so cheap. Im in a "bidding war" with someone for that GPU now. But won't know until tomorrow night sometime when the auction ends.

Essentially. It's less about having more volume, but more about having more pathways available for data to transfer.

Thank you for watching! I'm glad the video was helpful.

Hey, thanks! I really appreciate you saying that! Thank you for watching.

You should be perfectly fine with that 600w psu. I'd only be concerned if it was really old or something. You probably have a lot of overhead with your current setup.

Thanks for the question, I use PBO2 in the BIOS to tune the CPU, and a bit of undervolting. Keep in mind, this isn't an all core 5ghz.

@@hardlytech9072 OK could you pls give the setting you set ?

@@Ilowayn There are a few really good tutorials for tuning your CPU using PBO2. I can't give you my exact settings because your CPU has different voltage thresholds than mine (even if they're both 5900x's).

I understand your frustration, I've had problems like this with GPU's before, CPU's and RAM as well. However, a sample size of 1 isn't enough reason to completely avoid a product, in my opinion. Mine has run cool, no overheating or crashing at all. I highly recommend it. With a single fan GPU like this one, it's important to have good airflow in whichever case it's used in. That said, in my use case, it's in an NR200 which has fairly poor airflow.

Very cool! That's a fantastic deal. I paid almost double that for mine (back when prices were much higher). I'm glad you got a great deal. Thanks for watching!

Personally, I would chose between the XFX and Sapphire. But it depends on your needs and budget etc.

I was never able to pin down why, tbh. I'd have to re-watch the video for specs, but could be a single rank vs dual rank thing, or possibly one kit has slightly more total RAM than the other.

It's pretty solid, indeed.

A 5900X, I list my specs in the description just in case people are curious.

That's always nice, coil whine gets pretty irritating after a while. I appreciate you watching my video!

I'm doing the same

@@joecook1258 Very cool! Let me know how the upgrade is for you.

That's a really odd problem to have, with pretty much all GPU's using a standardized configuration.. does it use an 8-pin PCI-E power connector?

@@hardlytech9072 Line side on the psu is the 6+2 pci-e configuration and gpu side is what looks like a 12v VGA1 connection. I'm currently guessing I need to use a peripheral out on the psu to run the aux power for the gpu but I don't even know if that makes sense... I'm not an engineer.

@@Skiddoo42 That's odd.. I don't remember ASUS announcing anything about moving the 3060 to the newer 12VHPWR Cable. There have been a few instances in my PSU to GPU layout, where the 6+2-pin pwr cable had the +2 portion on the opposite side that the GPU had them on, so I'd have to move the +2 part of the cable to the other side. Do you have any images of this on a site somewhere, by chance? If I could see it, I think I'd be able to help better.

@@hardlytech9072 Hehe... well I commented on this video because you were reviewing it. I can't really share links and Amazon conveniently doesn't show it in any of it's images. I'm hoping it works with peripheral power, I need to confirm but it looks like there are cables with the right configs for that.

Thank you for your kind words, I appreciate it! I'm glad you enjoyed the video :)

It's solid RAM, just keep in mind, my set didn't really overclock. But if all you need is good stable RAM that isn't expensive, I would.