560 ti for £150

[Perturabo]

Hi guys,

Ive found this deal on overclockers for an asus 560 ti for £150.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-247-AS

Its the cheapest ive seen one and at the moment I have no graphics card at all as mine died a couple of weeks ago.

So my question is if I bought this as a stop gap and waited until the 6xx series came out then sold it on would it be worth it? If I could sell it for £100 plus then it seems like a fairly good deal. Ive got a feeling its gonna be a while before this release and it seems like a waste for my machine to go completely unused until then. Plus in the mean time im stuck using my gf's cursed dell inspiron!

 

[Diablo]

I think you may be over estimating what you can sell it for, I reckon by the time the 6 series comes out you will be looking at £70-75 probably. On the other hand it is a really good card, my girlfriend has one in her rig and it puts my old 280gtx to shame. If that is all that is holding your rig back, £150 is a pretty good price, although you do have to deal with OCUK, which aren't the nicest people around.

 

[Perturabo]

Yeah im just guessing on the resale price have seen a few 460s go for around £100 so based it on that, your estimate is probably alot closer to what I would get though. OCUK are a nightmare at times yes, im really struggling on what do to be honest. I would have just gone for a 570/80 but it seems silly with 6xx so close, id stand to loose more value that way I think. Mabey I should just give up gaming for 4/5 months.

 

[Lollipop]

Go for it. I wouldn't be able to survive without gaming for that long.

 

[JezEngland]

Good idea it's a safe choice. When you go 6XX's you might get a SB Extreme CPU that has lots of PCI-xpress lanes, then you could dedicate the 560 to PhysX

 

[Perturabo]

Right gone for it. Thanks for the reassurance guys.

 

[Timbaloo]

Good choice. I have the TOP version of it and although i switched to a Thermalright Shaman as a cooler the idle noise of this cooler is very low.

 

[Terrifictez85]

Glad you have got your old card working again.

Maybe don't mention it to the missus lol

 

[Perturabo]

Glad you have got your old card working again.

Maybe don't mention it to the missus lol

Thank you for the help it is much appreciated. As long as overclockers play nice on the cancelation and the lady doesnt smell the burnt plastic all will be well

 

[Hatman]

Honestly with all the current games there's no real reason to buy anything more powerful - runs all mine at high settings @ 1920x1080 rest is e-peen or higher res.