Is this a good deal

[Luts_abba]

Available for 4.5k, is it worth the price?
Ryzen 5 1600
B350 Mortar MBoard
Aurus Extreme GTX 1080 8GB GPU
16GB DDR4 Ram
512GB Nvme
256GB SSD
1TB HDD

 

[Qui_Illustrati]

Yes - It's decent - I'll take it if you're selling or if you're not buying let me know who's selling

 

[limadelta26]

Buy it and keep that GPU

 

[Luts_abba]

Yes - It's decent - I'll take it if you're selling or if you're not buying let me know who's selling

Considering buying, if not I'll pass on to you

 

[limadelta26]

Buy it and keep that GPU

Versus site for that GPU (11GB model - but will be close enough. Can't see the 8GB on the site)

Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Xtreme Edition review | 55 facts and highlights

Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Xtreme Edition ⭐ review. Discover the key facts and see how Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Xtreme Edition performs in the graphics card ranking.

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[Luts_abba]

Versus site for that GPU (11GB model - but will be close enough. Can't see the 8GB on the site)

Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Xtreme Edition review | 55 facts and highlights

Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Xtreme Edition ⭐ review. Discover the key facts and see how Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Xtreme Edition performs in the graphics card ranking.

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Although I am worried about it bottlenecking the cpu

 

[limadelta26]

Although I am worried about it bottlenecking the cpu

It might, but that is still a great GPU. You could perhaps use the PC itself minus the GPU to sell and then upgrade your current rig unless this is a full replacement rig you're looking at getting.

What specs are you running currently?

 

[TheJudge]

Check the health of the drives but storage prices are creeping up so definitely not a shabby deal with the GPU included.

 

[Luts_abba]

It might, but that is still a great GPU. You could perhaps use the PC itself minus the GPU to sell and then upgrade your current rig unless this is a full replacement rig you're looking at getting.

What specs are you running currently?

I had a very basic rig with a Ryzen 3 3200g and Rx 580 8gb which I sold, I'm looking for a whole new pc, my idea is to upgrade the CPU within a few months

 

[PaladinLaw]

Versus site for that GPU (11GB model - but will be close enough. Can't see the 8GB on the site)

Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Xtreme Edition review | 55 facts and highlights

Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Xtreme Edition ⭐ review. Discover the key facts and see how Gigabyte Aorus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Xtreme Edition performs in the graphics card ranking.

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There's more difference between the 1080 and the 1080ti than just vram.

1080 is closer in performance to 1070ti than it is to the 1080ti.

 

[limadelta26]

There's more difference between the 1080 and the 1080ti than just vram.

1080 is closer in performance to 1070ti than it is to the 1080ti.

I can find the "normal" Wind force 1080 on the site but not an Aorus 8GB model. But yes @Luts_abba the 1080 8GB is very close to the 1070ti models from what I can remember.

 

[limadelta26]

I had a very basic rig with a Ryzen 3 3200g and Rx 580 8gb which I sold, I'm looking for a whole new pc, my idea is to upgrade the CPU within a few months

Ok yea that board can take a much newer spec CPU (something like a R5 5xxx series) with a BIOS update on the board without spending too much on it (check out the QVL here https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B350M-MORTAR/support#cpu )


Considering the spec on storage as well this is a very good deal for what you are getting.

 

[limadelta26]

Although I am worried about it bottlenecking the cpu

Oh, and in my personal opinion, I would rather bottleneck the CPU as opposed to the GPU. CPU's are much easier to replace and upgrade generally (yes there are a lot of factors to take into account before someone sh!ts me out here).

GPU's are normally expensive and power hungry whereas bumping up from a R5 1600 to an R5 5600 (non X models) will keep the CPU cooler (bigger air cooler or AIO) and TDP in the same region (in this exact case R5 1600 vs R5 5600 both have the same TDP)

 

[limadelta26]

There's more difference between the 1080 and the 1080ti than just vram.

1080 is closer in performance to 1070ti than it is to the 1080ti.

If we use the Wind force editions on the 1080 8GB and 1070 ti

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[Luts_abba]

Ok yea that board can take a much newer spec CPU (something like a R5 5xxx series) with a BIOS update on the board without spending too much on it (check out the QVL here https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B350M-MORTAR/support#cpu )


Considering the spec on storage as well this is a very good deal for what you are getting.

Thanks alot for your help, you made my mind up and I'll probably purchase the pc, I've seen the motherboard CPU support but I never realised that it needs a bios update for later CPUs, will have to check that out

 

[limadelta26]

Thanks alot for your help, you made my mind up and I'll probably purchase the pc, I've seen the motherboard CPU support but I never realised that it needs a bios update for later CPUs, will have to check that out

Yea you can at least run the BIOS update on the machine while you have the older chip which is helpful. Some of the older boards don't have that nice USB BIOS Flash utility that doesn't need the CPU / RAM matching the original QVL. Of course there are caveats with this regard but otherwise good luck and happy gaming.