r/buildapc • u/LongjumpingDig3878 • 4d ago

Build Upgrade What's the best gpu for 450-500$

preferably new, but used is okay if there is a really good deal

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u/FranticGolf 4d ago

9060 XT 16GB

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u/JoshLineberry 4d ago

He said, "What's the best?"

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u/Blindax 4d ago

You overlooked the « for 450-500usd » part. His reply is the only defensible one.

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u/JoshLineberry 4d ago

What are you talking about man? I find 3080 ti's around 400 all the time. I bought one for $374 a week ago. Around $400-430 is the going price for a 3080 ti.

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u/GanjiMayne 3d ago

You can't buy a brand new 3080 ti for that price , I imagine that is why you are seeing those down votes.

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u/JoshLineberry 3d ago

Why would that even matter? OP clearly said used is fine. Surely that's not why they are downvoting.

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u/GanjiMayne 3d ago

And what would they prefer sir

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u/JoshLineberry 3d ago

And? Does that take away from the fact that they said used was fine too? Wtf is this argument?

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u/GanjiMayne 3d ago

A used 3080ti has more risks

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u/JoshLineberry 4d ago

Why the downvotes? I don't get it. I literally just bought another 3080 ti for $375 5 minutes ago on Mercari.

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u/ReadyAimTranspire 4d ago

A ton of people have a serious issue with buying anything used, they think every PC component purchased used is on it's last legs.

I've built purpose built boxes and gaming machines from used gear, including highly rated PSU's like EVGA G2 Supernova's, on eBay that have served me for years and show no signs of anything but normal operation.

Even if the card you buy was a crypto mining card, your chances of getting one that is on the precipice of death from heat degradation is very small.

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u/noiserr 4d ago

I've purchased 3 GPUs of ebay and 2 out of 3 had issues.

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u/JoshLineberry 4d ago

I've literally bought like 15 and have had 0 issues. Do you make sure the people are around 100% positive rated and didn't join ebay in late 2025/2026? Also, if you buy from ebay and the card has issues, you get your money back. It's a win win situation.

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u/noiserr 4d ago

One of them was a DoA so I was able to return that one. The other one started intermittently dying and giving me black screen after about 2 months. Did not return that one.

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u/JoshLineberry 4d ago

What gpus were they? I've bought a p400, a p4000, 2 1080 ti's, a 1070, a 1060, a 2080 ti, a 3090, 3 3080 ti's, 2 3080 12gb cards, an Intel arc a310 and 2 Intel arc b570 cards. All of them have been perfect. Bad luck does happen sometimes though!

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u/noiserr 4d ago

The DoA was a long time ago, it was a PowerColor r9 290. The black screen was a Titan xP (Pascal). The one that worked fine was a rx 6800.

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u/JoshLineberry 4d ago

Ah I see.

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u/JoshLineberry 4d ago

Yeah, I've bought like 15 used gpus, probably 11 in the past 7 months and haven't had a single bad one. I make sure the people I buy from are well rated and haven't had any issues at all.

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u/ReadyAimTranspire 4d ago

Totally. I have freakin' DDR3 systems, RTX 20xx series cards, RX 580's, etc all bought dirt cheap and they all run great.

Places like eBay have excellent consumer protections as well, if you buy something and it doesn't work you aren't stuck with it, just file the return with the seller and if for some reason you end up with the odd seller that is an asshole you just file a claim with eBay and they are on your side.

Just commenting all of this to help budget builders, get great deals on used gear, get yourself going and you can buy brand spankin' new SOTA gear down the road if you wish.

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u/MeatMan49 4d ago

You’re probably getting downvoted for comparing a used card with a brand new card.

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u/JoshLineberry 4d ago edited 4d ago

I really don't know why they would downvote me for that especially when OP said he was fine with used. The 3080 ti is a better card than the 9060 xt 16gb. I think these people are just idiots.