Buying The First "Faulty" Radeon 6700 XT - What's REALLY Wrong With It?
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- čas přidán 5. 08. 2024
- Over the past week I've overpaid for two Radeon 6700XT graphics cards. One was still the cheapest working card, and one was the cheapest broken card, or so I thought. But what's really wrong with this GPU?
0:00 Introduction
2:25 Finding a "Faulty" 6700XT
4:21 Diagnosing The Card
5:07 Testing Stability In Games
5:53 Getting To The Bottom of The Issue...
Thanks for watching :) - Věda a technologie
Jealous you actually managed to buy a graphics card 😅😅
Why are you everywhere
Faulty or not, it was a great deal lmao
Two 😂 Though im disgusted with myself for buying both 😂😂
@@RandomGaminginHD Ayup from a fellow callums corner mega fan 😉
@@TomCushnie yooooo
I hope the seller found a good power supply for his power hungry beast, such an honest guy .
@@OriginalBadRobotz Something is wrong then, because this card has a TDP of 230W, if you enable RAGE mode, even higher.
3070 has a TDP of 220 aswell, so either way they would need a new PSU.
@@TekkitForTheFunOfIt im assuming he's cpu bottlencked/ capping gpu performance
@@OriginalBadRobotz 🤡🤡🤡
@@TekkitForTheFunOfIt small psu's have weak 12v rails for the gpu that can't supply even that. One of the PSU's I used to have, had a 750w total power, but could only supply about 300w for the gpu, prolly about 350w max, it was designed for a workstation with lots of hard drives and shit.. cause it was that era and a gpu for professional work.
Never go for the max the psu can take, if it fails it may fry everything, specially cheap psu's.
Between newer CPUs and GPUs with their inherent boosting, means higher power draws do take place [and for some parts, WELL outside, of listed TDP rating]. Also longer warranty period / power efficiency improvements with higher rated PSUs
Hopefully that guy could get his hands, on an appropriately powered PSU, for his rig
Ur the kinda guy that anyone could have a nice drink and chat with. That one guy in school that everyone is friendly with and has no quarrels or enemies
And then you realize that you can nerd out about pc stuff and talk for hours.
Not the most controversial chat log this week at all 😂😂😂had me rolling m8
😁
Am I missing a joke or something
Wait it’s about edp445
EDP445 be like
@@trollfacegamung5512 Oh just some casual government corruption the usual UK politics
Again, you demonstrate how great of a human being you are for being so honest with this seller. 😇
I like to think I would have done the same, but glad I don't have to face that dilemma, personally.
Oh yeah, the "talking" was great. You could do podcasts.
Thank you
@@RandomGaminginHD Heck, man, you deserve all the praise
Steve is top bloke
@@amehu I watch all the time and how did I not know his name is Steve? Old age probably 😒
@@UncleMikeRetro I call Steve all tech savvy guys (because of Gamers Nexus and Hardware Unboxed).
IMO it's annoying and anti-British non-politeness that this dude never ever says "hello, I'm Steve, welcome to another video"
You’re disgustingly honest. We need more people like you in this world
Yeah, because this story is real lol. /s You lose your account for messaging outside of ebay or exchanging contact info. All we saw was a "text message". I sell on ebay all the time.
I've seen it called out before from others. Others saying these stories were made up. I am now fully in line with those people. Dude makes up the most out of the world stories and just... tells them on here.
THINK first. You buy a 6700XT. It doesn't work. Do you... ummm durrrrrrrr... GET A REFUND? Or sell it for half price on ebay?
@@JustAGuy85 dude the fact that he sold it for more than retail says why would he try and get less for it?
@@nickpotter5153 Well, we don't know how much "the guy" supposedly paid for it. He took a huge loss selling it... "selling it"... as for parts only/not working. So, instead of RMA'ing it for a new one (even though it was fine and he "didn't know"), he decides to just sell it on ebay lol. AND break the ToS and message someone outside of ebay.
Come to think of it, I'm not even sure what you mean. What do you mean why would he try and get less for it? If you bought a card and it didn't work, is your first thought to sell it on ebay or to contact whoever you bought it from and tell them it doesn't work?
@@JustAGuy85 he said he paid more than RRP for the card from the seller. So the seller sold what he thought was a faulty card for more than he purchased it for
@@nickpotter5153 How do you know what he paid for it? Did I miss something?
And STILL... if you got a bad card, what would you do? Sell it for a substantially lower price on ebay than you COULD get? Or return it for a new one that you could sell for way more?
It's not like this guy had the card for a year and it "stopped working." He just bought it.
The frustration and bewilderment at 7:05 is amazing
yeah lol
I can't believe how good of a person you are.
If i was in that situation i would've just kept it, props to you!
i would have to lol
He puts all his actions on his channel so he has a vested interest in keeping things honest for his viewers.
Not saying that's the main reason why he did it, only that it's to his benefit.
But yea, I would of kept the card too 😜😜😜
@@ezg8448 would've* 😜
it makes for more interesting video's when he is honest
@@ezg8448 you make a good point, but he probably got less money from this video than what the card is worth
A true PCMR legend, helping out the seller by offering to return the card if he fixes it (even if it's his PSU).🙏🏻
Wish everyone was so helpful & at least sold older gen cards at reasonable prices
>Wish everyone was so helpful
Bruh you realize the only reason he felt "obligated" to say all that and offer to give it back is because this comment section would rip him a new one if sensitive people felt that he took advantage of another person's ignorance, right? He was just trying to preserve his public image. If it was me (or literally anyone without a channel) I would've tried to basically scam the dude for $200 for the card or even less. I assure you NO ONE would be this nice to some poor dumb bastard unless it meant looking good for an audience.
@@xyzdarkrebellion2606 Well that might be possible, but he has spoken about helping some other guy before as well, not everyone is a scammer/scalper.
He's not PCMR. He regular talks about how consoles are great and 30fps is perfectly playable. The PCMR would never be caught dead saying that.
"More of me talking than it is actual benchmarking"
*_Perfect_*
Honestly, you're such a honest, humble and genuine guy and am proud to be a subscriber! Always deliver 10/10 content and you have the most soothing voice ever! Well done for being one of the very few honest people during these ridiculous times!
It makes me proud seeing how your videos got much better
That EDP reference got me gigling not gonna lie :D
:))
When was that?
@@jamesoliver8204 when he said it’s not the worst chat log you’ll read this week lol
@@ixskillz hilarious
I'm out of the loop, anyone could tell me what the EDP reference is all about?
And this is why I recommend going with a psu rated at least 100w more than your expected peak load
I use a 650W model with the 5700xt and it has no issues!
@@bencevarga3508 probably just be a better quality PSU
@@charlotteritchie9969 well, it's the same Thermaltake Litepower brand.
@@bencevarga3508 600w is enough for a 5700xt
@@masacote_ 550w should be enough even, but I like to have some headroom for later
youve been blessed by the universe to get that
i respect that you message the seller back and explained it was thier power supply, alot of people, especially right now would have just took the working card without a second thought the fact you offered it back aswell is unreliably respectful, i dont even know if id be able to do that
I have seen a few of your videos and you come across as an honorable fellow and have thus earned my sub and like. I like your honesty and that you kept your word to the seller of the 6700XT while at the same time warning him of another potential pitfall with the underpowered PSU. 👍🏼
That subtle nod to EatThatPrisontime445 😂
EnteringDaPrison 445 xD
Interesting. I have always used beefy cpu's and graphics cards which suck a lot of power with a couple exceptions. High watt capacity and well made psu's are the parts I try to invest in. Nice of you to help the guy track down the issue with his build.
4:04 lmaooo that EDP reference had me good
nice score, hope you guys in the uk have better luck with supply soon!
I was also trying on the day to get a 6700xt but had the same issue. apparently scan had them up before 1pm according to some people who got them form there. Been trying to get anything from a 590 to 5500xt now on ebay as idk how long my 480 will last but having much luck!
Also been loving your content recently and can't wait to see what you make next!!
Pretty nice card, sad to see a card like that
edit: glad it wasnt a serious problem
Hey look, it's the civilian gta 5 cop car
I never get tired of your videos mate! Keep doing what you love doing :D
Brilliant dude, you show a lot of care and knowledge that I really appreciate in your videos.
Let me buy one the cards! Been looking for a new card for what seems a lifetime. Love your videos🙈
I never missed yours video, I want you to know (you are the best graphic card info "source" on CZcams)
Really nice of you for trying to give the card back, other people wouldn't have been this honest with the seller, especially in the times we're living right now. In Romania, videocards are available, but they are extremely expensive. An RTX 3090 goes for the equivalent of 3000 or 4000 Euro's. RTX 3080 goes from 2000 Euro's and up. I saw an RX 6700 XT going for almost 1500 Euro's.
I just appreciate your honesty man. You’re a good dude, one reason I subscribed my friend.
thats very honest getting back to the guy and telling him the cards fine top respect hope he gets a new psu and ya still keep the card
Proves once again (as if it needs proving) that this channel really has budget (and first-time) builders at heart as much as, if not more than, budget builds.
And the way you put the basics over with understanding and sympathy for people coming into PC building is the best on CZcams.
Thank you
Wow, you found a gpu! Good job man!
I did find a gpu myself, a rx5500xt 4gb :p
But mine was way overpricrd compared to msrp...but stil close to the normal prices from before the crysis
I have to say that when it comes to knew components for my PC I never think about my power supply not being able to handle it. I really would search for problems elsewhere first. But I guess it helps that I have a Corsair HX850i in my system.
Anyway thanks for this informative video and again thanks for me realizing again that I will have to sit on my RX580 for at least a 8 to 12 month before I'll be able to get my hands in a newer GPU for a reasonable price...
I got a Sapphire Nitro+ version they're really good gaming cards the price is a bit steep but in comparison to the rest of them it's as good as you'll get at the moment. The latest drivers really gave a boost to older direct x 11 games too. I admire your honesty as I imagine most people would've realised that and said nothing and just kept the card.
You deserve all the success you have, well done for honesty.
Not only do you make great PC vids...but you are one very nice, honest dude...dude. :)
Bought one of those thermaltake lite 750w and it went up in flames, never again.
I had a hunch of what the issue was as soon as You said what the problem was. I got lucky on the AMD website and I have an RX 6700 XT on the way. More than I wanted to pay but I know I'm going to keep this thing for a very long time.
Jammy git lol. Nice on in getting a GPU, big thumbs up. lol gigged at the "chat log" reference ;-)
6:00 I absolutely facepalmed after I read the text regarding the PSU...
You're a lucky man scoring a fully functional 6700XT that close to RRP.
now thats a good buyer, also giving knowledge to a guy that u just bought to, a lot of people should learn a thing or two from you, as always excellent vid
Hi mate! Thanks for this video. I'm thinking about getting this card brand new from Amazon but some comments there talk about its noticeable coil whine, is it as bad as they say? Ty again and hope to see more videos on RX cards!
Very nice and honest of you Steve.
Always good to check the +12V x Amps value on a PSU too. Ideally it matches the Wattage rating of the PSU (or exceeds with multi-rail PSU's) but -50W is acceptable for me.
Just you get some PSU's that say '600W', but the +12V x A = 335W or something. Generally these aren't 80+ rated either, although there are some reliable 'true-wattage' PSU's out there with only an 80+ white rating.
It does come down to experience but i guess just use your noggin and logic with every part you buy, ask questions either from seller or a friend with experience.
aw I'm glad you were able to buy some gpus, I wish I had that same luck 😢
im jelly of your luck sir :) im still rocking a 5700xt but want a 6800xt to replace it when if and when they are in stock keep up the good work sir
Your voice is so calming that it helps me sleep every day.
I bought a Rx 5700 XT MSI Mech for 100$. The guy said it hard crashed his pc every time so he was selling it for parts. Long story short, its just got a bad factory OC, underclocked and undervolted it a tiny bit and it works perfect.
That’s incredible. What a bargain
There are more issues with the litepower 450 beyond just the wattage, the most obvious among them being group regulation; regulating the 12V and 5V line on the same coil means that as one of those voltages gets drawn too much, the other tends to fail. With modern graphics cards, the line *will* get drawn too much thanks to the ever increasing power demands. Honestly it's no wonder that it failed under a 6700XT, and the system crashing seems like a best-case scenario. OCP on these cheap units is never great, so it's not a good idea to rely on it to save you.
Love the more talking video style. Have you ever done a podcast or been invited to join one? I think you'd have a lot of insights and topics to discuss about the current state of PC madness with someone like Budget Builds Official. Just a suggestion. Keep up the amazing work!
Thank you, I haven’t but perhaps it’s something I could do some day
Been looking of getting an rx 6700 xt for myself for several weeks now. There seem to be plenty in stock in local shops, but still like 1.75x-2x above MSRP (rtx 3060 ti is like 2.5x MSRP). At least you can buy one. I think it's in part to the mining performance, being weaker than an RTX 3060 ti or even the "old" rx 5700 xt. Hopefully the prices will come down sometime if they keep getting stock.
Well done on getting that one!
I don't want to come of as weird, but your voice is really soothing.
Having watched your videos since 2019 made me get a 600w 80 plus gold psu for a 1660 super and a R5 3600XT. I was asked about why I'm getting a "beast" of a psu and I told them about future-proofing my rig.
Do you think my 750W PSU its good enough for 6800XT or even 6900XT? I am wondering for months now just to see if its worth the upgrade.
I made some analysis and it will work fine without OC but what if i want to OC? I dont want to limit my GPU also i am angry cause i lack an additional pin for my cpu so i can't overclock it to the full power that it has...
Great video you're a great creator thx for all the great videos
I really appreciate that you treated this as a learning experience for the seller. Classic rookie mistake of under speccing the PSU.
Your video is the only one that I found that speaks on this card.
I have been thinking of getting the KUROUTOSHIKOU RX 6700 XT which is essentially the same PowerColour Fighter you bought. The board partner, from what I understood sells only in Japan.
I am torn between getting this KUROUTOSHIKOU / Powercolour Fighter RX 6700 XT or the MSI RTX 3060 Ti Mech 2x OC LHR, Which one do you think is best for long term use?
The moment you mentioned that the card has cutouts, I spontaneously thought of the power supply unit. (Typical symptom / Rookie mistake of the seller...)
Dude the RX 6700 XT is never out of stock in my country (South Africa) idk why but i think its cos no one likes it so that's a good thing
Isn't also the mail system problematic in South Africa? This would make ordering online a problem I presume.
@@CheapBastard1988 Nope. I just went to cart and purchased it and it arrived 3 days later. I bought it from my local computer store
Maybe alot of people in Africa can't afford it?
@@zaf2774 🤣🤣. I guess im lucky
South African here. Can confirm I can even find these high end cards in abundance on the used market
This is late, but I had great luck in getting the 6700xt at MSRP. I bought one from a CZcamsr on their discord, for the MSRP prices after sales tax, I'm so excited for it 😊
It's coming on Thursday!!!
Pairing my i5 10400 PC with the 6700xt would be a massive upgrade from my last build. Which had a Ryzen 5 1600, and RX 580.
Please could we have a review of the Intel core i3 10105f? Love the vids!
i have the same issue my card keeps resetting my pc my psu is a 650 bronze the gpu is the same card rx 6700 xt pc fighter and cpu is the ryzen 7 3700 x any tips ?
Fair play for the honesty!
I have upgraded my 650W 80+ Gold PSU to an 850W 80+ Gold unit. 650W with a rx 5700XT and now the 850W one with a gtx 960 + 10700k OC. Pretty sad that nothing is aviable for fair prices
My 6700 xt has a lot of random fps drop for no reason, do you know why it would be doing that?
Years ago me and a friend of mine bought the same ATI GPU on the same day. After a few months his started to crash the system but mine was fine. I had a Corsair HX520W and he had a no name 600W. I told him it was his PSU but he wouldn't have it. He swore it was the GPU and asked me what he should swap it for as it was still under warranty. So I chose a newer but cheaper and less power hungry Nvidia card. The store was quite happy to swap it because it was a cheaper card and it worked fine in his system. Well over a decade later, if we ever talk about that he still swears it was the GPU, so I just let him babble on ...
I might just be blind, but did you ever post a part 2 of that old mac sleeper build from 3 years ago? If you didn't why didnt you continue the series? Was it because of the form factor or just other priorities
I bought a RX 6700 XT a few weeks ago. It is a good example that you have to have a case and cooling to go along with it. I put the card in my mid-tower case. I started to run games and the GPU was hitting 80c, but junction temps were toward 110c. I am an engineer, an worked on electronic products for 18 years. A lot of components were rated at 104c for highest temp before problems. So I looked at the case. I added one fan. Put all fans directly to the power supply molex plugs. The mainboard fan connectors were to slow for cooling the case. So I have 3 fans air intake, and two fans air exhaust (including power supply). There are grills in the case the intake air can also escape by pressure differential. I set the Graphics card fan profile to on early at 60c to get ahead of GPU, and Junction temps early. The card fans hit a steady 2600 - 2900 rpm and keep the junction temperature down between 80c - 90c. The GPU runs about 65c, and the CPU 70 - 75 c. I happy with this level, and I don't smell heat, like to hot anywhere in the case. At 1440p this card performs well, about 120 - 200 fps depending on the Battlefield games I am playing............Update: With all the playing around on the cooling, I finally figured out that if I cap the FPS at about 100 FPS, the card runs cooler 65 - 75c with the fan speeds turned down. On the AsRock motherboard bios you can custom set you fan speeds according to temperature of MB or CPU. Other motherboards may have this also. But I hooked my fans back up top the motherboard connectors and everything is COOLER. Especially when you are not playing games.
Hello my friend! I would like to know how is the experience with the GPU?
The temperature comes if I keep OK, what do you have to say about it?
I saw your i5 11400 video and thought this was the second channel of the "Hardware Unboxed " guy.
Hi. I have an 500w 80+ psu with 460w on 12v channel. So this guys 450w psu couldnt handle 230w gpu. Could my 500w psu handle rtx3060 ti (220w) or should I buy a 3060? My cpu is r5 3600
Hey I have a 980TI and it's works fine until you do something demanding, and it's nothing with the power supply not pc it's self because when I out my 2080 super in it doesn't crash, so do you have a idea why my 980ti crashs under load
keep up the good work. i love ur vids.
nice and honest dude. ill follow you sir
Just curious if anyone knows the overlay software he's useing. Currently im useing radeon software overlay but I'd really like to have a cpu temp. Plus the usage seems a tad off compared to task manger it's not 1% of it's more 7% or more off.
holy hell this was one hell of an unintentional win!
I'm in need of some pc component advice.
what processor is suitable for a Vega 56 sapphire pulse 8gb
you should do a video with last gen to older cpus comparing the 6700xt and 3070 to see the differences based on overhead... kinda like what hardware unboxed did
So proud you managed to get one of the rarest known thing to exist
yeah someone put it in the dishwasher and then powered it up before letting it to dry off before using it
Nice, still trying to find the card myself !
@RandomGaminginHD Did you get round to overclocking that HD 7850?
I'm in The States, seen a few $29.95 450 watt PSU's & thought about gettin' one for a build. after watching this I'll never get one that's under 600. Thanks again for another great video.
Something like a CX 550 is suitable for a 3060, and even the 450W model is fine for even a 1660S.
Pls compare the Nvidia 6800 xt from last month (if you still have it) with Radeon 6700 xt
😂
Wat
@@RandomGaminginHD he sold it to buy this I'm sure
Anyone could tell me what this EDP reference is all about?
I keep seeing it but I don't know what it means
Respect so honest and helpful 👍
Awesome!
You lucked out there with the gpu!
I think you were correct with the psu! A 450w is certainly not enough for a high end graphics card like that.
Entertaining as usual, looking forward to see Bob here.
yes it is. a good 450w unit can easily power a 6700xt with, say, an i5 10400F.
@@Dusk007 not for the power draw spikes under load. If you buy a power supply for your average or even high load, you're making a mistake - your power supply must manage to keep up with huge, even if they're short, spikes in power draw. So even if you don't reach that 450W limit during normal operation, the spikes WILL inevitably go above 450W, which is out of spec for the PSU.
@@Lucavon the 3060ti does not suffer from the insane power spikes of the 3080 and 3090.
I remember the same thing happening with an HD7990 that you bought off someone, although a 600W PSU isn't gonna satisfy that beast lol. It's the best thing when you find these type of deals and end up with a GPU for cheap. Not for the guy who sells it, but at least you educated him on fixing the mistake, so that's good on you.
nVidia: gets scalped massively
AMD: we won't let you to get your hands on our tech
As if Nvidia is any different at this stage.
Although I have managed to get both a 6800xt and 3090 so
@@FG-td4vs what kind of black magic did you have to do for that?? I've been trying for months and I've had no luck. At this rate, I'm about to drive like 8 hours to the Microcenter in California to get my hands on a new GPU.
@@VanquishR I set up a bot, basically the only real viable option at this stage.
@@FG-td4vs how does one set up a bot, did you pay for it?
@@bopijnakker7283 there's an open source one on GitHub and with some modification you can automatically buy stuff with it too.
Good on you for offering the card back. Most people wouldn't do that. Weak power supplies can wreak havoc on a person's sanity if tbey don't think to check the power supply as the problem.
Pls tell me which recording software do you use. Pls.
There was a time when i purchased a RX580 8GB for $200 circa 2019. And sold it for 250, now a days it goes for around 900ish, Good for you you got a 6700XT for such a cheap price xD
Correct. That's a major problem I also keep hearing about with the new AMD or Nvidia graphics cards. So many people install the cards into their systems not realizing that their power supplies are nowhere near capable of handling the power requirements of the latest video cards. I do know that the review sites like to advise people to not buy PSU hardware with more power than they need, but none of the reviewers expected the GPU manufacturers to require over 750 watt power supplies when the average user has installed components that only bump up to 500 watts.
i love the good vids!
I feel bad for that dude but happy for you to get it at that price
Extremely nice from you!
You gotta be the most honest youtuber. Nice!
I have a Ryzen 5 3600 paired with RX580 8GB with a 500w 80+ Power supply and my pc crashes when I play triple a titles
Is it because that i have an insufficient Power supply?
Here in Australia I’ve been lucky to get Asus TUF 3090 & 3080 (took 2.3 months from opening seconds of buying to arrive) also got immediately a KF2/Galax 3070 one-click, PNY itx 3060 & Reference AMD 6700XT as well! Couple I got for friends, with a small “commission” for my looking around online, and purchased others for myself with most having either none or minimal increase of the original manufacturers MSRP/RRP plus our GST tax. These gpus now currently have a massive price increase on by retailers/ e-tailers etc going upwards of 50-100% from when I first got them!🤯
I like ebay for those "non working" items, like SSD that are RAW and needs formatting to appear,
my best purchase was a used 17 inch laptop with faulty nvidia card, turns out it was a bios issue (initial bios had a bug which wouldn't start the nvidia card), flashing the new one fixed it.
Still a gamble most of the time, but it's great when it works
I know it's 2 years later and the prices dropped but it's about 350 euros in mmy country now, and it still seems like a very good deal, especially when I can upgrade from 1660 super and only changing the PSU (I have a 10400f with seems to be perfect bottleneck wise for the 6700xt)