— Not the fastest, but it won't bankrupt you. A good stand-in until I can upgrade.

— Upgrading from a GTX 560, this thing blows my mind. I've never been able to run games at such high quality before, and now that I can I never want to go back. The only con is I have a Founders Edition, and the single-fan cooler it comes with sucks. It's loud and does a bad job of keeping the temps down without a very extreme fan curve, and even capped at 60fps (my monitor is 60hz) it still gets up into the high 70s (celsius). But the pros much outweigh the cons, and this thing is still relevant and doing just fine in 2022.

— Pros: Great balance of price and performance, doesn't require a ridiculous cooler to perform well Cons: DDR5 is EXPENSIVE and DDR4 options are limited, but that's pretty much it. Equals: Does what it needs to do without breaking the bank