Dell made an RTX 3060. It’s actually pretty good…

Another day, another Dell graphics card. This time we're looking at the Dell OEM RTX 3060 12GB which was probably pulled from an Inspiron PC at some point. This very clean example was the cheapest one on eBay, but let's take a closer look at the design, temperatures and performance!
0:00 Intro, Specs and Features
1:48 The Teardown
2:20 Temps, Noise and Clock Speeds, CoD Warzone Performance
3:49 Cyberpunk 2077
4:21 Fortnite
4:48 Forza Horizon 5
5:10 Spider-Man
5:50 Red Dead Redemption 2
6:27 Starfield
7:10 The Last of Us and Final Thoughts
Thanks for watching :)

[@BReal-10EC]

Dell is so strange. They seem to make very decent graphics cards in terms of size and thermals for a budget build- which is no easy job. Yet when it comes time to make a Gaming PC that doesn't suck, they seem to intentionally make them with weird parts and terrible thermals.

[@smilingpolitely12345]

To he honnest I would avoid to getting GPU from Dell , I rathere would go for some brand name like ASUS , Palit , EVGA , Gainward ,MSI beause I feel those kind of GPU sell more = have larger user base = if case of any issues community will have fix .

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Haha yeah they should just keep it simple in my opinion. Bigger cases with more airflow and fans. Some of the cards are good on their own but suffer when stuffed inside a tiny proprietary enclosure

[@EarFellOff]

@@smilingpolitely12345asus gigabyte and msi are known to have terrible customer support and often deny rma requests, evga is awesome support wise but pulled out. Most brands are in the middle

[@EarFellOff]

Its clear that dell has competent engineers, look at their gpus, monitors and laptops but someone is making them cut cost

[@darthwiizius]

@@EarFellOff Yup, greed.

[@zakerwashington5852]

i really like simpler designes no fancy rgb and just plain and simple looking design , as always great video ❤

[@DengueBurger]

SAME!! They’re beautiful like FE cards. I had a 2060 and it worked and looked beautiful/ly

[@krisvaras7801]

Same! i hate the typical robotic look companies THINK gamers want

[@jasonbaijens3378]

it being so small but still having flowthrough design is so over the top but i love it

[@Baligante]

Non-milled and acceptably dense heatsink ? A handful of heatpipes ? A couple of big fans and a fair amount of flow-through area ? Can't believe Dell made an actual proper cooler !

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Haha yep this one really surprised me

[@darthwiizius]

I've seen these reviewed before and they are something twice unusual: A good looking Dell product and one that works really well. I don't see this is the new 1080ti, that's pushing it a bit, but the new 1060 6GB as it'll be the go to affordable play everything at reasonable settings while keeping both of your kidneys card.

[@SmithBeatZ1]

I like using OEM cards like this for budget customer builds. They do the job.

[@MacCanma]

Ive got this one. Great card for my 1080p monitor!

[@nunofernandes4501]

I bought a MSI RTX 3060 12GB two years ago and it's still going strong. I run Cyberpunk at 1440p high, some rtx on and DLSS quality, and still get av average fps in the 50s. Great card still.

[@lucasrem]

First thing is invest in a high FPS monitor, need 4k ? after that, need that RTX 4080 too ?

[@aaronokolue2096]

This model 3060 ti was my 3rd gpu ever I got for only 180eur. worked really well and looked good in my case 😊

[@DiamondDepthYT]

My MSI Gaming X Trio RTX 3060 12gb I got for $120 almost new on FB Marketplace runs amazingly to this day. It's a great upgrade from my GTX 1660 6gb and, because it's triple fan, runs incredibly cool and quiet (I also undervolted it). Since I only game in 1080p, I plan to use it for a bit.

[@TrusteftTech]

I think what you called it is what this card will continue to be . Tempting. Thanks for the video.

[@edwardwilliams3815]

scored a EVGA RTX 3060 12gb in que during the shortage for MSRP...its our 1080p card now...will def keep it around for a while as a back up gpu if any of our main gpu's go down, GG great vid :)

[@Nomidy]

thank you for making this video, been waiting on a mainstream gou review on this, i own this exact gpu and i got this at a amazing deal from a US Marine for 280$ back when the gpu shortage crippled the market, had to wait for it to go thru customs but shipping was free!, im gonna game on this for years to come! even when i get a new gpu imma just trow this in another system or give it to a friend/family member! EDIT: I have the Ti Model OOPS

[@vulcan4d]

I have a Dell 3060ti I got from a miner. Slapped on a different bios, replaced the thermal paste and thermal pads, pushed the power limit and let it fly. So much performance in a little package. Best $200 I spent :p. Most games I play at upscaled 4K DLSS quality and med/high settings. Why the hell would I upgrade to the latest overpriced junk.

[@Piqus3]

I have an Acer Nitro5 laptop with 3060 6GB vram and i5 11400h. Laptop version is a little slower than regular 3060 due to limited TDP (cpu-z reports 80W, Afterburner shows sometimes 90W). Also 6GB might not seem as too much, but it is enough for this little beast. Ray tracing is pretty useless in Cyberpunk, but otherwise the game runs pretty well. And I switched to this from older laptop with 1650Ti (Ti was a mobile version of regular 1650) - no comment needed here, I suppose. I'm really happy with this GPU and this laptop didn't cost me a kidney to buy. Thanks for another vid RGinHD, cheers!

[@arjayabad1337]

You should have included it's 1440p capabilities on your video but overall very excellent video as always. Instantly clicked your video when I opened youtube. 😁

[@tacticalmattress]

1440p on modern games ain't happening without sacrificing graphic quality.

[@arjayabad1337]

@@tacticalmattress I know. But it would be awesome if it was included somehow.

[@undertone2472]

I have this exact card and love it because of it's small size.

[@nagufreeman]

real good temps! looks good for overclocking

[@Tech.Closet]

Nice! I was taking a look at the RTX 3060 12 GB recently, IMO it's the best offering from Nvidia for high-setting 1080p right now, got it for under $300

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah great price to performance at the moment

[@WayStedYou]

for 300 dollars you can get a 6700XT though

[@cristod1904]

Yeah that 6700xt will be better for gaming only but the 3060 is more like a workstation on a budget it seems. Can do gaming quite OK, but doing work like rendering and machine learning where it can sometimes edge out the 3060 ti or 4060 maybe thanks to extra VRAM on the 3060.

[@speedu_u]

i'd like to point out, compared to other vendors the stock power limit is actually 30w lower and that's probably because of the 5 power phases powering the gpu core. so its most likely underperforming but that does not mean you should flash other bio's to it since it's probably not doing to good in terms of heat already in the power delivery area of the card

[@fattomandeibu]

I have a "reference design" 3060 from Inno3D and it is great. With pretty much any game, with some tweaking(shadows, as always, being the worst culprit) I can get 1080p 144fps max that my monitor can do. Mine seems to have a higher boost threshold than this one, it can get toasty(76 degrees) at times, and sometimes I'll turn the power limit down to keep it below 70, but sometimes I'll just let it rip, particularly on these cold winter days.

[@karroq]

i found a dell 3070 on ebay a while back for $230 usd. no problems with it other than the mounting bracket being bent, which was an easy fix. dropped it in as an upgrade for a friend with a ryzen 3600 and 1650, and he's loving it.

[@86mrnelson]

I have an HP OEM 6600xt and it is great quality. Dual fan's, runs cool, boosts past listed max boost clocks. No issues.

[@ausfurung]

I do have a Radeon RX 6500 (non-XT) coming from a Dell Optiplex SSF, which is a bit more powerful than the normal RX 6400. I tend to love the simplicity of the OEM GPUs.

[@shakkaka12435924]

I have a evga rtx 3060 and the fact that it has 12gb of vram and its so compact, its a great 1080p card. I got mine at MSRP when it first came out and its been great ! No issues.

[@shupliance]

i have their 3060ti! it's a really great card, i got it for about 180 usd secondhand which is insane

[@_Devil]

I was thinking about upgrading to a 3060 or 3060 ti for my gaming needs but I copped a prebuilt desktop on Black Friday with a 4060 ti 16gb instead for less than $1200. It arrives on Thursday and I'm really excited to start gaming with it!

[@pottingsoil723]

Nice, congrats! Some good game suggestions for you just because: Elden Ring, Valheim, Deep Rock Galactic, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly or GAMMA, Returnal, Risk of Rain 2, Remnant 2, and Cyberpunk 2077. Just a few games I've played in the past couple years that have been well worth the price. Well, Anomaly is free so there's that. Back into the Zone I go!

[@foshodofoodandstuff4437]

Make sure the seller enabled XMP in the bios to get full potential of ram speed

[@simonbannow3905]

Lucky sod!

[@itscampalice]

@@pottingsoil723a brother that play stalker . It’s always nice to see one . Hope you have a good game in the zone

[@jesusbarrera6916]

Man did you pick a terrible GPU...

[@BluePalmetto]

I've seen a lot of these on ebay. I'm not a big fan of the design but the value seems to be there if it works like any other.

[@tymyserg9034]

I have the DELL version of rtx 3060 ti paired with ryzen 5 3600 and 32gb at 3200mhz and i play on a 34 inch at 1440p ultrawide. I hit 60 fps most of the time at high or even ultra settings, sometimes with the help of DLSS. Yesterday i've started Mafia DE and i hit 70 to 80 fps at native resolution with max settings. The game is a piece of art.

[@lanelesic]

I have the ASUS dual fan 3060 12GB thats similar to that in design. Easy +200MHz overclock for the gpu chip and +400 for the memory. Performs that little bit closer to the 4060 than stock and is only using a +10W more than stock.

[@GlobalFactsYt786]

Can you please do a review on the nvidea qudro 600

[@shinefake48]

these OEM cards are such good deals, got a HP OMEN 3060ti for 227 USD the other day. It seems like all these OEM cards tend to hit 1905mhz, as I got the same frequency with my card

[@Fantomas24ARM]

I'am using a Dell RTX 3080 for couple years now and it is pretty good too.

[@T.Lspitz]

I have a Dell 3090 that i was very lucky to acquire and honestly I think its one of the better 3090s made. The airflow through the heatsink is much more optimized compared to alot of other brands. In my opinion, the best 3080/3090 options you could choose from would be either an EVGA or Dell brand GPU.

[@JayzBeerz]

The 3060 12GB in the USA is selling for $249.99.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah we really don’t get as many good deals over here

[@sebastian_h]

I was thinking about a comparison to the 1080 Ti the whole video. The fact that you actually did refer to the 1080 Ti in the conclusion had me laughing :D Still running my 1080 Ti on a X370 Taichi with a 5800X3D. My old 1700X just found new life in a secondary build paired with.... the 3060 from my brother as he decided to upgrade to a 4080. Yep, I got both of these awesome cards. There shouldn't be a major difference in performance between the 3060 and the 1080 Ti (which explains why used cards are basically around 200 € here in Germany). The third card to fulfill the trio would be the 750 Ti I guess. Seems like I need to get one of those ^^

[@lucasrem]

why you still cry GTX 1080 in 2023 ? need a museum ?

[@sebastian_h]

@@lucasrem I got no idea what you wanted to say but you clearly didn't either.

[@RobloxianX]

The Dell 1660 Ti GPU is so cute. Reminds me of the 1050 FE. Dell is basically your best option if you want to get an Nvidia GPU that doesn't have a FE but you want to play it safe

[@idans5696]

How you manage to make the gpu utilization to be at 99% in all your videos? im struggling with the fps on every game because my gpu utilization is always between 30-50% no matter the quality settings..

[@martinmalone6324]

I have an Asus 3060 12gb as a back up card for my 4090 which is having its melted connecter fixed again, and I'm really happy with it cost £200 brand new on ebay just got lucky, gona use it with mini pc after the other is fixed, definately a very good budget card.

[@angelgomez965]

I have this card ❤ for my small factor build I absolutely love it

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Nice!

[@mtunayucer]

I have dell rtx 3080 10gb in my rig. With new thermalpaste, thermalpads and some undervolting, the card performs just as well as all other oem s

[@make1496]

Just got me a new sealed rtx 3060 white Zotac from eBay. Great card,.

[@votrsagames107]

At 3:07 when I read the text I was confused. I was like wtf it is somewhat loud. Then I realised it is my own PC fighting for its life

[@RandomGaminginHD]

😁

[@romankozlovskiy7899]

Use Dsr scaling for 4k only benchmark games high/ultra for proper reference

[@tdm3bros]

"that spaeeiiid is 1777 megahertz" damn I love British

[@RandomGaminginHD]

😂 I had much trouble reading this even though I can say it easily

[@Eff_One]

I have one of these that came with a Dell pre-built. It's pretty good compared to my other 3060s, which are MSI models.

[@lucasrem]

Is it the same, only clocked higher. You know what GPU is on the card ? or never care ? same, LOL !

[@balaam_7087]

I love everything about the physical design of this card except the fan blades. Wish they had a slightly different blade design.

[@Carnyzzle]

I have a Dell RTX 3080 and it is pretty damn good surprisingly

[@uG0TRobbed]

I have a similar Dual Fan HP OEM 3060 Ti paired with a 5700x in a SFF/ITX PC that still rocks at 1440p.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Nice combination :)

[@andystech101]

Just picked up 4 new RTX 3060 12GB MSi cards on Black Friday for £230.34 each! They'll all be going to happy customers for Christmas orders! To think I was offering GTX1650 for the same price 2 years ago ♥

[@wolfhiggins]

I had a Dell 3080 with some slight thermal modding it was a great card, I now got a ROG 3080.

[@Blazinghardware]

These Dell RTX cards are really decent! I owned an RTX 3070 Dell with the green pcb and white color logo. It was quite good looking in my build back then. I own a Gigabyte Master RTX 3070 now and benchmarked both with 3dmark Firestrike and the Dell is a little slower. But all in all its a great GPU…

[@omaralhariri4307]

What about Temp ?

[@mendoncapais6033]

I have MSI RTX 3060 ti ventus and I'm still happy...

[@philtkaswahl2124]

It seems the more frills Dell adds to their gaming-related stuff, the more compromises they add too. So this card being called "no-frills" is a plus in my book.

[@-average]

OC'd my EVGA 3060 LHR(which was removed with a driver) to +150 on both the core and memory clocks (112% power), and it's doing an okay job for 1440p Med/High

[@victoresarey4036]

I have a Dell 5700xt, amazing

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Nice. I recently found the 6700xt! Another great looking card

[@victoresarey4036]

Mines paired with 32gb ram and a ryzen 5 5600x on a b550 board runs awesome

[@2MichalChojnowski2]

These lower-end cards with "too much of VRAM for performance" at launch exactly thanks to that always end up being great card for long years. Especially nowadays when we have DLSS/FSR, so additional opportunity to make our cards stronger or usable for longer. Not even mention budget workstations. The same story will be with one of the most hated cards ever - 4060 Ti 16GB. It's hated to the point that majority is probably not conscious how cheap it became from it's launch - in Poland you can get 16GB for 10% more than cheapest 8GB and it's quite significant 20% reduction from original 16GB's MSRP.

[@Davidd377]

intel arc 770oc 8gb for 1080p also works really good :)

[@E13IDK]

i use this exact card in my setup wish i sprang for the 3060ti

[@crohnaak]

Green pcb my beloved

[@jorgeortiz7685]

Do you know the sizes of the thermal pads for this card??

[@Nomidy]

im confused, how do you get 100+ fps on warzone when i have the dell rtx 3060ti and i only get 80fps on competive settings, i have a ryzen 5 5600x and 16gbs ram ddr4 and i even have it installed on a ssd idk what im doing wrong here, do you use the steam version or battle net version

[@anthonyroman218]

Try opening task manager and check if you have any processes running in the background that are using CPU GPU, or memory that might be slowing down your computers overall performance a lot of times, you need to go into the settings of Microsoft edge and disable it from running in the background if you want to disable Microsoft edge from running in the background, you need to first open Microsoft edge click on the settings on the left side of the screen, you will see system and performance click that then after that, click the toggle off the part that says continue running background apps click the on off make sure it’s not blue also toggle off the setting that says start up boost. This will free up memory and a bit of CPU usage but you might want to thoroughly check if there are any other apps running in the background that are using resources on your computer by checking task manager that may be the problem that you are having if not, then you need to check your CPU temperatures by downloading hardware info, 64, and seeing if you are thermal throttling any of your hardware you have installed I hope this helps….. oh one more thing you might want to smash the delete button on Start Up to go onto your bios to see if you have XMP enabled for your RAM memory if XMP is not enabled then enable it to assure that your ram is working at optimal speeds and make sure you have the correct graphic drivers installed on your GPU

[@anthonyroman218]

Oh, one more thing if you are using a RTX 3060 M which is basically a graphics card that is using a graphics card meant to be used on a laptop, but has been soldered and retrofitted onto a normal graphics card platform will hinder performance as well so you might want to check if you have a 3060M graphics card that only has six GB of memory instead of 12 GB of memory the M stands for mobile

[@Nomidy]

@@anthonyroman218 nah i got the dell rtx 3060ti 8gb

[@ani0.biswas]

That RDR2 benchmark felt like a rap.

[@TheEnhas]

3060 is going to be the budget option in years to come for the VRAM alone

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah definitely.

[@hungduy2337]

Can you do Dell Rtx 2070 super OEM

[@corason4444]

I want it!

[@gamerjorts]

I miss humble green PCBs.

[@simonbannow3905]

It's such a small looking card(impressed with it's performance), I'm looking for a replacement for my old MSI GTX970 in an ITX case, does anyone know if this card will fit?(never seen a 3060 12 GB that small)

[@Funfax7396]

all over 70fps looking nice about 64c with full load nice card

[@tahustvedt]

The 3060 is underrated in my opinion. You can undervolt it and get it to give very good performance per watt at only 100 W. That's what I'm doing with mine in a tight custom "wedge" case. I have an HP OEM 3080 TI. It's pretty compact and clean looking. It was also cheaper than the big GPU brands on the used market when I bought it.

[@lucasrem]

It's too old now, is the RTX 4060 rated better ? OMEN prebuild is the best PC now

[@assetaden6662]

Saying that the most purchased card is underrated? You're mental.

[@jesusbarrera6916]

Guys the Toyota Corolla is the most underrated car in the world...

[@AstroAvenger]

Almost bought this same model for 260 a few months ago, but got an RX 6600 for 150 instead.

[@milosstojanovic4623]

Interesting results. I am getting similar average FPS in Cyberpunk, with better lows, and with maybe 2 3 settings on Ultra. But i am getting wastly better frames in Starfield without latest update and with FSR, game is also set with some settings on Ultra and others on High, scaling 80%, with rx 6800 and 5700x. 🤔

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Nice combo :) I think I’ll probably get the 6800 someday

[@IIronyy]

I got the Dell RTX 2060 and it still runs some modern games decently lol.

[@XMoldyMe]

If it has coil whine, it's because it runs more than the manufacturer specifies. Also could it be cuz overdimensioned power supply

[@Truth1988]

This one or the KFA2 RTX 3060 12GB? I have used offers for both for the same price and with 1 year warranty. 🤔

[@anurbanpenguin8890]

Hey RGinHD. I tagged you in your tri core CPU video but you may not have seen it. I have what I think is the perfect motherboard and cooler for your upgrade path for that video. Its also got an FX6100. Yours if you want it.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Ah awesome, thank you. Please get in touch using the business email address on my “about” page :)

[@anurbanpenguin8890]

​@@RandomGaminginHDwill do. I'll either email tonight or tomorrow.

[@jmcl99s]

Hi guys just ask what low profile vcard that fits in dell optiplex 3020 sff i5/i7 4th gen core? your respond is appreciated TY!

[@fctmasterch]

Can it be used with i7 9700 cpu?

[@Rmm1722]

Dell makes good stuff 🎉❤

[@RobloxianX]

Ive heard that the Dell GTX 1660 Ti is going under 150 on the used market. Great option for budget gamers now

[@swampfox1732]

I picked up an MSI 3060 12GB in like new condition for $125 a couple of weeks ago.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Very nice. Some great deals in the US right now

[@outsidein3206]

Interesting to note if had the same specs as mainstream 3060 12gb Apparently their version, or one of their versions of a 3090, had same name but lower specs.. I'd seen a 3090 on secondhand market cheap, recognised by its unique shroud, tempted but there was no specs and owner had no clue what i was talking about, when trying to get more info. So left it alone.

[@frankytanky5076]

Yea dell prebuilt gpus are good and I like how plain they are too.

[@camotech1314]

I would say this card would go into a very budget setup. Not mid range.

[@shuny11r23]

i have a single fan PNY 3060. Just bought a 4060 ti, I.m wondering if i did the right thing lol

[@hazaelflores7612]

So I can take this graphics card and put into another pc with a mobo MSI B760 Gaming Plus? or I can not use this graphics card in another pc, im a begineer.

[@SentaDuck]

I'm honestly surprised that Dell didn't use a proprietary power connector on it. Dell always seem to find a way to make the possible, impossible.

[@Wiganpilot]

I bought a ZOTAK RTX 3060 12GB to pair with a RYZEN 9 5900x, I'm on a budget and will eventually go for a higher spec card, thankfully I am not a gamer so the CPU and the 12GB of GPU VRAM are okay for now.

[@JoseLgamer05]

1:17 Is it just me or you have your ram running in single channel ? Can't quite tell in the video, not sure if there are only 2 slots, there seem to be 4, can't really tell for certain.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Dual channel. 2x 16GB :)

[@JoseLgamer05]

@@RandomGaminginHD I was unsure if they were in the correct slots, in the video it’s a bit of a blurry mess so couldn’t tell 🤣

[@imantas21]

2:12 ON GPU COOLER SEE 2 TERMO PAD BUT on PCB mising wram chip :D

[@racecar_spelled_backwards868]

They may be using other vendors, but A LOT of Dell graphics products are OEM from MSI.

[@Vableme]

3:20 AmboutoKumm45 timed out????

[@Aegie]

220£ for OEM 3060 12gb💀 UK has really bad prices. Few days ago i found one for 160£ (i used exchange rate from day of 26.11.23, exchanging from PLN)

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah we definitely don’t have as good deals as other places at the moment

[@VanBourner]

I incredibly lucked out on this this week as I found one of these selling for 3500CZK (125 GBP on 26/11/2023) and was a bit intrigued why it had two 8pin connectors, as it is usually made with just one 8pin. The seller was a recycler and thought it was an OEM 3060, listed it as such and it was sold for spares as "fans are not working" (they are working just fine, I assume he just never put any load on it so they were in the fan stop mode) and it came from non working alienware PC that he was stripping down. It ended up being Dell's OEM 3090. Looks exactly the same but the headsink is a bit bigger and has 2 8pins (same with 3080). Needless to say it is going into my main rig and the 3070 I have in the rig right now is going into the HTPC the OEM 3060 was meant to go in. Now to find a waterblock for it to plug it into my loop.

[@AntiGrieferGames]

​@@VanBourner what a lucky

[@Aegie]

@@VanBourner it was nice deal. OEM 3060 goes for this price (160gbp) normally, they are just pretty rare on market in Poland:)

[@DynastyBedo]

never realized dell selled rtx GPUs

[@chadbrick67]

The buffet plate is rtx 3060

[@ononoote]

I want driver 3060 oem latest

[@lucasrem]

DELL card from the Vostro 12th Gen DDR 4 systems, able to be replace dfor RTX 40 cards now, still getting enough frames. Who needs older lever RTX 3060, find some old office DELL !

[@J0xxe]

Looks identical to the HP one, they're made by foxconn

[@turbod15]

I got dell oem 3070 rtx might get 4070 next

[@wolfdz8163]

i fond i5 4670k 16gb h81 for 80 dollar give gpu for 768p rx 580 8gb for 80 dollar