Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Hello everyone and welcome back to another Budget Builds Video where today we're taking a look at the cheapest RX 580 that I could find on eBay...Which got me thinking, is it worth taking a chance on these old (most likely ex mining cards) and seeing...Just how bad are they when you buy on the complete bottom end of the market ... So join me for some pain and frustration to find out if we got a bit of a bargain...
What did I buy? - 0:00
Unboxing it - 0:29
Let's plug it in - 1:28
It all seems fine? - 1:49
Installing Drivers and... - 2:23
Maybe Modded Drivers? - 2:56
Whats going on then? - 3:40
So it works now then... - 4:15
No it does NOT still work - 4:39
BIOS Modding and Voltage Tweaks - 5:41
Teardown (Is there any major damage) - 7:23
Quick Specs Recap - 9:08
The Benchmarks! - 10:50
Benchmark SUmmary & Some of the issues - 20:14
Emulation & AMD VCE Fails - 21:43
Please DO NOT do this - 23:00
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CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X
GPU: AMD RX580 2048SP (Sketchy Ex-Mining Card Edition ft: Budget Builds Custom BIOS held together with hopes and prayers)
RAM: 32GB DDR4 3200Mhz
OS: Windows 11 IOT
(Modded Drivers were used for the GPU because normal ones just dont work at all)
Hello everyone and welcome back to another Budget Builds Video where today we're taking a look at the cheapest RX 580 that I could find on eBay...Which got me thinking, is it worth taking a chance on these old (most likely ex mining cards) and seeing...Just how bad are they when you buy on the complete bottom end of the market ... So join me for some pain and frustration to find out if we got a bit of a bargain...
What did I buy? - 0:00
Unboxing it - 0:29
Let's plug it in - 1:28
It all seems fine? - 1:49
Installing Drivers and... - 2:23
Maybe Modded Drivers? - 2:56
Whats going on then? - 3:40
So it works now then... - 4:15
No it does NOT still work - 4:39
BIOS Modding and Voltage Tweaks - 5:41
Teardown (Is there any major damage) - 7:23
Quick Specs Recap - 9:08
The Benchmarks! - 10:50
Benchmark SUmmary & Some of the issues - 20:14
Emulation & AMD VCE Fails - 21:43
Please DO NOT do this - 23:00
Why not become a Patreon you get to:
-Support the Channel in an Amazing Way
-Get Previews to New Videos
-Exclusive/Unfinished Content
Patreon: patreon.com/BudgetBuilds
Twitter: twitter.com/Budget_Builds_
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/budgetbuildsoff...
Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCocy...
Discord: discord.gg/YUCPJWqjRE
CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X
GPU: AMD RX580 2048SP (Sketchy Ex-Mining Card Edition ft: Budget Builds Custom BIOS held together with hopes and prayers)
RAM: 32GB DDR4 3200Mhz
OS: Windows 11 IOT
(Modded Drivers were used for the GPU because normal ones just dont work at all)
