Zotac gaming geforce rtx 3060 8gb twin edge [refurbished] $161.99

Eguy5555309

Dec 7, 2025 3:38 PM

518 Comments

Joined Dec 2015

Eguy5555309Dec 7, 2025 3:38 PM

518 Comments

In old man: I remember when you could buy a NEW NVIDIA X060 level card for about $200, not having to wait for a refurb two generations old to become affordable.

But to the OP, yeah it's good that you posted this. For a starving student who has to buy things with their own money, I still think it's good to have an option around this price. As long as this card wasn't previously used in a crypto or AI farm... and a card at this level probably wasn't.

23

3

pmperry

Pro

Dec 7, 2025 4:07 PM

3.4K Comments

Joined Dec 2012

pmperry

Pro

Dec 7, 2025 4:07 PM

3.4K Comments

Quote from EverettM1119

:

In old man: I remember when you could buy a NEW NVIDIA X060 level card for about $200, not having to wait for a refurb two generations old to become affordable.

But to the OP, yeah it's good that you posted this. For a starving student who has to buy things with their own money, I still think it's good to have an option around this price. As long as this card wasn't previously used in a crypto or AI farm... and a card at this level probably wasn't.

The 5050 models aren't much more and perform as well or better in many games.

11

1

mesowetodit

Dec 7, 2025 4:19 PM

694 Comments

Joined Jul 2007

mesowetoditDec 7, 2025 4:19 PM

694 Comments

eBay averaging low $120 to high $200, so this is an ok price. With tax and free shipping in CA, comes out to $175.

3

JSquare

Dec 7, 2025 4:22 PM

2.8K Comments

Joined Feb 2005

JSquareDec 7, 2025 4:22 PM

2.8K Comments

I just sold my ZOTAC RTX 3060 12GB for $200, got $161 after eBay's fees and shipping. Thinking of buying a Intel ARC B580 instead of RTX 5050 for the same $250 price.

5

1

Obese_ICEagent

Dec 7, 2025 4:42 PM

1.3K Comments

Joined Feb 2014

Obese_ICEagentDec 7, 2025 4:42 PM

1.3K Comments

I game on an EVGA 3060ti and I can tell you it is the bottleneck on my system. I game at 1080 so I'm still able to run most of the latest games on high but it's getting tighter. I am starting to look at upgrades for 2026. My point is no one should be buying this card unless you desperately need a sub 200 gpu and don't care about any future AAA games. You won't want to play GTA 6 on this thing.

3

1

3

elefante72

Dec 7, 2025 5:15 PM

2.5K Comments

Joined Feb 2014

elefante72Dec 7, 2025 5:15 PM

2.5K Comments

This killer w/ this is the practically unusable 8GB, otherwise decent deal. Can use for transcoding tho.

3

6

BadOrco

Dec 7, 2025 5:16 PM

40 Comments

Joined Oct 2023

BadOrcoDec 7, 2025 5:16 PM

40 Comments

Quote from JSquare

:

I just sold my ZOTAC RTX 3060 12GB for $200, got $161 after eBay's fees and shipping. Thinking of buying a Intel ARC B580 instead of RTX 5050 for the same $250 price.

5050 is 190 look for the deal

3

g33kazoid

Dec 7, 2025 5:22 PM

273 Comments

Joined Jul 2008

g33kazoidDec 7, 2025 5:22 PM

273 Comments

Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank

This isn't the 3060 you should aim for. If you want a 3060, get the better 12gb model (which was recently on sale cheaper for $156 refurbished from Zotac) or the 8gb 3060ti which is the quickest variant (and was also on sale from Zotac for about $200 refurbished).

2

1

BeigeRoad455

Pro

Dec 7, 2025 5:26 PM

728 Comments

Joined Nov 2021

BeigeRoad455

Pro

Dec 7, 2025 5:26 PM

728 Comments

Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank

I have no clue why this post is getting upvoted, I can only assume people don't realize the scam Nvidia pulled with the "3060 8gb". The 8gb variant is NOT a 60 class card, it's actually far closer to the rtx 3050 than the original 3060 12gb in performance. In addition to having only 8gb of vram instead of 12 (which is a major downside, 8gb is barely capable of running many modern games at 1080p medium), the memory bus is reduced from 192 bit to only 128bit, massively decreasing memory bandwidth. The 3060 8gb is ~17% slower than the 3060 12gb even before considering the vram difference, and would be a poor value brand new at $162, let alone refurbished.
Hardware unboxed review of the 3060 8gb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPbIsxIQb8M

The recent rtx 5050 deal for $190 AR ( https://slickdeals.net/f/18928435-msi-geforce-rtx-5050-8g-shadow-2x-oc-210-or-190-after-rebate ) would have been an inordinately better value than this deal, and that 5050 deal was arguably somewhat worse than the relatively recent deals of the intel arc b580 at $235-$240. If you're willing to look at used cards, a used rtx 2070 super at between $140-$175 on ebay has FAR better gaming performance than the embarrassment that is the 3060 8gb.

16

7

1

mwgrad

Dec 7, 2025 6:46 PM

1.5K Comments

Joined Mar 2008

mwgradDec 7, 2025 6:46 PM

1.5K Comments

Quote from pmperry

:

The 5050 models aren't much more and perform as well or better in many games.

And are new and draw less power.

3

1

freddingo

Dec 7, 2025 6:57 PM

637 Comments

Joined Dec 2006

freddingoDec 7, 2025 6:57 PM

637 Comments

Quote from BadOrco

:

5050 is 190 look for the deal

Sidegrade for more cost.. what.

2

antechnet

Dec 7, 2025 7:46 PM

1.3K Comments

Joined Aug 2015

antechnetDec 7, 2025 7:46 PM

1.3K Comments

Quote from BeigeRoad455

:

I have no clue why this post is getting upvoted, I can only assume people don't realize the scam Nvidia pulled with the "3060 8gb". The 8gb variant is NOT a 60 class card, it's actually far closer to the rtx 3050 than the original 3060 12gb in performance. In addition to having only 8gb of vram instead of 12 (which is a major downside, 8gb is barely capable of running many modern games at 1080p medium), the memory bus is reduced from 192 bit to only 128bit, massively decreasing memory bandwidth. The 3060 8gb is ~17% slower than the 3060 12gb even before considering the vram difference, and would be a poor value brand new at $162, let alone refurbished.Hardware unboxed review of the 3060 8gb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPbIsxIQb8MThe recent rtx 5050 deal for $190 AR ( https://slickdeals.net/f/18928435-msi-geforce-rtx-5050-8g-shadow-2x-oc-210-or-190-after-rebate ) would have been an inordinately better value than this deal, and that 5050 deal was arguably somewhat worse than the relatively recent deals of the intel arc b580 at $235-$240. If you're willing to look at used cards, a used rtx 2070 super at between $140-$175 on ebay has FAR better gaming performance than the embarrassment that is the 3060 8gb.

All that, without mentioning the 3060 ti. Can be found for as low as $185 on Ebay.

2

1

KMFers

Dec 7, 2025 7:48 PM

743 Comments

Joined Jan 2017

KMFersDec 7, 2025 7:48 PM

743 Comments

Quote from g33kazoid

:

This isn't the 3060 you should aim for. If you want a 3060, get the better 12gb model (which was recently on sale cheaper for $156 refurbished from Zotac) or the 8gb 3060ti which is the quickest variant (and was also on sale from Zotac for about $200 refurbished).

Right on. I check zotac everyday. Those 12gb have come back in stock twice within the previous few weeks.

1

JollyHerring1776

Dec 8, 2025 11:23 PM

51 Comments

Joined Jan 2023

JollyHerring1776Dec 8, 2025 11:23 PM

51 Comments

Does this fit in an Optiplex sff

FancyMint8485

Dec 9, 2025 2:36 AM

345 Comments

Joined Sep 2023

FancyMint8485Dec 9, 2025 2:36 AM

345 Comments

Quote from g33kazoid

:

This isn't the 3060 you should aim for. If you want a 3060, get the better 12gb model (which was recently on sale cheaper for $156 refurbished from Zotac) or the 8gb 3060ti which is the quickest variant (and was also on sale from Zotac for about $200 refurbished).

I bought one of the 12gb models last week for $155 to pair with a second-hand Ryzen 5600X and motherboard. The few games I still play are from years ago, so it's fine for my needs.

2

Zotac gaming geforce rtx 3060 8gb twin edge [refurbished] $161.99

$162

$270

Community Voting

Join The Conversation

16 Comments

Join The Conversation

Related Searches