Does anyone here actually own an Intel Arc B580?

[zandor]

I picked one up a few months ago from B&H. B&H usually have them available for about 30–40 minutes (when in stock). I got it to replace a 3080 Ti that died in a secondary PC hooked up to my TV. Haven’t installed it yet, so I can’t comment on the performance

And here I thought I sat on mine for a while. Microcenter let me order a B580 for pickup on launch day. At the time I was working on building a new rig which would leave be short a vid card since I kept my old one. Well, sort of. I have a 1660Ti sitting in an old machine that hasn't been powered on in a year, but wanted something a bit better and I thought playing around with ARC sounded like fun. At any rate it took me a couple weeks to finish collecting parts, build the new rig, set it up, move my 3090 over to the new build and install the B580 in my old rig.

Seems like a lot of the B580 owners on here are using them in secondary rigs. I guess that makes sense, particularly considering the sort of crowd that hangs out on here. [H] will try to give you a warped idea of reality. 9800X3Ds and "90" vid cards are perfectly normal on [H]. 90 cards are not normal! That said it is easier to stick your neck out and try something new if you have more than one machine. If a game doesn't like ARC I can just run it on my main rig. So far the only example I have is Starfield. My i9-10980xe + B580 machine acts totally CPU bound. It gets just over 50fps on 1080p low. Crank it up to ultra graphics and it hardly makes a difference. XeSS performance upscaling to 4k is just a couple fps slower than 1080p native. My other rig has no problems with Starfield, and I'm tempted to put my 3090 back in the i9-10980xe machine for a bit just to see what happens with Starfield.

 

[zandor]

I'm working on a portable build so we'll see if a newer CPU can fix Starfield with the B580. I've been wanting a portable/luggable machine for a while and I'm building one. mATX board, compact case with a handle. Planning on putting my B580 in it. Ordered this case. It'll have an r5 9600X in it (Microcenter combo), so better single thread than my old 10th gen Intel HEDT chip. The new build should be a much better representation of what normal people would do with a B580 than my B580 + X299/i9-10980XE setup.

 

[TheHig]

Post your experience with the setup. I've eyballed the Z20 Mesh a ton in the last year or so and really like the size and feature set and the option for all mesh panels. Seems like a great paring for the parts you listed. I'm guessing the 9600x will get the best out of your B580 no problem.

My 15 yo plays some decently heavy games like Helldivers2, Doom series, Space Marine2 , Rogue Trader and some easier to run stuff like Utrakill and of course Minecraft. They all run great on the 12600k/B580 PC he uses here. Honestly I could most likely ditch all my higher end stuff considering the games I play and run the 580 as a daily and be happy. Maybe its time to go back to one or two personal rigs?!
maybe just 3...

 

[Fluxmaven]

Another option for a similar form factor case with mesh panels is the Lian Li A3. I just started a build in the version with a wood front for a coworker. https://www.microcenter.com/product/682974/lian-li-a3-microatx-mini-tower-computer-case-wooden-black

I'm selling him my Sparkle B580 Titan in that build.

I got an A770 at release just to tinker with and recently picked up the B580 to do the same. I didn't have any plans other than a couple HWBOT benches, so I'm glad to already have a home lined up for it. I've been pretty impressed with the Intel cards for what they are. I'd love to see them come out with a higher end GPU around 5070 Ti or 9070 XT performance.

 

[zandor]

Another option for a similar form factor case with mesh panels is the Lian Li A3. I just started a build in the version with a wood front for a coworker. https://www.microcenter.com/product/682974/lian-li-a3-microatx-mini-tower-computer-case-wooden-black

I'm selling him my Sparkle B580 Titan in that build.

I got an A770 at release just to tinker with and recently picked up the B580 to do the same. I didn't have any plans other than a couple HWBOT benches, so I'm glad to already have a home lined up for it. I've been pretty impressed with the Intel cards for what they are. I'd love to see them come out with a higher end GPU around 5070 Ti or 9070 XT performance.

I actually took a pretty hard look at the Lian Li A3 along with the Montech Heritage Pro. The Z20 won out because it has a handle and it doesn't have a window.

I don't think we'll see anything that fast out of Intel in the Battlemage series. They did have a couple larger chips. The really big one was apparently cancelled, and no one seems to be sure about the 32 Xe2 core version. Just extrapolating from the 20 on the B580 that would be closer to a 4070 or something like that. Celestial/Xe3 could come well before next gen for AMD and NV though. Panther Lake is supposed to launch late this year and uses Xe3 cores. As long as they're playing catch-up it won't surprise me if Intel doesn't stick to a 2 year product cycle.

My current conundrum for this build is what to do about a monitor. I don't have any spare screens with VRR/FreeSync support, so I'll need to pick one up. I just need to decide on the size and resolution. 1440p would be the most useful outside of gaming, while games would run faster on a 1080p screen. I'm also eyeing a 2560x1080 ~29" ultrawide as a middle option. So far I'm leaning away from 1080p.

 

[Fluxmaven]

I actually took a pretty hard look at the Lian Li A3 along with the Montech Heritage Pro. The Z20 won out because it has a handle and it doesn't have a window.

I don't think we'll see anything that fast out of Intel in the Battlemage series. They did have a couple larger chips. The really big one was apparently cancelled, and no one seems to be sure about the 32 Xe2 core version. Just extrapolating from the 20 on the B580 that would be closer to a 4070 or something like that. Celestial/Xe3 could come well before next gen for AMD and NV though. Panther Lake is supposed to launch late this year and uses Xe3 cores. As long as they're playing catch-up it won't surprise me if Intel doesn't stick to a 2 year product cycle.

My current conundrum for this build is what to do about a monitor. I don't have any spare screens with VRR/FreeSync support, so I'll need to pick one up. I just need to decide on the size and resolution. 1440p would be the most useful outside of gaming, while games would run faster on a 1080p screen. I'm also eyeing a 2560x1080 ~29" ultrawide as a middle option. So far I'm leaning away from 1080p.

You can get the A3 with either the widow or with mesh panels all around. I thought the Montech Heritage Pro looked nice in photos, but thought it was a bit cheesy feeling in person. I do like handles though. My current travel rig is in a Sliger SM580 with a nice handle. Hopefully the Z20 is as nice as it appears on paper.

As for the Arc cards, I'm aware it's just wishful thinking getting something of that caliber.

I'd just go with the 1440p, the card should run that fine and it feels wrong buying a 1080p display in 2025

I've currently got mine pushing a 4K display through my home theater setup. Granted the only game I play with controller is Rocket League, but it runs that maxed out perfectly.

 

[zandor]

You can get the A3 with either the widow or with mesh panels all around. I thought the Montech Heritage Pro looked nice in photos, but thought it was a bit cheesy feeling in person. I do like handles though. My current travel rig is in a Sliger SM580 with a nice handle. Hopefully the Z20 is as nice as it appears on paper.

Travel rig - that's basically what I'm building, though I have a couple spots around the house & yard where I'd use it. I'll find out if the Z20 is nice in a few days. At least in theory it should be here on Friday. That Sliger SM580 looks like it could have worked too. I was looking at the mesh A3, but again no handle.

I've currently got mine pushing a 4K display through my home theater setup. Granted the only game I play with controller is Rocket League, but it runs that maxed out perfectly.

I tried several games at 4k on the B580 and it worked better than I thought it would. The problematic ones were mostly heavy titles from a few years ago that don't support XeSS or FSR. I might at some point end up switching things around and putting the B580 on TV duty. I don't really do much couch gaming, so maybe I'll swap the B580 for my old 3090 at some point. I guess that's a vote for 1440p. I might also sell that 3090. They're going for pretty good prices used, which makes me tempted to sell it and pick up an AMD card for one each of NV, AMD and Intel. Need a 9070XT for the top current gen card trifecta (5090, 9070XT and B580). What's really messed up is my 3090 is smaller than my B580. I have the ASRock Steel Legend B580, and it's slightly longer and thicker than my EVGA XC3 Gaming 3090.

I need to drop by Microcenter to pick up the board + proc + 1/2 ram bundle (9600XT bundle comes with one 16GB stick, so I'll get a second one). Hopefully they'll have one of those 2560x1080 ultrawides on display so I can see one in person.

 

[SPARTAN VI]

Newegg still has this "Onix" brand in stock at $300. Never heard of this brand, which is probably why it's still in stock.

 

[DogsofJune]

Newegg still has this "Onix" brand in stock at $300. Never heard of this brand, which is probably why it's still in stock.

Have one, works wonderfully. Solid card, stays cool, has ugly RGB

 

[zandor]

Post your experience with the setup. I've eyballed the Z20 Mesh a ton in the last year or so and really like the size and feature set and the option for all mesh panels. Seems like a great paring for the parts you listed. I'm guessing the 9600x will get the best out of your B580 no problem.

So far I'm mostly liking the Z20. It arrived slightly dented, but I was able to straighten it out to my satisfaction. I'm pretty sure the damage happened at the factory. It was well packed in a nice heavy cardboard box with a decent amount of padding, and the box was in good shape. It is a bit short on space to hide cables. There's zero clearance behind the mainboard, so I have a wad of PSU cables in the lower front corner. Other than that it seems well thought out.

The Z20 looks like a lunch box, but I only have 1 SSD and 32GB of ram in it so it's not a full meal. Thus I've named the machine SnackBox. Also got the RGB tuned up. Now it's more like RB.

The thing that I really don't like about this build is the Asus Prime B650M-A AX II board that came in the Microcenter Combo. It's just janky. Change anything in the BIOS settings and it takes 2-3 minutes before you get any video. The Asus "AI Tweak" or whatever they call it tuning and monitoring utility didn't install properly either. The board seems to work, it was just a real pain in the ass to set up.

I haven't done any real gaming on it yet and I'm not going to get to that tonight, but I did load up Starfield. It was the most problematic game I tried on the B580 when I had it in my old X299/i9-10980XE rig. It's better with the r5 9600X, but still drops into the 50s.