Buying a used gaming pc

[kassem ismail]

So someone is selling me his used pc, offered me to take it home and take a look at it so i decided to take it apart, 

The specs are;

Intel i7 6700k

Asus maximus viii extreme

Asus gtx 980 matrix

Crucial ballistic 32gb 2400mhz

Samsung 850 240gb ssd

Corsair neutron 240 ssd

8tb hdd 

Cooler master 1300w power supply wich i am worried about,

All in the case of my dream wich is the cooler master cosmos 2 wich is rusty and with some corrosion. 

As you will se in the pictures the pc has not been taken care of at all, i think he never opened it after building the pc, dust...dust everywhere! 

Not only dust but rust and mould even in the powersupply cables. I dissasemble the pc and found corrosion in the gpu fins and outputs, also on the front io, 

Motherboard looks allright but the case is pretty rusty. Its seems like allot of work to do but im ok with it as long as the pc works wich it does. But take a look at the power supply what do you guys think of this? Seems dangerous to use

[kassem ismail]

 

[Fasauceome]

What's the price tag? Hope he's not charging you for the dust.

If it's a reasonable amount I say it's a good buy, a cleaning doesn't really diminish the value. Heck, it can be therapeutic to give your parts a good clean.

[kassem ismail]

1 minute ago, fasauceome said:

What's the price tag? Hope he's not charging you for the dust.

If it's a reasonable amount I say it's a good buy, a cleaning doesn't really diminish the value. Heck, it can be therapeutic to give your parts a good clean.

Hes selling it for 950us, that price has to go down now that i found out that the power supply has been damaged, but it still works. If i decide to buy im gonna have to dissaseble the whole pc and repaint. 

[191x7]

$950 USD for that system? You can get a decent NEW system for the price.

[KarathKasun]

Pay no more than $400.

 

If the seller refurbishes the entire thing to "like new" then maybe $500.

[kassem ismail]

12 minutes ago, 191x7 said:

$950 USD for that system? You can get a decent NEW system for the price.

Do you think this is too outdated? Where i live shipping and taxes takes about 200us of my budget so that leaves me with a mid to low end new pc

[KarathKasun]

Just now, kassem ismail said:

Do you think this is too outdated? Where i live shipping and taxes takes about 200us of my budget so that leaves me with a mid to low end new pc

That PC is like a modern i3 or i5 with a GTX 1060.

[191x7]

2 minutes ago, kassem ismail said:

Do you think this is too outdated? Where i live shipping and taxes takes about 200us of my budget so that leaves me with a mid to low end new pc

It is outdated and in a really bad condition.

 

Is 750$ the max you can afford (+200 the taxes you mention)? Let us know your max budget (without the taxes/etc) and I'll try building you something.

[KarathKasun]

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883165117R&ignorebbr=1

 

This is a better buy for $250 less.

 

If you are in the states shipping is free.

[kassem ismail]

17 hours ago, 191x7 said:

It is outdated and in a really bad condition.

 

Is 750$ the max you can afford (+200 the taxes you mention)? Let us know your max budget (without the taxes/etc) and I'll try building you something.

850us is my budget without tax

 

17 hours ago, KarathKasun said:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883165117R&ignorebbr=1

I have taken a look before at that dell pc even in ryzen variant, but consider that this used one has 32gb of same speed ram, 8 times more storage? And 2 ssd...

[KarathKasun]

10 minutes ago, kassem ismail said:

I have taken a look before at that dell pc even in ryzen variant, but consider that this used one has 32gb of same speed ram, 8 times more storage? And 2 ssd...

Ram is cheap now, and getting cheaper.

 

SSD's are cheap NEW.  The value of those used SSD's would be ~$25 each.

 

Would not trust HDD's from the conditions that PC possibly lived in.  New 8tb drives are under $200.  Used drives are worth half or less of current retail IMHO.

 

So that PC has $150-$200 in total storage value.

 

The memory is worth $160 new, ~$100 used.

 

CPU is worth ~$100.

 

GPU is worth... maybe $150.

 

PSU is worth nothing because it has been on fire.

 

Then you would have to possibly fight corrosion of all the parts inside.  Things like memory and PCIe slots being kinda picky.

 

[191x7]

20 minutes ago, kassem ismail said:

850us is my budget without tax

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor	$144.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ B&H
Memory	ADATA - XPG GAMMIX D10 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$97.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital - Blue 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$49.20 @ OutletPC
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	MSI - GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card	$279.00 @ B&H
Case	Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case	$55.48 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair - CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$38.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$850.53
	Mail-in rebates	-$15.00
	Total	$835.53
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-03-06 02:45 EST-0500

 

Something like that should be doable.