cheap prebuilt tower $100-$150

[thrasher_565]

so im bored and browsing ebay and looking at all in one pc for a cheap gaming pc build. but don't really no what is the best deal. i love the x58 and there's one with dell the Dell Precision T3500 and an hp one HP Z400. but i alos was looking up the w3690 and found other cpus like the i5-4570 so is there any point in x58 any more.

 

also is there any all in one pcs that are cheap and can do overclocking from what i heard most are locked kinda with no voltage overclocking anyway.

i have looks at buying peaces but the cost would by way to hi so bundle deal it is. now i don't like the thin pc case only case that can take an normal atx psu and from what i see they price them a bit higher but i think its worth it.

any way what are your tips or suggestions links guides or w/e ya i really don't need to buy it but im just bored.

 

i was biding on ebay on a Dell Precision T3500 with i think 6 gb ram and a w3690 but was out bid it sold for about $150ish. i no the cpu is worth about $90 but that's when i saw that the i5 cpus seem to beat it so i dint bother biding more.

 

oh my budget is around $100-150can for the all in on + w/e i get for upgrades. i think entry gaming pc gpu ied say rx 470- rx 480 8gb some were in there. i did buy a gtx 1080 for 383 from ebay seem liked a good deal at the time.

Edited March 30, 2020 by thrasher_565

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

I'm confused. Are you looking for a tower or an actual all in one? Like an iMac or these HP things?

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[thrasher_565]

3 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

I'm confused. Are you looking for a tower or an actual all in one? Like an iMac or these HP things?

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tower haha well thats what they seem to call them

[thrasher_565]

hmm there is a z420....and an DELL PRECISION T5400 DUAL XEON but no idea anythign about 2 cpus and gaming....

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

21 hours ago, NZgamer said:

I don't think you're going to find anything good for CAD$100-150.

You could probably find a decent platform to form the basis of the build. But not including the GPU. I would he can find a decent Core i5/i3 Dell OptiPlex tower for that much. There are quite a lot of off lease systems around. 

[thrasher_565]

2 hours ago, NZgamer said:

You said in your title you wanted an All in One

This is an all in one

 

You're confusing people

This is probably your best bet

lots of people use all in one for a prebuilt tower. what would you call them? there not just a tower they are pre built. and they do also come with an monitor mouse keyboard so.

i get that an all in one is the pic you listed.

[thrasher_565]

anyway i put an offer for an hpz400 with 24gb ram and i offerd to buy 2 of them but im a long time on ebay so i get a discount? so might not take my offer of $70 each + shiping so we will see if not ill try $80 each

[thrasher_565]

well i got the 2x hpz400 24gb ram pcs for $283can ship. but i will have to upgrade the cpu but cant seem to deiced on what one or how much is wroth it. i want 6core 12 threaded or better if there is better but i no you cant overclock only the multiplayer so having that the highest is bets...but they also cost lots too and would be way more worth overclocking it.

 

also looking at a gtx 1080....but that might be over kill but dam good value imo. normally i be looking at a rx 480 8gb but gtx1080.....

 

 

 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

On 3/29/2020 at 10:45 PM, thrasher_565 said:

lots of people use all in one for a prebuilt tower. what would you call them? there not just a tower they are pre built. and they do also come with an monitor mouse keyboard so.

i get that an all in one is the pic you listed.

The commonly agreed upon definition for an all-in-one is that the monitor and the computer itself is built into one unit. There are some exceptions like the Dell Optiplex systems that are meant to be mounted on a stand behind the display. But for the most part, if you go onto BestBuy, Canada Computer's, or Staple's website, if you search all-in-one, you'll get computers that look like TVs. 

 

The kind of system that you're referring to is called tower or desktop. I think Costco is probably the only place where you'll desktop and monitor bundles anymore. Many desktops back in the day did come bundled with a monitor. But nowadays if you go into BestBuy to buy a desktop, you're just going to be walking out with the tower itself (with the included keyboard and mouse).

 

I think it's a good thing the industry mostly stopped with this whole bundling thing. Monitors for the mainstream haven't really advanced much in the last 10+ years arguably. My secondary monitor is an old SyncMaster from 2007 and it has DVI and VGA so it'll still work with any new computer I'd upgrade to or buy in the foreseeable future. Forcing consumers to take a new monitor every 5 or so years just generates a lot of un-necessary e-waste so this is definitely a welcome move. Plus it saves consumers some money. Who doesn't love that? Except for maybe the manufactures.  

[thrasher_565]

1 hour ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

The commonly agreed upon definition for an all-in-one is that the monitor and the computer itself is built into one unit. There are some exceptions like the Dell Optiplex systems that are meant to be mounted on a stand behind the display. But for the most part, if you go onto BestBuy, Canada Computer's, or Staple's website, if you search all-in-one, you'll get computers that look like TVs. 

 

The kind of system that you're referring to is called tower or desktop. I think Costco is probably the only place where you'll desktop and monitor bundles anymore. Many desktops back in the day did come bundled with a monitor. But nowadays if you go into BestBuy to buy a desktop, you're just going to be walking out with the tower itself (with the included keyboard and mouse).

 

I think it's a good thing the industry mostly stopped with this whole bundling thing. Monitors for the mainstream haven't really advanced much in the last 10+ years arguably. My secondary monitor is an old SyncMaster from 2007 and it has DVI and VGA so it'll still work with any new computer I'd upgrade to or buy in the foreseeable future. Forcing consumers to take a new monitor every 5 or so years just generates a lot of un-necessary e-waste so this is definitely a welcome move. Plus it saves consumers some money. Who doesn't love that? Except for maybe the manufactures.  

ya i hear ya it was my bad haha just dint no what to call a dell hp or w/e other then that because if i just put tower people would also think of custom built pcs. so  i guess the word to use is pre built?

 

i got 2 w3670 cpus for $74 so that what the best deal on ebay i could find but i dont no if the 4core 3.6 would be better for gaming vs the 6core 3.2. i guess just depends on he game. another note is that the sell dint test what ram the z400 had so and the w3670 say 1033 so if i do end up with 1333 ram it be stuped not to use it so then i would get the 4core 3.6 that takes 1333.

Edited March 31, 2020 by thrasher_565