3930K?

[SamwiseDB]

I have found an i7-3930K at a second hand store for £115 (that's around $150USD, including VAT). I have a couple of questions...

 

• How trustworthy is this, it seems too good to be true?
• Being a hexacore CPU, will it still perform in games?
• How hard/expensive will it be to find an LGA2011 mobo to go with it?

[iDeFecZx]

4 minutes ago, SamwiseDB said:

I have found an i7-3930K at a second hand store for £115 (that's around $150USD, including VAT). I have a couple of questions...

 

• How trustworthy is this, it seems too good to be true?
• Being a hexacore CPU, will it still perform in games?
• How hard/expensive will it be to find an LGA2011 mobo to go with it?

Depends where

It will be fine

eBay

[SamwiseDB]

6 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

Depends where

It's CEX, which, not gonna lie, does have a bit of a reputation.

They do say they'll demo anything, but I doubt they have a test bench under the counter to stick it into.

 

There was also a 4460 for £95, which, after an eBay trip, seems a little more reasonable of a purchase, but I'm still tempted to have a way over-the-top CPU in my budget system.

[iDeFecZx]

Just now, SamwiseDB said:

It's CEX, which, not gonna lie, does have a bit of a reputation.

They do say they'll demo anything, but I doubt they have a test bench under the counter to stick it into.

They should do, ik the CEX here has one since my friend got them to test a Fury X for him (who trades in a fury x??)

[SamwiseDB]

That completely changes my view of CEX, thanks for the info, and, yeah, who does trade in a Fury X?

[iDeFecZx]

1 minute ago, SamwiseDB said:

That completely changes my view of CEX, thanks for the info, and, yeah, who does trade in a Fury X?

They also had a 390x, Titan Black, and a bunch of CPU's. Shame I couldnt afford any of them at the time