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Aloha, 

Been playing with the idea of building a PC for about $500 for a while. Inspired by those upgrading a used PC, bang for buck videos i decided to look in the used market.  

Found this add on craigslist:

dell xps i7 8700 - $600

Got from Costco 4 months ago new for $900. This is a extra computer I don't need and I just missed the return period.. I removed all the dell bloatware on it. Works great for video editing, streaming or gaming

Hardware included:
I7 8700 cpu
Gtx 1050 graphics card
16 gigs ram

 

Not a ton of info on the add but i searched around and think this is the computer he is referring to

https://slickdeals.net/f/10954043-costco-dell-xps-tower-intel-core-i7-8700-1050-ti-4gb-16gb-ddr-2666-2tb-7200rpm-hdd-dvd-rw-win-10-899

 

My questions

Is this a sweet deal worth jumping on that has some future upgrade-ability or would i be better off building from scratch?

If not a great deal what price would make it a great deal? (if i made an offer)

 

Thanks a ton for your opinions and patience 

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6 minutes ago, griffin808 said:

Aloha, 

Been playing with the idea of building a PC for about $500 for a while. Inspired by those upgrading a used PC, bang for buck videos i decided to look in the used market.  

Found this add on craigslist:

dell xps i7 8700 - $600

Got from Costco 4 months ago new for $900. This is a extra computer I don't need and I just missed the return period.. I removed all the dell bloatware on it. Works great for video editing, streaming or gaming

Hardware included:
I7 8700 cpu
Gtx 1050 graphics card
16 gigs ram

 

Not a ton of info on the add but i searched around and think this is the computer he is referring to

https://slickdeals.net/f/10954043-costco-dell-xps-tower-intel-core-i7-8700-1050-ti-4gb-16gb-ddr-2666-2tb-7200rpm-hdd-dvd-rw-win-10-899

 

My questions

Is this a sweet deal worth jumping on that has some future upgrade-ability or would i be better off building from scratch?

If not a great deal what price would make it a great deal? (if i made an offer)

 

Thanks a ton for your opinions and patience 

thats a pretty sheit deal tbh

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If you were gonna build a PC for $500 then I don't think you're gonna do much better than the deal you have in that Dell.  

 

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You'll wanna ask for more off though.  

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Not a great deal considering it's probably a shit case, shit PSU, shit cooler, shit motherboard, mediocre RAM, and a locked CPU.

 

 

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it is priced well for what it carries, but with terrible upgradability due to custom board and likely proprietary PSU. Not recommended when the GPU is this weak

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2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

it is priced well for what it carries, but with terrible upgradability due to custom board and likely proprietary PSU. Not recommended when the GPU is this weak

While I completely agree -- I can't put together something comparable at the $500 price point he mentioned.  So it's not terrible.  

 

@griffin808  Have you been checking the used market in your area for very long?  Or was this one of the first things you've found?  I'd ask if you checked eBay but shipping to Hawaii would be more expensive than most sellers would deal with on a PC.  

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23 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

it is priced well for what it carries, but with terrible upgradability due to custom board and likely proprietary PSU. Not recommended when the GPU is this weak

does terrible upgradeablity mean i probably would never able to upgrade the GPU?

 

I think Ill make a low offer, 400? if he sells it cheap great if not oh well. 

 

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7 minutes ago, griffin808 said:

does terrible upgradeablity mean i probably would never able to upgrade the GPU?

Not never, but it could be limited to 75w cards at best.

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Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

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SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-Desktop-Processor-Graphics/dp/B07Q3G3B67/ref=sr_1_1?fst=as%3Aoff&m=A2L77EE7U53NWQ&qid=1571179746&rnid=16059676011&s=warehouse-deals&sr=1-1

 

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