Is this used PC worth it for the price?

[prezz122]

Hello everyone. I recently saw someone selling his watercooled Gaming PC. I was wondering, if I should buy it or wait for black friday to build my own. But for the price it is really considerable in my opinion. He's selling it for 1790$, the price for everything new today would be around 5320$. Pictures down below. Here it is: 

 

case, Phanteks Enthoo Primo Special Edition, black/orange (Big Tower, bought 2017)
 

1x Mainboard, Asus X99-E WS (bought 06.2016)

4x Ram, Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 16GB Kit (2 x 8GB) 3200MHz - black (bought 06.2016) total: 64GB RAM

1x CPU, Intel Core i7 5960X (8, LGA 2011-v3, 3GHz) (bought 06.2016)

1x psu, Be Quiet! BN237 E10-CM-800W Straight Power "Modular" (bought 02.2017)

2x GPUs in SLI, EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW Gaming ACX 3.0 (8GB, High End) (bought 02.2017)

1x SLI bridge, Asus 90MC0340-M0UAY0 ROG 2-Way SLI Bridge

2x waterblock to gpu, EKWB EK-FC1080 GTX FTW (bought 02.2017)

1x CPU Block, Pacific W1 CPU Water Block

1x Pumpe + Reservoir, EKWB EK-XRES 100 Revo D5 PWM - incl. pump (bought 02.2017)

1x Radiator, Alphacool NexXxoS 480mm (120mm) (bought 02.2017)

1x Radiator, Alphacool NexXxoS UT60 Full Copper 360mm (bought 02.2017)

1x card reader, Raidsonic ICY Box IB-867 Cardreader intern 5.25" 2x USB 3.0, 4x USB 2.0, 1x eSATA, 60 in 1(bought 01.2017)

1x CD-drive, LG CH10LS20 Super Multi Blue - DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM / BD-ROM - (bought 02.2017)

1x HOT SWAP frame 2.5"+3.5" ORICO / SATA Mobile Rack | SATA I/II/III HDD (bought 01.2017)

7x Corsair SP120 PWM Quiet Edition High Static Pressure (120mm) (bought 02.2017)

1x LED Band, BitFenix Alchemy 2.0 Magnetic (Rot, 6, 120mm) (bought 02.2017)

1x Aquatuning AT-Protect-UV Crystal Blue 1000ml

4x Alphacool HF  G1/4 - Chrome

4x 16/13mm  G1/4 - compact - black nickel

1x Alphacool HF Y-45° connector - G1/4 - 2x intern 1x external

1x Alphacool 2-way valve G1/4 - Chrome

 

 

 

So, all of these parts are from 2017 or 2016. It doesn't have any harddrives in it (SSD, HDD) but he says he's never had any problem during the usage!

 

Thank you guys so much for helping

[RonnieOP]

What are you going to be doing with the pc?

Do you have to have watercooling?

 

My thinking is no. $1800 will buy you one hell of a pc with an up to date platform. Esp if your willing to buy some parts used.

 

Im not a watercooling expert and cant proce out how much the value of all that is. But if water cooling isnt a must i would personally pass.

 

 

[Bombastinator]

Heh.  “Was” is the keyword there.

[amdorintel]

oh i saw 5k but 1.8k i dunno about that with the two gpus

 

best to go with a new ryzen setup

dual gpus are user specific

[FloRolf]

i'd honestly not spend as much on a system that old. Granted the specs are still very good and the full loop is a good bonus.

However SLI is dying and 8core CPU's can be bought for $300 now.

I'd take the budget and get a 3700X, a 2080S (slower than SLI1080 but much faster in games that don't support SLI), the same 16gb ram and a nice Nvme drive. 

[kelvinhall05]

Nope. If the cable management is that sloppy I doubt he did a good job with the loop. The hardware is good but you can get better, modern hardware for about the same. SLI is dead so you're wasting money there on a second GPU you don't need.

 

I'd pass.

[Radioactive Snowman]

For that kind of money I'd just build one with up to date specs

[amdorintel]

Just now, kelvinhall05 said:

SLI

isnt it case study specific, rendering or imaging or something

[moggers]

You can’t compare what it would cost new today with its second hand price, because a 5960x new would cost a silly amount of money compared to a modern mush equivalent like a 2700x, which can be had for stupidly cheap money. 
 

The only parts of that machine you might buy new today is the ram, and the shell (case, water cooling kit, cooler.

 

That said, it’s a nice machine and I did a mental tot up of what I think it’d go for used parted out - and that’s around $1400-1600.

but would I buy it - no. I’d build a modern ryzen / 2080 super machine for around the same money.

 

[kelvinhall05]

2 minutes ago, amdorintel said:

isnt it case study specific, rendering or imaging or something

Yeah but nine times out of ten it's not worth it.

[Catsrules]

I personally wouldn't go for it. The problem is it is just old, your getting a CPU that was released in 2014 and 2 GPUs that were released in 2016. 64GBs of ram is nice to have but a little over kill if your just gaming and browsing the web. SLI is kind of dead, not very many games support it or work well with it.

 

 

[amdorintel]

1 minute ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Yeah but nine times out of ten it's not worth it.

10% is still 10%

 

either way its not worth buying that pc for 1800 pesos

you are correct in assuming its for gaming

[prezz122]

Aight. I'm amazed by how many people are reaching these topics I am putting to public. Thank you guys so much. I've decided to wait for black friday and not buy this used outdated pc! Love y'all no homo ofc

[moggers]

To add, this just shows how high end extremely customised rigs of the past really are a money pit and such a difficult thing to resell.

 

If he had a 5820k on a simple air cooler/aio with one 1080 and 32gb ram, coupled with a ready to go win 10 install on a fresh 512gb ssd, he could probably sell that machine all day long for $650 (maybe even 800 if he rgb blinged it up) it and it’d have cost maybe $1700 new around that time for not *that* much less performance. 
 

 

[amdorintel]

1 minute ago, moggers said:

he could probably sell that machine all day long for $650 (maybe even 800 if he rgb blinged it up)

people are fascinated with flashy lights

[RonnieOP]

1 hour ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Nope. If the cable management is that sloppy I doubt he did a good job with the loop. The hardware is good but you can get better, modern hardware for about the same. SLI is dead so you're wasting money there on a second GPU you don't need.

 

I'd pass.

I wouldnt judge someones loop based on the cable management. 

 

I personally never waste the time to cable management things that can be seen. Just not worth the time imo. 

 

But id spend hours on the loop making it perfect.