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So a buddy of mine bought a gaming pc like two years (corrrection) ago for a $1,000 (includes a monitor) and has decided to sell it for $400. What do y'all think, is it worth it?

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There's no way he spent $1000 a year ago on this thing. If he did, he got ripped off hard.
No, it's not worth $400. That CPU is ancient and the GTX 1050 is pretty low end.

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The bottom paragraph makes me want to avoid it already!

But I don't think it's worth it to go FX 8300 in 2019/almost 2020 anymore. It just doesn't hold up in modern games and the GTX 1050 doesn't help either.


To be honest, i think you could throw in an extra 200 bucks and build a much better NEW system.

A system like the one in the screenshot would be worth 200 USD at the most to me.

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Absolutely not worth barely $200

Given ANY choice I'd rather a Used DELLBOX vs That PC.

 

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Even a cheap used Dell prebuilt with Sandy/Ivy Bridge CPU would outperform the FX8300, throw in a half-decent used GPU like the RX570 and you'll have a much better gaming system for the same price

 

If your friend really paid $1000 for it (even if 2 years ago), he got ripped off hard.

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$150 max, and that should include peripherals. (And that is assuming it's got a decent PSU!)

You're looking at a low/med settings 1080p gaming rig here.

He's better off parting it out.

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