first time on Ebay

[Penpilot]

So i am upgrading a old prebuilt, and found the parts i need on Ebay (Ebay is the ONLY place i found the CPU in), this is going to be my first time using Ebay so IDK most stuff there is to know about that place, so i just wanted to ask about any tips or this to take precaution in.

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PC- PC (with 3rd gen i3, 500GB HDD, 8GB ram) (i have this already)

RAM- RAM (for the trillion web pages)

CPU- CPU (hyper threading isn't very efficient in this gen, so i debate going with a i5 instead)

SSD- SSD 

 

 

[tkitch]

I'd say to get this (or something similar) instead of upgrading that box:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/125960602065

 

and add a ssd like you wanted.  

[LIGISTX]

8 minutes ago, planetary problem said:

hyper threading isn't very efficient in this gen

HT has been the same "effectiveness" since it was first introduced... it helps with multi threaded workloads, but it is not the same as a full on core would be. If you can get an i5, it would be a decent upgrade especially since 3rd gen is already getting pretty old at this point.

[Penpilot]

11 minutes ago, tkitch said:

'd say to get this (or something similar) instead of upgrading that box:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/125960602065

most of my problem is the shipping cost, which are absurdly high (half of the product price in some cases) and there is a good chance that i can find the CPU in a local market. so buying something else is sure to cost more