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laze5
By laze5
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3 minutes ago, laze5 said:

what to look for when buying used cpu?

Value.

 

basically it depends on budget, use case and country. The three bases of new builds and planning (or columns of society as I like to call them)

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Current parts list: PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  (Purchased For £175.00) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650M-A WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (Purchased For £144.99) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (Purchased For £89.99) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Storage: Kingston A400 960 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  (Purchased For £448.99) 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 205M MESH MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (Purchased For £82.98) 
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For £99.00) 
Total: £1040.95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

Damn this space can fit a 5090 (just kidding, it needs more)

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Depends on lot what you have currently and what your motherboard can handle. But CPU's are pretty resilient and don't die easily, so buying used isn't a bad idea.

If you're on an ageing platform, go for the best available on your platform if within budget. Could tie you over so you don't have to buy a whole new PC (mb + ram + cpu,..)

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Physically? Bent or missing pins on PGA chips (mostly AMD's up through AM4), chips or missing capacitors on the bottom of LGA chips (Intel since Socket 775, AM5, Threadripper/EPYC).

 

CPUs don't really "go bad" unless they've been physically abused or overclocked within and inch of their lives.

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