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For that price heck yeah, be prepared to learn about water cooling maintenance though. Having 2x 980 Tis also doesn't do as much as you might think it does, but I must admit it looks cool as heck though. The GTX 980 Ti is roughly about an RTX 3050 in todays performance, minus all the fancy DLSS/RTX features. 

 

I'd buy it anyways since if you ever upgrade in the future you can use that PC as a TV game console, baller media server, video game server, whatever you see fit lol. If you do end up buying it, probably replace the thermal paste since those parts are quite old and no idea when the last time it's been repasted 😆

It's an 8 year old CPU and GPU.  

They're good parts, but you do need to temper your expectations.  
That CPU will be a limiter in a lot of games, due to a low IPC compared to more modern CPUs.
Also, the GPU will probably be slower than a 3050 is today.  

But for 265?  That ain't a bad price, especially with the watercooling.  

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20 minutes ago, ImmanuelG said:

Found this pc for 265. Is it good for the price? The specs are:

Corsair Obsidian 800D tower, Intel core i7 6700k processor, evga 1200p2 1200 watt PSU, 2 EVGA 980Ti GPUs, MSI Z170A motherboard. 32GB DDR4 RAM.

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Very good for the price !

The 980Ti is comparable to a 1660 or 3050

The 6700K is slow by today's standard but still quite usable

AMD R9  7950X3D CPU/ Asus ROG STRIX X670E-E board/ 2x32GB G-Skill Trident Z Neo 6000CL30 RAM ASUS TUF Gaming AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX OC Edition GPU/ Phanteks P600S case /  Arctic Liquid Freezer III 360 ARGB cooler/  2TB WD SN850 NVme + 2TB Crucial T500  NVme  + 4TB Toshiba X300 HDD / Corsair RM850x PSU/ Alienware AW3420DW 34" 120Hz 3440x1440p monitor / ASUS ROG AZOTH keyboard/ Logitech G PRO X Superlight mouse / Audeze Maxwell headphones

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For that price heck yeah, be prepared to learn about water cooling maintenance though. Having 2x 980 Tis also doesn't do as much as you might think it does, but I must admit it looks cool as heck though. The GTX 980 Ti is roughly about an RTX 3050 in todays performance, minus all the fancy DLSS/RTX features. 

 

I'd buy it anyways since if you ever upgrade in the future you can use that PC as a TV game console, baller media server, video game server, whatever you see fit lol. If you do end up buying it, probably replace the thermal paste since those parts are quite old and no idea when the last time it's been repasted 😆

Keep in mind that I am sometimes wrong, so please correct me if you believe this is the case!

 

"The Nvidia Geforce RTX 3050 is brutally underrated"

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2 hours ago, ImmanuelG said:

Found this pc for 265. Is it good for the price? The specs are:

Corsair Obsidian 800D tower, Intel core i7 6700k processor, evga 1200p2 1200 watt PSU, 2 EVGA 980Ti GPUs, MSI Z170A motherboard. 32GB DDR4 RAM.

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That's awesome.

 

Gaming With a 4:3 CRT

System specs below

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X with a Noctua NH-U9S cooler 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B450 Aorus M (Because it was cheap)
RAM: 32GB (4 x 8GB) Corsair Vengance LPX 3200Mhz CL16
GPU: EVGA GTX 980 Ti SC Blower Card
HDD: 7200RPM TOSHIBA DT01ACA100 1TB, External HDD: 5400RPM 2TB WD My Passport
SSD: 1tb Samsung 970 evo m.2 nvme
PSU: Corsair CX650M
Displays: ViewSonic VA2012WB LCD 1680x1050p @ 75Hz
Gateway VX920 CRT: 1920x1440@65Hz, 1600x1200@75Hz, 1200x900@100Hz, 960x720@125Hz
Gateway VX900 CRT: 1920x1440@64Hz, 1600x1200@75Hz, 1200x900@100Hz, 960x720@120Hz (Can be pushed to 175Hz)
 
Keyboard: Thermaltake eSPORTS MEKA PRO with Cherry MX Red switches
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