Fun EBay/Pre-Owned AMD build.

[Tedster]

Hey guys.

 

I'm thinking about building a secondary computer, with bargain deals from EBay and a couple of pre-owned parts. My overall budget is around £120.

 

This will mainly be a home server build, but will also be doing some web browsing/youtube watching. I might torture it and make it do video rendering - and I don't care if this will be slowish.

 

Idea 1 (what I have in mind):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-6100 3.3GHz 6-Core OEM/Tray Processor  (Purchased For £0.00) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.70 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£30.00) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (Purchased For £0.00) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 6570 1GB Video Card  (Purchased For £0.00) 

Case: Zalman Z11 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£30.00) 

Total: £85.70

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-16 15:12 GMT+0000

 

Google Docs spreadsheet (including links for parts): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qWTicNFTYq3RcNoVgcbYFZdBMVex_DEHehfSWvZJjps/edit?usp=sharing

 

What power supply and basic storage should I go for? I can migrate HDDs from my main rig later.

Is this even a good idea?

 

[david cassar]

a 990fx motherboard for 30£?
damn

[Tedster]

a 990fx motherboard for 30£?

damn

Links are in the spreadsheet I linked.

It's used and the seller thinks it's dead because the PC it was in was bluescreening.

[Scouten]

just go with the cheapest 1-2TB HDD and a quality psu around 500 watts or less

[Tedster]

just go with the cheapest 1-2TB HDD and a quality psu around 500 watts or less

Would you say that EVGA PSUs are good?

And okay.

[Scouten]

Would you say that EVGA PSUs are good?

And okay.

i use an Evga power supply and i have no complaints.

[Tedster]

i use an Evga power supply and i have no complaints.

Okay. Another question: Should I increase my budget and invest in a decent 750W or so for my current build (so there's room for upgrading to CF/SLI down the line) and put my current PSU in this build?

[Scouten]

Okay. Another question: Should I increase my budget and invest in a decent 750W or so for my current build (so there's room for upgrading to CF/SLI down the line) and put my current PSU in this build?

that would work out fine depending on how old your current power supply is as they should generally be replaced after 5 to 7 years.

 

but if this is just a secondary rig i would just go ahead with it. i have my secondary running off of an older Corsair Tx750v2

[Fatelinha]

Why is your side build almost as powerful as my main? Looks good tho

[Tedster]

Uhh, your mobo..?

 

Links are in the spreadsheet I linked.

It's used and the seller thinks it's dead because the PC it was in was bluescreening.

[A bottleneck of Coke]

The words And EBay and Pre-Owned don't go in the same sentence as fun

[Tedster]

The words And EBay and Pre-Owned don't go in the same sentence as fun

They do for me. I'm buying parts mainly from eBay and using a couple pre-owned parts...

 

This build is ridiculous, but should also be fun.