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i7-3770 ... ebay or new?

Aleksbgbg
By Aleksbgbg
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Told my mum that I was gonna buy an i7-3770 off of ebay for £150 which I have saved

 

however she said don't buy off of ebay because it might have a shorter lifespan

 

she said she will buy it for me for the £270 off of amazon

 

Do you guys think it is better to buy it new? My dream PC costs £800, and this cpu is £300 - thats practically half my dream PC budget, might as well get the pc itself instead of a processor that is out of its time.

 

 

||| Drakon (Desktop Build) |||

|| CPU: 3800X || Cooler: Kraken X63 || Motherboard: B450 Aorus M || Memory: HyperX DDR4-3200MHz 16G ||

|| Storage: 512GB 970 Pro + 500GB 850 EVO + 250GB 850 EVO + 1TB HDD + 2TB HDD || Graphics Card: RX 5700 XT Red Devil || Case: Thermaltake Core V21 || PSU: XFX XTR 750W 80+Gold || 

 

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tell your mum shes wrong

RIG #1 : 4670k @4.4 / 1.25v vcore. @ 4.5 / 1.3v vcore/ 1.95v vccin. MSI GAMING 4G GTX 970 @1540/3700 1.275v BIOS MOD. 16GB Kingston HyperX Savage RAM 2400mhz. MSI GAMING 5 Z97 MOBO. Fractal Design Define S. Dark Rock Pro 3. 850 EVO 250GB Seasonic M12II 620w
RIG #2: 4790k @ 4.6 / 1.25v vcore. EVGA SC ACX 2.0 980 SLI. 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400mhz. Asus MAXIMUS VII Hero Z97. Fractal Design Define R5. NH D15. 850 EVO 250GB AX 860
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It's always better to buy new, i would only buy used if i need to buy something that the manufacturer has stop producing or if you don't have the money for the thing you want (and wont have the money for a while). In your case i would buy used. 

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Let her ignorance pay for it.

Ignorance? It WILL have a shorter lifespan... By how much? We dont know... + It most likely wont Include a warranty, so youre the Ignorant one here...

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Does it have to be lga 1155?

 

Yes, I have an ASRock H61 from a really shitty prebuilt PC and I'm upgrading it ... however turns out it will total £800, exact same as my dream Skylake build. However the timespan will be too long to last with this PC.

 

It's always better to buy new, i would only buy used if i need to buy something that the manufacturer has stop producing or if you don't have the money for the thing you want (and wont have the money for a while). In your case i would buy used. 

 

Thanks, thought I was the only one with this mindset.

||| Drakon (Desktop Build) |||

|| CPU: 3800X || Cooler: Kraken X63 || Motherboard: B450 Aorus M || Memory: HyperX DDR4-3200MHz 16G ||

|| Storage: 512GB 970 Pro + 500GB 850 EVO + 250GB 850 EVO + 1TB HDD + 2TB HDD || Graphics Card: RX 5700 XT Red Devil || Case: Thermaltake Core V21 || PSU: XFX XTR 750W 80+Gold || 

 

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Tbh i'd do it. For some reason CPU's don't die as fast as GPU's. Thats why scavenged CPU's from old builds keep working even after a decade of use.

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