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Mobilizer
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i contacted someone on craigslist saying they can sell me a 4790k along with a cpu fan + thermal paste for $350 USD. The fan is an ARCTIC alpine 64 pro rev. 2 and the thermalpaste is arctic silver 5.

 

am i getting ripped off here?

 

(my PSU is a seasonic 650w with 1 sapphire r9 390 at stock (no oc)

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you can buy a new 4790k for way less than that, especially if you pick one up before black friday/cyber monday sales are over

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yeah, unless its brand new

 

apparently he had it for 6 months and upgraded

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Dont touch it

The alpine is basically a stock cooler

Thats that. If you need to get in touch chances are you can find someone that knows me that can get in touch.

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Is this in the US? If so, then yes. I wouldn't pay more than $180 for that with it being secondhand, personally.

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Dont touch it

The alpine is basically a stock cooler

 

ok then :)

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Is this in the US? If so, then yes. I wouldn't pay more than $180 for that with it being secondhand, personally.

 

Yeah, ok. I will decline the deal and just buy it tomorrow if I can.

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Yeah, ok. I will decline the deal and just buy it tomorrow if I can.

 

That's just the issue with some people thinking their used stuff is worth more than it actually is.

 

I personally don't pay anything close to retail price if someone else has already used it. I may as well buy it new if it comes to that.

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Well I'm glad that you asked BEFORE buying it lol, would have sucked for you to ask afterwards...

 

haha yeah, better be safe and ask others first. i'll see if i can buy the cpu on amazon / newegg for cyber monday tomorrow.

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Yeah, that's not a good deal at all. Should be at least $100 cheaper.

 

Is this in the US? If so, then yes. I wouldn't pay more than $180 for that with it being secondhand, personally.

Haha, I get used markets and such, but $180 is too low. They're $299 on Amazon, and i5's still sell on Reddit for $160.

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That's just the issue with some people thinking their used stuff is worth more than it actually is.

 

I personally don't pay anything close to retail price if someone else has already used it. I may as well buy it new if it comes to that.

 

Yes... Just look at ebay for gpus......retail (or almost) prices for used parts.

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Make sure to look at the Xeon E3 1231v3 if you haven't already. It's basically a locked 4790k with a little lower clock speed and no iGPU. Normally it's significantly cheaper but may not be with the deals going on.

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i contacted someone on craigslist saying they can sell me a 4790k along with a cpu fan + thermal paste for $350 USD. The fan is an ARCTIC alpine 64 pro rev. 2 and the thermalpaste is arctic silver 5.

 

am i getting ripped off here?

 

(my PSU is a seasonic 650w with 1 sapphire r9 390 at stock (no oc)

 

Buy it brand new for $300, but do it today or tomorrow, because that price will be gone Dec 1st.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117369

 

That's a $17 fan lol

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186035

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Make sure to look at the Xeon E3 1231v3 if you haven't already. It's basically a locked 4790k with a little lower clock speed and no iGPU. Normally it's significantly cheaper but may not be with the deals going on.

 

Yeah, with the 4790k at $300 I don't think the 1231v3 is worth it at $250. Now when the 4790k goes back up to $340 on Tuesday that's different.

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tell him to chop $100 off of it

at least 150

I got a 4790k for 220 just because its not retail

Thats that. If you need to get in touch chances are you can find someone that knows me that can get in touch.

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