i5-2400 still viable?

[rose.thashton]

Found this pretty cool deal on a refurbished PC on Amazon. It includes 4GB of RAM and an i5-2400. The 4GB of RAM is easily upgradable. The HDD should be fine, I think. It comes with Windows 7, but I'm going to upgrade to Windows 10.

 

Take a look at it?

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883159707&ignorebbr=1

[mathmeister]

It'll work

[dave01978]

What are you using it for?

[rose.thashton]

Just now, dave01978 said:

What are you using it for?

Gaming... Sandy Bridge should be decent, right?

[Matty2hatty]

I would buy that, but messaging new egg first to make sure the cooler isn't soldered on and when your warranty ends stick in a 2600k another 4gb of RAM and an ssd.

[rose.thashton]

2 minutes ago, Matty2hatty said:

I would buy that, but messaging new egg first to make sure the cooler isn't soldered on and when your warranty ends stick in a 2600k another 4gb of RAM and an ssd.

2600k? I can't find anywhere to buy them lol

[NicekillBG]

what is your rig now

[rose.thashton]

Just now, NicekillBG said:

what is your rig now

Uh...

 

i5-5200u

Intel HD 5500

 

[NicekillBG]

3 minutes ago, rose.thashton said:

Uh...

 

i5-5200u

Intel HD 5500

 

sell that laptop and get a better system 

[rose.thashton]

1 minute ago, DEcobra11 said:

Problem is that if you plan "high end" gaming the best GPU you can throw in that case is a GTX 750 Ti

Alright, then how about this? lol

 

http://www.amazon.com/M32CD-Desktop-Windows-Keyboard-Mouse/dp/B01BGT69OE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1457664682&sr=8-3&keywords=i5-6400

 

More expensive, but newer and most likely worth the price difference.

[Matty2hatty]

11 minutes ago, rose.thashton said:

Uh...

 

i5-5200u

Intel HD 5500

 

What is your budget?

[rose.thashton]

Just now, Matty2hatty said:

What is your budget?

$450 including OS ATM... I'm buying a GPU later. It looks like the prebuilt I listed in my last reply is better than anything I can build myself.

[Matty2hatty]

13 minutes ago, rose.thashton said:

$450 including OS ATM... I'm buying a GPU later. It looks like the prebuilt I listed in my last reply is better than anything I can build myself.

Well you can get windows for $20 at kinguin, so ill put together a $430 system.

[rose.thashton]

2 minutes ago, Matty2hatty said:

Well you can get windows for $20 at kinguin, so ill put together a $420 system.

I don't really trust kinguin though... Or OEMs, for that matter. But I may try it if it's only $20.

[Matty2hatty]

cheeky little g3258 @ 4.5ghz + r9 380 build!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($65.88 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($18.80 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($42.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team Dark 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($159.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($39.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($22.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $430.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-13 15:52 EDT-0400

If you can spend the extra then I would go for the 4gb model of the 380, also for gaming, you have to apply a mod to far cry 4 for it to run on a dual core, but when it runs, it runs good!

[rose.thashton]

20 minutes ago, DEcobra11 said:

That's a good offer to be a prebuilt, here's a similar thing with a better PSU

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.00 @ B&H)
Motherboard: MSI H110M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Avexir Budget Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($26.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: Rosewill SRM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($22.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($87.95 @ OutletPC)
Total: $437.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-13 15:41 EDT-0400

 

Not even willing to deal with rebates, sorry. Also, I'm going to end up upgrading my PSU anyways when I get a GPU.