Used 4790K?

[Spork829]

Looking at buying a 4790K, want to know if you guys think it's a good idea to buy a used one I found. It's at $260 US, seller claims it's been used but not OC'd. Would you do it?

[The Sloth]

2 minutes ago, Spork829 said:

Looking at buying a 4790K, want to know if you guys think it's a good idea to buy a used one I found. It's at $260 US, seller claims it's been used but not OC'd. Would you do it?

 

check to see if it works, i got one for an htpc got mine for 150 usd from craigslist. 

[MrAw3som3]

Never bought used personally, but I'd offer him $200 if anything

Edit: Or $150 like the post above says.

[Spork829]

1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

check to see if it works, i got one for an htpc got mine for 150 usd from craigslist. 

Maybe $250 isn't that great of a deal for used then? I have no problem sticking to my i5 for now if I can get that much of a better price.

[Spork829]

1 minute ago, MrAw3som3 said:

Never bought used personally, but I'd offer him $200 if anything

Yeah it's seeming like not as good of a deal as I thought

[GDRRiley]

ask him for a lower price 

[The Sloth]

3 minutes ago, Spork829 said:

Yeah it's seeming like not as good of a deal as I thought

best you can do is talk the owner down, 200usd would be a good price range. 

[Spork829]

1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

best you can do is talk the owner down, 200usd would be a good price range. 

Yeah I'll see if he's interested in lowering it

[Spork829]

2 minutes ago, CUDA_Cores said:

Offer him $200, I would pay $225 max for that part. also don't worry about the condition of the CPU. CPUs are the safest thing to buy used. I have literally dropped LGA 1155 CPUs on my laminate floor tile at home and the CPUs still worked. These things can't be broken. (although PGA CPUs are a bit different since the pins can break).

Thanks, he was firm on the $260 unfortunately so I'm gonna keep looking for now.