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2nd hand rig- should I buy it?

jeffery7466
By jeffery7466
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Hi guys,

A friend of mine has a rig for sale.

Specs are:

Processor ·                Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor
MotherBoard ·           MSI Z97-G43 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) ATX Motherboard
RAM ·                        Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX21C11BRK2/16-OC)
Graphics Card ·         MSI GeForce GTX 760 OC Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Storage .                    Seagate 2TB

Blu-Ray Disk Drive ·  OcUK Blu-ray / DVDRW combi SATA
Power ·                      SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply ·

 

OcUK Value AT/ATX "Kettle Plug" 2 Meter Mains Cable Casing ·
Aerocool V3X Advance Evil Blue Edition Midi-Tower

 

He is selling it for £500.

He had the rig for 5 years, apparently for CAD, and he swapped out the CPU for the 4790K later on. He never overclocked it either.

I personally think that its a good deal.

 

What do you guys think?

 

Everyone on here be showing off their rigs, so here I go:

Spoiler

Main Desktop CPU: Ryzen 1600 @ 3.65 GHz Memory: 2x8GB @ 3200 MHz Graphics: NVIDIA ASUS 1070 MOBO: ASRock Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac Storage: NVME M.2 Crucial P1 SSD; SATA Crucial MX500 SSD; Seagate BarraCuda HDD.

 

Acer Aspire 5755G CPU: Intel i5-2410M @ 2.30GHz Memory: 6GB DDR3-1066 SDRAM Graphics: NVIDIA GT 540M 2GB Storage: 750GB 2.5" 5400RPM HDD Display: 15.6" 1366x768

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Yaas.  OC it and have a very capable rig.  Also, get a can of compressed air.

 

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The GTX 760 would be a decent amount weaker than a GTX 1050 right now, but the i7 is still a decent deal. For 500 it seems decent but it's not the best deal. 

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21 minutes ago, jeffery7466 said:

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Indeed it is a very capable PC. That I7 will never get old. You already have enough ram, mobo is good enough. The GPU will need to be updated but in the future and maybe the PSU(I've never heard of 'SuperFlower')

BUY IT!

 || CPU: Intel i5-8600K || Cooler: CoolerMaster Hyper 212X || Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 HD3P || GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050ti OC Windforce 4GB || Memory: 16GB Crucial DDR4 3000mhz || HDD: WD Black 500GB + Seagate Barracuda 2TB || SSD: Samsung 980 1TB || PSU: Corsair VS550 || Case: nJoy Ice Cage || Fans: Segotep Halo Ring RGB ||Monitor: 2x Dell 27" P2717H IPS Full HD || Second Monitor/TV: LG 49UJ620V UHD || Mouse: Logitech G502 || Keyboard: Logitech G810 + Royal Kludge RK84 || Speakers: Philips SPA-5300 subw + Arylic 2.1 + DIY Bookshelves w/ Dayton Audio || Headphones: HyperX Cloud Flight S ||

 

TO BE UPGRADED:

>> Headphones << >> Keyboard << >> HDD << >> Mouse << >> PC Case << >> Memory(another stick) << >> Graphics Card << 

 

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Hell yeah, buying the CPU, Mobo and RAM alone (albeit brand new) is at least £450 now, nevermind the case, PSU, Hard Drive AND a 760 thrown in.

 

I will second getting the can of compressed air too! xD

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PROMETHEUS (2018 Refit) - Processor: Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.2Ghz // Cooler: Cooler Master 212 EVO // Motherboard: Foxconn 2ABF // Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 5450 (For Diagnostic Testing Only) // Memory: 2 x 4GB DDR3 Mushkin Memory // Storage: 10TB of Various Storage Drives // Power Supply: Corsair 600W // Case: Bitfenix Nova Midi Tower - Black

 

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Defo! the CPU is worth £300+ by itself.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | CPU Cooler: Stock AMD Cooler | Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) | RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 | GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB Zotac Mini | Case: K280 Case | PSU: Cooler Master B600 Power supply | SSD: 1TB  | HDDs: 1x 250GB & 1x 1TB WD Blue | Monitors: 24" Acer S240HLBID + 24" Samsung  | OS: Win 10 Pro

 

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Yeah man, Great deal, I'm on a i7-3770 while my PC's are in shipping and even when they get here Redstone is getting that same CPU, 

 

Try grab yourself a decent GPU second hand like a 970/980 and you'll be very very happy for a while to come. 

Redstone:
i7-4770 / Z97 / GTX 980 / Corsair 16GB  / H90 / 400C / Antec EDGE / Neutron GTX240 / Intel 240Gb / WD 2TB / BenQ XL24

Obsidian:

MSI GE60 2PE i7-4700HQ / 860M / 12GB / WE 1TB / m.Sata 256gb/Elagto USB HD Capture Card

Razer Deathadder Chroma / Razer Blackwidow TE Chroma / Kingston Cloud2's / Sennheiser 429 / Logitech Z333

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Just now, WistfulBreeze said:

Yeah have you seen the prices of 980 Ti's on Ebay? They're going for under $400 each, even with this mining craze. 

hahaha Yeah agree, I'm going to Put one in redstone, Move the 980 to Lapis and than a 470 to sell to the miners for profit. Looks like something good came from them for once :P:P 

Redstone:
i7-4770 / Z97 / GTX 980 / Corsair 16GB  / H90 / 400C / Antec EDGE / Neutron GTX240 / Intel 240Gb / WD 2TB / BenQ XL24

Obsidian:

MSI GE60 2PE i7-4700HQ / 860M / 12GB / WE 1TB / m.Sata 256gb/Elagto USB HD Capture Card

Razer Deathadder Chroma / Razer Blackwidow TE Chroma / Kingston Cloud2's / Sennheiser 429 / Logitech Z333

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Thanks for your opinions guys. I'll try to shave off 50 or so - don't think I can do any better. I'll also buy a good cpu cooler, as its the stock one right now, and some decent case fans. But daym the case looks so crap.

 

43 minutes ago, CUDA_Cores said:

 

CUDA_Cores your guides are awesome.

Everyone on here be showing off their rigs, so here I go:

Spoiler

Main Desktop CPU: Ryzen 1600 @ 3.65 GHz Memory: 2x8GB @ 3200 MHz Graphics: NVIDIA ASUS 1070 MOBO: ASRock Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac Storage: NVME M.2 Crucial P1 SSD; SATA Crucial MX500 SSD; Seagate BarraCuda HDD.

 

Acer Aspire 5755G CPU: Intel i5-2410M @ 2.30GHz Memory: 6GB DDR3-1066 SDRAM Graphics: NVIDIA GT 540M 2GB Storage: 750GB 2.5" 5400RPM HDD Display: 15.6" 1366x768

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