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[AlphaPixel]

Hi guys, a friend is selling me his second hand pc for 590$ and it looks like new.

 

EVGA ACX SC 760 2GB

i5-3450 4core 3.1ghz

6GB RAM 1600mhz

1TB HDD

Is this a good deal?

[Megah3rtz]

No. I would half that price. 

[Max Caulfield]

6 minutes ago, AlphaPixel said:

Hi guys, a friend is selling me his second hand pc for 590$ and it looks like new.

 

EVGA ACX SC 760 2GB

i5-3450 4core 3.1ghz

6GB RAM 1600mhz

1TB HDD

Is this a good deal?

Not a good deal, especially second hand.

Here is one which features a modern Core i7 4790, GTX 970  and 16GB of RAM for same price

It is from BhPhotoVideo which is much more reputable and trustworthy 

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/801414406-USE/asus_republic_of_gamers_g10aj_us010s.html

[Streetguru]

10 minutes ago, AlphaPixel said:

Hi guys, a friend is selling me his second hand pc for 590$ and it looks like new.

 

EVGA ACX SC 760 2GB

i5-3450 4core 3.1ghz

6GB RAM 1600mhz

1TB HDD

Is this a good deal?

for $600 you could nearly* get Ryzen 5 and an RX 560, could look for a bit cheaper board and get a 1TB HDD to get the price down, or just not use a case for a while.

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FWMhbj
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FWMhbj/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($195.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($68.71 @ Amazon)
Storage: SK hynix - SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($77.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX 560 2GB PULSE Video Card  ($119.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Deepcool - D-Shield ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $622.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-30 20:25 EDT-0400

[AlphaPixel]

I saw a build and it was 500$ and much less performance

Fractal Design Node 202

Intel Core i3-7100

Asus Radeon RX 460 2GB OC Edition 

Crucial CT8G4DFS8213 8GB DDR4 RAM

ASRock H110M-ITX/ac

WD Blue 750GB

[AlphaPixel]

6 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

for $600 you could get Ryzen 5 and an RX 560, one sec

Isn't the 560 almost equal to the 760?

[Max Caulfield]

4 minutes ago, AlphaPixel said:

Isn't the 560 almost equal to the 760?

Where are you buying from? Those parts looks odd. If you were to buy from the US, the above suggestions we showed are much better than what you've listed. 

[Streetguru]

7 minutes ago, AlphaPixel said:

Isn't the 560 almost equal to the 760?

The 560 is roughly equal to the 7970, which is roughly equal to the 780, depending on each card's OC

I'd say RX 560 over 1050, mostly for the overclocking potential, DX12/Vulkan stuff And Cheap free-sync displays. My RX 560 couldn't change voltage but it was hitting 1440mhz, not sure on the memory OC.

Either way I don't think you friend knows what those components are worth.

Also if you're just gaming at 60hz you could drop to the Ryzen 3 1200 which will be fine and then maybe upgrade when Ryzen Revision 2 is out and hitting higher clocks. want a decent motherboard in that case.

 

 

[AlphaPixel]

1 minute ago, Max Caulfield said:

Where are you buying from? Those parts looks odd. If you were to buy from the US, the above suggestions we showed are much better than what you've listed. 

I'm buying from Portugal

[AlphaPixel]

1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

The 560 is roughly equal to the 7970, which is roughly equal to the 780, depending on each card's OC

I'd say RX 560 over 1050, mostly for the overclocking potential, DX12/Vulkan stuff And Cheap free-sync displays. My RX 560 couldn't change voltage but it was hitting 1440mhz, not sure on the memory OC.

Either way I don't think you friend knows what those components are worth.

 

 

So at what price should he have tried to sell me?

[Streetguru]

6 minutes ago, AlphaPixel said:

So at what price should he have tried to sell me?

You can get old dells with i5s or even i7s for under $200 + $100 or so for a modern GPU, but if you have $600 to spend just get a Ryzen system, as the dells have limited PSUs, and are of course old.

price for his is probably $300, $250 more likely as who even wants a system that old unless it's pretty cheap.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Optiplex-790-Desktop-Computer-PC-Intel-i5-Quad-3-1GHz-8GB-1TB-Win7-WiFi-/182762003814?hash=item2a8d76dd66:g:mqkAAOSwfa9Zus0j

[AlphaPixel]

Thanks guys for your tips