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Good price. Sell the 970 for $180 and get a 1070 along with an 850 EVO 500GB.

 

Edit: Try talking the seller down to $400 and go up to $450. You can test the PC at the seller's house; bring a USB with Windows Live.

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Hey guys,

Recently my friend has asked me to help him get into pc gaming. I was planning on building it for him with current gen parts, but upon looking at craigslist posts I found what looks to be a solid deal. 
 

Intel i5 4690K 3.5GHz
G.Skill TridentX Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 2400
Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z97 Motherboard
Gigabyte GV-N970G1 Nvidia GeForce GTX970 4GB Video Card
Corsair Obsidian 750D Airflow Edition Full ATX Tower
Corsair AX760 Watt Power Supply
Corsair H100i GTX CPU Cooler
Corsair Fans with red lights.
No Hard Drives, SSD or Operating System.

 

All for the price of $480 USD. I haven't been on the market for pc parts in while so I'm a little behind on current prices. I have also never bought a pc used. My friend's budget is about $700~ USD but the lower the price, the better. He also needs stuff like a monitor and hard drives for example. In your opinion is this a good deal? And if it is, how do you guys go about buying a used computer. Is there any safe public locations where I could test the pc to see if it works properly? Or do people usually just test the computer at the seller's house?

Any feedback is appreciated,
Thanks in advance.

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Good price. Sell the 970 for $180 and get a 1070 along with an 850 EVO 500GB.

 

Edit: Try talking the seller down to $400 and go up to $450. You can test the PC at the seller's house; bring a USB with Windows Live.

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CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K

CPU Cooler: be quiet! - PURE ROCK 
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste 
Motherboard: ASRock Z370 Extreme4
Memory: G.Skill TridentZ RGB 2x8GB 3200/14
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive 
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: EVGA - 970 SSC ACX (1080 is in RMA)
Case: Fractal Design - Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA P2 750W with CableMod blue/black Pro Series
Optical Drive: LG - WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit and Linux Mint Serena
Keyboard: Logitech - G910 Orion Spectrum RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard
Mouse: Logitech - G502 Wired Optical Mouse
Headphones: Logitech - G430 7.1 Channel  Headset
Speakers: Logitech - Z506 155W 5.1ch Speakers

 

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10 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

Good price. Sell the 970 for $180 and get a 1070 along with an 850 EVO 500GB.

 

Edit: Try talking the seller down to $400 and go up to $450. You can test the PC at the seller's house; bring a USB with Windows Live.

Awesome, thanks for the response!

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