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I was wondering whether this PC would be worth it, as my budget is only around £900!

 

I am more concerned about the watercooling side of things as how much maintenance and attention will be required.


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NOTE: This PC is second hand

Parts: 

- Corsair Graphite Full Tower Gaming Case
- SuperFlower 850W Full-Modular PSU
- ASUS Sabertooth Z97 Mark S MotherBoard
- Custom Liquid Cooling Loop with Hardline Tubing
- 360mm Radiator with 3 x Corsair 120mm Case Fans
- High Quality EK Block & High volume silent waterpump
- 3 x Corsair 120mm White Led Fans
- Intel Core i7 Quad Core 4790K @ 4.4GHz*
- (*4.4GHz in turbo mode & 4GHz in normal mode)
- (Hyperthreading technology)
- 16GB DDR3 White HyperX Memory
- 250GB Samsung SSD + 2TB Hard Drive
- 6GB PCIe Nvidia Geforce GTX1060
- HDMI/DVI/3xDisplayPort
- DVD-Rewriter (Reads/Writes CD & DVDs)
- MS Windows 7 Professional License
- MS Windows 10 Professional Installed
- 2 x Gigabit LAN & PCIe Wifi Card
- 6 x USB2.0 & 6 x USB3.0

Further Details:

- FREE ANTI-VIRUS (avg) & OFFICE SUITE (openoffice) software Installed
- 6 Months RTB Warranty
- BASE UNIT ONLY (No Keyboard, Mouse, Speaker & Monitor)
- Images are for illustration purposes only

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I would guess it is a deal... not really good, but not bad either... 

 

The GTX 1060 6G is alone right now around 300-400 €.

Custom watercooling is quite expensive as well and if not looked after may be more expensive that the pure machine itself.. 

 

The only thing my mind screams at me, the Sabertooth boards are some times known to be real *itches for ram compatibility and overclocking. 

Main System:

Anghammarad : Asrock Taichi x570, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X @4900 MHz. 32 GB DDR4 3600, some NVME SSDs, Gainward Phoenix RTX 3070TI

 

System 2 "Igluna" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

System 3 "Inskah" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

 

On the Road: Acer Aspire 5 Model A515-51G-54FD, Intel Core i5 7200U, 8 GB DDR4 Ram, 120 GB SSD, 1 TB SSD, Intel CPU GFX and Nvidia MX 150, Full HD IPS display

 

Media System "Vio": Aorus Elite AX V2, Ryzen 7 5700X, 64 GB Ram DDR4 3200 Mushkin, 1 275 GB Crucial MX SSD, 1 tb Crucial MX500 SSD. IBM 5015 Megaraid, 4 Seagate Ironwolf 4TB HDD in raid 5, 4 WD RED 4 tb in another Raid 5, Gainward Phoenix GTX 1060

 

(Abit Fatal1ty FP9 IN SLI, C2Duo E8400, 6 GB Ram DDR2 800, far too less diskspace, Gainward Phantom 560 GTX broken need fixing)

 

Nostalgia: Amiga 1200, Tower Build, CPU/FPU/MMU 68EC020, 68030, 68882 @50 Mhz, 10 MByte ram (2 MB Chip, 8 MB Fast), Fast SCSI II, 2 CDRoms, 2 1 GB SCSI II IBM Harddrives, 512 MB Quantum Lightning HDD, self soldered Sync changer to attach VGA displays, WLAN

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8 minutes ago, Anghammarad said:

I would guess it is a deal... not really good, but not bad either... 

 

The GTX 1060 6G is alone right now around 300-400 €.

Custom watercooling is quite expensive as well and if not looked after may be more expensive that the pure machine itself.. 

 

The only thing my mind screams at me, the Sabertooth boards are some times known to be real *itches for ram compatibility and overclocking. 

What sort of maintenance do you think there would be. I'm new to watercooling.

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1 minute ago, j4k3walker said:

What sort of maintenance do you think there would be. I'm new to watercooling.

Depends on the state of the cooling loop... 

 

You need to keep an eye on the level of the fluid, and on the state. Some run a loop for several years before draining and cleaning and refilling, others do it once a year. In my opinion it really depends on the state of the fluid on how often you need to clean and change the fluid in the system.

 

You see, the closed loops you can get for CPU or GPU run for years without refilling or cleaning... 

Main System:

Anghammarad : Asrock Taichi x570, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X @4900 MHz. 32 GB DDR4 3600, some NVME SSDs, Gainward Phoenix RTX 3070TI

 

System 2 "Igluna" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

System 3 "Inskah" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

 

On the Road: Acer Aspire 5 Model A515-51G-54FD, Intel Core i5 7200U, 8 GB DDR4 Ram, 120 GB SSD, 1 TB SSD, Intel CPU GFX and Nvidia MX 150, Full HD IPS display

 

Media System "Vio": Aorus Elite AX V2, Ryzen 7 5700X, 64 GB Ram DDR4 3200 Mushkin, 1 275 GB Crucial MX SSD, 1 tb Crucial MX500 SSD. IBM 5015 Megaraid, 4 Seagate Ironwolf 4TB HDD in raid 5, 4 WD RED 4 tb in another Raid 5, Gainward Phoenix GTX 1060

 

(Abit Fatal1ty FP9 IN SLI, C2Duo E8400, 6 GB Ram DDR2 800, far too less diskspace, Gainward Phantom 560 GTX broken need fixing)

 

Nostalgia: Amiga 1200, Tower Build, CPU/FPU/MMU 68EC020, 68030, 68882 @50 Mhz, 10 MByte ram (2 MB Chip, 8 MB Fast), Fast SCSI II, 2 CDRoms, 2 1 GB SCSI II IBM Harddrives, 512 MB Quantum Lightning HDD, self soldered Sync changer to attach VGA displays, WLAN

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2 minutes ago, Anghammarad said:

Depends on the state of the cooling loop... 

 

You need to keep an eye on the level of the fluid, and on the state. Some run a loop for several years before draining and cleaning and refilling, others do it once a year. In my opinion it really depends on the state of the fluid on how often you need to clean and change the fluid in the system.

 

You see, the closed loops you can get for CPU or GPU run for years without refilling or cleaning... 

I will be running this PC for the next 3/4 years for mainly gaming. Do you think this PC, more specifically the watercooling and CPU, would last for that long?

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5 minutes ago, j4k3walker said:

I will be running this PC for the next 3/4 years for mainly gaming. Do you think this PC, more specifically the watercooling and CPU, would last for that long?

To be able to tell you that, you need to send me some new plutonium batteries for my crystal ball. Because I can't take an eye on the system. 

 

The thing with everything is, it may last years, and if unlucky it breaks after a week.

 

Performance wise, if the temps allow it, and the sabertooth isn't acting up you can overclock. The card is really nice for 1080p gaming... 

 

But to say if it performance will be enough to fit your needs, the answer is "it depends" as always... 

 

Gaming can be minesweeper/candycrush... then it is like killing a fly with a nuke. There are games that depend harder on the gpu, and others that need a good cpu. 

 

Just to give a headsup, my system in my sig runs witcher III in 1080p and high to max settings without a problem... and it isn't as powerfull as the one you posted.

Main System:

Anghammarad : Asrock Taichi x570, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X @4900 MHz. 32 GB DDR4 3600, some NVME SSDs, Gainward Phoenix RTX 3070TI

 

System 2 "Igluna" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

System 3 "Inskah" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

 

On the Road: Acer Aspire 5 Model A515-51G-54FD, Intel Core i5 7200U, 8 GB DDR4 Ram, 120 GB SSD, 1 TB SSD, Intel CPU GFX and Nvidia MX 150, Full HD IPS display

 

Media System "Vio": Aorus Elite AX V2, Ryzen 7 5700X, 64 GB Ram DDR4 3200 Mushkin, 1 275 GB Crucial MX SSD, 1 tb Crucial MX500 SSD. IBM 5015 Megaraid, 4 Seagate Ironwolf 4TB HDD in raid 5, 4 WD RED 4 tb in another Raid 5, Gainward Phoenix GTX 1060

 

(Abit Fatal1ty FP9 IN SLI, C2Duo E8400, 6 GB Ram DDR2 800, far too less diskspace, Gainward Phantom 560 GTX broken need fixing)

 

Nostalgia: Amiga 1200, Tower Build, CPU/FPU/MMU 68EC020, 68030, 68882 @50 Mhz, 10 MByte ram (2 MB Chip, 8 MB Fast), Fast SCSI II, 2 CDRoms, 2 1 GB SCSI II IBM Harddrives, 512 MB Quantum Lightning HDD, self soldered Sync changer to attach VGA displays, WLAN

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4 minutes ago, Anghammarad said:

To be able to tell you that, you need to send me some new plutonium batteries for my crystal ball. Because I can't take an eye on the system. 

 

The thing with everything is, it may last years, and if unlucky it breaks after a week.

 

Performance wise, if the temps allow it, and the sabertooth isn't acting up you can overclock. The card is really nice for 1080p gaming... 

 

But to say if it performance will be enough to fit your needs, the answer is "it depends" as always... 

 

Gaming can be minesweeper/candycrush... then it is like killing a fly with a nuke. There are games that depend harder on the gpu, and others that need a good cpu. 

 

Just to give a headsup, my system in my sig runs witcher III in 1080p and high to max settings without a problem... and it isn't as powerfull as the one you posted.

Thanks for your help. ?

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