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£1500 Second Hand Build - Worth It

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Afternoon all,

 

This is the build https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Xw6rr6

 

Also has a Corsair Commander Pro, and the another 140mm Fan

 

Seller says it's 4 months old and looking to sell.

 

Does anyone have any advice, worth £1500 and the risk?

 

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I would be leery about them asking for £1000 less than when it was new, especially just after four months. If you can get them to tell you why they're selling and even why for such a low price and see if it lines up then I would go for it but something just seems a bit off. If it was maybe £500 off then I wouldn't be as cautious myself.

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5 minutes ago, Scruffmanmills said:

Afternoon all,

 

This is the build https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Xw6rr6

 

Also has a Corsair Commander Pro, and the another 140mm Fan

 

Seller says it's 4 months old and looking to sell.

 

Does anyone have any advice, worth £1500 and the risk?

 

Picture of the PC is below,

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How old and what has been its use? Why are they selling it? Can they prove it boots ? Need to ask these questions otherwise thats extremely reasonable 

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Are you able to visit the sellers home?

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HDD: Segate Barracuda 3TB || SSD: Samsung 970 Evo 512 GB || PSU: Corsair HX 1200 W || Case: Fractal Design Define R6 Gunmetal || Fans: Corsair HD120 (x4) / BeQuiet Silent Wings 3 (x4) || Monitor: ACER XF27HU ||

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13 minutes ago, shea99 said:

How old and what has been its use? Why are they selling it? Can they prove it boots ? Need to ask these questions otherwise thats extremely reasonable 

Also @joshuawi99

 

It states 4 months old, moving away so can't take with him.

 

And I can most likely visit the persons home to see it boot and do a once over.

 

It's a bit overkill for my needs but has a 1080ti and within my budget. I don't really care about RBG just that the specs are good.

 

Need to find out if it was used for crypo-mining is my only concern.

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5 minutes ago, Scruffmanmills said:

Also @joshuawi99

 

It states 4 months old, moving away so can't take with him.

 

And I can most likely visit the persons home to see it boot and do a once over.

 

It's a bit overkill for my needs but has a 1080ti and within my budget. I don't really care about RBG just that the specs are good.

 

Need to find out if it was used for crypo-mining is my only concern.

Just head over, check to ake sure it works. Get him to boot up a game and play it for a few and if it works it works.

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5 minutes ago, Scruffmanmills said:

Also @joshuawi99

 

It states 4 months old, moving away so can't take with him.

 

And I can most likely visit the persons home to see it boot and do a once over.

 

It's a bit overkill for my needs but has a 1080ti and within my budget. I don't really care about RBG just that the specs are good.

 

Need to find out if it was used for crypo-mining is my only concern.

Just visit the guy and see it boot and check the specs in device manager. If it all seems fine, I don't see a problem and you get a nice deal.

To be careful leave the money in your car, and get them to take the PC to your car and pay them there

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22 minutes ago, Scruffmanmills said:

Also @joshuawi99

 

It states 4 months old, moving away so can't take with him.

 

And I can most likely visit the persons home to see it boot and do a once over.

 

It's a bit overkill for my needs but has a 1080ti and within my budget. I don't really care about RBG just that the specs are good.

 

Need to find out if it was used for crypo-mining is my only concern.

Crypto is possible but they sure paid a lot for cpu mobo ram storage etc. for it to be crypto. Verify it works, run some games, maybe some stress tests too.

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