100$ Computer

[RustyAngels]

I bought a 100$ computer off of craigslist 2 months ago it had

i7 960

sabertooth x58 motherboard

500gb HDD

60GB SSD

400W power supply

Was it worth the price and if i put in a gtx 960 or a 1060 would it bottleneck

[.Apex.]

6 minutes ago, RustyAngels said:

I bought a 100$ computer off of craigslist 2 months ago it had

i7 960

sabertooth x58 motherboard

500gb HDD

60GB SSD

400W power supply

Was it worth the price and if i put in a gtx 960 or a 1060 would it bottleneck

big difference between the GTX 960 and the 1060 but yeah i think a 1060 would do okay in that system, there "might" be some bottlenecks in some games though, nothing major.

[RustyAngels]

6 minutes ago, syn2112 said:

big difference between the GTX 960 and the 1060 but yeah i think a 1060 would do okay in that system, there "might" be some bottlenecks in some games though, nothing major.

Was the pc i bought worth the 100$

[superchicken55]

yes it was

 

[RustyAngels]

Sweet

[Pasi123]

Even that motherboard alone is worth $100.

GTX 1060 should work fine on it. But if you want more CPU power you can always get a cheap 6c/12t Xeon and overclock to 4GHz or higher.

[RustyAngels]

1 hour ago, Pasi123 said:

Even that motherboard alone is worth $100.

GTX 1060 should work fine on it. But if you want more CPU power you can always get a cheap 6c/12t Xeon and overclock to 4GHz or higher.

Could you link me one from newegg? and mabey a cooler too the default one sucks

[Reznik]

If you are looking for a Xeon you would need to go used and likely look on ebay.  Any retailers that have old stock would be charging a fortune for it. 

[Spotty]

A Xeon isn't a bad idea, but the i7 960 is still really good regardless. You don't need to spend money upgrading the CPU to a Xeon if you don't want to.
You'd be better off spending money on the GPU. For that I'd probably go used if you can. If you're looking at 1080p60fps gaming, then look for stuff like HD7970, HD7950, HD7870, R9 270/x, R7 370, R9 380, GTX950, GTX960, GTX1050ti, etc.

[.Apex.]

11 hours ago, RustyAngels said:

Was the pc i bought worth the 100$

i think it's worth more than 100$ if you got all that included with it  really great price

[RustyAngels]

7 hours ago, Spotty said:

A Xeon isn't a bad idea, but the i7 960 is still really good regardless. You don't need to spend money upgrading the CPU to a Xeon if you don't want to.
You'd be better off spending money on the GPU. For that I'd probably go used if you can. If you're looking at 1080p60fps gaming, then look for stuff like HD7970, HD7950, HD7870, R9 270/x, R7 370, R9 380, GTX950, GTX960, GTX1050ti, etc.

I saw a used gtx 1060 125$

[Spotty]

Just now, RustyAngels said:

I saw a used gtx 1060 125$

That's a pretty good deal. 3gb or 6gb? As long as it works you should take it.

[RustyAngels]

Just now, Spotty said:

That's a pretty good deal. 3gb or 6gb? As long as it works you should take it.

3gb could you link me a cooler i couldn't find a one, mabey for around 40 to 50$ for my i7 960 i saw people getting nice 4.0 clocks on it

[Car712]

18 hours ago, RustyAngels said:

I bought a 100$ computer off of craigslist 2 months ago it had

i7 960

sabertooth x58 motherboard

500gb HDD

60GB SSD

400W power supply

Was it worth the price and if i put in a gtx 960 or a 1060 would it bottleneck

That was absolutely worth $100

[RustyAngels]

I saw the motherboard on ebay for 200$ used i was like What! i bought a rx 550 for 80$ and am upgrading to a 1060 in the next couple of weeks

[Spotty]

16 minutes ago, RustyAngels said:

3gb could you link me a cooler i couldn't find a one, mabey for around 40 to 50$ for my i7 960 i saw people getting nice 4.0 clocks on it

Honestly not sure what you can get for $50 that will adequately cool a 130w tdp CPU with overclock that support 1366 socket (without needing to buy separate bracket)

 

Dark Rock Pro 4 lists support for 1366 socket, but it will cost about $90. All I can think of off the top of my head.

[RustyAngels]

The coolermaster 212 evo supports it i belive

[App4that]

Pick yourself up a x5660 or x5675 as well. About 30 bucks and offers 6 cores and 12 threads. 

[RustyAngels]

I found a x5675 for 37$ free shipping on ebay might pick it up has lower tdp then the 960