Considering buying preown prebuilt pc

[ThyNameisWAR]

I'm consider buy a gaming PC someone bought about 2 years ago. It an AMD build from iBUYPOWER. I'm not familiar with AMD parts but the system could be useful with a few upgrades. He's selling it for $700.

Asus crosshair formula iv or V (I forgot)

AMD FX-8150 3.6GHZ CPU

XFX R7770 1GBx2

8GB gskill ripjaws memory

Corsair TX-850

Cooled by corsair H60

2xSeagate 2TB HDD

AZZA case.

Considering moving parts over to htpc case as the azza case is an eyesore.

What are your thoughts?

[Sharif]

the gpu is............the first thing that needs to be upgraded if you are planning to

[Osmium]

Thats a horrible deal with a 7770 Ill tell you right now. That should be priced at like $600 used

[AMICLG]

Don't do it, the 8150 is a terrible processor and a 7770 just makes me cry, for $700 you can build a much more powerful rig.

[What's_Bro?]

Dude I think it's a really good system. Most people say the 8150 is a bad processor, but for me is really good. The other parts are also not bad, except for the video card, it's a bit entry level.

[Sharif]

Thats a horrible deal with a 7770 Ill tell you right now. That should be priced at like $600 used

but i think there at crossfire 

[miyabwah]

No. Don't do it. Please build your own. That's what this forum is about. If you want a pre-built, that's fine, but we're going to tell you to build your own.

[Tea1337]

That motherboard, then he crossfires 7770's

[MbV93]

With $700 you can do better.

[Osmium]

but i think there at crossfire 

Thats still a bad deal.

[AMICLG]

Dude I think it's a really good system. Most people say the 8150 is a bad processor, but for me is really good.

The 8150 (bulldozer) is about on par with a 6350 (piledriver), the only reason the 8150 benches high is because it has more cores which are useless in gaming and the 6350 has superior single thread performance so the 6350 is much better.

[What's_Bro?]

The 8150 (bulldozer) is about on par with a 6350 (piledriver), the only reason the 8150 benches high is because it has more cores which are useless in gaming and the 6350 has superior single thread performance so the 6350 is much better.

I know it's useless for gaming, but perfect for everything else. I can have 30 chrome tabs, photoshop, blender and eclipse open with a 35% hit on the 8150. Doesn't seem bad to me.

[AMICLG]

but i think there at crossfire 

The scaling is terrible and the power consumption is that of a high end card.

[AMICLG]

I know it's useless for gaming, but perfect for everything else. I can have 30 chrome tabs, photoshop, blender and eclipse open with a 35% hit on the 8150. Doesn't seem bad to me.

Yeah for multi tasking it's good but gaming it's not to bad but could be better.

[MbV93]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($149.99 @ TigerDirect)
CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard:  Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Memory:  Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage:  Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card:  PowerColor Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card  ($205.98 @ Newegg)
Case:  NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($45.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply:  Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $699.88
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-07 14:17 EST-0500)

[dizmo]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($149.99 @ TigerDirect)

CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.98 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard:  Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($114.99 @ Newegg)

Memory:  Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($89.99 @ Newegg)

Storage:  Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.98 @ OutletPC)

Video Card:  PowerColor Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card  ($205.98 @ Newegg)

Case:  NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($45.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply:  Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $699.88

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-07 14:17 EST-0500)

 

This, except a different gpu. There are better options than a 270x.

[ThyNameisWAR]

Thanks guys I'll find a better solution to learning about AMDs architecture.