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Paddyboy1959
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my cpu 

PC: CPU: i5-9600k - CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 - GPU: Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB GDDR6 - Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 - RAM: Team - T-Force Delta RGB 16 GB DDR4-3000 - PSU: Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply - Case: Thermaltake - Core G21 TG

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8 minutes ago, Paddyboy1959 said:

Does anyone use used parts in their builds? Motherboards, CPU's, GPU's.

Yes.

 

Just now, Paddyboy1959 said:

To be clear, i'm talking about buying parts from Craigs list and other places.

I am too.

I enjoy buying junk and sinking more money than it's worth into it to make it less junk.

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nah ive been a prebuilt buying pleb until i got into building PCs and game development last year and i am yet to build my first PC

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All the time.  The only part I'd be reluctant to buy used is storage, although I did risk it once and managed to pickup a Samsung 850 EVO that was effectively brand-new.  I'm guessing they already had an SSD from an old PC and just sold the brand-new ones from their new pre-built PC.

My last two GPUs were brand new, but purely because I had a credit account with the store.

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Northern Bee:

GPU, CPU, RAM, all my fittings, raiators and the reservoir. 

 

Toaster:

Motherboard, HDD, case

 

G5:

PSU, HDD, GPU, case

 

Used parts are a great way to save a load of cash :D

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

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Just now, iLostMyXbox21 said:

nah ive been a prebuilt buying pleb until i got into building PCs and game development last year and i am yet to build my first PC

I've been using hand me downs for years. My wife is a computer assassin so I take her old ones, fix them and run them till they die. 

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My router uses a used CPU, my server uses a used CPU and RAM, my gaming PC is brand new apart from used RAM.

NEVER buy a used PSU though, its far too important and the part that tends to age and fail over time and if you don't know how its been abused it could easily fry the rest of the PC when it goes.  At the very least the fans can go dodgy.  Granted that can happen on GPUs too but a GPU with a good cooler usually last well.

ASUS B650E-F GAMING WIFI + R7 7800X3D + 2x Corsair Vengeance 32GB DDR5-6000 CL30-36-36-76  + ASUS RTX 4090 TUF Gaming OC

Router:  Intel N100 (pfSense) Backup: GL.iNet GL-X3000/ Spitz AX Switches: Netgear MS510TXUP, MS510TXPP, GS110EMX
WiFi6: Zyxel NWA210AX (1.7Gbit peak at 160Mhz) WiFi5: Ubiquiti NanoHD OpenWRT (~500Mbit at 80Mhz)
ISPs: Zen Full Fibre 900 (~930Mbit down, 115Mbit up) + Three 5G (~1200Mbit down, 115Mbit up, variable)
Upgrading Laptop/Desktop CNVIo WiFi 5 cards to PCIe WiFi6e/7

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