Have i just found an AWSOME deal?!?!

[wentalong]

hey everyone!

my mates upgrading and offering me a Asus rampage formula, core 2 quad q6600, a HIS 4870, 2x corsair XMS2 2GB and a freezer 7 pro for £200??

i already have a MSI 6950 and ill be unlocking it to 6970 soon if there is no bottleneck with this system?
what do you guys think??? is it a good deal?

many thanks!

 

[stulid]

good deal.

Just adding up the parts, CPU is about £70, Ram is £70 new, cooler is £20, gpu is £40 and the motherboard is a high end one and about £50 second hand.

 

[hyperst]

I'd say at £150 it would be a good deal, not at £200

 

[SouthEastBlue]

Yeah considering it's all 2nd hand and possibly overclocked and run within an inch of it's life I'm not sure I would pay £200 for that.

For £200 you could buy a new Phenom II X4, capable motherboard for overclocking, and 4GB DDR3.

 

[shadow_boxer]

Fairly good deal, agreed at £150 it'd be AWESOME.

 

[Jamiman]

I'd take the 4870 off your hands if you got a 6970 already?

 

[titan13131]

I think its a good deal but deffo not a great deal

 

[hyperst]

For around £250 you could buy a new sandybridge setup, minus the 4870 and heatsink

Intel Core i5-2300 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £147.98
(£123.32) £147.98
(£123.32)
Asus P8H61-M Intel H61 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Sub Total : £207.47
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
FREE SHIPPING (DX Secure Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £41.49
Total : £248.96

 

[Leeroy123]

Its a reasonable deal for 200 tbh. You could always chop and change a few parts.

 

[wentalong]

yeahh i most likely will, ill talk to him later and see what he says as im desperate need of a new pc -.- look at my sig and does anyone know if its possible to crossfire the 6970 with 4870?

 

[dfarrall]

Its not bad but i'd rather just save and upgrade to SB

 

[Surveyor]

does anyone know if its possible to crossfire the 6970 with 4870?

No it isn't:

http://fudzilla.com/reviews/item/22510-amd-triple-crossfirex-tested

 

[Predicament]

Pay less than £200 unless you can surefire sell that 4870.

 

[wentalong]

sorry i made a mistake, he has 2 sets of the XMS2 so thats 8GB DDR2 included, does it sweeten things up a bit?

 

[stulid]

sorry i made a mistake, he has 2 sets of the XMS2 so thats 8GB DDR2 included, does it sweeten things up a bit?

The ram is £70 new if its 6400 speed stuff - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-190-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813

So thats a complete bargain!!!

 

[Surveyor]

As it has 8GB of RAM make sure you have/get a 64bit OS so that you can make use of it.

 

[wentalong]

the deal he's offering me sounds soooo sweet, ill most definatley purchase it if i can get the price down a tad

 

[MumboJumbo]

While it's a good deal, the q6600 is starting to show it's age now (i was running one till recently) and I'd rather put the £200 into a bigger upgrade personally.

The only reason it's a good deal is because DDR2 is quite expensive now compared to DDR3. It's still old tech.

Getting a sandy bridge would be far better bang for buck.

 

[bru]

don't let everyone here dampen your enthusiasm its a good deal and i don't blame you for getting excited.

 

[gee3000]

Been running my E8400 @ 3.6ghz with a h50, 4gb pc6400 and a 5770 for a couple years now, I think it's similar spec range to what you're being offered. I still don't feel the need to upgrade tbh, but that might be down to the Intel X25-M 160GB SSD I also have in here