Buying a used rig, Is it worth it?

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spanielgita

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Ok I am thinking to buy this used rig for £220

specs as follows;

**Sleek black casing,
**i3 540 dual core
**Corsair XMS3 4GB Hard Drive,
**8Gigabyte GA-H55m S2 DDR3 Motherboard,
**OS is Windows 7.
**Video Card- ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Video Card.

Also includes Razer Acrosta Keyboard and Razer Abyssus mouse.


I was thinking to buy this and upgrade to a decent i5 and upgrade the graphics also.

Do you think its worthwhile?

Any suggestions?

Dan
 
I wouldn't. It's quite out of date and it's really a system people would be looking to upgrade away from. I'd be looking to get something more recent if you want a base to upgrade parts.
 
What power supply?

I'm happy buying second hand when I trust that the seller is competent. I'd probably consider an entire unit if I happened to need so many pieces - but not if it was from someone I knew nothing about.

Is this from a friend, a shop, or someone from ebay who may or may not have used superglue as the thermal interface material?
 
JonJ678 said:
What power supply?

I'm happy buying second hand when I trust that the seller is competent. I'd probably consider an entire unit if I happened to need so many pieces - but not if it was from someone I knew nothing about.

Is this from a friend, a shop, or someone from ebay who may or may not have used superglue as the thermal interface material?
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Yes it's from a guy I know and he is competent at pc building.

I just want it for a bit of gaming, bf3, fallout etc.

I dont know if that dual core i3 is up to much...
 
It's not really. It won't be any use at all for BF4 I imagine.

Would you be willing to spend £500 on a new system including a decent graphics card?
 
This is £514 with free shipping (you'd get that at 100 posts)

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards with FREE GAMES £129.95
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £527.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).



At £560 you could get this instead:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 OC BE 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R7950-3GD5/OC BE G) with FREE GAMES £175.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £574.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).



That card outclasses the 580 by far.

edit - 6850 sorry, I'm confusing threads :)
 
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Ah right. Adding on Windows screws that up a bit.

I guess I'll have to ask instead if you're willing to go to £600 for a new system :)
 
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Thanks for the specs. Gives me something to think about.

Yeah i still have a gaming mouse kicking around but i will need a keyboard.

Not sure if i will need the dvd drive?
 
Easy to drop the DVD drive if you don't need it. A keyboard can be had for a few pounds if you don't want anything fancy.

For a gaming system you want to aim at least for the 7850 - that'll play most games at 1080p fine. If you can get to the 7950 then you can play most games 1080p at max settings.

spanielgita said:
Is that amd the best value/performance cpu on the market?
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At this budget it is the best option, as long as you're not mainly playing games like WoW.
 
teppic said:
Easy to drop the DVD drive if you don't need it. A keyboard can be had for a few pounds if you don't want anything fancy.

For a gaming system you want to aim at least for the 7850 - that'll play most games at 1080p fine. If you can get to the 7950 then you can play most games 1080p at max settings.



At this budget it is the best option, as long as you're not mainly playing games like WoW.
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Just looked at some 7950 youtube vids. Seems like a great card for the monies!

I wouldn't need the 1tb hdd either. Can you recommend a cheap ssd instead?
 
I recently bought a 2500k, 8gig DDR3, SLI GTX 570 (2x) for just over £230. An absolute steal if you ask me. The system you listed is horrendously out of date I really wouldn't bother. If you shop around you might find a bargain like I did
 
What's your max budget, including 7950, SSD, and Windows?

This is £687 with free delivery. CPU bumped up as well. A £25 CPU cooler would be ideal to add on.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 OC BE 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R7950-3GD5/OC BE G) with FREE GAMES £175.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x Akasa Venom 550w Modular '80 Plus' Power Supply £53.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
Total : £701.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
Krisali said:
I recently bought a 2500k, 8gig DDR3, SLI GTX 570 (2x) for just over £230. An absolute steal if you ask me. The system you listed is horrendously out of date I really wouldn't bother. If you shop around you might find a bargain like I did
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Jeezo that is good. Thanks yeah I don't think I will be going for it anymore.

Can I ask where you found your cheap rig?
 
teppic said:
What's your max budget, including 7950, SSD, and Windows?

This is £687 with free delivery. CPU bumped up as well. A £25 CPU cooler would be ideal to add on.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 OC BE 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R7950-3GD5/OC BE G) with FREE GAMES £175.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x Akasa Venom 550w Modular '80 Plus' Power Supply £53.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
Total : £701.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).

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This would be an ace setup, I'm just not sure I want to spend 700.
 
spanielgita said:
Ok I am thinking to buy this used rig for £220

specs as follows;

**Sleek black casing,
**i3 540 dual core
**Corsair XMS3 4GB Hard Drive,
**8Gigabyte GA-H55m S2 DDR3 Motherboard,
**OS is Windows 7.
**Video Card- ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Video Card.

Also includes Razer Acrosta Keyboard and Razer Abyssus mouse.


I was thinking to buy this and upgrade to a decent i5 and upgrade the graphics also.

Do you think its worthwhile?

Any suggestions?

Dan
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My thoughts:

If you have £220 or so to spend it's not bad value at all :)

If you can spend a fair bit more you'll get something more suitable for more modern games.
 
Ok, well you can go back to the first CPU and get a 7850 for a bit less.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards with FREE GAMES £129.95
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Akasa Venom 550w Modular '80 Plus' Power Supply £53.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
Total : £624.97 (includes shipping : £11.75).



£610 with free shipping.

This will still give very good performance in games.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £85.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £53.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
Total : £512.93 (includes shipping : FREE).



Will need to add a decent used GPU, such as the 560TI or 6870 or similar (£55-60 ish), can always add a stronger GPU later down the line.

Total would be about £570.

Would play things fairly well now in mid-high settings and would really shine with a later GPU upgrade.
 
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