2nd Hand Gaming PC Review - Fit for purpose or locking myself out of future proofing?

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Hi All,

I have been looking into getting a gaming PC for a while now and was originally considering building one from scratch. However a friend of mine is selling is gaming PC which i am considering purchasing.

I'm not a huge gamer but there are a few titles i'd like to play (appreciate this gaming PC might not be able to play them all though! Wukong?) as well as wanting to play some older titles i missed out on like Red Dead Redemption 2 and Elden Ring. Other than that it will be used for work e-mails, large spreadsheets, web browsing, etc.

The spec is as follows;

Fractal Mechify C - Case
RTX 2080 Super
x 2 8gb Corsair Vengeance Pro
MSI B550 Motherboard
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB SSD
Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500gb M.2 SSD
Scythe Mugen 5 CPU Cooler
Ryzen 5700X
Corsair RM750 Power Supply
Windows 10

My questions i guess are, being that some of these parts are quite old now how future proof is it? Will i end up needing a new motherboard if i want to upgrade this further down the line and therefore all new parts? Could you give some examples of what level of games this could play, and what it would struggle with?

And finally, if i am allowed to ask on this post, what do you think a fair rough value would be?

Thanks in advance!
 
Hi.

The 2080 super is equivalent to a 3060ti so solid 1080p gaming and ok 1440p.

There's nothing wrong with the rest of the parts but you may want to go to 32gb of memory as 16gb is easy used up in modern games.

Future proof your stuck with a few options on CPU but the 5700x is fine for AM4 , the x3d CPUs.can improve gaming performance.
 
What are they asking? It's not a bad machine for the right price.
A 5700X3D would, as mentioned, improve gaming performance but that's sort of the end of the upgrade path for AM4. The 2080S isn't bad, you could do better but again it depends on the price.

Recent sold prices (they do vary wildy though)
2080S ~ £200, 5700X @ £140, £50 for the mobo, ~ £30 for RAM, ~£60 for the case...etc
 
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What are they asking? It's not a bad machine for the right price.
A 5700X3D would, as mentioned, improve gaming performance but that's sort of the end of the upgrade path for AM4. The 2080S isn't bad, you could do better but again it depends on the price.

Recent sold prices (they do vary wildy though)
2080S ~ £200, 5700X @ £140, £50 for the mobo, ~ £30 for RAM, ~£60 for the case...etc
They think around the £600 mark.
 
So, take this with a big pinch of salt obviously, really rough prices.

2080S ~ £200,
5700X @ £140,
£50 for the mobo,
£30 for RAM,
£60 for the case
£40 for the cooler
£55 for storage
£50 PSU

Is just over £600 excluding the Windows license.

Personally... I'd look to build my own with my own specs for that sort of money, if it was £500 that might not be the case though.
 
My questions i guess are, being that some of these parts are quite old now how future proof is it?
What does "future proof" mean to you? If you're referring to the ability to upgrade, then as said you really only have one CPU option because AM4 is pretty much EOL.

If you upgraded the CPU to the 5700X3D then it could take one more GPU upgrade, like a 4070 Ti Super or 7900 XT, but I don't think you'd want to upgrade it after that without replacing the motherboard, CPU and memory.

Could you give some examples of what level of games this could play, and what it would struggle with?
Any game older than 2-3 years should be no problem at 1080p and for the most part: 1440p.

Recent games will play reasonably well, but recent AAA games will be better at 1080p.

Realistically, I'd expect 3-5 years of gaming before it needs replacing (subject to upgrading the memory to 32GB), depending on your requirements.

If you want to see how it plays specific games like Elden Ring, put Elden Ring and 2080 Super into YouTube and watch a few videos, though keep in mind some CPUs will handle the game better than others and not everyone shows their detailed in-game settings.
 
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So, take this with a big pinch of salt obviously, really rough prices.

2080S ~ £200,
5700X @ £140,
£50 for the mobo,
£30 for RAM,
£60 for the case
£40 for the cooler
£55 for storage
£50 PSU

Is just over £600 excluding the Windows license.

Personally... I'd look to build my own with my own specs for that sort of money, if it was £500 that might not be the case though.
Sounds like i should offer £500 :P , With a 10 month old baby at home finding the time to source individual parts and build it (as fun as that may be) might not be that easy!
 
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