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

[Adz0rz]

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!

 

[Adz0rz]

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.

 

[Adz0rz]

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 , 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!