Am I mad??

[Puzzled]

Tbh if you are confident with the prices you can get second hand then fair play to you, could work out well (though try not to spend too long on it).

I had similar intentions when I bought a couple of PC's second hand (far cheaper than these) but ended up keeping pretty much everything Could have paid for the 1st with the 2nd if I was clever but its all being put to use now so still good.

 

[BongoHunter]

Did I miss the memo, Since when did criticism become 'hate'?

Apologies - post corrected!

 

[Lankoss]

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Edit: @Malevolence

I had no idea this thread had, somewhat, picked up traction after I left it. I figured the only fair way to bring it to a conclusion was to try tag everyone in that has input into it and let everyone know the results. Not sure if I did it right or not.

Overall I think I have come out of it pretty well, it wasn't all smooth sailing but I'm happy overall. In the end I decided to keep the 4k Monitor as a second one for watching 4k movies, and I also kept both of the NVME SSD's, the smaller of the two I use as a boot drive and the 500gig one is my dedicated games drive. I sold the Ryzen CPU, Board and the Dark Rock cooler to a local guy for £350, everything else I sold on Ebay during two of the "sell for £1 fee" deals they had on February time ish. After selling everything and paying the 3.4% Paypal Fees my final outgoings came too £972.53. I originally hoped to come in around the £800 mark, but that was with selling the Monitor and one of the SSD's. My final build is below, even the nay sayers have to admit, that's a lot of PC for £970 To put it into perspective, at the time of me buying both PC's, that particular GPU alone was regularly selling for £550-£600 on ebay and complete systems with a 1080ti in it were selling for around £1300-£1500 depending on the spec and mine is better than any I saw. I haven't checked current prices after the latest GPU releases, frankly I don't care to.

Case - Corsair Crystal Series 570X
CPU - i7 8086k
GPU - ROG Strix 1080ti
Mobo - ROG Maximus X Hero
Cooler - Noctua NH-D15
RAM - 16GB 3000MHZ Corsair Vengeance
PSU - EVGA 750W Gold Modular
SSD's - 512GB Samsung NVME and 250Gb Samsung 970 Evo NVME
Monitor - 4k 60hz Asus ( I forget the model, zero dead pixels though was a billy bonus)

I may do a completed build thread with some photos if anyone is interested, personally I love the way it looks.

 

[Distracted]

I had no idea this thread had, somewhat, picked up traction after I left it. I figured the only fair way to bring it to a conclusion was to try tag everyone in that has input into it and let everyone know the results. Not sure if I did it right or not.

Overall I think I have come out of it pretty well, it wasn't all smooth sailing but I'm happy overall. In the end I decided to keep the 4k Monitor as a second one for watching 4k movies, and I also kept both of the NVME SSD's, the smaller of the two I use as a boot drive and the 500gig one is my dedicated games drive. I sold the Ryzen CPU, Board and the Dark Rock cooler to a local guy for £350, everything else I sold on Ebay during two of the "sell for £1 fee" deals they had on February time ish. After selling everything and paying the 3.4% Paypal Fees my final outgoings came too £972.53. I originally hoped to come in around the £800 mark, but that was with selling the Monitor and one of the SSD's. My final build is below, even the nay sayers have to admit, that's a lot of PC for £970 To put it into perspective, at the time of me buying both PC's, that particular GPU alone was regularly selling for £550-£600 on ebay and complete systems with a 1080ti in it were selling for around £1300-£1500 depending on the spec and mine is better than any I saw. I haven't checked current prices after the latest GPU releases, frankly I don't care to.

Case - Corsair Crystal Series 570X
CPU - i7 8086k
GPU - ROG Strix 1080ti
Mobo - ROG Maximus X Hero
Cooler - Noctua NH-D15
RAM - 16GB 3000MHZ Corsair Vengeance
PSU - EVGA 750W Gold Modular
SSD's - 512GB Samsung NVME and 250Gb Samsung 970 Evo NVME
Monitor - 4k 60hz Asus ( I forget the model, zero dead pixels though was a billy bonus)

I may do a completed build thread with some photos if anyone is interested, personally I love the way it looks.

Please do. Hardware porn is always welcome.

 

[StoutMeister]

 

[TJM]

You should consider the value of your time in the future, but that's a good machine.

 

[Lankoss]

You should consider the value of your time in the future, but that's a good machine.

I've been on maternity leave. I've had a lot of spare time

 

[tamzzy]

That's a fantastic bargain!

 

[BongoHunter]

That's a great system for the price, congrats

 

[Squid Vicious]

I had no idea this thread had, somewhat, picked up traction after I left it. I figured the only fair way to bring it to a conclusion was to try tag everyone in that has input into it and let everyone know the results. Not sure if I did it right or not.

Overall I think I have come out of it pretty well, it wasn't all smooth sailing but I'm happy overall. In the end I decided to keep the 4k Monitor as a second one for watching 4k movies, and I also kept both of the NVME SSD's, the smaller of the two I use as a boot drive and the 500gig one is my dedicated games drive. I sold the Ryzen CPU, Board and the Dark Rock cooler to a local guy for £350, everything else I sold on Ebay during two of the "sell for £1 fee" deals they had on February time ish. After selling everything and paying the 3.4% Paypal Fees my final outgoings came too £972.53. I originally hoped to come in around the £800 mark, but that was with selling the Monitor and one of the SSD's. My final build is below, even the nay sayers have to admit, that's a lot of PC for £970 To put it into perspective, at the time of me buying both PC's, that particular GPU alone was regularly selling for £550-£600 on ebay and complete systems with a 1080ti in it were selling for around £1300-£1500 depending on the spec and mine is better than any I saw. I haven't checked current prices after the latest GPU releases, frankly I don't care to.

Case - Corsair Crystal Series 570X
CPU - i7 8086k
GPU - ROG Strix 1080ti
Mobo - ROG Maximus X Hero
Cooler - Noctua NH-D15
RAM - 16GB 3000MHZ Corsair Vengeance
PSU - EVGA 750W Gold Modular
SSD's - 512GB Samsung NVME and 250Gb Samsung 970 Evo NVME
Monitor - 4k 60hz Asus ( I forget the model, zero dead pixels though was a billy bonus)

I may do a completed build thread with some photos if anyone is interested, personally I love the way it looks.

That's an excellent outcome, good to see it all worked out well!

 

[Syla5]

You should consider the value of your time in the future, but that's a good machine.

Why? The value of time put it would only have been time used to game/do other hobby tasks so why allocate a value to it that you wouldn't apply a value to normally? Also what value should the OP put on what they learned from the process?

 

[ScoTTyBEEE]

I’m sure many of us research for many hours over which particular mouse to purchase. If we had to factor our time in then it would make sense to just buy the most expensive one first.

Take me for example. I spent half a day recently deciding which pair of bt headphones to buy before settling on some amazon warehouse ones. Turns out they didn’t work, but do i feel like I wasted my day? Yes.

 

[AndyCr15]

Why? The value of time put it would only have been time used to game/do other hobby tasks so why allocate a value to it that you wouldn't apply a value to normally? Also what value should the OP put on what they learned from the process?

Because gaming makes you happy, that's its value. Surely everyone should value their spare time? Otherwise you might as well just get another job

I’m sure many of us research for many hours over which particular mouse to purchase. If we had to factor our time in then it would make sense to just buy the most expensive one first.

Take me for example. I spent half a day recently deciding which pair of bt headphones to buy before settling on some amazon warehouse ones. Turns out they didn’t work, but do i feel like I wasted my day? Yes.

No one said put a monetary value to your time.

Personally I wouldn't spend that long deciding something like that. My recent mouse purchase (£100+) I maybe spent 20 minutes deciding. Very happy. I'm then not sure what your point is about the headphones? You're agreeing you shouldn't spend so long deciding? (especially on something you can try and send back if you don't like)

 

[Lankoss]

Guys, this wasn't exactly work to me. I enjoyed doing it. I had a whole bunch of really nice gaming parts in my spare room to mess around with, and I also learnt a lot in terms of PC building at the same time. Factor in getting a PC for a good price at the end of it and I have zero regrets. It was a fun use of my free time, and I didn't exactly have to sacrifice my personal life to do it. I may even do it again in a few years time when it comes time to upgrade again

 

[Syla5]

Because gaming makes you happy, that's its value. Surely everyone should value their spare time? Otherwise you might as well just get another job

But gaming on an even better rig, that ultimately cost you even less money makes you even happier? Do you then apply a happiness gained value as well?! it could go on forever, no point in starting to allocate time costs to it really.

 

[HungryHippos]

I'll spend time researching purchases as well, it's not paid for of course, but I only have finite money and I can't really spend my time earning extra cash efficiently like I can in my main job.

Fair play to the OP it probably took a bit of work, but hopefully the end result is worth it.

I would not want to have to sell off so many components though, instead I would simply buy the thing I wanted at the best price I could get it for.

 

[AndyCr15]

But gaming on an even better rig, that ultimately cost you even less money makes you even happier? Do you then apply a happiness gained value as well?! it could go on forever, no point in starting to allocate time costs to it really.

No one said don't get the better rig, so point stops there really. I just upgraded and no, I wouldn't enjoy gaming more of if paid less.

Is however long it would take be worth the £X amount I could save. That's the point being made.

Funnily enough, my new PC is the first prebuilt I've bought. I decided my time had more value than the difference in cost and stress that can be endured building your own.

 

[Syla5]

No one said don't get the better rig, so point stops there really. I just upgraded and no, I wouldn't enjoy gaming more of if paid less.

Is however long it would take be worth the £X amount I could save. That's the point being made.

Funnily enough, my new PC is the first prebuilt I've bought. I decided my time had more value than the difference in cost and stress that can be endured building your own.

I think you missed my point.

There is ultimately no point putting a time cost on this process, my point then follows, if you start adding value to time, where do you stop. Adding value to the extra happiness you get from having a better performing rig, to offset against the time cost of getting there....

 

[AndyCr15]

But you can have the better performing rig without the time input, so yes, I do assess a value (not cost) to my time. I decided I would rather have the time and pay someone else to build it.

I guess it's the same for almost anything. You can learn how to fix a lot of things yourself, by the parts and fix something yourself. Most of the time we can't be bothered, our time is more valuable than the cost of paying someone to come and fix it for you.