Anyone want this?

[savagesam117]

Ignore.

 

[savagesam117]

Damn.. I was guessing but i thought as there's no money involved as selling it may have been allowed.. Not to worry.

 

[savagesam117]

That is a pity, i have a fair bit of kit that i'd like to get shot of too.

Savagesam117, maybe gumtree or something like it?

I sympathise, i'd rather give stuff to people who know what it is and will actually use it properly as well.

Too much clutter makes Little*Freak's relatives get very grumpy

p.s. a very nice case, perfect for an unassuming pocket rocket

Yeah i agree. I'd much prefer to give it to someone on here who needs it than sell it to be honest.

I get the same, my family hate the amount of bike and computer parts i have laying around the house. Don't even get me started on boxes!

I'd love to make a little build out of it and use it as a HTPC or something like that but my bank balance says otherwise at the moment.


EDIT*

Personally, I don't buy any PC parts unless i know the person, and they have looked after it or it's from someone on here who knows what they are doing

 

[savagesam117]

Of modern stuff i have a Phenom II/Motherboard/4 GB Ram (in a case etc), an AMD FX-4130 and soon an AMD FX-8320/Gigabyte 970A-DS3P/8Gb 1800MHz + case and PSU. May also have a GTX 770 going spare soon too..........also have various Harddrives and DVD drives/re-writers.

Have also got an AMD Athlon II 3500+ /Motherboard/Ram and an x800 pro toxic, also in a crappy case. Thing is, i don't want to buy new good PSU's to see if this stuff even works properly anymore. I just want rid of it all. An from what I've seen of the Bay (mostly reports from deeply frustrated people on this forum), i don't think i want to get involved with it. I'd rather give it away to someone who has the inclination and the time/money (new psu), to see if it's all still in working order and can be of use.

Driving myself and certain relatives bonkers with all the clutter......

I've got a spare 450W PSU here, chuck it my way i'll tell you if it works

 

[savagesam117]

Savagesam117, if an Admin here gives the OK, i'll send you the Phenom II/Mobo/Ram a week after i next get paid.

To any Admin, i am not using it, it's just collecting dust. I would like to give it away if possible!

That's very kind of you. Thanks.

Can i ask, why do you have so much? just never got rid?

It really is a shame that the MM is at such a high place, i understand why but yeah.

 

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Savagesam117, i must go to bed, i'll PM an Admin tomorrow and ask if it's ok for me to just send you the stuff, (if i can figure out how that is).

Good night

Okay, again, thanks. Yeah i don't know how to PM people either!

Night

I think the 1000 post threshold is probably viewed as a kind of trust counter and the expectation would probably be that someone with that amount of posts would certainly have put a lot business in OC's way and continue to do so regardless of maybe buying the occasional item through the market. That's just my take on it I might be wrong..

Yes, i totally agree. I mean it's great to get parts cheap especially if it's for a spare build or something like that but you can't always buy second hand so being loyal to the company/forum gives you that perk.

I'll always tell people to buy from here. I bought from other places and been on other forums and nothing compares to OC. And everyone is so friendly!

 

[savagesam117]

When reading the epic and quite hilarious GTX 970 memory thread, what stood out was the way that OcUK have decided to take any financial hit from people wanting to return their cards before Nvidia have agreed to refund people.

Speaks volumes about how this place views Customer Service.

In the long run i think it's very smart, many will look at that and quite rightly judge that if anything goes wrong, they will bend over backwards to make sure that people are happy and satisfied. With such confidence like that, why would you always buy the last gen stuff from the MM?

The 970 thread is quite amusing, but then people are upgrading to 980's or go to 290x's so it's not all bad for them is it.

Yes, that's true. and who doesn't want the latest, shiniest stuff? It even comes with great bragging rights to most of the time!

I cannot fault OC UK, even down to refunding me £5 because the RAM i got was discounted the next day, silly but it changes my perspective on the company, i was like wow, the guy didn't even think twice about saying yes.

 

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I've bought hundreds of PC parts used from the MM, Gumtree, even eBay over the years, and I have actually never had a single problem!

I've even bought refurbished watercooling kits and hard-drives, 10 year old PSU's, GPU's which have been mined with, and so on. As well as faulty GPU's which have re-flowed fine, and motherboards with bent pins which have been a doddle to fix.

I know to a certain extent this is down to luck, but it does also indicate that you might not need to worry so much.

You would buy a used car from someone you don't know wouldn't you? That is more of a risk.

This is true, I'm seriously thinking about looking into getting my watercooling bits second hand, it's looking to be very expensive so far!

I've never had any luck with anything like that though, it's typical, i'd buy something second hand and it wouldn't work, the seller be a right pain.

Sadly, I'm ages away from getting access to MM

 

[savagesam117]

You need to integrate more forum time into your day to day routine, a bit like people with no life, such as myself. *looks at own post count*

I'd give you some of my posts if I could.

I have heard plenty of horror stories about eBay purchases of PC parts, so I am generally very wary when buying from eBay. I only buy, on the rare occasion that I do, from sellers with very high feedback (98% or over) who have sold lots of items in the past, and you can get a feel for the person from the description. If it is brief and uninformative then I avoid it. Or if the person has taken a picture of a motherboard on the carpet, or a graphics card in their hand with their fingers on the contacts, I avoid it, because it suggests that they don't know to take care of/just don't care about their hardware.

I literally sit on this forum from when i get home from work/college whatever i have that day and just read. I don't have the knowledge yet to comment on most things as yet. I'm learning though and quickly too!
I even browse when i'm supercruising in Elite.

I take a lot of time when thinking about buying something on eBay. But then I'm quite sad and like new stuff but like i said, I can't justify spending so much money on a WC loop so i'll have a look about, find the parts i roughly want then go second hand hunting!

Aww, how generous of you!

My current PC is brand new from here. Absolutely everything! My box collection is getting too big now

 

[savagesam117]

I suppose i've always thought of Ebay as a place where the rule is Buyer Beware!

Not sure how much i'd use the MM, going to be about another 3 years before i get access at this rate I know most people are very good but i'm still quite wary of used stuff. Not sure why really!

I think me getting MM would just mean i spend even more money building computers I don't actually need because i just enjoy it. Every member in my family would have a PC built by me because it's good fun.

 

[savagesam117]

I do this a lot just browse round reading posts and occasionally comment if I feel I can offer some advise or assistance. I've been on the forum for 10 years and at this rate ill be in my 70's before I get access to the members market! On a side note I've always bought stuff from OcUk since they were in Longton down the tunnel

Yeah, it's quite annoying, i wish i could go into real depth like some of the other guys but it just goes in one hear and out the other some times!

I've only just started posting, since like the end of November so I'm doing alright. I've always wanted to keep up to date with PC's so i signed up ages ago just to read.

 

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Also I'm really in the market for a second Sapphire R9 290 OC Tri-X for crossfire and I bet I could pick a second hand one up in good nick for a good price from here rather than risking the 'bay.

Yeah same here, there is another of my card on the bay at the moment untested. I'm quite tempted to buy it, it's worth the gamble if it pays off!

annoyingly I've got a mate who worked at my old job who is on here all the time and has a massive post count because he comments on the fifa thread all the time...

Haha, yeah that is annoying.

 

[savagesam117]

see what we need to do is just keep responding back to each other on this post until we get to 1000 lol ;P

Hahah, there is actually rules against that! I like new stuff and i like spending money so buying new doesn't bother me in the slightest if I'm honest.

 

[savagesam117]

Yeah to be fair all my stuff is new, but I'm not adverse to buying second hand, just not usually for my main PC . I have a lot of PCs, my wife counted up and said 20 is too many and told me to get rid of some, so i put them in the loft! problem solved

20 PC's!?!? You can only use 1 at a time!

 

[savagesam117]

I thought if you were a member before the MM reg change, you were subject to the old rules and not the new ones.

A tip of the hat to older, less vocal members.


Or did that change?

I'm guessing that changed? What were the old rules? Not that'd i'd qualify anyway just curious

 

[savagesam117]

Yeah I know it got a bit silly, to be fair about 5 of them were an ESX /vsphere set up lab I was using when doing a VCP course /revision. A few of them are laptops and most rooms in my house have a pc/mac connected to a tv to stream stuff from the media pc downstairs. Then there's my Main Gaming Pc and my wife's PC in the computer room. Plus a bunch of old unused PCs that I put in the loft. They all add up pretty quickly and to be fair after I counted them all up I was pretty surprised :O

Jesus! We've got two gaming PC's, 3 laptops and then ipads/android tabs.
I like to keep it as little as possible because i end up having to fix them all when they go wrong, which is alright when it's mine but not when it's someone else's!

You must have a huge house to have all that!

Well done! 199 of them posts have been on this thread

 

[savagesam117]

Not a particularly big house just a standard 3 Bed semi, but I am good at hiding / masking all my PCs to make it look like there's less plus my wife never goes into the loft!

On a side note, out of interest, what was the initial thing you posted in this thread that I have successfully hi-jacked?

Ah fair enough. I like to have my gadgets on show!

I was giving away a case but realized i wasn't allowed. Then got into the conversation of used parts and MM

 

[savagesam117]

That was very decent of you! I could probably do with getting rid of a lot of my stuff that doesn't get used any more, but I'm CBA with messing around putting it on ebay after some bad experiences selling a laptop. For instance I've got a Q6600, Asus P5Q Deluxe and 8GB of OCZ platinum 1066MHz that's just sitting in an antistatic bag after I upgraded to my i7. Seems a shame to just have it doing nothing!

Yeah that's what me and Little*Freak were talking about last night, the hassle of eBay and all that.

Jump on the 'Donate it to Sam' bandwagon with Little Freak. I'm just kidding haha

I'd love to know more people local that would buy stuff like that, but everyone i know is stupid and think that consoles are better than PC's.

 

[savagesam117]

I'm waiting for Little*Freak to donate his GTX 770

Haha, i highly doubt that's happening!

 

[savagesam117]

Hi, yeah i'm in the same boat, i only need 1 PC but have the parts for about 4.

I don't think i'm going to get a favourable answer to a question i just asked and i need to get rid of some of the clutter. I suppose that means a skip

Not for my current system & the 770! That'll either go to a good home or back into it's various box's. I did think about a media PC but honestly i barely watch anything these days.......i'd rather play online instead.

That's sad

You could always do a job lot on fleabay? Stick it all in a box and send it off.

I'm in the same boat as you there Sam, and recently bought a similar spec here also:

i5 4690k
Gigabyte Z97 G1 Sniper
MSI 290X LE
8gb gskill ram
EVGA 750w G2 psu

Leaving an old Q6600, p5k, 4gb xms2, 620w corsair hx etc.. to hold onto aswell. Yeah ebay looks a bit hit and miss and potential hastle and time, so MM would be the only other place really.

It will be years for me probably also

Hahah, Copying me! I hope you've overclocked the CPU

:O Traitor!! haha