Budget system advice

Zaxxan

Zaxxan

Zaxxan

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Hi All,

I'm thinking about buying a secondhand system but I'm on a very tight budget of about £400.

I can get the following system for £430 which although quite old now I think it is still a decent system for 1080P gaming.

Specs are:
Asus Maximus XI Hero
i7-9700k
MSI 2080TI X Trio
32gb Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200
Corsair RM850x PSU
Corsair H115i RGB AIO cooler
Phanteks case

Is this a good buy for the money?
I know I'll be upgrade limited to a 9900k on the motherboard but I'm ok with that.
 
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I priced up the individual parts on eBay and couldn't get anywhere near the £430 so it looks ok to me as well, although I've not upgraded my computer since I bought a 2500k and 1070 GPU so I'm a bit out of touch with the latest hardware.
 
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I think I'm going to go for it. I have a 2tb NVME drive I can take out of my mini PC which should make it even quicker!
 
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Seems pretty decent to me.

Is it someone you know selling?

If not, just ask to see it running etc in case the card is dead or something.
 
BogEyes said:
Seems pretty decent to me.

Is it someone you know selling?

If not, just ask to see it running etc in case the card is dead or something.
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Yes, It's a colleague at work, they've had it from new although the SSD is older and was used in a previous system. I have seen it running and stress tested with prime95, furmark etc. it's in great condition as well.
 
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