Buying a friends pc...price ok for spec?

mark66

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Hi,

I'm thinking of buying a colleagues old gaming PC to allow me a quick and cheapish way to get back into PC gaming after many years away. My last PC was a AMD Barton 2800+ with a 9800 Pro, so hopefully it will be fun!

The basic spec is:

Nvidia GTX690 2x2GB
i7 930 2.8Ghz
Asus X58 motherboard
12GB Memory
250GB Samsung SSD
2 x 1TB WD Caviar Black HDDs
Cooler Master 690 case
Windows 7

I realise that the GPU is more advanced than the rest of the PC and won't be running to its full potential, but it won't be played at huge resolutions - I'll be playing on a Dell 2407 (1920 x 1080) and tbh I'm more into sim type games (Sim City, Civ 5 etc) than FPS's.

The price is £450. I think the 690 is worth approx £250, so really I am getting everything else for £200 which seems pretty good to me, even if the CPU is a few generations old now.

I'm very much out of touch with PC hardware, so just wanted to check that this is an ok move? I don't want to spend much more than £450 and so it seems ideal but just wanted to check.

Cheers
 
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does not seem like a bad PC.

I have a I7 950 (3hz), the same Samsung SSD with a Radeon HD 5830 with 6GB of ram as well.

I can play most games on it like CSGO, Left 4 dead 1 and 2 all the Lego games, darksiders 2 etc the only games I have not played are the recent ones like COD AW and Farcry 4
 
For everything including the SSD you can't really grumble at the price.

The chips older but still more than good enough. Cards very good, storage is very good. It's definitely decent as a full package for £450. Is the windows OEM or retail (doesn't really matter but retail would be a nice plus).

Nvidia GTX690 3GB - £190
i7 930 2.8Ghz - £40
Asus X58 motherboard - £50
12GB Memory - £50
250GB Samsung SSD - £90
2 x 1TB WD Caviar Black HDDs - £50
Cooler Master 690 case - £40
Windows 7 - £40

I'd consider those about right price wise. You could probably find each part a few quid cheaper if you got lucky. You can also guarantee folks storming in here to defend the higher price of their part (like "I have the CM690 case, it's worth way more than £40!") but they were very quick/rough prices and if you total it up, your still £100 better off with the deal.
 
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I have looked and trying to upgrade my CPU from the 950 and to be honest its not worth the money and may as well get a new mobo, ram and cpu bundle at some point in the next few years.

checking ebay for a 950 is still around the £100 mark just for the CPU
 
Depending on the PSU I'd try and get it for £400. GPU isn't to bad and if you can overclock the i7 you might aswell keep that also.
 
Hi all,

Thanks for the feedback, seems like the general consensus is that it is a pretty good deal and not a duff of a rig, so will go for it.

However might see if I can get him to throw in a nice mechanical keyboard I know he has going spare ;)

Cheers
 
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