Good used pc?

nate6789

nate6789

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Im looking for a second hand pc for 1080p gaming mainly sim racing like asseto corsa

Would this be good value and worth getting for £340 (uk)? Or is it just too old ?
Thank u


Intel® Core™ i7-5930K Processor: 6 Cores 12 Threads


NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X


16GB DDR4 RAM in QUAD Channel: 4x4GB RAM sticks


512GB SSD: SAMSUNG Branded

RGB CPU Cooler

NEW Dual-Chamber PC case

550w Power supply: Corsair branded

Windows 10 wiped, factory reset, activated and fully updated correctly


WiFi and Bluetooth Dongle included
 
The GTX 1080 founders edition is probably peak Nvidia TBH. The 5930K combined with 16gb of RAM is a little weak. It’s probably comparable to a Ryzen 1600.
 
thanks for all the feedback, it backs up the bit of research I’ve tried to do. It seems like a powerful pc but would be power hungry due to the age and the cpu would be the bottleneck
The seller seems helpful and has offered to run through the pc and show it stress tested etc

I’d be happy to upgrade the ram at some stage if needed at this price is still seems worth it if I did that ?
 
tamzzy said:
Nah not worth it.
It is a pretty balanced spec, albeit end of the line. The next upgrade is a whole new pc.
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My next pc I’d probably attempt to build myself. I’ve been using a13 year old laptop for light gaming up to now and so need to do a lot more research but I’ve always wanted to build a pc. If I did feel the need to upgrade the ram to 32 is there any reason I couldn’t re use it in my next build ?
 
nate6789 said:
If I did feel the need to upgrade the ram to 32 is there any reason I couldn’t re use it in my next build ?
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Absolutely. The reason is that the ram is ddr4.

The next time you upgrade (assuming you buy yourself a new computer rather than pre-owned), it will be ddr5 (current gen) or even ddr6 if you're not looking to upgrade in the next few years.
The sticks are not physically compatible.
 
tamzzy said:
Absolutely. The reason is that the ram is ddr4.

The next time you upgrade (assuming you buy yourself a new computer rather than pre-owned), it will be ddr5 (current gen) or even ddr6 if you're not looking to upgrade in the next few years.
The sticks are not physically compatible.
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Ah got it, thanks. I should have realised. Is it very risky buying second hand ram from eBay (obviously not much money involved so ‘risky’ is subjective!) can ram often be faulty?
 
You could get a brand new build with a 5600g and an a520 motherboard, 16gb ram for under £300 (won't say where) and then slap a second hand GPU it for whatever you can find cheap. I picked up a gtx 1080 for 75 recently.
Would do much better than this, and be new with warranty
 
Dreadi said:
You could get a brand new build with a 5600g and an a520 motherboard, 16gb ram for under £300 (won't say where) and then slap a second hand GPU it for whatever you can find cheap. I picked up a gtx 1080 for 75 recently.
Would do much better than this, and be new with warranty
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How does the 5600g perform in CPU intensive games?
 
Pretty sure it won't be bottlenecking whatever GPU would go with this budget. If getting for a discrete GPU then no need for a 'G' CPU, something like the plain 5600 is faster. OCUK have a 5500 for £85 (yes, I know..) Even a 3600 would do.

Might be all academic depending on budget. If confident to, then you might be best off building an AM4 rig with a lower end 5000 or even 3000 series CPU on something like an A320, then you can upgrade in the future.
Yes it isn't the fasest machine now, and yes it won't be in the future either but it's VERY budget friendly and doesn't leave you with with no options like the machine you're looking at would.
 
tbyeah said:
How does the 5600g perform in CPU intensive games?
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Not great, which is why you be looking to throw a second hand GPU in with it. It would be a brand new build, with warranty that would give you a decent upgrade path on the same socket shoukd you want to
 
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