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Is ryzen worth buying used?

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Mean so far I've seen a 1200 used for £90 which clearly is no bargain and a 1500x for £120 which is fair, but is used actually worth it, I know I've said about if I go ryzen I'll just get the 1200, but obviously if I faster version can be had used for not much more then I'd be game.


Basically I'm on gum trying to secure some part complete system for £30, it could sound too good to be true, but might be really good buy, it has the following..

Gigabyte AB350M-HD3
Evga 600 BQ psu
FTS or whatever midi gaming case in so so condition


So it needs a cpu, cooler, ram that I would need to buy which on this site is £203.88 For 1200 & 8gb dark pro kit,

I have replaced my evga supernova with the corsair tx650 to store away for a new build in time as it's just too good to sell with my acer, so I could Sell or keep that 600BQ for spare, just seems for £30 it might be stupid to pass on if they don't sell it due to slow responses.
 
ExoMale said:
Mean so far I've seen a 1200 used for £90 which clearly is no bargain and a 1500x for £120 which is fair, but is used actually worth it, I know I've said about if I go ryzen I'll just get the 1200, but obviously if I faster version can be had used for not much more then I'd be game.


Basically I'm on gum trying to secure some part complete system for £30, it could sound too good to be true, but might be really good buy, it has the following..

Gigabyte AB350M-HD3
Evga 600 BQ psu
FTS or whatever midi gaming case in so so condition


So it needs a cpu, cooler, ram that I would need to buy which on this site is £203.88 For 1200 & 8gb dark pro kit,

I have replaced my evga supernova with the corsair tx650 to store away for a new build in time as it's just too good to sell with my acer, so I could Sell or keep that 600BQ for spare, just seems for £30 it might be stupid to pass on if they don't sell it due to slow responses.
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I'd spend the extra on a better CPU and make savings on the ram if it was my money.
Bdie isn't worth it for something like a 1200.
 
The Bristol ridge APU's are a cheap way to get on AM4. You have to pick the motherboard carefully, but you can put a decent new system together for not a lot of money.
 
Thanks for reply, don't quite know what you mean by BDie?


I'm not personally looking for AM4 or anything really, I just like to look, but for £30 if it all checks out could be a nice start to a budget build using the new platform, my SFF thinkcentre 73 looks to have a purposed backplate so changing the board if possible wouldn't be straight forward and rather keep it original on that front, so this AM4 if I could get it would be going in to a small m-atx cube or maybe a HTPC case that's flat, but takes ATX psu and full height cards like those grande or whatever silverstones, just not the 09 that be quite big.

Unless I could get an APU that would better my 4150 i3 then I'd just go with ryzen, I would use my gt 610 as temps as it came with full height bracket though my issue would be windows, I have 10 pro on my haswell, but that's because seller upgraded from its original 8 pro and I know ryzen doesn't support win 7 to be able to do the free upgrade to 10.
 
for bdie he means that the Ryzens are a bit picky about memory. Sticks built from samsung b-die chips are generally suiting Ryzen much better. It's not really worth throwing "good" memory at a budget chip/build though.
 
I think Ryzen itself is a good price, when the 1600X was £189 it was a steal. It's DDR4 prices that makes the platform expensive IMO.
 
R3 1200 " not worth getting" Really? Do you read reviews? Its a stormer..........Forget the 1300, 1400 it can equal those using less power and remaining cooler.......Brilliant CPU for SFF builds......I run one on an Asrock AB 350 Fatal1ty-Gaming ITX ac with an XFX R7-240 GPU............The 1200 and that GPU are just place holders until the Raven Ridge APUs arrive. But I also have an Asrock X370 Fatal1ty-Gaming ITXac doing nothing and the APU might well go on that instead........ I paid sub £100 for the 1200 and will probably sell around £75-80........only used for light work, no overclocks and with box, Wraith, paperwork etc all as when delivered new..........About the right price..........
The DDR4 myths.....Picky about Ram etc.........If you want ultimate overclocked Ram, then yes, Samsung B die, handbuilt by virgins in the light of a full moon etc............But for the average user? and a 1200 as being discussed here? Lots of choice.... check the MB manufacturers QVL................. I used Crucial ballistix 2 x 8GB Sport LT 2400........ No overclock needed. the thing flies..........Mind you it boots 10 from A Samsung M.2 EVO 960 256GB...........
The Bristol Ridge option...........I would not recommend.............These are dinosaurs compared to the Zen CPUs...............But if funds really are that shortI suppose it may be the last resort, but I doubt they would have much resale value in a year or so...if you use one just as a placeholder.
Like any other build, the more thought you put in before you start buying, the more chance you get the system you wanted....that works as you wanted.
 
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