[SOLVED] Budget PC . Please help.

[JJSwatt]

Im looking to buy my first PC. Ive been researching a little bit, only looking to spend $650. I found 2 good looking prebuilts. One has a Ryzen 5 3500 + GTX 1650 Super for $600. The other one has a Ryzen 5 2600 + Radeon RX 580 for $600. Im mainly looking to play shooter games like apex legends, warzone, and valorant, using low settings to get the most FPS. Im wondering which one I should get, or would I be able to get better components at the same price.

 

[JJSwatt]

Good build. At least as good as the pre-built with a bigger SSD, but no HDD. Maybe a better case too. Looks like you have a decision to make. Holiday time means PC parts and pre-builts will sell out fast. The pandemic means restocking those items may take longer. I just ordered a motherboard from the Egg and was told shipping may take up to a week longer than estimated depending on carrier load.

Okay. I did find a used PC on Craigslist near me. It's an IBuyPower. Comes with a mouse and keyboard. He wants $800. What do you think?

https://images.craigslist.org/00z0z_6Ar9MABxgzr_0CI0t2_600x450.jpg

Asus Z490-P(1200 Socket)
i7-10700k (3.8GHz, 5.1 Boost)
MSI Ventus GP OC RTX 2070 Super
16 GB RAM
1TB NVME SSD
He added a Noctua NH-D15S CPU cooler

 

[hang-the-9]

Okay. I did find a used PC on Craigslist near me. It's an IBuyPower. Comes with a mouse and keyboard. He wants $800. What do you think?

https://images.craigslist.org/00z0z_6Ar9MABxgzr_0CI0t2_600x450.jpg

Asus Z490-P(1200 Socket)
i7-10700k (3.8GHz, 5.1 Boost)
MSI Ventus GP OC RTX 2070 Super
16 GB RAM
1TB NVME SSD
He added a Noctua NH-D15S CPU cooler

That brand is the same as Cyberpower for quality or parts and build quality, which is not very good, find out what the brand and model of the PSU is and then you can check on prices for the components.

The cooler is installed incorrectly, the fan and heatsink alignment should be turned to match the intake/exhaust fans air flow.

2070 Super was a $500 card when new, the i7 is about $360 new. For $800 if you can test the system and it stays stable, considering the other parts it's not too bad of a price. Maybe try to take a bit off since it's likely you would want to replace the power supply which will add nearly $100 to that system for a good quality one. Good chance if you offer $700 they will take it, won't hurt to as for 600 or 650 so you can up it to 700 as a counter-offer.

The new 3070 is also $500 in theory if/when it comes down to the normal pricing for it and is faster than the 2070 super by a decent amount, but you will be spending another $300-400 for the case/PSU/drive/motherboard/RAM for to get a new system with that card when it's out.