craigslist ad, advice?

[synario]

Guys look at this ad on craigslist: http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/sys/5128331684.html

Can you tell whether the motherbaord in the photos is ATX or mATX. He also says it has a i5 4590 but then he goes on to say its a 3 yr old pc.

is this legit?

is the case ATX or mATX? I can't tell from the photos.

 

[digitaldoc]

Run, run away!

This guy is scamming folks. The Windows install disc without the code is quite useless, and means that you will need to pay for a new copy of Windows at the least.

I highly doubt that this system has a 4590, and he is not really sure. Really? CPU-Z software will give an answer in a few secs, and I suspect it is an older dog of a system that he is trying to make look better.

I have a feeling the hard drive is failing from his comments about it running slow. The MB also looks older from the parallel port.

This is so not worth $300.

 

[Wolfshadw]

Case appears to be a Mid Tower which can accept both ATX and Micro-ATX motherboards.
The motherboard has four expansion slots which means it's a Micro-ATX motherboard.
If that system was built three years ago, that's not an Intel Core I5-4590 which was released only a bit more than one year ago.

I'm saying it's not legitimate.

-Wolf sends

 

[jossrik]

Looks like a micro board in a small case. Doesn't look to be anything special. As a whole computer, it's probably a decent deal hardware wise. You'll probably spend that much for similar hardware, if you shop the deals however you can probably build yourself something decent, that's the direction I'd go. For me it's the budget PSU, you should never EVER get a cheap PSU, I don't mean pricewise, I mean quality wise, Thermaltake isn't really known for their outstanding PSUs. The heatsink/fan on the chip is the one that came with it, not really good for the chip, not bad necessarily, he doesn't say it's a "k" series chip, so no overclocking, not a ton of heat to get rid of. It really depends on if it's a 4590 or not then, 4590 is a decent chip without overclocking, it'll get the job done, and with a mid grade Graphics card(I can't tell much about the card from the picture, not familiar with MSI graphics cards), could be all right buy. It's hard to say really good or bad without knowing for sure what's in it.

 

[SchizTech]

I'd find it very odd that an 1150 motherboard has a parallel port as shown in a pic of the rear. That's not legit.

 

[digitaldoc]

I think that's the point. The seller is quiet on the actual specs, gets the money, and the ad has a disclaimer that he is not sure of the CPU. Agree the PSU is garbage as well.

 

[synario]

"Just found out that its an i5-2400 CPU, running on an intel motherboard with an MSI AMD Radeon HD 7700 series graphics card.
Let me know if you're still interested."

this was his reply

thanks for the help guys. Moving on with my life now =D

 

[digitaldoc]

Welcome, and glad you were not taken. This was a scam, and those specs are not worth what he was charging.