I need your advice

[Nick Barrios]

im thinking about buying a gaming computer mostly wanting to play older cods like World at War especially custom Zombies and i saw an ad for a computer and i dont know what this means i just need to know if its a good deal. Hes asking $225


This pc were brand new parts i had that i no longer need so i decided to build a pc out of them. If you are on a budget but need a pc for school, work or a decent 1080p gaming pc if you put a little more into it. These cpus are also known for being great at over clocking giving you a lot better performance. I am including a 60gb hard drive with a starter copy of windows 7 BUT!!!! I WOULD NOT recommend using this hard drive on a daily basis as it is old and also meant for a laptop therefore you would not get the full potential of the pc. It is really just to show that everything is in good working order. Yes i suppose you could use it for the time being, but everything will load very slow due to the hard drive. Here are the specs of the pc.


Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor
MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Kingston Fury Series 4GB DDR3-1600 Memory
MicroMid Tower
Logisys 480W ATX Power Supply wouldn't recommend using a gpu more powerful than a 750ti on this psu. you can get a 600watt evga 80 plus for 29.99. that would give you the option to run a more powerful card.
Wi-Fi Adapter 300mb/s
i will also include a brand new keyboard and mouse.

Thank your for any help.

 

[Archgaull]

No, I wouldn't pay $225 for that, especially if it is used. The Logisys PSU is fairly unreliable, and you can't get a decent overclock going on a H81 Mobo, so overclocking the pentium for performance is a moot point.

 

[madmatt30]

That is about what those parts would cost new so no not a good deal.
The windows is very likely a pirated copy.

 

[hamzahfelix]

The g3258 is a budget hashwell cpu that are made to be overclocked and has to be. That means you don't have a choice, you have to overclock it to get your money's worth. And I would not buy a used cpu that has been overclocked because I would not know how hard he has run it, especially if a brand new one would cost $70 only. I'm not even sure that particular mobo can handle overclocking the pentium.

Wireless adapter is pretty much useless as you can use lan cables and it will be much more reliable. The seller even knew that EVGA makes much better psu, so why he even includes a much worse psu baffles me.

The 750ti is needs so little wattage that you can find models that don't even need a 6pin power connection because it can draws its power from the pcie express. This ad gives such a misleading info, as a r7 260x while performs slightly below the 750ti, will draw more power than the 750ti, which the included psu might or might not be sufficient.

A case should have at least good air flow and decent build quality, and since he failed to mention more details on it, I doubt it is a good one. $40 can get you lots of choices of decent cases. And I believe you can get a new decent mouse and a new ps2 rubber dome keyboards for under $20 and $10 respectively. A 1 TB WD Blue hard drive will cost around $60.