Should I buy this GPU from this person on eBay?

[kristinica.cop]

I think I more or less planned out my desired build for a workstation PC (I had posted a question about such a PC earlier, but no one answered), and at the very least I've set my eyes on the FirePro W2100 as my "entry" workstation GPU because it's one of the cheapest kinds and my focus is on stuff like animation and video editing.
I looked on eBay and found this:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2GB-AMD-FirePro-W2100-PCIe-3-0-x16-128Bit-GDDR3-2xDisplayPort-Low-Profile/382394807059

In total, the item costs around $116.54 for me and comes from the UK, which hasn't left the EU yet and that's a key to me buying a PC component from outside my home country without risking a customs fee that could cost me both a lot of money and potentially my GPU (and this one appears to not be sold in my country, where PC components also get pretty pricey).

Now the question is, should I buy it? While I haven't got all the needed money to buy all the parts I need right off the bat, I could buy the GPU right now and store it away safely, and I could then plan for the rest of the components later on. I can also figure out whether I'll need a new case by seeing the size of the GPU.
It also says the seller of this item has 99.6% positive feedback and that they assume all responsibility, and they also have their own shop. However, I can't tell whether I should trust the seller or not (leaning towards yes but I need to be sure). I think the price is in the range where it's likely to be legit instead of a scam.

This is my current PCPartPicker list I've been playing with. It contains the bare minimum that I need (assuming I'll be able to reuse other components) and all but the FirePro W2100 are subject to change as I'm not very experienced with picking the right components (e.g. I don't know how to tell if my configuration will have a bottleneck before I buy it). The prices are custom due to manually choosing places that PPP doesn't seem to offer.

 

[Dunlop0078]

I am not that familiar with workstation GPU's, but by today's standards i'm pretty sure that fire pro W2100 is a complete slug going by it's specs. Something like a GTX 750 TI would eat that thing up, the iGPU in your i3 is in many ways a lot more powerful than that W2100. So I don't think it's worth the money they are charging for it, even before you get it shipped to your house.

A cheap used gaming card would make a much better workstation GPU than that old W2100 from what I can tell.

 

[kristinica.cop]

That's understandable. But alas, I'm not a person who's rolling in money nor earning a lot of it very fast (and, as I said, I live in a country where PC components get very pricey) and as a result I must cut the possible costs as much as possible while getting exactly what I need to avoid getting a final price that would take a lot of time for me to save up for, not to mention my needs aren't very high and a computer that at the very least doesn't process anything slightly more demanding at a slow pace is perfectly fine for me. If anything, the machine I have right now is okay-ish (even if it's sometimes slow and only offers up to 160 GB, some of which is taken by my OS, though I cannot stream properly and things like video rendering are tough for my PC) and I'd be happy with any machine regardless of age so long as it can do what I want to focus on without problems. Long story short, at this moment I neither need nor can afford really powerful parts
For the build that I target, what kind of GPU would you recommend then?

Also, I've been playing with PCPartPicker and found that the FirePro W2100 is apparently compatible with my current PC (the CPU, RAM, motherboard and storage are what I have, sadly I can't tell what my computer case model is though), and my current PC is old by today's standards anyways so if it works I could save a lot of money and time because many components of today are incompatible with what I have. Could that GPU work on this PC or must I still aim high together with a different GPU and a new build?

In any case thanks!

 

[okcnaline]

What programs?

 

[kristinica.cop]

Nothing fancy, I intend to work with the likes of Sony Vegas (video editing software), Opentoonz (free animation software), and perhaps some stronger software like Adobe Illustrator and 3DS Max (especially as a college student who's about to begin using 3D programs a little more as part of the semester). If it helps, I'm still planning for a budget I can save up for without it taking a really long time, maybe something like $500-$600 with just the bare minimum (CPU, GPU, motherboard and RAM) and up to around $1000 or so with the full build not counting the OS, keyboards, mice, speakers, and monitor.

 

[okcnaline]

I'm going to assume you're in animation/movie making major. In this case, the programs you listed are CPU-intensive tasks. A simple Quadro (e.g.:K620, P600, etc.) will work as well as a more expensive FirePro, although I'm going to guess that you'll be looking into 10-bit accuracy. But the majority of the budget spent should be on the CPU and RAM.

I'll suggest this:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor ($279.78 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($63.59 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - NT Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($164.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($94.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PNY - Quadro P400 2GB Video Card ($119.99 @ B&H)
Case: Fractal Design - Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($26.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $951.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-03-14 17:11 EDT-0400

 

[kristinica.cop]

Thanks! I'll keep that build in mind and see what I can do once I've got the money to purchase the PC parts. Will probably take a while but I'll try to keep at it.
Also about the animation/movie making major, I wish I was in there haha. I'm actually studying graphic design right now (things like presses/printing, visual communication, some modelling in Blender etc.), and I hope to enroll an animation course in a local fine arts academy later on as I want to pursue a career in animation.

(Also sorry for replying almost 3 weeks later, I totally forgot I had this question open and I didn't get an email notification as I usually do!)

 

[okcnaline]

No worries, but will you be required to render something off of Blender?

 

[kristinica.cop]

Probably, but from what I know we do all the work on school PCs, so even if we do end up having to render something in Blender to pass the subject (though there's non-Blender theory stuff to study for as well) I likely won't require my own PC to do it.