What's in my Computer and is it good?

[Jamesmhunt]

I paid $1500. It looks nice. Seems to play games nice. But someone told me that a certain part in it is old and no longer any good. I don't remember what part he said it was though. Unfortunately I have no way of knowing what's in my computer. The builder told me he used all new parts though. I tried contacting the seller about what was installed but he says he doesn't remember and has no way of finding out what all the parts were. Could I have gotten ripped off? How do I find out what I have installed? And is what I have worth the $1500? Better yet will it last me a good 3 to 5 years if something in it is already old?

 

[red2481]

Ok so I need you to do a few things. If you have no idea what is in it, install software like cpuz and cam. I recommend cam because it is easy to use. Once you have cam installed, take a screenshot of the secifications list. Upload to imgur and give us the link. Then we can ell you if it is good or not.

 

[RARRAF]

this will tell you what is in your PC you could post so we could see https://www.hwinfo.com/

 

[USAFRet]

I paid $1500. It looks nice. Seems to play games nice. But someone told me that a certain part in it is old and no longer any good. I don't remember what part he said it was though. Unfortunately I have no way of knowing what's in my computer. The builder told me he used all new parts though. I tried contacting the seller about what was installed but he says he doesn't remember and has no way of finding out what all the parts were. Could I have gotten ripped off? How do I find out what I have installed? And is what I have worth the $1500? Better yet will it last me a good 3 to 5 years if something in it is already old?

Install this application, Speccy.
From here: https://www.piriform.com/speccy

Run it and post a screencap of what it displays.

 

[weberdarren97]

So now we have 3 people with 3 different opinions. I voted them all up because technically they'll all do the job to an extent.

I'm going to have to agree with @USAFRet and not just because he/she is a moderator. Speccy tends to give more detailed information.

 

[Jamesmhunt]

http://imgur.com/a/5vtil

 

[weberdarren97]

http://imgur.com/a/5vtil

The oldest parts are the CPU and motherboard. However, the i7 4770K is still competitive.

Does anyone know if Intel offers any kind of step up program from the 4770K to the 4790K because of thermal improvements?

However, no amount of software is going to tell us what power supply you have. You're going to have to open the case and read the make and model of the power supply.

 

[Kavinqt]

2 1070's and a 4770k ? I'd say you got a pretty good deal for $1500

Even though you could have built a better system yourself for $1500

 

[red2481]

who ever is telling you that is a complete liar. Your pc has amazing parts. It is like double the performance of mine, and mine can do most games on high. That pc should last you for many years. I am just concerned as to why the guy chose two 1070s instead of one 1080.

 

[weberdarren97]

I am just concerned as to why the guy chose two 1070s instead of one 1080.

Even with the drawbacks of SLI and multi GPU configs in general, many people (including myself) are just suckers for the aesthetics of a system with two graphics cards in it.

 

[Jamesmhunt]

I am just concerned as to why the guy chose two 1070s instead of one 1080.

Even with the drawbacks of SLI and multi GPU configs in general, many people (including myself) are just suckers for the aesthetics of a system with two graphics cards in it.

The only game I've so far had trouble playing in 4K is Ark Survival Evolved. Everything is so smooth even at 4K for most games.

 

[USAFRet]

But someone told me that a certain part in it is old and no longer any good.

Don't listen to that person anymore.

Seriously.
That system is just fine.

 

[weberdarren97]

But someone told me that a certain part in it is old and no longer any good.

Don't listen to that person anymore.

Seriously.
That system is just fine.

I agree completely.

Now to tell it from my perspective on many other techies who are somewhat less informed on recent tech:

I'm not trying to tell you that you're wrong, so I'll start this response by asking that we agree to disagree.

Okay. With Skylake and Kaby Lake both already out (even though Kaby Lake is basically Skylake), many could make the argument that the i7 4790K is outdated. Some could also argue that the i7 4770K is no longer relevant thanks to the i7 4790K. Of course I would ask them to back that argument and they'd probably just say "because they're older" and I'd be done listening to them for the moment.

That being said, I believe that the i7 2600K with a mild overclock is still relevant in today's games. I'm excluding BF1 because until recently it was wrecking even the i7 6700K.