Would you buy this?

[Jonas82]

I found this computer off craigslist for 500 dollars, while I'd like to build my own computer this right here blows my current desktop out of the water (AMD Athlon x2 2, Geforce 8200). I was thinking of building a Nvidia/Intel build which would cost me right around 1000, but, I think this here would take care of my needs for quite some time and at a affordable price. What do y'all think?

Link here

 

[TechiCanadian]

bRUH

 

[Joseph DeGarmo]

The 3.1 GHz CPU is the FX-8120, which is based on the older Bulldozer architecture, and I heard about performance issues with it. The HD 6870 is not a bad GPU, but will struggle to run the latest games. As for the 750w PSU, it could be a Corsair CX750 or some other crappy brand. Do some more research before buying this. It's a cheap build for a reason.

 

[USAFRet]

AMD 8 core processor (Black Edition 3.1GHz)
8GB RAM
Asus Crossfire Motherboard
750W Power Supply
Radeon 6870 GPU
Corsair H100 Liquid Cooling to the CPU
Level 10GT case

Which specific processor?
What PSU?
4 year old GPU
No HDD or OS = $150+

The only nice thing about it is the case. If you like that sort of case.

 

[Wolfshadw]

Image 5 shows it's a Thermaltake TR2.

I'm more concerned about why the graphics card is installed in the second PCI-Ex16 slot.

-Wolf sends

 

[Bossyfins]

No, not worth it.

Why?

1. From the looks of it, poor PSU.
2. lots of dust which isn't bad, but it means it wasn't taken care of.
3. Ram is in wrong channels. Again, indicates this was built wrong so you don't know what else is bad.
4. As Joseph said, seems to be an older f\x chip

 

[bignastyid]

Tr2 PSU is a liability and a danger to itself and others. Gpu is old and not even installed in the proper slot(possible bad pci-e slot). CPU is most likely a FX 8120 which makes it a almost worthless faildozer. No HDD or OS. Owner couldn't even to be bothered to clean it up first. The only thing worth anything is the case, cpu cooler and possibly the motherboard and ram. IMHO it's worth about $200-$250.

 

[bignastyid]

The 3.1 GHz CPU is the FX-8120, which is based on the older Bulldozer architecture, and I heard about performance issues with it. The HD 6870 is not a bad GPU, but will struggle to run the latest games. As for the 750w PSU, it could be a Corsair CX750 or some other crappy brand. Do some more research before buying this. It's a cheap build for a reason.

The PSU is a TR2 RX which is actually worse than a CX 750. Atleast a CX750 wont catch fire.

 

[USAFRet]

Care to explain your downvote, TechiCanadian ?

 

[Bossyfins]

Jesus Christ. This is by far the best deal i have EVER seen. My suggestion is to buy this before it's too late. You are one lucky guy to find this deal. Make sure everything is real tho. wow. Just make sure to clean out that pc from all the dust xD

Hope you have a great gaming experience!

-Byron

I am sorry, but not to be offensive, but care to explain your reasoning for why it a GREAT deal? Other than the case being decent, there is nothing good with that build.

 

[tiny voices]

I agree as well. This is a terrible deal.

 

[bignastyid]

Jesus Christ. This is by far the best deal i have EVER seen. My suggestion is to buy this before it's too late. You are one lucky guy to find this deal. Make sure everything is real tho. wow. Just make sure to clean out that pc from all the dust xD

Hope you have a great gaming experience!

-Byron

I am sorry, but not to be offensive, but care to explain your reasoning for why it a GREAT deal? Other than the case being decent, there is nothing good with that build.

My guess is he is the one trying to sell it.

 

[Outlander_04]

Image 5 shows it's a Thermaltake TR2.

I'm more concerned about why the graphics card is installed in the second PCI-Ex16 slot.

-Wolf sends

Its an AMD board . The second slot will be x16 [ unlike an intel where it would be x8 ]
but , yes, its an unusual set up .

The psu is junk . Perhaps useful as a doorstop .

The case water cooling etc might make it a worthwhile purchase , but only if the board can run later model AMD processors .

Even then its kinda marginal since upgrading processor and graphics would bring the build cost up to the level of starting from scratch and building an air cooled decent gamer with 2015 hardware in a $50 case

 

[Bossyfins]

Here is an example build of something that will beat it in performance and quality.PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($108.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $523.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-13 20:46 EDT-0400

 

[Joseph DeGarmo]

People are stupid enough to put up "too-good-to-be-true" deals like this to make people buy their faulty merchandise and have the products fail on them. It's basically a scam. Whatever you do, DO NOT ORDER THAT PC!!! Build your new Intel/NVIDIA build with quality parts and configuration, such as this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($176.98 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($86.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($67.98 @ B&H)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($319.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($65.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($19.75 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($87.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1005.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-13 20:49 EDT-0400

 

[Bossyfins]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($176.98 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($81.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($67.98 @ B&H)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($319.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($19.75 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($87.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $978.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-13 20:53 EDT-0400

Joseph's build with some slight changes

 

[Joseph DeGarmo]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($176.98 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($81.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($67.98 @ B&H)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($319.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($19.75 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($87.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $978.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-13 20:53 EDT-0400

Joseph's build with some slight changes

Looks nice. Maybe add a gaming peripheral (keyboard, mouse, headset, etc.) with that. Or, for a little more cash, you could add more jazz to this build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($139.99 @ B&H)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($67.98 @ B&H)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($319.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($19.75 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($87.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1116.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-13 20:56 EDT-0400

There. Unlocked CPU cores which can make an overclocked i5 beat the snot out of an FX-8120 any day. LOL even an i5-4460 can. xD

 

[Bossyfins]

All in all, OP I hope you don't buy this and look at the suggestion we have made.

 

[USAFRet]

So, going back to the initial comment...."Would you buy this?"

Bottom line = No.

 

[Outlander_04]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($134.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Scythe Kotetsu 79.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($39.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Performance ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($89.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($60.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($319.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Cooler Master VSM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $918.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-13 21:12 EDT-0400

 

[TechiCanadian]

Care to explain your downvote, TechiCanadian ?

? ohh. poop. i swear i clicked Up

 

[Jonas82]

Alright, thank y'all for all your feedback. I've decided not to buy it. I was going to build my own computer which I would need two or three months to raise 1,000, however, I saw this PC at a low cost that I can purchase now. So of course I figured I ought to confront y'all who really know your stuff. Thank you for everything, especially the build advice!

 

[Jonas82]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($176.98 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($81.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($67.98 @ B&H)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($319.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($19.75 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($87.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $978.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-13 20:53 EDT-0400

Joseph's build with some slight changes

Okay, I could probably reuse an old gaming tower I have and the optical drive. But do I really have to buy windows again? I should be able to just put the old disk in and run it right? That way I can cut the price down significantly

Edit: Also I might be able to get an i7-2600 for 175 via a friend. That might be a better way to go then the I5

 

[Bossyfins]

Alright, so If you can get that i7, you can do this
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-2600 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($170.00)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($131.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($67.98 @ B&H)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($329.99 @ Directron)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $953.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-14 03:21 EDT-0400

However, note that the difference between an i7 and i5 is marginal.

 

[Or Nah]

Holy moly... and here I am selling my old RIG for 360$ whilst others are putting their overpriced used systems for sale..

i5 4570
8GB DDR3
EVGA GTX 760 SUPERCLOCKED
Gigabyte B85M-D3H