Buying a friends gaming rig

David McDonough · Mar 18, 2013

My friend is selling his gaming rig and I want your guys advice!
Price: $850
Core I5 2500K 3.3Ghz, 6M Cash

4Gb 1600 khx ram made by Kingston

500gb 7200 RMP sata 3 drive

Built in wireless

Antec 550 power

P8p67-M Pro motherbord

Windows 7

Asus GTX 560 Direct CUII OC

OCZ Vertex Series 30gb SSD

inzone · Mar 18, 2013

It looks pretty good and there is a good cpu an average amount of ram and a decent video card. You can always add more ram if need be and at anytime you can upgrade the video card. I would say it's a good buy.

Lee Harvey · Mar 18, 2013

You could build a better yourself for the same amount.

Really comes down to do you want to do it yourself or have it done for you.

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strife_ff7 · Mar 18, 2013

David McDonough :

I'd say it's worth about $650-$700 and that's with adding $50 for the case that you didn't list. Maybe add on $100 if you get a monitor with the deal.

TidusJames · Mar 18, 2013

You are being overcharged. If you were to buy the exact computer from Newegg.com you could get it for 785. brand new. for the 850, minus the windows 7 you could easily get a much nicer computer for gaming:

The GPU (560) is good, ive got three in tri-sli
the 2500K will be just fine for gaming, it wont bottleneck you
built in wireless is less then useful, because if you are doing actual gaming, you really shouldnt use wireless, its not reliable enough.
the 30 GB ssd is barely big enough for an OS
and a 500GB drive really isnt what is used to be, not with games becoming ~10 GB standard these days.
and 4GB ram... is a little less then would be reccomended for gaming, unless its running only a 32bit system, in whihc case you cant utilize any more.

Hope this helps

Mr5oh · Mar 18, 2013

That's too much money for that PC.

jesot · Mar 18, 2013

1. It's a good system. You'd be happy with it.

2. He's overcharging by quite a bit.

While not "out-dated", it's a couple years old and used. If it were me selling it, I couldn't charge someone more than $650 for it. I'd just pass if I were you. I don't think it's good practice to haggle with friends

bigcyco1 · Mar 18, 2013

It's a decent build but certainly not worth paying $850 for i'd pass on that.

lostgamer_03 · Mar 18, 2013

You can get way better performance for your Money, it's a no go.

If you would like, I could assemble a great gaming system for you on http://pcpartpicker.com/, that would make that system run home to your friend.

David McDonough · Mar 18, 2013

What would you guys use as the best parts for 850?

David McDonough · Mar 18, 2013

Could you please?

lostgamer_03 :

Lee Harvey · Mar 18, 2013

Heres the one I am tweaking out and buying today or tomorrow, prob going to change the SSD and possibly the PSU but the rest stands.

Mother board + CPU combo 249.99
http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=80960&promoid=1357
Powercooler 7870 - Tahiti LE 210'ish after rebate/shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

And the rest,

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KB1a
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KB1a/by_merchant/

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($99.49 @ NCIX US)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($74.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $280.43
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-18 17:51 EDT-0400)

Puts me at 740.42 - I don't need a regular HD since I have a 2TB external myself. But a lot of wiggle room in that build.

Also comes with a Bio Shock Infinite + Tomb Raider with the Video Card.

Could also be done with the I5 alternative if that is your preference easily.

inzone · Mar 18, 2013

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KEPv

This is what I came up with and as you can see it's close to your friends price and all the parts are brand new. However the performance will be slightly better than the old Pc , how much is unknown because some benchmarks would have to be run to see.

jesot · Mar 19, 2013

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($134.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.51 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.16 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card ($239.99 @ Amazon)
Case: BitFenix Outlaw ATX Mid Tower Case ($48.27 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $844.88 (Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.) (Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-19 09:44 EDT-0400)

Probably your best bet. SSDs are great, but I don't put any stock in boot times. You'll be more than fine with that 500GB Baracuda, but if you can save up for a 256gb 840 Pro, this would be a really great machine.

That video card is highly regarded around here and comes with Bioshock Infinite and Tomb Raider if you get it from New Egg. There's also a code somewhere to get the price down to $210.

jesot · Mar 19, 2013

Actually, I was doing some perusing of my own and found that you can get free memory with the Asus P8Z77 from NewEgg, which also has a $20 rebate card. And the 3750k is 215 at NewEgg. So that cuts about $60 off the total of the build I put up there.

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