Used PC Help

tum5500 · Mar 27, 2013

Hi, Today I am coming to you (the community) to ask if it is a good idea to buy this used gaming pc. It is 600$ and the GPU is an XFX Double d 7870 ghz edition. The CPU is an AMD 965 Black Edition, the MOBO is a gigabyte 990 FXA UD3. Everything after this is a non specified brand. It has 16 gigs of RAM, Windows 7 ultimate, a hard drive of 1TB, a no name PSU, a cougar BO full tower, a blu ray drive and everything else is unspecified. He has the boxes of the PSU, GPU, CPU and ATX MOBO, but he threw out the rest of the boxes, and has no receipts. He said it cost him 1200$ canadaian dollars to build (im from Canada). There is a picture and a benchmark. Does this look good or shady. I am buying it of kijiji canada, its like craigslist.

Thanks;
Nick Lorraine

MauveCloud · Mar 27, 2013

Right at "no name PSU" I'd stop and reject the system. Even if you bought a replacement psu, the old one could have caused hidden damage to the other components.

tum5500 · Mar 27, 2013

To be exact it`s a `power bay`PSU but Ive never heard of it before.

stevydinho · Mar 27, 2013

Everything looks fine.... except the CPU, that looks like a potential bottleneck to the GPU. I've been told that the XFX version of the 7870 gets really hot too. I would advise getting a new PSU from a trusted manufacturer. If you use this list as a rough idea for the cost of it new http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/MBct that's a saving of nearly $400 and it is already assembled. I'd say it's good value

USAFRet · Mar 27, 2013

"threw out the rest of the boxes, and has no receipts."

That is another red flag. Not a chance.
A used, homebuilt machine with unknown parts, from unknown sources, could have soooo many issues. Especially for $600.

Kindredsouls · Mar 27, 2013

I'm always reluctant to buy used computers just because you don't know how well the owner took care of them. Was the room real hot and muggy in the summer time, did he/she overclock their hardware properly, was the inside of the computer cleaned out on a regular basis? All of those are things that you just don't know. Granted some of that is me being picky.

On a more practical side, is the hardware he offering for $600 a good deal or not? Short answer, in my opinion is, yes. It's not the latest and greatest, but it certainly isn't bad. A Phenom 965 is about a $100 CPU and a few years ago was the premium offering from AMD. The GPU is pretty good. Worth about $220 or more, depending on which one he has exactly. Motherboard is good, you could always upgrade the CPU to something better later on. RAM is probably ok, and 16 GB is more then enough. 1 TB hard drive, difficult to screw that up. PSU could be a small concern but even IF it was bad you could replace that with something good for $50-$100. Blu-ray players tend to run $50 or more. Sounds like the only real downside to the deal is the lack of receipts. You basically have no warranty on anything.

If you want it. I would talk to the owner, and if you get a good vibe from them that they took care of the computer (and take care of their things in general) then I would go for it. Just remember no matter what there is always a risk and you have to be willing to accept the consequences.

Good Luck!

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