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TheGermanAshton

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Well, someone I know is selling a custom PC and they are asking 1000 dollars. Here are the specs. Tell me, if you could, if this is worth it or not. Also, how well would this play video games (Battlefield 4, for example)?

Seagate Hybrid Drive ST2000DX001 2TB MLC/8GB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s NCQ 3.5" Desktop SSHD

GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3P AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

SAMSUNG DVD Burner SATA Model SH-224DB/BEBE - OEM

AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-Core 4.0GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Desktop Processor FD8350FRHKBOX

XFX Double D R9 290X 1000MHz 4GB DDR5 DP HDMI 2XDVI Graphics Card

Thermaltake SMART Series SP-750PCBUS 750W ATX 12V 2.3 SLI CrossFire 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply

Fractal Design Define R4 Titanium Grey Silent ATX Mid Tower Case

HyperX Beast 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 Desktop Memory Model KHX18C9T3K2/8X

256 Gigabyte Kingston HyperX SSD Drive
 
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In that price range you could go intel route and his build has things that make no sense such as 16Gb ram
here is an example what you can do with $1000 and it would be faster and new

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Micro Center)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($85.66 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290X 4GB PCS+ Video Card ($450.50 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair...
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In that price range you could go intel route and his build has things that make no sense such as 16Gb ram
here is an example what you can do with $1000 and it would be faster and new

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Micro Center)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($85.66 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290X 4GB PCS+ Video Card ($450.50 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1000.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-16 19:57 EDT-0400
 
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