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I'm buying a gaming PC on Craigslist, help?

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September 28, 2014 9:43:32 PM

Someone is selling his gaming PC for a decent price on my local Craigslist (http://newhaven.craigslist.org/sys/4689051886.html), he said it's missing a HDD and a GPU.

If I buy the "4TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive" and the "GeForce GTX 970", will it work properly?

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a b 4 Gaming
September 28, 2014 10:06:25 PM

If the seller is being honest, yes it should work fine..
I would recommend you buy a 2TB HDD, a 240-256GB SST (Samsung 840 EVO??) and that 970.
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a b 4 Gaming
September 28, 2014 10:07:54 PM

I don't think this build is that good... For one, the PSU brand I've never heard of, and the case isn't a good brand. But yes, the interiors are gold.
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a b 4 Gaming
September 28, 2014 10:15:35 PM

Thermaltake Toughpower at that power rating is a good PSU listed as a tier 2A herein:
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1804779/power-su...
Tier two class A - Excellent quality units, if not, as good as the Tier one class of units. For people who have a limited budget, but still want a reliable unit for the price


Antec
Earthwatts series (Only from 700 Watts and up)
EDGE series.
High Current Gamer series
Neo HE
Truepower Classic 750w
Truepower New (700 Watts only)
Truepower Trio
Truepower Quattro

Cooler Master VS series

Be Quiet
Power zone series
Straight power E9 (Greater than 400 Watts)
Straight Power 10

Corsair
GS series (GS600 / GS800)
HX / HX v2 series
RM 450 / 550 / 650w models (Made by Channel Well Technology)
TX / TXM series

Cougar SX and GX 700

Enermax
MaxRevo 1350 Watts
Platimax series (under 1250 Watts)
Triathlor (550, 650, 700)

Enhance ENP-GH
EVGA Supernova B2 750w (may even reach 80+ Silver, according to Jonnyguru)
Lepa G500
NZXT Hale82 Modular (650 and 750 Watt models)

OCZ
EliteXStream series
EvoXStream series
Fatal1ty series (Last gen 80+ models)
GameXStream series (less than 1000 Watts, if manufactured from December 2007 or later)
ModXStream series (Again, if manufactured from December 2007 or later)
ProXStream
StealthXStream (400 Watt only)
StealthXStream MK2 (greater than 700 Watts)
ZT / ZS series (less than 1000 Watts)
ZX 850 Watts

PC Power & Cooling
Silencer (Less than 610 Watts)
Silencer MK2 series

Rosewill
Capstone series
Silent Night 500 Watts
Tachyon series

Seasonic
G series
S / M12 MK1 series
S / M12 II Bronze 430 / 520 / 620w (Includes EVO series and S12G models)

Setney Golden Steel Power 850 Watts
Seventeam ST series (less than 600 Watts)

Silverstone -
OP / DA series (less than 700 Watts)
SX600-G SFX

Supermicro / Ablecom

Thermaltake -
Toughpower DPS G 1050w
Toughpower series (greater than 600 Watts) <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

The Chaser A71 is one of the top-of-the-line Full Tower cases from Thermaltake.

Again, if the seller is being honest - and that is really the important pointhere - it won't be a bad deal. If you get concerned about the PSU you can replace it down the road a few months. JohnnyGuru (http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=Search) has some reviews of the Thermaltake 750s and they don't get bad ratings.
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a b 4 Gaming
September 28, 2014 10:23:26 PM

Hm........... I don't know, actually. LinusTechTips made an ad about this but who says ads don't have lies? I guess if he wants, he could, but...
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a b 4 Gaming
September 28, 2014 10:27:17 PM

I would definitely pass. I don't like used builds...and it does not look like you will be able to properly check all the components are working before purchase since the hard drive is missing.
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