Is this PC worth the money?

D50yer · Jun 6, 2015

I am looking at a gaming pc on craigslist and was wondering if I could get a second hand opinion about whether it is any good. The asking price is 600 dollars.

Part List:

Processor - AMD FX-6300 Vishera 6-Core 3.5GHz (4.1GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 95W

Ram - G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

Graphics - EVGA SuperClocked GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 plus ACX

Motherboard - MSI 970A-G46 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX

Case - Rosewill BLACKHAWK - Blue Edition - Five Fans Included, Window Panel, HDD Dock

Power Supply - Corsair CXM series CX600M 600W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular

Solid State Drive - Kingston SSD V300 Series SV300S37A/120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III

Hard Drive - Western Digital Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s

Here is the link to the page. https://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/syd/5059604636.html

geofelt · Jun 6, 2015

If that is the exact build you would do yourself, then price out the parts and see how it compares to $600.
Does it include windows?

As to the parts, I like the ram , the hard drive and the graphics card.
The rest, not so much.

Nextg_Rival · Jun 6, 2015

For pretty much the same price, you could build yourself a much better one with the GTX 970. I wouldn't recommend it.

jediTT · Jun 6, 2015

Does it include monitor, OS, keyboard, and mouse?

D50yer · Jun 6, 2015

jediTT :

It is just the computer. I imagine it has an operating system already installed but I would have to confirm with the seller.

jediTT · Jun 6, 2015

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZJZN4D
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZJZN4D/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($94.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($76.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($52.61 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.45 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($239.99)
Case: Rosewill BLACKHAWK-BLUE ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $706.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-06 14:07 EDT-0400

That's if you buy that system brand new. I'd probably pass. You can get a decent intel+960/970 build for around the same price.

Nextg_Rival · Jun 6, 2015

If you can build a PC yourself (and if you can't it takes approximately 1-2 hours to learn how to do it) I would recommend this: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6CVk3C

I run the same motherboard for quite some time now and I can confirm that it works well (although I haven't overclocked anything, but I don't need to - most modern games will run fine on the FX 6300). As a bonus, you get a killed GTX 970 for a massive performance boost over the GTX 760 (benchmarks can be found here: http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=2438&gid2=882&compare=geforce-gtx-970-4gb-vs-geforce-gtx-760 ) as well as a cheap PSU from a good and proven brand (Corsair PSUs have a bad reputation) at the price of 615$.

jediTT · Jun 6, 2015

$100 more and you get Intel I5 and a better brand GTX 970

Nextg_Rival · Jun 6, 2015

Yeah, that's true, but the FX 6300 really won't bottleneck the 970, plus there's very little difference between the GTX 970 models anyway - the Zotac will still have about 98% of the performance of the Gigabyte version.

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