good enough gaming set up to play on highest settings?

Khuramjj

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Hi I want to buy a gaming pc to play at high settings and watch movies Etc which is fast no lag etc and My friend has this for sale at £600. My budget is about £900. Do you think this is a good setup for 600 or would I be better off building my own thanks. If I posted in the wrong category or did something wrong it's my first time on this website sorry


CPU: I5 4690k @ 4.5ghz over clocked
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Motherboard: Gigabyte UltraDurable 287-D3HP (287 Chipset, LGA 1150 socket)
PSU: Corsair CX 500w
RAM: Crucial Ballistix Tracer 8GB (1 stick)
GPUs: Two Sapphire AMD Radeon 6790's in Crossfire (With aftermarket coolers on both
Storage 1: Corsair Neutron GTX 120GB SSD (Windows 8.1 is installed to this)
Storage 2: Western Digital 1TB Caviar Blue HD


He also said
"The CPU Idle temps are 35—37‘C, after 1 hour of prime 95, they were around 75’C. This is at 4.5GHz. The two 6790's Idle temps are 45—47"C, after 1 hour of Furmark, they were 84*c, at 79% fan speed (automatic). The two 6790's are both overclocked to 900MHz Core Clock, and l100MHz Memory Clock. The PC comes with Windows 8.1 installed, a few teaks (such as downloads being saved to the HDD), chrome and DirectX. The parts are worth over £900 alone, so get a deal."

His words^
 
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Deepanshu Singh

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I really doubt that you'll be able to play on highest settings at 1080p. Processor is not bad but that GPU is way too old to play latest games on high settings.
I would say get his CPU, MOBO, RAM, HDD, cooler and SSD if you really trust him and get your own GPU and PSU.
 

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The i5 4690K is a gaming beast. The two 6790 in crossfire may be good enough for 720p high/1080p medium graphical fidelity experience. All other parts are fine except the PSU. Because CX series come with cheap capacitors, so the longevity is questionable. So you may need to buy the PSU outside.

Having said that I would highly recommend this value oriented new build that will give you best bang for what you pay and will outclass your friend's not so cheap second hand offering:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£175.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£89.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£47.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£48.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.14 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£144.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Antec TruePower Classic 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£51.93 @ Dabs)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) (£75.34 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £736.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-08 09:41 BST+0100

Don't spend your money on getting second hand components. Good condition or not. It's already used and may be a little worn out. By the way, what your friend has may be £900 when he purchase that. But considering the price performance ratio it has to offer is not even worth £500 in today's value.

Get the one I suggested, you not only beat your friends' config by a distance, but also a better value oriented build and that too a new one.

Cheers!

 
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