How well does these parts run?

Jerry_61 · Mar 28, 2017

There's this Craigslist ad which I think is a decent price. I'm just going to copy part of the ad.

Parts List below
Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced - High Air Flow Full Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0 and All-Black Interior bought for $179
AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-Core 4.0 GHz (4.2 GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W FD8350FRHKBOX Desktop ... $189

1 x XFX Radeon R9 280X DirectX 11.2 R9-280X-TDFD 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Double ...
Times 2 $500 (250$ each)

SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE120BW 2.5" 120GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $100

Corsair CX750 Builder Series ATX 80 PLUS Bronze Certified Power Supply

How well does this play games? I current have a 60hz 1080p monitor. I wanted to play games at max settings like witcher, GTA, etc. I read some articles that modern games are starting to have minimal effects with crossfire and that it doesn't really increase performance. Does this run modern games well? The Craigslist ad is asking for $550 which I think is a good deal. Also this is my source for the lack of performance increase in certain games. http://www.babeltechreviews.com/sad-state-crossfire-sli-today/3/

rhysiam · Mar 28, 2017

So here's an example of what you can do with new parts around your current budget:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($68.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($58.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: ADATA Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($51.98 @ Jet)
Storage: Western Digital Blue 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.75 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 470 4GB STRIX Video Card ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $498.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-28 04:37 EDT-0400

I have NOT included a case as that's a personal choice, so you'd need to factor that in.
I've also NOT included a copy of the OS. If you have Windows 10 linked to a Microsoft account you should be able to re-use that, otherwise you'd need to add $90 to your budget for Win10 - which does make the above more expensive.

My thoughts...
Technically, at it's best, that second hand build will perform better than the new one I've proposed above. The CPU can be better under heavily threaded games, and the dual 280X cards are theoretically a little faster than a 470. .
However... in any games which don't scale well with multiple cards the 470 will crush the 280Xs... at a fraction of the power.
Also, the new build above allows you to drop in a modern Intel i5 or even i7 down the track for a major CPU upgrade. In maybe two years with a CPU and GPU upgrade you could have a mid-high end gaming rig again for maybe $450, whereas the AMD build has no real upgrade path and you'd have to start from scratch.
The new build obviously is new parts under warranty... so there's that too.

Just to be clear, I'm not suggesting the new Intel build is superior, it's probably going to trade blows depending on the game and maybe even lose out slightly overall. But it's brand new and upgradable.

If I can get similar performance from new parts for similar money, I don't consider the second hand purchase a good one. In this case you could make an argument either way, but I wouldn't be investing significant money in the FX platform right now myself.

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How well does these parts run?

Jerry_61

Commendable

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rhysiam

Splendid

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