Better to buy this used pc/peripheral combo now or wait till black friday and build my own?

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geofelt
If you have a need now, build or buy now.
For $800, you could start with the cpu/motherboard/ram and use integrated graphics for starters.
Then, you will have a better idea of just how strong your graphics card needs to be.

You even might have budget for a starting graphics card like a GTX1050ti or GTX1060.
If you buy an evga card, they have a 90 day trade up option where you can get full purchase price towards an upgraded card.
Read the fine print first.
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boosted1g

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So for compariable 2017 performance this build would cost 1200, 1400 adding in peripherals/monitor

Wihout the monitor/peripherals it would not be a very good deal but for $800 all together it is a pretty good deal.
SSD + HDD + PSU + CASE + MONITOR is $400 alone if you bought new.

If the seller can show it running well in prime95 or other benchmarking programing I would get the used one
 
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geofelt

geofelt

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Good deal, I think.
I5-4690K is equal performance. Add a $35 cooler and overclock and it will be a fair amount better.

GTX980ti and GTX1070 are comparable.
The psu is superior.
Samsung 250gb ssd is superior.
Add in the peripherals, windows, etc and you are ahead of the game.
As always, if you have ready cash, offer less.
 
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oort_3

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but heres the thing, right now i have ~800 to spend, by the time black friday comes, i will have maybe around 1400-1500 to spend, plus i have already razer deathadder, blackwidow, kraken v2 headset. by then, will prices have dropped enough that its worth it to wait around 5 months?

EDIT: forgot to mention i have a free copy of windows 10

 
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geofelt

geofelt

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If you have a need now, build or buy now.
For $800, you could start with the cpu/motherboard/ram and use integrated graphics for starters.
Then, you will have a better idea of just how strong your graphics card needs to be.

You even might have budget for a starting graphics card like a GTX1050ti or GTX1060.
If you buy an evga card, they have a 90 day trade up option where you can get full purchase price towards an upgraded card.
Read the fine print first.
 
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