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I found a gaming PC i want but not sure if its good or not, "Gaming Desktop PC AMD FX-6300 3.5 GHz, AMD Radeon RX 550 2GB, 16GB DDR3 RAM, 2TB 7200RPM HDD, Win 10, Wi-Fi , N27B7022GRXV2". Thats what i have found.
 
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New? Or used? What kind of price?

That's extremely entry-level and, if new, you should be able to an order of magnitude better for the money.
If used, it would have to be super cheap to be "worth it" in 2018.

The FX6300 is a 6 year old CPU at this point - the architecture is 7 years old.
16GB of DDR3 is a pointless inclusion to a "gaming" desktop of that caliber.
The RX550 is an entry level GPU that can still be bought new for near it's MSRP of ~$80.

If you're looking at it from a "value" standpoint (FPS in games vs the money paid), it's only really an attractive proposition in the <$200 range IMO. Even then, it's debatable.

*EDIT* Wait. That product number related to a $600 (Amazon, today) pre-built from iBuyPower...
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New? Or used? What kind of price?

That's extremely entry-level and, if new, you should be able to an order of magnitude better for the money.
If used, it would have to be super cheap to be "worth it" in 2018.

The FX6300 is a 6 year old CPU at this point - the architecture is 7 years old.
16GB of DDR3 is a pointless inclusion to a "gaming" desktop of that caliber.
The RX550 is an entry level GPU that can still be bought new for near it's MSRP of ~$80.

If you're looking at it from a "value" standpoint (FPS in games vs the money paid), it's only really an attractive proposition in the <$200 range IMO. Even then, it's debatable.

*EDIT* Wait. That product number related to a $600 (Amazon, today) pre-built from iBuyPower!
https://www.amazon.com/iBUYPOWER-Desktop-FX-6300-7200RPM-N27B7022GRXV2/dp/B07BDT33S2

At $600, no, it's by no means "good".


I did find this, that would appear to be an i7-8700 + 1050TI, although I suspect the ad is misleading.
https://www.amazon.com/Performance-Business-Desktop-802-11ac-Bluetooth/dp/B07H22WN63/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1537219478&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=1050+ti+desktop&psc=1

For $600, there's not too much you can do in the true "gaming" class.
$730, and iBuyPower start to make some sense:
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/ibuypower-slate-desktop-intel-core-i5-8gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1050-ti-1tb-hard-drive-black/6260206.p?skuId=6260206

BUT, for $700 or so, you can do better putting something together yourself (or paying a small fee to a local company to assemble).

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor ($199.89 @ B&H)
Motherboard: ASRock - H310M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($52.61 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg Business)
Storage: Patriot - Burst 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($41.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($42.03 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card ($159.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox E300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($30.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($26.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($94.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $719.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-17 17:31 EDT-0400
 
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