Is this a good offer?

[t3chn00b]

There is someone selling their old rig for $500. The specs look good, but I don't know how well they do in current gaming. Is this a good deal? If I buy it, what should I upgrade in the future?

Here are the specs:

AMD Phenom II X4 975 Black Edition 3.6GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Desktop Processor

ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBXL

NVIDIA GTX 580 Video Card

WDC WD10EALX-009BAD 1TB Hard drive

ASUS 24X DVD Burner - CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM

Crossfire Ready 850W Power Supply - (Brand unknown, did not take the PC apart, either a Thermaltake or a Corsair)

Antec Full-Size Tower with 7 Built in fans, and numerous front ports -

 

[AxlFone]

Look gere how much new price is.
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/

We can help you here build cheap and good build with new parts too.

I think cheapest intel i5 build is about 7-800 so that sounds like a good deal.
But it only souds like. I did buy about year ago LGA 1366 960 cpu + sabertooth mobo + psu 80$ price. And cpu + mobo do still have warranty on. about year or so.

Now I did buy 3930k + gigabyte X-79 UD3 mobo for cheap price. MoBoo was new. CPU was used.

With 700 you can build this.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8150 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor ($139.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($109.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.96 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($199.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Fractal Design Core 3000 USB 3.0 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $719.87
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-14 02:26 EDT-0400)

This is cheap intel build. About same price.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1OAew

 

[t3chn00b]

Look gere how much new price is.
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/

We can help you here build cheap and good build with new parts too.

I think cheapest intel i5 build is about 7-800 so that sounds like a good deal.
But it only souds like. I did buy about year ago LGA 1366 960 cpu + sabertooth mobo + psu 80$ price. And cpu + mobo do still have warranty on. about year or so.

Now I did buy 3930k + gigabyte X-79 UD3 mobo for cheap price. MoBoo was new. CPU was used.

With 700 you can build this.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8150 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor ($139.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($109.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.96 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($199.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Fractal Design Core 3000 USB 3.0 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $719.87
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-14 02:26 EDT-0400)

This is cheap intel build. About same price.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1OAew

Your build costs $175 more. Is it any better? This offer is already built, has tons of fans and comes with OS. I can also pick it up in a day. If yours isnt any better, is being new really worth it? My budget right now is about $500-550

 

[tiny voices]

If the PSu is a thermaltake, it will need to be replaced because its junk. Corsair is alright.

The CPU is 4+ years old. The motherboard is good and the Ram is good. The GPU is HORRIBLY inefficient. (pulls as much power as 2x 7970s and only is as powerful as a 7870) But, it should still run games at high settings.

It all depends on the game when deciding how this will perform. Games like Farcry 3 will probably run at high, while games like Bioshock infinite that love CPU power, will run at medium. Games that like a quadcore CPU but still need per-core performance like bf4 may experience some slowdowns while running at high settings still.

Even though that CPU is a quad-core, there are some games, that even a lowly dual-core i3 will eat it alive on.