is this a good computer?

[Belumoth]

Don't know much about it. Would you buy it? How much would you pay?

AMD Phenom II Quad Core 965 Processor
AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series 1GB GDDR5
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 2x4GB
Western Digital 250GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
Western Digital 3TB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Case
10 - USB 2.0 (4 Front 6 Back)
2 - USB 3.0 (Front)
Acer H203H 20" LCD Monitor

 

[Darkest Dream]

Don't know much about it. Would you buy it? How much would you pay?

AMD Phenom II Quad Core 965 Processor
AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series 1GB GDDR5
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 2x4GB
Western Digital 250GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
Western Digital 3TB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Case
10 - USB 2.0 (4 Front 6 Back)
2 - USB 3.0 (Front)
Acer H203H 20" LCD Monitor

The parts are around $950 brand new, significantly less if they're used. That being said I'm sure you could haggle a little bit either way. Its a decent computer but you (or I cough) could build something better for the same price. Are you buying it from a person? I'd see how cheap they'd be willing to let it go for, if you could bump off a couple hundred dollars it could be a pretty great buy.

 

[IRL Seller]

The parts are around $950 brand new, significantly less if they're used. That being said I'm sure you could haggle a little bit either way. Its a decent computer but you (or I cough) could build something better for the same price. I'd only purchase it if you can get it at a significant discount (for example its in mint condition and you can get it for $600)

edit: the graphics card is a bit under-powered, if I were the one purchasing it I'd order a new graphics card at the same time. (I personally recommend the radeon hd 7770 as its a great value/performance card and comes with a free amd game).

Yeah, gfx is one of the weak spots there.

I would not pay over $700 for this machine (new). If you are looking for an under $1K build, I can help you select parts, the only thing is what you want to do with it. Are we talking Skyrim max settings, or casual minecraft?

 

[Darkest Dream]

Yeah, gfx is one of the weak spots there.

I would not pay over $700 for this machine (new). If you are looking for an under $1K build, I can help you select parts, the only thing is what you want to do with it. Are we talking Skyrim max settings, or casual minecraft?

I had to put my foot in my mouth on that one, I didn't look that carefully at the graphics card when I was posting. I believe the 7770 was a downgrade to the card already listed.

 

[Laptop65]

I'm not too familiar with AMD hardware. If you were willing to change over to Intel / Nvidia hardware instead and a budget I could pick out a good system for you.

 

[IRL Seller]

I had to put my foot in my mouth on that one, I didn't look that carefully at the graphics card when I was posting. I believe the 7770 was a downgrade to the card already listed.

WOuld still prefer a 7990 if you have the cash.

 

[Sypherz]

That computer is worth 500 bucks tops in my honest opinion, including the monitor.

The processor is $100 and is a decent chip for the price, but you can do much better.

Ram will run ~$60.

Mobo was probably around $70.

You can get a new 4tb hard drive for around $100 these days.

The GPU is mediocre, I would invest in a 7990 when they go on sale. I just got one for under 200 and am rather fond of it.

Monitor is worth $70 max used.

You should invest 700 or 800 in learning and building your own machine. I did that a year and a half ago and never regretted it. A lot of people on Sythe can help!

 

[Belumoth]

so like $5-600 is a good price or is that over priced?

 

[Sypherz]

I say 600 is overpriced. 500 is decent if you want a low-mid end system but you could do better I think. I would still considering building a system.

 

[Belumoth]

Ok well I picked it up from my buddy and I paid $320. Idk why I bought it. Not much of a gamer. I'll probably throw it up on Craigslist in the morning and try to make a few bucks. Any cheap things I could do to sell it faster and for more?

 

[Darkest Dream]

Ok well I picked it up from my buddy and I paid $320. Idk why I bought it. Not much of a gamer. I'll probably throw it up on Craigslist in the morning and try to make a few bucks. Any cheap things I could do to sell it faster and for more?

$320 was an amazing price if its in good condition, congratulations on the buy!

 

[Belumoth]

yeah its good the only thing i noticed is the graphics card is covering up 3/6 of the SATA plugs which kinda sucks.

 

[IRL Seller]

yeah its good the only thing i noticed is the graphics card is covering up 3/6 of the SATA plugs which kinda sucks.

If you can find a brand new 7990 for under like $400 (which happens when people have sales), then use that. It will be a huge plus to anyone looking at the computer, and it adds a crapload of value to it.

Aa for what you paid, not a bad deal at all if it is all in working condition without any damages.

 

[Belumoth]

i don't really want to sink another $400 into it. unless of course i could get more out of it.

you guys were saying i could get ~$500 out of it as it sits if i added the new gfx card for $400 i would need to get $1000 to make it worth it.

now that i look at pictures of it it would probably cover all 6 of the sata plugs...

 

[IRL Seller]

i don't really want to sink another $400 into it. unless of course i could get more out of it.

you guys were saying i could get ~$500 out of it as it sits if i added the new gfx card for $400 i would need to get $1000 to make it worth it.

You probably could get $1,000 out of it as the majority of people don't know how to shop and a 7990 is around $700 new *usually*

You just have to shop smart for a sale.

If you aren't willing to wait on the card, then just sell it as is and make a nice $180, still not a bad profit.

 

[Belumoth]

yeah i cant get the card in there... it needs a min of a 850w psu only have a 650 in there.

 

[IRL Seller]

yeah i cant get the card in there... it needs a min of a 850w psu only have a 650 in there.

Ah. Didn't even think of that.

Well enjoy the $130 you'll make (haggling with the buyer)! Not bad for just a bit of online research

 

[Belumoth]

yeah now i just need someone to buy it. lol

thanks for the help.

 

[IRL Seller]

No problem mate, but if you ever are looking to do your own custom build, send me a PM. I can help you pick out some parts/give you a $$$ idea on how much you'll have to spend.