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Well mostly just wanting to ask other's opinions;
Stopped by one of the local used computer shops, and after talking a while one of the employees there was selling his old computer now that he just upgraded to a 2500k and a gtx 680. He is selling his old rig which has the follwing;
Phenom X4 9600 Black Edition OC'd with a low-profile cooler at 2.8ghz
XFX ATX AM2+ motherboard: XFX MDA72P7509 AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA nForce 750a SLI HDM...
EVGA 470 superclocked: EVGA 012-P3-1472-AR GeForce GTX 470 (Fermi) SuperC...
Rosewill PSU: Rosewill Green Series RG630-S12 630W Continuous @4... (not sure if this is the exact one, listed as rosewill green series on the side but I thought it was a 650watt.)
4GB DDR2-1066 RAM
500GB WD 7200rpm HDD\
Windows XP
in an Antec 300 case.
He is also offering a 3 year warranty on it through the shop.

He is offering it to me for $600. I think it's a decent deal given the price, seeing as my current computer is not a gaming machine by far.
What do you guys think? Should I get it or keep saving up for a new rig?
He is also offering me the 470 on it's own with a 3 year warranty for $175.

So really I'm stuck between this and the rig I was planning on with all new parts for ~800 so yeah. Either way I'm either making payments on the computer from the shop or saving up for my build with a PII X4 960t and a Radeon HD 7850.
 

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I would pass on that rig. Cost is way too high for an old DDR2 system with a Phenom I CPU. Save up for what you want and keep an eye out for some of your parts here... you can find some good deals in the B/S/T threads.
 
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I would pass on that rig. Cost is way too high for an old DDR2 system with a Phenom I CPU. Save up for what you want and keep an eye out for some of your parts here... you can find some good deals in the B/S/T threads.

what about buying the 470 on it's own? Given the 3 year warranty on it and all.
 

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what about buying the 470 on it's own? Given the 3 year warranty on it and all.

last generation and power hungry IMO. I would recommend nothing older than AMD 6xxx series or NVidia 5xx series. A brand new 6870 can be had for around that price with a manufacturers warranty
 
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last generation and power hungry IMO. I would recommend nothing older than AMD 6xxx series or NVidia 5xx series. A brand new 6870 can be had for around that price with a manufacturers warranty

Well I know it's power hungry to an ungodly extent, however it is DX 11 capable so I was considering it as it was an EVGA.
And eh for $75 ish more I get a 7850 which is what I was planning on anyhow so yeah I think I'll go for the 7850 still.

I knew I was being bugged about it, yet it seemed like a good deal still. I guess it is probably just because I'm impatient to have a computer actually capable of playing Crysis 2 at playable settings :p :toast:
 

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Well I know it's power hungry to an ungodly extent, however it is DX 11 capable so I was considering it as it was an EVGA.
And eh for $75 ish more I get a 7850 which is what I was planning on anyhow so yeah I think I'll go for the 7850 still.

I knew I was being bugged about it, yet it seemed like a good deal still. I guess it is probably just because I'm impatient to have a computer actually capable of playing Crysis 2 at playable settings :p :toast:

Good decision :toast:

Post a WTB thread here when you're ready and you may be surprised by what kinds of deals you can pick up.
 
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If you could get that for $400 it would be alright i guess but that Rosewill PSU is junk and the 470 is getting "dated", there are better GFX choice's for your $175 budget i think. Hell you can prolly get a 480 or a 5870 for less than $175 and both of those are quite an improvement compared to the 470 i would think.

But realistically if you want to keep your system for a while getting a DDR2 rig now would really be limiting yourself IMHO, if you saved up a lil' longer and started out with a DDR3 & 7850 (or equivalent Nvidia) i think you would be much better off in the long run :)
 

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I'd wait, old tech and fairly expensive to.

With the upcoming Ivy Bridge cpus from Intel, you will surely be able to pick up a second hand i5-2500k or i7-2600k and Z68 motherboards fairly cheap due to all the Ivy Bridge adopters.

So if your keen for a new PC wait till the end of this month and I honestly think you will strike gold with the TPU B/S/T threads :D

Also, The 7870 will be greatly superior to the 470, definitely wait instead of buying a redundant card that you would soon replace. If you have $140 lying around to buy old tech, put it along with your 7870 budget and upgrade to a 7950 :D
 
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Skip this 'deal'.
I used to own a Phenom I X4 9600 BE, it was pretty piss-poor. Throw in the TLB error bug and patch, then you lose some performace on an already mediocre cpu.
I bought that CPU and complete platform due to some advice from a friend, who happens to be a die-hard fanboy. I don't ask him about build advice anymore.

Just build a new rig. You should be able to get an i5-2500k or 2550k, and build a great system around that cpu for your budget.
 
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As an AMD "fanboy" I don't buy Intel CPUs (unless offered to me at such an insanely low price I would be an idiot not to buy. i.e. a 2500k for the same price~+$10 for example. Which I might see at the end of the month.), but yeah I figure I'll stick with going with a PII X4 AM3+ build, and should Piledriver performance be anything decent enough to warrant an upgrade, upgrade my CPU next year.
@ Huddo I said 7850 not 7870 lol. Doesn't really matter that much though.
 
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You can get a 2500k for around $200 new if you shop around. You might even be able to get it cheaper.
As long as you don't play CPU limited games, an AMD system will still get the job donw.
But avoid that first-gen Phenom system, trust me.
 
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As an AMD "fanboy" I don't buy Intel CPUs (unless offered to me at such an insanely low price I would be an idiot not to buy. i.e. a 2500k for the same price~+$10 for example. Which I might see at the end of the month.), but yeah I figure I'll stick with going with a PII X4 AM3+ build, and should Piledriver performance be anything decent enough to warrant an upgrade, upgrade my CPU next year.
@ Huddo I said 7850 not 7870 lol. Doesn't really matter that much though.

If you really are an AMD fanboy you wouldn't have any doubts in buying the old rig.
 
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If you really are an AMD fanboy you wouldn't have any doubts in buying the old rig.

I get called one rather often for saying I'd buy a Phenom II X4 and put the extra $75-100 into a better GPU right now, and later upgrade to Piledriver and hopefully get more or less the same performance when it is needed - in the future. And that I prefer to buy AMD on an ethical basis.
Oh and that I have a tendency when making suggestions to suggest both an Intel and an AMD version of a build and toss in info on the ethics, as well as performance. lol
 

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What are the ethical differences between AMD and Intel? I'm intrigued. Also, sorry if its a little off topic.
 
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whereas AMD's only splotch on their record I'm aware of is the MMX trademark/copywrite thing and pricing the original FX processors at $1000.
 
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If you're going with AMD, get an FX-4xxx or 6xxx. The extra module on the 8xxx won't do much good for gaming. Put those $$$ towards the GPU instead.

If you're going to spend $600 on your rig:
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If you're going with AMD, get an FX-4xxx or 6xxx. The extra module on the 8xxx won't do much good for gaming. Put those $$$ towards the GPU instead.

If you're going to spend $600 on your rig:
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SILVERSTONE Strider Essential series ST60F-ES 600W... $75
AMD FX-4170 Zambezi 4.2GHz (4.3GHz Turbo) Socket A... $140
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HIS H777F1G2M Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB 128-b... $140

lol why would I go with a FX series? Phenom II does better clock/clock and I'm OCing anyhow. Phenom II X4 is the same price as that 4170 and I can OC more or less up to there. Anyhow.
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Audio Device(s) Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse Cooler Master MM710 53G
Keyboard Logitech 920-009300 G512 SE
Software Windows 10 Pro // Windows 10 Pro
^ agreed Ether one..Just not the Phenom I or 470..........You need to decide on a budget first
 

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Memory Patriot 2x16GB PVS432G320C6K \ G.Skill Flare X5 F5-6000J3238F 2x16GB
Video Card(s) eVga GTX1060 SSC \ XFX RX 6950XT RX-695XATBD9
Storage Sammy 860, MX500, Sabrent Rocket 4 Sammy Evo 980 \ 1xSabrent Rocket 4+, Sammy 2x990 Pro
Display(s) Samsung 1080P \ LG 43UN700
Case Fractal Design Pop Air 2x140mm fans from Torrent \ Fractal Design Torrent 2 SilverStone FHP141x2
Audio Device(s) Yamaha RX-V677 \ Yamaha CX-830+Yamaha MX-630 Infinity RS4000\Paradigm P Studio 20, Blue Yeti
Power Supply Seasonic Prime TX-750 \ Corsair RM1000X Shift
Mouse Steelseries Sensei wireless \ Steelseries Sensei wireless
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$600 for that hell no don't be giving in now :).. Although as Norton said save up and do it right.
 
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$600 for that hell no don't be giving in now :).. Although as Norton said save up and do it right.

Am I the only one who reads every comment in a thread before I post? lol.

:roll:
Anyhow yeah will be saving up the $800+ now.
 

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Video Card(s) eVga GTX1060 SSC \ XFX RX 6950XT RX-695XATBD9
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Power Supply Seasonic Prime TX-750 \ Corsair RM1000X Shift
Mouse Steelseries Sensei wireless \ Steelseries Sensei wireless
Keyboard Logitech K120 \ Wooting Two HE
Benchmark Scores Meh benchmarks.
Am I the only one who reads every comment in a thread before I post? lol.

:roll:
Anyhow yeah will be saving up the $800+ now.

Yeah i was about to edit it lol.

ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI S...
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Tu...
SAMSUNG 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600...
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit - Oper...

Subtotal: $529.96

$100 for a good PSU make sure you do some research
A good place to start
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39758

$100 for a case unless you can find a cheaper well ventilated one.

$80 for a 250GB HDD

$809.96
 
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lol why would I go with a FX series? Phenom II does better clock/clock and I'm OCing anyhow. Phenom II X4 is the same price as that 4170 and I can OC more or less up to there. Anyhow.
What I'm looking at for my $800 PC:
Case: LOGISYS Computer CS1202BK Black ABS + Mesh bezel ,...
Motherboard: ASRock 970 EXTREME3 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3....
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 970 Deneb 3.5GHz Socket AM3 125W ...
GPU: MSI R7850 Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC Radeon HD 7850 2GB GD...
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 ...
PSU: Rosewill HIVE Series HIVE-750 750W Continuous @40°...
RAM: AMD Performance Edition 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3...
ODD: LITE-ON 24X DVD Writer 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD...
Cooling;
Heatsink- COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 Contin...
TIM- Noctua NT-H1 Thermal Compound

If I save up a bit more, I'll be getting a 990FX chipset motherboard, probably an Asrock Fatal1ty Professional or Extreme 4.

Covered. Though I may changeout that RAM... *edits* $10 more, might as well get the 8GB.
Also, I already have an Windows 7 OS so no worries there.
 
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