Buying my friend's computer - what do you think ?

Fif23 · Oct 5, 2009, 10:26 PM

My friend is upgrading to i7 and he is offering me this for 350USD.

- CPU Q6600
- 8GB KINGSTON RAM
- GIGABYTE X38-DQ9 board (crossfire,OC)
- ASUS 8800GT 512MB or 1GB, not sure.

This will be OC'ed to the max.

.Right now I have an AMD rig from 2005 so it's better than mine.
Hows the price ? Does it run all current games on a 22" monitor on normal-high settings ?

Oct 5, 2009, 10:29 PM

Take it, thats a decent deal right there. What case / cpu cooler is included?

Fif23 · Oct 5, 2009, 10:32 PM

Cooler will be Freezer Pro 7, and he is just selling these parts... No case,HD,optical drives..
But I will put it inside a tower Compucase with a TT 600W ToughPower

johnnyfiive · Oct 5, 2009, 11:50 PM

Thats a pretty good deal.

DRDNA · Oct 5, 2009, 11:57 PM

Its a fair deal

MadClown · Oct 6, 2009, 12:05 AM

Nice deal you got there.

[Ion] · Oct 6, 2009, 12:07 AM

Good deal there, I would go ahead and do it

Wile E · Oct 6, 2009, 12:12 AM

Yep. Worth all $350. Solid deal.

BraveSoul · Oct 6, 2009, 12:16 AM

get it down to $300, HOWEVER your system seems fine, plenty of ram, good psu, dual core is enough, your video card is the problem,,if you are ready to spend that kind of money, buy ATI Radeon 5850 u'll c a better improvement and its less expansive==that is afcors if u mostly play games

KieranD · Oct 6, 2009, 12:19 AM

its cheap so that is a bonus
the 8800gt will do for a while until you can see what is available from nvidia

DonInKansas · Oct 6, 2009, 12:22 AM

I'd hit it.

theonedub · Oct 6, 2009, 12:37 AM

Not a bad price at all, +1 for throwing $300 at it first though.

Kinda gives me a direction for when I sell my Q9300

wiak · Oct 6, 2009, 12:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KieranD

its cheap so that is a bonus
the 8800gt will do for a while until you can see what is available from nvidia

if he has some cash left he should get a Radoen HD 5850 or 5870 that he can play Dirt 2 (included) this christmas on!

1Kurgan1 · Oct 6, 2009, 12:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wiak

if he has some cash left he should get a Radoen HD 5850 or 5870 that he can play Dirt 2 (included) this christmas on!

Yeah at the price point of the 5850, going NV right now is not a good choice.

Fif23 · Oct 10, 2009, 06:23 PM

Got him down to 300USD and got the rig

Q6600
GIGABYTE GA-X38-DQ6
8GB DDR2 + 4GB I have spare total 12GB
ASUS 8800GT

If this is OC'ed to the max, will it be considered a very good, modern desktop ?
Lets say in about 1 year when DX11 games take over and I want to replace my video card, will the OCed 6600 and the 12GB of DDR2 be a bottleneck ? That's what I need to know....

Also regardless of performance, it's a sick deal for 300$ right ?

Depth · Oct 11, 2009, 12:47 AM

Yep, very good. Any reason why he's willing to part with it for $300? :P

Homeless · Oct 11, 2009, 12:52 AM

$300 is a great deal. I don't think you'll ever use 12 gigs of ram though

Fif23 · Oct 11, 2009, 01:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Depth

Yep, very good. Any reason why he's willing to part with it for $300? :P

He's a very good friend, it's like passing your PC to your mom when you upgrade for us

So the 300 is just to help him with his upgrade - he's not looking for profits

Jstn7477 · Oct 11, 2009, 01:03 AM

Great deal. The 8800GT isn't that bad for gaming. I have a 9800GT myself and it did Crysis at 1440*900, Very High in the low 20's.

BUCK NASTY · Oct 11, 2009, 01:07 AM

nice price on a good combo. Gotta admit that except for the heat(65nm), the Q6600 is still a great CPU. Go for it man!

Fif23 · Oct 11, 2009, 01:09 AM

Cool Cool ! He ran Resident Evil on that 8800GT on max settings and it was 100% smooth and it's a new game so hey - who cares about the rest right

Is that board a good OCer ? Should I be able to take the 6600 to 3.5GHZ with it ?

Wile E · Oct 11, 2009, 07:05 AM

Once you OC, the only thing you'll likely have to upgrade for the next couple of years is the video card. 8800GT struggles on some of the newer titles a bit. Have to lower a few settings.

I'm assuming your 8GB comes from 4 sticks, if so, to get the best OC, I'd probably just take out 2 sticks for now and go down to 4GB. 8GB isn't really needed for gaming at all.

As far as the board, it's a very solid board. If the cpu is capable of 3.5GHz, the board will get it there.

BraveSoul · Oct 17, 2009, 01:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silencer23

Got him down to 300USD and got the rig

Q6600
GIGABYTE GA-X38-DQ6
8GB DDR2 + 4GB I have spare total 12GB
ASUS 8800GT

If this is OC'ed to the max, will it be considered a very good, modern desktop ?
Lets say in about 1 year when DX11 games take over and I want to replace my video card, will the OCed 6600 and the 12GB of DDR2 be a bottleneck ? That's what I need to know....

Also regardless of performance, it's a sick deal for 300$ right ?

well done,this system is good, and like others say only thing u need now is video card..5850 is sick

Oct 5, 2009, 10:26 PM	#1
Fif23 Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 144 (0.09/day) Thanks: 76 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post System Specs	Buying my friend's computer - what do you think ? My friend is upgrading to i7 and he is offering me this for 350USD. - CPU Q6600 - 8GB KINGSTON RAM - GIGABYTE X38-DQ9 board (crossfire,OC) - ASUS 8800GT 512MB or 1GB, not sure. This will be OC'ed to the max. .Right now I have an AMD rig from 2005 so it's better than mine. Hows the price ? Does it run all current games on a 22" monitor on normal-high settings ?

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Oct 5, 2009, 11:50 PM	#4
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Oct 5, 2009, 10:29 PM	#2
kyle2020 Guest Posts: n/a (0/day)	Take it, thats a decent deal right there. What case / cpu cooler is included?

Oct 5, 2009, 10:32 PM	#3
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Oct 5, 2009, 11:57 PM	#5
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Oct 6, 2009, 12:05 AM	#6
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Oct 6, 2009, 12:16 AM	#9
BraveSoul Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: New York Posts: 954 (0.54/day) Thanks: 307 Thanked 166 Times in 144 Posts System Specs	get it down to $300, HOWEVER your system seems fine, plenty of ram, good psu, dual core is enough, your video card is the problem,,if you are ready to spend that kind of money, buy ATI Radeon 5850 u'll c a better improvement and its less expansive==that is afcors if u mostly play games

Oct 6, 2009, 12:19 AM	#10
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Oct 6, 2009, 12:22 AM	#11
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Oct 6, 2009, 12:37 AM	#12
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Oct 10, 2009, 06:23 PM	#15
Fif23 Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 144 (0.09/day) Thanks: 76 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post System Specs	Got him down to 300USD and got the rig Q6600 GIGABYTE GA-X38-DQ6 8GB DDR2 + 4GB I have spare total 12GB ASUS 8800GT If this is OC'ed to the max, will it be considered a very good, modern desktop ? Lets say in about 1 year when DX11 games take over and I want to replace my video card, will the OCed 6600 and the 12GB of DDR2 be a bottleneck ? That's what I need to know.... Also regardless of performance, it's a sick deal for 300$ right ?

Oct 11, 2009, 12:47 AM	#16
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Oct 11, 2009, 12:52 AM	#17
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Oct 11, 2009, 01:03 AM	#19
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Oct 11, 2009, 01:07 AM	#20
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Oct 11, 2009, 01:09 AM	#21
Fif23 Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 144 (0.09/day) Thanks: 76 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post System Specs	Cool Cool ! He ran Resident Evil on that 8800GT on max settings and it was 100% smooth and it's a new game so hey - who cares about the rest right Is that board a good OCer ? Should I be able to take the 6600 to 3.5GHZ with it ?

Oct 11, 2009, 07:05 AM	#22
Wile E Power User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Western PA (Pittsburgh suburbs) Posts: 18,129 (7.47/day) Thanks: 450 Thanked 3,826 Times in 3,124 Posts System Specs	Once you OC, the only thing you'll likely have to upgrade for the next couple of years is the video card. 8800GT struggles on some of the newer titles a bit. Have to lower a few settings. I'm assuming your 8GB comes from 4 sticks, if so, to get the best OC, I'd probably just take out 2 sticks for now and go down to 4GB. 8GB isn't really needed for gaming at all. As far as the board, it's a very solid board. If the cpu is capable of 3.5GHz, the board will get it there. __________________ Visit Ashentech “What the hell did you expect? Leave Vista under the pillow and the OS fairy would make it Win7?” -El Fiendo “And Bring Mailman back god damnit, he is the Eric Cartman of TPU” -MRCL