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Old barebone rig rebuild

Hellfire

Hellfire

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So my son has dragged my old rig out of the attic and wants to build his first PC. Great I love it. We need a few parts so suggestions to go with the below would be good.

Antec 1200 Case (big boy fan broken)
Asus M4A89GTD Pro/USB3
AMD Phenom II x6 1055t
Corsair H50 (1st gen) in push pull

So we need the following
- RAM
- Storage
- GPU
- PSU

He wants to build it all, then try to flip it. The CPU OCs well 3360-3600 with no issues so should handle stuff ok. Reckon it's worth throwing a modest GPU parts in and selling.

If so, what would you recommend bang for buck to throw in for the parts left?
 
XL-R8R

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A quick look on eBay at the prices of your listed components tells me that you'll not get the ROI back from adding new (used) parts and selling it on afterwards.

You should only undertake this project, and selling it on afterwards, if you (and your son) accept that you'll not make a profit in the process.




HOWEVER! It WILL be a fun project to build the rig with your child and that will be worth more than any financial incentive in the end.

Also, to be on topic - CEX has the GTX970 for £85 with a two year warranty; that'd be my pick for best bang-for-buck card.


Good luck with your project! :toast:
 
Hellfire

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XL-R8R said:
A quick look on eBay at the prices of your listed components tells me that you'll not get the ROI back from adding new (used) parts and selling it on afterwards.

You should only undertake this project, and selling it on afterwards, if you (and your son) accept that you'll not make a profit in the process.




HOWEVER! It WILL be a fun project to build the rig with your child and that will be worth more than any financial incentive in the end.

Also, to be on topic - CEX has the GTX970 for £85 with a two year warranty; that'd be my pick for best bang-for-buck card.


Good luck with your project! :toast:
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Cheers, with the cheapness of AMD ryzen chips I did wonder. I know I could part out but eh, that's boring.

I could build it with my oldest and give it to my youngest son (9) for his first gaming PC. :)

Project will be done either way.

Just realised free ram, decommissioning 120PCs at work, mostly DDR3. Probably 1333mhz but still works all the good.

Got an old but working Toshiba 512Gb SSD here.

Just GPU and PSU.

Thinking the GTX970 would be a great shout.

Seasonic M12II Evo 520w for £50 brand new would be perfect

So £135 plus a fan for the 200mm. (£20 maybe) £150-155 all in.
 
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