Buying a friends PC.

Technology and Gaming
#1

My friend is wanting to sell his computer, as he is building a new one to replace it. He asked me if I wanted to buy his, but he’s put it on Ebay since I can’t give him a straight answer. :stuck_out_tongue:
https://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260614365820&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
That’s the PC there, it’s still pretty damn good, and he would be willing to sell it to me for $600-700. Now, my current machine still goes pretty good, but it’s definitely getting on in age. It still runs most current games on medium-high with decent frame rate, but it’s no performance powerhouse. Here are its specs:

4GB DDR2 RAM
Intel Core2Duo e6600 @ 2.4GHz
Palit NVIDIA 8800GT
Intel DP965LT Mobo
Windows 7 Premium 64bit
1.5TB Western Digital HDD storage.

So if I bought his, it would be quite a large upgrade over my machine, but I just can’t decide if I really want a new PC when I’m still fine with my current one. But on the other hand, my PC is getting outdated and his is still pretty current, and would offer a greater performance increase all round for pretty decent value. Help me out forumers!

#2

I’d go for the upgrade, then overclock the CPU and GPU and maybe the memory if it’s a bottleneck. I ran a Core2Quad at 3.6 GHz for over a year with no problems.
You could try to push your current rig further by overclocking it but I doubt you’ll get far with that hardware.

#3

If you can afford it and it wont strap you… I would say get it.

#4

I just bid on it. :expressionless:

jk

#5

Yeah, you probably wouldn’t want to do that unless you feel like paying for shipping from Australia.

#6

Can’t you sell your current pc? Or you want to keep it?

#7

Well, I would probably have to sell it, since I don’t really have much use for 2 computers. But I don’t know who would buy it, and I probably wouldn’t get very much for it either.
edit: If I did sell my current one, how much do you guys think I would get for it, rough estimate? I would have to sell it without Windows though. Probably wouldn’t be very much considering it’s a couple of years old, and PC components are cheap as chips these days.

#8

im not interested, mines better.

It might make a good back up machine though…

You should look around on shopbot.com.au or somewhere like scorptec, or MSY or anywhere really - if you can build a better rig for the same price, leave it.

If you really want to upgrade, and cant get anything better for the same cost (bear in mind you can keep your current case etc.) then go for it

#9

Well yeah, if you look at the specs on the ebay page, you probably couldn’t build a better machine than the price he’s asking.

#10

no it’s not that much of an upgrade (2 extra cores: rarely used, GPU: not the most high-end card, soon to be outdated)

with your current PC what I would do is buy an ASUS mobo and a new GPU (say HD5870?)

asus mobo = overclocking that E6600 to >3ghz
HD5870 = all your gaming problems are over

#11

It’s still a pretty significant upgrade in my eyes, I see what you’re saying but there’s one problem, a 5870 wouldn’t fit in my case. The 8800 only has a little bit of clearance from the cables and hard drive cage. My system only pulled about a 6400 in 3DMark Vantage, while his got around 14,500. I’d say its a pretty good upgrade for the price he wants.

#12

The only outcome is you would be stuck with two outdated PC’s to sell instead of one.

If the 5870 doesn’t fit you can buy a 5770 still beats Nvidia’s solutions.

#13

Yeah true, I doubt I would get very much for my current one as it is, unless I sell it to some unsuspecting chump.

#14

I was gonna try to compare my system specs but I cant find them. Where do you find a good list of system specs in windows 7?

(new operating systems really make me feel stupid)

#15

Just run dxdiag, gives you a full list of details about your PC, regardless of OS.

#16

oh! hehe. duh.

#17

I’ll sell you a few Apple stickers for $200 so you can turn that shitty cheap computer into a shitty expensive one.

#18


Hai guise!

#19

That apple has a buttcrack!

#20

whats overclock?

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