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Advice Please- Whats This Worth...

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  • 25-08-2010 1:15am
    #1
    johnny r
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭


    Hey guys, a friend of a friend says he can sell me his pc since he heard I was interested in buying a gaming pc. He built it around 1.5 years ago and says he has lost interest in it and hardly uses it anymore.

    The spec is :
    Antec 1200 case
    Coolermaster 1000w psu
    Asus Republic of Gamers Rampage Extreme x48 motherboard
    Asus ATI Radeon 4870x2 2048mb
    Core 2 Quad 9650
    Zalman 110mm cpu cooler
    Crucial Ballistix DDR3 8GB memory
    1 TB hard drive
    Bluray HD DVD combo drive
    G15 keyboard
    G5 mouse
    Nzxt sentry fan controller
    Vista 64
    So can anyone tell me at a glance what this set up is worth, or if I should even bother with it and get something a bit newer ? :confused:
    I know I could probably price up all these things separately but to hear from somebody in-the-know before I make him an offer would be appreciated.


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    #2
    Komsomolitz
    Registered Users Posts: 237 ✭✭Komsomolitz


    Depends how much he's asking for it in all honesty, but yeah thats a pretty damn good setup you got there.


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    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    ^ +1. Still a very strong build by today's standards, roughly equivalent or very close to a stock i5-750 + HD5870 setup, although you'd lose a lot of graphical muscle in any non-CF-compatible title :o All depends on the asking price, which could be fairly hefty :o

    Rig could be worth anything up to €900, perhaps stretching towards the grand mark especially if pre-OCd. I mark it up in my estimation for the 8GB DDR3, BluRay drive and high-end motherboard, but mark it down for high power consumption (especially if OCd!), having Vista as installed OS and relying on a multi-GPU-based graphics solution.


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    johnny r
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭johnny r


    Ok thanks for the replies lads. It is not overclocked as far as i know. Power consumption wouldn't be an issue for me or am I missing something there ?
    Solitaire, would you mind telling me more about why that GPU wouldn't be desirable, its this one here http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121294&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&PageSize=10&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&IsFeedbackTab=true#scrollFullInfo .I thought it would be pretty decent. As for the OS I could install XP or would Windows 7 be better ?


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    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    I only mean in the context of not being as desirable as a card which manages to be just as good while having only one GPU, such as the HD5870 and GTX480. Two GPUs does not mean 200% performance; while in some games you get an extra 70-90% FPS from the second GPU in the HD4870X2 in others you may only get a 20-40% increase, and in a few older games you may not get any benefit at all, reducing performance to HD4870/HD5770/GTX260 levels :o

    And Win7 64bit is much better ;)


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