Buying computer on eBay from US?

Squall Leonhart

Browsing for a new computer, as I have none at the moment.

Would be looking for something with 16GB RAM as I use Autodesk software which runs best with high RAM, currently have 16GB with the work computer and that works fine most of the time.

Found this on ebay;
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Gaming-PC-Desktop-Computer-System-4-0-GHz-Dual-Core-AMD-1TB-HD-16GB-RAM-/263088182717?epid=1355296877&hash=item3d414715bd:g:wGsAAOSww9VXhRGH

Seems very cheap compared to buying a 16GB from somewhere else. It comes in at approx €425 after delivery has been accounted for.

If something seems too good to be true........!

Liable for customs on this?
Any issues buying in from the US, or just a matter of a different power cable?

davo2001

Squall Leonhart wrote: »

Liable for customs on this?

Absolutely, also, they use 110v and we use 220v so you would need to check the specs of the PSU to see if it can handle varible voltage.

TerrorFirmer

Jesus, avoid that like the plague! That's an incredibly low end machine, a 2nd hand €50 machine on Ebay would be faster.

Just get a 2nd hand i5 based machine like Dell/HP/etc (around €100 on ebay) and upgrade the ram yourself to 16GB (about €70 2nd hand) - it'll be cheaper, and five times as fast as well.

Squall Leonhart

That's the dose of reality I need

PropJoe10

That's a very average machine dressed up with 16GB RAM and a nice fancy looking case. Very weak CPU in that, and integrated graphics. Avoid!!