Second hand value - PC

[MorneDJ]

Hi,

Considering to buy a PC, however do not have an idea of the real value. I intent on running Windows 7 64 on it, and use it for acoustic related work. Perhaps a game or two every now and then, but it will mainly be used for work purposes. The asking price for the components together are R4,050.

Case: Antec P180B case
PSU: Huntkey 750W PSU
GFX: 8800GTX 768mb with Thermalright cooler and 120mm fan
Ram: 4gb (2 x 2gb) OCZ Reaper DDR2 1200
CPU: Intel XEON X3220 Socket 775 Quad Core CPU with Zalman 7000 cooler
MB: Biostar Socket 775 Motherboard P35 chipset

I have a 500 GB to install, and DVD-Rs are cheap. No screen.

Some help would be appreciated

Regards

Morne

[ADV4NCED]

Not bad at all, a steal at anything below R4K I would think

[hamin_aus]

Yeah, why a Xeon tho?
It's a really old model too, one of the first batch of Quad cores IIRC.
Looking at the RAM, fans and CPU it seems like whoever owned that rig was a serious OC'er. Xeons can take a bit more punishment than desktop CPU's so are popular with that crowd - but at stock speeds it would run just a bit faster than a Q6600.

If you are happy buying a second hand PC that has probably been over-clocked and stressed a bit in it's time, go for it!

[KALSTER]

Yeah, just OC the CPU to 3GHz.

[Slimshaedy]

I'd be wary because that sounds like an overclocking setup and the owner mightve been running it at high temps. So those components could a little tired. But I'm pretty sure you could build a pretty decent rig for the same price,maybe cheaper. Lga1156 with an i5 perhaps,i3 if you have to

[MorneDJ]

What makes this a serious consideration is the P180 case, which is a brilliant case. But I will also price the new components. Other option would be to upgrade the ram in the laptop to 4 GB and try Windows 7 on that. Any recommendations on who I can approach in Pta to get a price ?It is an Acer Travelmate 6592.

[ADV4NCED]

It's a good deal, go for it unless you're able to fork out more $$ for a new rig. Nuff said I believe.