Hey all,
I'm getting ready to purchase a second hand laptop,
The FX505DU for $500.
It has a broken audio port but the seller is including a usb to aux adapter.
Specs as follows:
Ryzen 7 3750H
GTX 1660ti 6GB
1x16GB DDR4
512GB PCIe SSD (non NVMe)
15.6" 120Hz IPS Screen
WiFi, BT and webcam.
Is it worth it?
This is such a stupid comment lol OP could be buying from a friend. Who would waste their time searching up a laptop just to block a random stranger on the internet from buying it.
Is it worth it?
This depends on what you are using the laptop for. 1660ti was a good mid-tier graphics card when it first came out, but just know that you won't be able to play AAA games with it, even on lowest graphics.
you won't be able to play AAA games with it, even on lowest graphics.
Depends on your definition of playable. It should handle most recent AAA at 1080 60fps on high settings
It's a good price imo. CPU isn't great but it's alright. GPU is decent for most AAA modern titles
I'd highly recommend getting a second memory module, ideally 16GB but even an 8GB stick just to get dual channel memory for much better performance in most games
"512GB PCIe SSD (non NVMe)" is contradictory since PCIe SSD is NVMe but it doesn't really matter even in the unlikely case its a SATA based SSD
While in this case the drive absolutely is NVMe (Asus say so on their website), as an FYI NVMe is just the protocol. Early PCIe drives still used AHCI although at the speeds PCIe drives run at it was becoming a bottleneck - Apple were using PCIe drives for years before they finally baked NVMe support into the OS.
I thought he meant m.2 SSD (non NVMe) which would typically be the same as a SATA SSD just in m.2 form factor.
After checking the system prior to purchase it is absolutely an NVMe drive :)
Look decent for $500 but I would try to get it lower to $450 given the 3.5mm jack is broken. It is up to you, but I would use that as an excuse to get a better deal.
Was listed at $800 with a shitty arctis 3 and tuf mo1use.
I didn't want the peripherals so I got him to $500 and he threw in a laptop bag and the tuf audio adapter :)
Picked up the rtx2060 version of this for this price and its great
Just locks every now and then when pushed hard during gaming, but I'm sure you can just modify the cooling profile
Great laptop 1660ti is still relatively strong
Good value imho
Becareful someone may search that on facebook gumtree ebay etc and buy it before you hehehe