Just Bought a Used PC for $600 - Good Deal or Was It a Mistake?

BLAIL on 06/04/2023 - 17:21

Hey All,

Was this a good deal or did I rush into it? I didn't think I'd win it but no one else bid on it. It's a HP OEM PC - Intel I7-8700, RTX 2080 8GB, 16GB DDR4

Seller has listed another one - https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/325601584987

What are some free/paid tools I can use to make sure everything can run smoothly? I assume just download the tools like 3DMark/Geekbench etc.

He'll be using it for some GoPro video editing, CAD, electronic service tools (he's a mechanic) and 1080p gaming/possibly 4K gaming too.

If it doesn't work out, I'll just resell it cheaper or might keep it for myself.

TIA

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Comments

  • Mechz on 06/04/2023 - 17:27
    +6

    Seems ok for that price with a 2080.

  • Rukiata on 06/04/2023 - 17:32
    +6

    4k gaming? good luck

  • stedmaster on 06/04/2023 - 17:48

    Its a fairly decent deal and a capable machine that should play everything well at 1080p

    4k won't be very good at all on modern games though.

  • AndyC1 on 06/04/2023 - 18:07
    +4

    Too late as you already bought it.

  • scrimshaw on 06/04/2023 - 18:18

    It's not terrible. But they are overselling it calling it a 4K PC.

    • BLAIL on 06/04/2023 - 18:20

      oh no they didn't say that, i just thought it could possibly handle it.

  • thatonethere on 06/04/2023 - 18:19

    One issue is that often you can’t replace the gpu as the card is smaller than retail ones

  • spackbace on 06/04/2023 - 18:36
    +1

    Interesting, only 3 feedback as a seller

    Just assume that you don't have warranty…

    Ah I see, it was only offered for pickup, that's why it flew under the radar

  • GordonD on 06/04/2023 - 19:28
    +1

    Interesting the ebay advert says it only has a SATA SSD when the motherboard has 2x M.2 NVMe gen3 sockets. That'd be an obvious upgrade. Buy a good 1TB M.2 NVMe gen3 SSD soon while they're under $100.

    Edit: the video linked to above says it comes with an M.2 NVMe SSD, but, hey, M.2 NVMe SSDs are cheap, you could buy a bigger one.

  • FireRunner on 06/04/2023 - 23:52
    +1

    Should be asking before buying.
    But actually, looks pretty good

    • BLAIL on 07/04/2023 - 00:00
      +1

      I just saw RTX 2080 and thought… you know what i'm gonna bid on this

  • postnut on 07/04/2023 - 04:14
    +4

    I'm using Taobao prices for 2nd hand parts. Basically "unrealistically fair market price".
    The i7 is ~175$, 2080 is ~300$, so with this two parts you've got 80% of your money back.
    The RAM and SSD seems OEM, they're fast enough for 600$ and won't randomly fail.
    The build seems completely OEM so the 500w is probably enough for the RTX2080. In any DIY build I'd get larger PSU but OEM PSUs are really quite decent.
    So if I assign arbitrary values, say 50$ for SSD AND RAM, 25$ for PSU, the case, DVD, CPU heatsink and motherboard is then 50$. The most atrocious thing looks to be the CPU heatsink and it probably uses standard mount dimensions, so you might be able to swap out for better cooling/noise. Motherboard Idk, in this day and age you may want a NVMe SSD onboard, if it has m.2 slots to accommodate.

    so definitely very good deal at 600$ especially as I'm using unrealistically low prices. At 800$ less so, but these builds are immediately usable without much work. You can definitely sell right now for more than 600$ if you are willing to ship, or make even more selling as parts slowly, with risk of not being able to clear inventory. (RTX is gonna be the hot item)

    You don't really need to do much stress testing. RAM side you're running 2666 so no overclock to make unstable. You probably won't have issue with CPU either. Run a couple demanding (graphically) game to test the GPU is a good idea, furmark doesn't always capture instabilities that happens in a real game. Check on CPU-z if RAM is dual channel in case somebody put them in the wrong slot.

    • BLAIL on 07/04/2023 - 05:39

      Yeah its dual channel. Tested some Tom Clancy games and they all run fine on 1080p max settings.

  • solidussnake on 07/04/2023 - 10:03
    +1

    OP for $600 I would say that's really good bang for your buck, I have a 8400 with a 1080 and would still consider that great and would probably happily pay that to keep me going.

    Second hand I've seen that CPU for $300
    GPU $350-450 on marketplace.

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