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So my PC is getting a bit (incredibly) slow, and is struggling to play a lot of games, so I'm looking at spending my third term's student loan on a new one and going hungry for a month (joking about going hungry, i'll just make the missus buy all the food)...

I was going to build one myself, but my IRL friend who actually knows shit about computers has gone AWOL...

I found this one http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151263085703? ... 9#viTabs_0 , and wanted some people who knew what they were talking about to say whether it's half decent or not (and I was willing to pay up to about £800... how much would this one be worth, if it's good enough to run all the modern stuff like it claims to...)

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April 1st, 2014, 16:13
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Well i just put that ebay build into Scan.co.uk and it came out at £1600: https://secure.scan.co.uk/aspnet/Shop/S ... ketDetails

He sold one previously in Febuary for £1200: http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/2012footprint ... Complete=1

which i can't believe he can have made any money on.

BTW the PC will literally run every game you can throw at it, it could also probably mine doge coins at a decent rate whilst doing it :) If you could pick that up for anywhere near £800 it would be an absolute bargain, you could literally strip it down, resell the parts indivdually and make a profit.

If you want a decent pre-built system these guys come highly reccomended: http://www.cclonline.com/category/202/D ... t/1175003/

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April 1st, 2014, 16:49
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Cheers... TBH i'd rather chuck an extra £200 or so and future proof a bit more, i'll just have to borrow it from mother for a bit... that's assuming it doesn't shoot up in the next few days... which it probably will...

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April 1st, 2014, 17:05
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I would expect that computer to sell for a lot more than it is currently.


April 1st, 2014, 17:18
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Also how much quality and longevity would I be giving up with something cheaper such as http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/331162803405? ... EBIDX%3AIT ?

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April 2nd, 2014, 0:49
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Bella wrote:
Also how much quality and longevity would I be giving up with something cheaper such as http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/331162803405? ... EBIDX%3AIT ?


I wouldn't buy that, it looks shit. Generally i'd advise staying way from 2nd hand pc's unless you know what you're buying.

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April 2nd, 2014, 2:44
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I found this site incredible helpful: http://www.logicalincrements.com/

(Change the country to UK at the top)

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April 2nd, 2014, 19:49
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Thanks to Astelia's website and my friend who's job is half programming and half building custom computers to run his programs, i have a new PC, built up and running as of yesterday...

Dxdiag results here:
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System Information
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Time of this report: 6/27/2014, 11:07:15
Machine name: MATTDESKTOP
Operating System: Windows 8 64-bit (6.2, Build 9200) (9200.win8_gdr.140502-1507)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: MSI
System Model: MS-7845
BIOS: BIOS Date: 02/21/14 08:10:52 Ver: 04.06.05
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4440 CPU @ 3.10GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.1GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8136MB RAM
Page File: 3787MB used, 8956MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.02.9200.16384 64bit Unicode


Don't know how else to post specs etc. but i'm happy with it so far (not played wow/any proper games yet though...)

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June 27th, 2014, 12:12
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what GPU did u get?


June 27th, 2014, 13:26
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Asus gtx 770
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