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theory816

theory816

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im thinnking about buying this pc simply because i havent built a pc of my own yet and it has almost all the hardware i need for gaming and application use. thing that shock me is why hes selling it so cheap. Are there things i should be aware of when it comes to buying used pc's on craigslist? do you guys think i should make the purchase? My budget was 1400$ to build my own but then i found this ad.

http://kansascity.craigslist.org/sys/2935972308.html
 
theory816 said:
im thinnking about buying this pc simply because i havent built a pc of my own yet and it has almost all the hardware i need for gaming and application use. thing that shock me is why hes selling it so cheap. Are there things i should be aware of when it comes to buying used pc's on craigslist? do you guys think i should make the purchase? My budget was 1400$ to build my own but then i found this ad.

http://kansascity.craigslist.org/sys/2935972308.html
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hes probably just trying to lure you to his house so he can jump yur bones
 
Looks like a steal. Just make sure it works, ask him why he's selling it and also ask what kind of voltage he has been giving the CPU for how long. Bought a q6600 machine for a friend that was being sold as broken for $100 with monitor and all. The thermal paste on the northbridge had dried up (HP use's thermal paste that dries out quickly so people will buy new computers). He'd gotten fed up and had no clue so he just wanted to get rid of the problem, lucky for me. Find out why he's selling it, then try and haggle him for $500-600 😀
 
BD231 said:
Looks like a steal. Just make sure it works, ask him why he's selling it and also ask what kind of voltage he has been giving the CPU for how long. Bought a q6600 machine for a friend that was being sold as broken for $100 with monitor and all. The thermal paste on the northbridge had dried up (HP use's thermal paste that dries out quickly so people will buy new computers). He'd gotten fed up and had no clue so he just wanted to get rid of the problem, lucky for me. Find out why he's selling it, then try and haggle him for $500-600 😀
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i see i see. im kinda new to the computer building but whats the generally safe voltage feed and whats unsafe? and if hes been overclocking the cpu with to much volts would that hurt all the other components?
 
theory816 said:
i see i see. im kinda new to the computer building but whats the generally safe voltage feed and whats unsafe? and if hes been overclocking the cpu with to much volts would that hurt all the other components?
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It could cause wear on the motherboard, OC'ing the CPU shouldnt cause much else besides the CPU itself and possibly motherboard, anything above 1.4v I would be weary about, not enough to cancel the sale, but if it's been run 24/7 at 1.5v or something that might be something to think twice about. The recommend voltage is around 1.35v-1.4v in MY opinion. I tend to go a bit lower when I OC a CPU, for most people I try to keep the stock clock the same and bring the voltage down! 😛
 
BD231 said:
Looks like a steal. Just make sure it works, ask him why he's selling it and also ask what kind of voltage he has been giving the CPU for how long.
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But make sure you have some sort of truth serum you can jab in his arm first because I heard that sometimes people do this thing called lying. Not come across it myself but apparently it is when they say something that isn't true make you do something that you wouldn't do otherwise.
 
ASUS P8Z68-V LX Motherboard - $60-80 used
Intel i5-2500k Quad Core CPU - $160
2 x 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR3-1600 - $30 Used
120GB Kingston HyperX SSD - $140 Used
1.5TB WD Caviar Black FAEX HDD - $110 Used
Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2GB - $200 Used
Corsair H100 Liquid Cooling - $100 new
Corsair AX850 Power Supply - $120 Used
2 x Liteon IHAS324 Drives - $22 New
Thermaltake Chaser MK-1 Full Tower Case - $90 Used

Going by rough used prices currently - not counting fans
$1074

Probably stolen
 
AE-Ruffy said:
ASUS P8Z68-V LX Motherboard - $60-80 used
Intel i5-2500k Quad Core CPU - $160
2 x 4GB Kingston HyperX DDR3-1600 - $30 Used
120GB Kingston HyperX SSD - $140 Used
1.5TB WD Caviar Black FAEX HDD - $110 Used
Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2GB - $200 Used
Corsair H100 Liquid Cooling - $100 new
Corsair AX850 Power Supply - $120 Used
2 x Liteon IHAS324 Drives - $22 New
Thermaltake Chaser MK-1 Full Tower Case - $90 Used

Going by rough used prices currently - not counting fans
$1074

Probably stolen
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Don't forget that he's throwing in a headset and monitor as well. Almost certainly stolen.
 
Is this why my $500 C2Q Q9300 @ 3.0 rig with 8GB DDR2, and a 500GB HD and a 30GB SSD didn't sell on CL? People thought the price was too good, so they assumed it was stolen? I didn't even get any lowball offers.

Edit: Maybe that was the reason. Here's what I found on ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core2...0801826066?pt=Desktop_PCs&hash=item231c7d4112

$550, for a Q9300 rig, not overclocked, stock heatsink, only 4GB of DDR3, and no discrete video card nor SSD.
 
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theory816 said:
lol thats why u gotta set ur prices rediculous high so when they lowball u accept the offer
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That's what I did with my last desktop (i7-860, 5770, 8GB ram) asked 900 for it, surprised when a guy offers me 900 straight up, picks it up that night and pays in full... never heard from him again.
 
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