hmm.. just browsing local kijiji and there's someone selling a gaming pc for 600$

Here's the specs:


Custom built gaming PC. See specs below:

PROCESSOR
Intel Core i5-3570 CPU
3.40 Ghz
4 cores

RAM
16 Gb

VIDEO
AMD Radeon R9 280X

HARD DRIVES
Crucial M4 Series 128 GB SSD
RAID 1.2 Tb

OS
Windows 10

Seems cheap ??

Taking a 2nd look at it, not sure anymore. I really need to learn more about parts lol

This post was edited by lVlark on Feb 22 2016 05:14pm

yep. the price seems quite okay if the parts are in good condition

He said he'd rather build one on his own and spend a little more for new parts instead of trusting 2nd hand
he will probably buy a monitor from the same guy though, he's asking 150$ for a 27" LG IPS LED 27EA33

Just fill this out...


Budget:
More specific use (what games, what programs):
Planned time until purchase:
Do you need an Operating System?:
Do you have any specific preferred components?:
Do you need a sound or wireless card?:
Do you want stock cooling or do you plan on overclocking?:
Do you need a monitor? mouse? keyboard?:
Zip code/location? (Shipping costs):

i did on first post

/e My bad, two pages.

This post was edited by Ghot on Feb 22 2016 06:08pm

Budget: 800-1000$
More specific use (what games, what programs): Fallout 4, GTAV, Movie streaming
Planned time until purchase: ASAP
Do you need an Operating System?: Yes - Not sure how good windows 10 is? Probably windows 7 or 8.
Do you have any specific preferred components?: Intel CPU
Do you need a sound or wireless card?: No
Do you want stock cooling or do you plan on overclocking?: Stock cooling
Do you need a monitor? mouse? keyboard?: Monitor, but to stay on budget may skip on this for now (I have a spare one for him in the meantime)
Zip code/location? (Shipping costs): Ottawa, ON. Canada.

I tried going through pcpartpicker to build something but I don't know this stuff enough to find a good deal for his budget.
Any help is appreciated.

Cheers

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Can edit out the monitor, he is buying a used one from kijiji.

Just need a decent gaming tower for 800-1000$ range
black style case

This post was edited by lVlark on Feb 22 2016 06:09pm

You have to define decent. For me decent is to play all games at high settings at 60fps on a 1080p minitor. Thats not gonna happen with your budget. You will need about 250$ more for that.
At 1000$ you can get a good i3 and a gtx 960. Thats okay for most games, but you will have to live with medium settings and should not be bothered by the occasional 40fps drop.
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/RJyJjX Something like this with a Win 10 OEM.

But dont expact constant 60fps at fallout4 or GTA 5

EDIT: @Ghot: You also need to add a Y-Splitter for your 4 pin system fan header.

This post was edited by maulepan on Feb 22 2016 06:41pm

I mean, he's going from xbox1 fanatic to pc and has a 1000$ budget for it. I don't think he wants to throw more than that.
He will mostly play either car racing/drifting games that he find or GTAV/Fallout 4.
Not sure if going from 60fps to 40fps would be a huge deal for him but I also want him to have a good gaming experience on the PC :\
It's hard to really know what would be best for him