Is this Ebay PC worth it?

[Stacie]

Ok just found this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Intel-Core...item232c915751

Yes i know the case looks like crap, and the PSU is not the most reliable and having over 1600mhz ram makes no difference. Also that there is no graphics card (well there is internal)

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But is this PC worth it for £503?
Case Built In Zalman Z11 Plus Gaming Case
Motherboard Asus Z87-K
CPU Type Intel I5 4th Generation Haswell
CPU Model Intel Core I5 4670K 3.4ghz 8mb Cache 4th Gen Haswell
CPU Socket Intel 1150
CPU Clock Speed 3.4 Ghz
CPU Max Turbo Speed 3.8 Ghz
Memory 8gb Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866Mhz Performance Ram
Hard Drive Size 120gb Kingston V300 Solid State Drive
Optical Drive Samsung 24x SH-224DB/BEBE Sata DVD Writer
Graphics Card Onboard Graphics
PSU Size Corsair CX600 80 Plus Bronze 600w Power Supply
Operating System No Operating System
Rear Panel Connections 1x DVI Port, 1x Gigabit Lan, 1x HDMI Port, 1x VGA Ports, 2x PS/2 Ports, 2x USB 3.0 Ports, 4x USB 2.0 ports, Speaker, Headphone and Mic Ports
Front / Top Case Ports Headphone Jack, Microphone Jack, USB 2.0, USB 3.0
Special Features Additional Case Cooling, Fully Upgradeable, Overclocking Potential, Side Window Panel, Water Cooling Support
Warranty 1 Year Collect and Return Warranty
Also Includes Free 60 Day Trial Norton Internet Security ( OEM )

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I would be buying a GTX 760 to put into it.

What i want the system for:

The system needs to be able to play WoW in a 25man setting without dropping to stupidly low FPS, also wanted the GTX 760 for shadowplay and recording as i hear it works very good compared to fraps what can be a resource hog.

If anyone can find something cheaper let me know. I actually have no need for the SSD, HDD, OS, DVD-RW as i have plenty of these laying around.

[xxzenn01xx]

well im no expert, and i dont know how pc's are there in the UK price wise, but to ME, that sounds way over priced. your basically getting a 120gig ssd (which is good to run some games on, but your gonna need ANOTHER hard drive to store your actuall OS and everything else on) 8 gigs of ram (which looks decent). your power supply is only a 600watt (which is fine), and an i5. all the things it comes with are pretty cheap really. ive seen complete computers similar to that here in the states for like $400-500
keep in mind your still going to need to buy your OS (windows or w/e you want to use) probably a regular hard drive with a decent size thats not SSD, and w/e graphics card you want.

TLDR: i wouldnt, the cost doesnt seem to justify what your getting imo.

[SpaceDuck]

I have had alot of trouble with the Corsair CX600 PSUs, dead on arrival or die within a week. would not recommend

[Ripox]

That price is 503 pounds
Factor in GTX 760 on Amazon UK price = 170 pounds

Total = 673 pounds and you said yourself you don't need SSD/HDD/OS so some of the money is wasted on that system...

Lets see a system that'll give similar performance if we built it ourself, shall we?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£160.79 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H75 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£57.37 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87MX-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£98.23 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£49.98 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£169.99 @ Novatech)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.08 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £640.42
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-11 09:30 BST+0100)

Less expensive, more reliable (especially the PSU), and includes a good cooler so you can over clock!

So no, the ebay one is not worth it

[Deleted]

Yes i know the case looks like crap, and the PSU is not the most reliable and having over 1600mhz ram makes no difference. Also that there is no graphics card (well there is internal)

I was using that same case until a few months ago and from my experience with it I can tell you that not only does it look like crap, it is crap.

The front panel mic jack broke a few months after I got it, 3 of the fans that come with it run off molex connections and are uncomfortably loud, the construction quality is "meh" at best and there is very little room internally given it's size. That made cable management a pain and the last straw came only about six months after I started using it when I upgraded my GPU and it was too long to fit.

[Wayne25uk]

Your first mistake is trying to buy anything legit from ebay,its usually 2nd hand or stolen stuff or stuff that generally doesnt work. Or refurbished which works for about a month and then caputt!

[russ555]

If you want a prebuilt machine consider pcspecialist.co.uk I just had a quick look and got the following specs for £646

Case
STYLISH PIANO BLACK ENIGMA MICRO-ATX CASE + 2 FRONT USB


Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4670 (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache


Motherboard
ASUS® H81M-PLUS: Micro-ATX, LG1150, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs


Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)


Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 760 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Free Item

Free Item
FREE WATCH DOGS with GTX 660 & 7 Series GPUs!


1st Hard Disk
120GB KINGSTON V300 SSD, SATA 6 Gb (450MB/R, 450MB/W)


2nd Hard Disk
500GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE


1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM


Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT


Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY


Processor Cooling
INTEL STANDARD CPU COOLER


Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)


Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs


USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT

[Ghâzh]

If you want a prebuilt machine consider pcspecialist.co.uk I just had a quick look and got the following specs for £646
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Problems: Not a K series cpu so you can't overclock it, only one stick of RAM so no dual channel which means it's slower, the case is even worse then on that ebay machine and it includes SSD, HDD and dvd drive which OP said are a waste for him.

[Stacie]

That price is 503 pounds
Factor in GTX 760 on Amazon UK price = 170 pounds

Total = 673 pounds and you said yourself you don't need SSD/HDD/OS so some of the money is wasted on that system...

Lets see a system that'll give similar performance if we built it ourself, shall we?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£160.79 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H75 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£57.37 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87MX-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£98.23 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£49.98 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£169.99 @ Novatech)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.08 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £640.42
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-11 09:30 BST+0100)

Less expensive, more reliable (especially the PSU), and includes a good cooler so you can over clock!

So no, the ebay one is not worth it

thanks for this list

[russ555]

I probably should have mentioned there are many customisation options including a range of cases (all more expensive than the one I picked) and CPUs. Didn't notice the it wasn't a K model and that it was a single stick of RAM. Perhaps a better choice would be to get a 4GB stick with the machine and add another 4GB stick for the learning experience

I added the SSD, HDD and disk drive to provide easy price comparison to the ebay model. Also because I didn't read the last part of the OP.

[Butler to Baby Sloths]

Perhaps a better choice would be to get a 4GB stick with the machine and add another 4GB stick for the learning experience

But then only when you know which type of Kingston 8GB DDR3 RAM it is. You know, so that it'll work.