Price Check, buying 4 month old rig.

[y2kbos]

Getting this for €1000/$1400 off a mate.

Is it worth it?

Its 4 months old, all under warranty from same site.

Cooler Master Stack 832 with additional side fans
OCz ProXstream PSU 1kw
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.0GHz
Scythe Ninja Cpu Cooler Plus (Revision B)
OCZ Pc 6400 4 x 2Gb Ram
ASUS P5N32-E SLi Nforce 680i
2 x NVidia EVGA 8800GTS 512
DVD RW €20
LG Blu-Ray HD DVD Drive
Western Digital HDD 160Gb
Western Digital HDD 500Gb
Logitech EasyCall Desktop
Windows Vista x64 pre-installed
logitech 5.1 speakers x-530
LG Flatron W2252TQ 22in LCD

Well what do you think?

[jason str]

Looks like a decent price but nothing you could not find somewhere else.

Throw out $1,200 and see if he will take it, a good friend will. if not offer to buy the drinks for the night for a bonus.

[perkam]

Firstly, €1000 is $1,500 American dollars, not $1,400.

Secondly,

Cooler Master Stack 832 with additional side fans - $150
OCz ProXstream PSU 1kw - $150
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.0GHz - $150
Scythe Ninja Cpu Cooler Plus (Revision B) - $30
OCZ Pc 6400 4 x 2Gb Ram - $90
ASUS P5N32-E SLi Nforce 680i - $90
2 x NVidia EVGA 8800GTS 512 - $300
DVD RW €20 $20
LG Blu-Ray HD DVD Drive - $120
Western Digital HDD 160Gb - $70
Western Digital HDD 500Gb - $100
Logitech EasyCall Desktop - $30
Windows Vista x64 pre-installed
logitech 5.1 speakers x-530 - $90
LG Flatron W2252TQ 22in LCD - $200

Total Used Value: $1,563.00

So I'd say €1,000 is a good price for the rig. But I'm sure you can get him down to €900 seeing as it will all be worth less than a €700 by the end of q1 2009.

Perkam

[crazyea]

If he's your friend pay him value. Why risk hard feelings over money?

[Movieman]

If he's your friend pay him value. Why risk hard feelings over money?

^^ A very wise man.
Friendships are worth far more than "30 pieces of silver":up:

[y2kbos]

So I'd say €1,000 is a good price for the rig. But I'm sure you can get him down to €900 seeing as it will all be worth less than a €700 by the end of q1 2009.

Perkam

Price seems very fair alright, especially as it includes Vista Ultimate, a few games and expensive blu ray software.

Still its not really a good time to buy now with Nehalem and single slot cards destroying 2 x nvidia 8 series cards.

[perkam]

Price seems very fair alright, especially as it includes Vista Ultimate, a few games and expensive blu ray software.

Still its not really a good time to buy now with Nehalem and single slot cards destroying 2 x nvidia 8 series cards.Proper Nehalem rigs at launch will not cost less than 1500 Euros. So there's a bit of a difference there.

Perkam

[y2kbos]

Proper Nehalem rigs at launch will not cost less than 1500 Euros. So there's a bit of a difference there.

Perkam

That good to know, final price for lot is €1000.He's going to install the games, Vista Ultimate and all the drivers for me, so its ready to go from the off.

Should I keep the 8gigs in it or use 4gigs.I want to get the E8400 to around 3.60ghz, running 24/7.

2 x 8800gts's overclocked and E8400 @ 3.60ghz should be enough to max out everything @ 1680 x 1050, shouldnt it?

Any weak points in the build?

[perkam]

That good to know, final price for lot is €1000.He's going to install the games, Vista Ultimate and all the drivers for me, so its ready to go from the off.

Should I keep the 8gigs in it or use 4gigs.I want to get the E8400 to around 3.60ghz, running 24/7.

2 x 8800gts's overclocked and E8400 @ 3.60ghz should be enough to max out everything @ 1680 x 1050, shouldnt it?

Any weak points in the build?1. Very nice :)
2. 4 GBs wll be enough.
3. The E8400 should do at least 3.8Ghz on the Scythe Ninja without requiring a lot of voltage.
4. 2xG92 GTS (the 512MB ones are G92) will be equivalent to 9800GTX SLI with a small overclock, so you should be good at maxing out everything with 4xAA 16xAF on 1920x1200.

Perkam