Is this desktop still good?

So I´ve been looking for a desktop I can game on and use on college, and I found this deal locally. This are the specs:

i7 4770k
Asus z87m-plus micro atx
haf 912 case
625w cooler master ex2(never heard of)
gtx 780
8gb ram
dvd/cd player
128gb ssd from kingston
no hdd

The owner claims its never been overclocked and that he only used it for work. Never gamed on it.

its going for what in usa would be 350 dollars. Im definetely just paying for the cpu.
My current desktop is pretty shetty I have the first quad core cpu lol the one from the lga 775 socket and a gtx 480 with 8gb ddr2 ram. The only thing preventing me from buying the desktop is the psu since here where I live psus are very expensive about 150% the usa price.

 

That PSU is very sketchy. For starters, it's not 625W, it's 504W split across 2 +12V rails. Powering the 780 off of that relies HEAVILY on how you set up the cables so as to split the load and not overload it.

Additionally, someone bought a 780 and never used it? BUUUUUUUULLSHIEEEEEEEEEEEEEET. It has either been used/abused or mined on. The fact that there is no HDD to the build makes me think this may be a mining system of sorts spliced together with some other old system.

 

it had a hdd but he´s keeping it because all his work is there. He just claims he has never game on it before just work, supposely he bought this desktop new for a very good price. Mining here where I live is definetely not worth and I dont think anyone would be stupid enough to try to mine on a desktop like that. Just to give you an idea I once paid almost 1400 dollars in electricity bill. I pay almost 350 dollars monthly in electricity.

if I bought the desktop the first thing I would change would be the psu

 

You'd also need potent cooling. The 4770K, similarly to the 7700K, is a very hot CPU.

 

My desktop has a 4670k and I went the watercooling route to manage the temps. With a closed loop watercooler like the corsair h110i or h100i, I get 35c idle temps and around 55c at load when gaming. This is with it overclocked to 4.5ghz.

 

For $350 if it's in good working condition, I'd say it's a good deal. Worth seeing if the PSU holds up, and if CPU has stock CPU cooler or not. I wouldn't even try to stress that CPU on stock Intel cooler. But at least you should be able to pick up a decent air cooler for reasonably cheap.

 

It's probably worth $350, but I agree with others, PSU seems sektchy.

That said I do know many cases where someone ordered a system for work and insisted on a high end GPU even after hearing that you don't need one for a workflow that's mostly Excel, so it very well may be never used for gaming.

 

sadly the guy sold it before I could even tell him where could we meet :/. Good news is that I found another decent deal.

i7 6700k
cooler master hyper 212 cooler
gtx 980ti G1 gaming gigabyte 6Gb
32gb ram 2400mhz
1tb hdd seagate 7200rpm
240 kingston UV300 ssd (mexicans love this ssd lol everyone has one)
dvd/cd reader
corsair cx750w psu
Motherboard asus b150m-a
Corsair Carbide SPEC 03

750 dollars is what he is asking for, he is selling it locally.
Its way more expensive than the other 780 system but twice as powerfull. Think I will just invest on this and buy a good cheap laptop instead of a high end laptop

 

"corsair cx750w psu"

That is garbage and warrants immediate replacement.

"Motherboard asus b150m-a"

B150 board + 6700K = no overclocking.

 

Eh, I've ran CX PSUs for a few of my builds (ranging from the 450W to 650W range) and they work just fine. Never had any issues with them.

 

There are a total of 4 CX revisions. The CX450M/550M and 650M are the newest additions and they are actually good. The CX750 and CX850 models are older and part of the CXv3 line-up. Furthermore, they are not only CXv3 but they are, in fact, GS series rebrands from about 4-5 years ago. These two models have proven to be the most unreliable CX units apart from the CX430. I'd strongly suggest avoiding CXv2 and CXv3. (have no experience with v1)

 

I didnt buy any after thinking I wont be using the desktop that much in college. I should better get a good cheap laptop.

 

If you're pulling significantly less than the wattage it's rated for you probably still won't run into many problems. But I wouldn't really trust a lower end PSU for gaming, rendering or any high stress task.

 

The issues mostly stem from the older CX only being able to handle 30*C before their reliability becomes questionable. That's very low even for an entry-level PSU. Anything under 40*C is sketch imo.

 

True, only place I've really used one myself was a media center and while I didn't see any problem there, it was pretty much coasting its whole life.