Saw clearance prebuilt for $1709. Should i bite it? Still new on what are good deals or not.

Middle option shows 50% off. What am i missing with this? Should i snap buy this as a first PC?

One review only, complained that the RAM is single channel only on one stick.

Lian Li Vector V100 Mid Tower Case - Black£0.001Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus (Arrow Lake) Socket LGA 1851 Processor - Retail£0.001Asrock Z890 Steel Legend WIFI (LGA 1851) DDR5 ATX Motherboard£0.001Corsair Vengeance XMP 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 C38 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit£0.001Phanteks Glacier One 360 M25 Black RGB All In One CPU Cooler - 360mm£0.001Zotac GeForce RTX 5080 Solid Core 16GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card£0.001Corsair HX1000i 1000W ATX 3.1 PCIe 5.1 80 Plus Platinum Modular Power Supply£0.001WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T2X0E)£0.001Kolink Core Pro Braided Cable Extension Kit 12VHWPR Type 2 - Venom Green£0.001Build Stock Microsoft Windows 11 Home Advanced - Systems£0.001OcUK Tech Labs Intel Core Ultra (Arrow Lake) Pro Gaming Configurator overclockers done a great job

Hey y'all, I'm currently looking around on behalf of some friends who are looking to buy their son his first gaming PC.

As the title suggests, this morning they just shot me an offer for a used PC sporting the following specs:

Mainboard: Gigabyte B760M Aorus Elite X AX
GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 4090 Ventus 3X 24G OC
CPU: Intel Core I9-14900
RAM: Crucial Pro DDR5 RAM 32GB (2 x 16) 6000MHz CL36
PSU: Corsair RM1200x
The other parts are also listed but I figured these would be the most important to mention.

Obviously for 2000€ that's a steal. But they also mentioned that it was used for a few months of crypto mining. I'm not too familiar with how much wear and tear crypto mining would inflict on a GPU, so I told them I'd get back to them after informing myself, and that I'd only go forward with the deal if they personally know and trust the seller.

Moral questions aside, I'm not sure if I want to give them the go. Kind of worried they're falling for a scam or a GPU that is going to fail them after a few years of use. Any thoughts?

edit:
Update:
I'm still waiting for them to get back to me on if the PC is a private offer or something they found on the net. If it's a private offer, I'll probably offer them to go check the PC out in person, maybe check the SMART data on the SSD to see how long it potentially was in use.

Update 2:
Turns out I was panicking too much over the "few months of mining". It was a private offer and it sounds like the PC wasn't in much use at all. Obviously I'm still going to give it a small check up once it arrives, but I'm very happy to announce that a 15 year old boy is going to have a very, very happy Christmas.

Hi! I have been a console gamer all my life, an I am looking to get a gaming pc for the first time. I needed to some help as I was looking online I was very overwhelmed by the options on Walmart, Amazon, and all the other online markets. The price range I have currently is between $1500-2000. I am looking for a Pc that can comfortably play multi-player games like overwatch, valorant, and cs without any hiccups. I'm not sure where to start looking. I would have gone to a microcenter like a lot of posts I see suggest but sadly the closest one is 300 miles away. So I am looking online for the best pre builts in my range. I would really appreciate any help I can get thank you!

Found this on newegg.

Seems similar to the one I posted before from Walmart but $300 cheaper. Nothing fancy but my gaming habits are more into paradox titles than the best triple AAAs around.

I found a PC on a local site and I was wondering if it was good value

I don't know too much about PC's so I decided to ask Reddit

Here are the specs that it has that I care about:

GPU: RX 6700XT

CPU: Ryzen 7 5700X

RAM: 32GB DDR4 3200mhz

It costs around 689euros(~827USD)

I have an 1080p monitor and plan on gaming on it

Thanks in advance

I haven't heard a Positive news regarding RAM prices recently. I also don't want to wait as demand Increase due to this companies price Gouging and monopoly on the Market. best news i heard came out about a month or two ago about a Chinese company named CXMT entering the market. But even so it will take at least until 2028-29 before prices stabilizes. i don't wanna be pessimistic about this issue, but the direction the PC market is going right now is rather unsettling.

this are some options i picked I want a high end PC Brand new!. i will be choosing one before the end of the year. hopefully they are better deals with the same or even better specs on Black Friday and during the holiday season. hopefully by then i have that amount of money saved up.

$2500 is my max right now; play games like Civ 6, hogwarts legacy, total war warhammer III, world of tanks; want something to last me 7-10 years

• Ryzen 7 9800X3D
• 360mm Digital Display AIO (Upgraded 2.0 Version - Improved Acoustics)
• MSI / ASUS / GIGABYTE ATX B850 Motherboard (Wi-Fi + Bluetooth) pending feedback on what components they are using currently.
• Dual Channel DDR5 RAM ARGB (Capacity and speed shown in variant) selected 32 GB RAM
• NVMe SSD Gen 4.0 (Capacity varies based on selection) - going with 2TB
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
• AI Galaxy V3
• 850W Gold ATX 3.1 Power Supply (Capacity varies based on selection)
• Windows 11 Home

don’t mind that it wouldn’t arrive until mid October.

I’m looking to upgrade my 1070ti build from 2018.

I want something that’s mid-high range. I use my computer for work too which involves a lot of chrome and excel tabs so that’s why I want lots of RAM

Went ahead and bought this. Went from a gtx 1650 and 12gb ddr4 so it was a huge upgrade. The pc feels pretty nice, but I want to make sure i didn’t get scammed.

Hey everyone, I’m looking to buy a gaming PC and could really use some help choosing. (very new to PC gaming)

My budget is around $2,500, and I’m looking for the best performance I can get for that money. I mainly play games like Rainbow Six Siege, Warzone, Minecraft, Forza, Destiny 2, and other demanding games.

I’d prefer NVIDIA, but I’m open to AMD if the performance/value is significantly better.

i wanted to know if this was good deal. Open to suggestions.

i saw this pc and it is currently listed as 3000 AUD my budget is 3500 aud and im looking for the best pc i can get. Would this pc be worth the price or can i get better
https://www.nebulapc.com.au/products/vengeance

Looking to buy a new pc after my 9 year old one's power supply died. Looking for something relatively future proof. Came across this at walmart.com. wdyt?

I'm struggling with finding a good pc that will last me a long time that is built well. I came across this barely used one and i'm trying to find more information about the specs but the basic info is

Windows 11 Home

CPU AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D (AM5/4.7/104M/C8/T16/120W)

Memory 32GB DDR5 (PC5)

Storage SSD 2TB

Graphics Card Radeon RX9070XT

The price is about $2100 so it's pushing the budget, but am I paying too much extra for a more "premium build" ?

Hello again. Im looking for a gaming pc with no rgb or anything with a bunch of leds. something in a case like the fractal design north. My budget is about 2500, cant go above that at all if possible. I have all the peripherals (monitor, mouse, keyboard, headset) so the pc is all i need. last thing is it needs upgradable storage or if it comes with like 4Tb of storage thats perfect. I want to run games like crimson desert, forza 6, wukong, elden ring, rd2, cyberpunk, and COD at high graphics. 1080p is good enough of a res for me.

If anyone can find something that checks most of those boxes please let me know, ive searched for so long and cant find anything. Any and all suggestions welcome! thank you guys for all your help!

I'm not exactly the most knowledgeable when it comes to what performs better or worse.

getting my first pc and I’ve saved up $1700

Hey everyone, this is about to be my first pc, I’m at like 90% that I’m getting this later on this week. I realize it’s not the best “value” rn, but I hear great things, is a monster pc, and a great warranty if anything were to happen. I really want to spend the money now on a top end pc before things getting extremely out of hand with the ever rising prices. Really just wanted to hear from anyone that has gotten a Corsair or anyone with a 5080. Again, my first pc and I really want to splurge for something nice. Thanks to all who give me some feedback!

Down from $2900. Still overpriced or does the sale make it decent value?