Hey all, Anyone got any thoughts on the hardware listed below, I'm looking for an affordable decent pc and came across this one for sale second hand. I am not hugely tech savy but always managed to upgrade my pc with newer 2nd hand systems for a decent price that have gone well for me so far, i thought someone on here might be familiar with the following specs / parts and might know if this would most likely have staying power for something like pantheon in the future? Cheers in advance!
Motherboard: EVGA X58 Classified
CPU: i7 930
Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 670 FTW
RAM: Kingston 24GB
Boot Drive: x2 120GB Kingston SSD in RAID0
Secondary Storage: 2TB WD HDD
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400 Satin Black
PSU: Corsair 750w
Given that we don't know what Pantheon's system reqs will be yet it's impossible to say how it will hold up. It's not a bad system, but definitely outdated by today's standards and will only become more so in the next couple of years that we're waiting for the game.
How much are they asking for it? What is your budget?
Thanks so much for the speedy reply!
Was hoping to keep the budget under 1k (Australian) which is probably about $750 US... this guy was asking $900 for this machine
I know with my budget i will always be a far way behind the 8 ball compared to current systems, thanks again for the response mate!
Granted I do not know how new system/component prices differ in your market, but I would not pay that much for this machine. 200-300USD, tops.
That said, what you're using it for specifically will matter a lot.
This looks like a system that is about 5-6 years old. Here are the things I would worry about:
CPU: Probably fine for most games, but if you play MMOs primarily/exclusively I'd be worried that it might not keep up with newer games/engines. MMOs are different from most games in that they are heavily CPU dependent, whereas most games are far more GPU-dependent.
GPU: Quite the opposite, even though it's several years old this is actually likely to be fine if you play primarily/exclusively MMOs, but may lag (hah) behind in other games.
Boot drives: I'd be concerned that the SSDs may be approachng their end of life. SSDs are only good for so many writes, and 6 years is an eternity for a hard drive.
Storage drive: As above, without the concern about limited writes. Still a very old drive.
PSU: As with the hard drives, 6 years is old for a PSU. It could be fine. It could blow a capacitor tomorrow.
Thats awesome info man, I really appreciate you taking the time dude, i'll take your advice and move past that one and keep looking! Might sit on my hands till we know more about Pantheon specs and keep on keeping on with the machine i got while EQ1 is my main pc game atm haha!
Sincere appreciation of your detailed response mate, thats really good of you!
Happy to help!
For 1k AUD you might consider looking for a new mid-range system once the game gets closer to launch. A decent mid-range gaming rig built using modern parts will beat the pants off even a high end machine from 5 years ago.
Again, I don't know how things are priced in your market, but here I can build one for about 600-700USD, assuming I already have a functioning KB/Mouse/Monitor, etc.
For MMOs something with a newer i5, any budget GPU (not integrated, something like an nVidia X60 or X70 series), and a large storage drive is what I'd be looking for. If budget allows, then a small SSD to install the OS and one or two games on is a really nice quality of life addition.
Hi fellow Aussie Hokanu!
I'm not in a position to give any decent info myself, but I highly recommend checking out the whirlpool forums for info / advice - some useful links:
1. http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/rmp_sg_whirlpoolpcs
2. http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum/7
Big up to the contributiors at Whirlpool! A lot of helpful info on all different topics.
It looks like that CPU is one of the first i7 models, so I would definetly look at a newer system. If you would like some great info on PCs and their components or how to BYO system, take a look over at
http://www.tomshardware.com/. I have used them for getting all the info on my last 3 DIY builds.
They have great articles on new tech gear along with benchmarks and hierarchy charts as well as a forums section that covers pretty much anything techwise you can think of. Cheers
That's way overpriced, and I would heavily recommend staying away from Kingston SSDs. There was some major stuff with them a while ago and ever since that fiasco I, and many others in the PC gaming world, don't trust their brand.
Also, if you're willing to dive into attempting to build your own PC (not too difficult, actually!), the community at http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc is super helpful. You could very well maximize your budget by going DIY.
zubi said:Hi fellow Aussie Hokanu!
I'm not in a position to give any decent info myself, but I highly recommend checking out the whirlpool forums for info / advice - some useful links:
1. http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/rmp_sg_whirlpoolpcs
2. http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum/7
Big up to the contributiors at Whirlpool! A lot of helpful info on all different topics.
I like this post from whirlpool:
http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/rmp_sg_whirlpoolpcs_gaming_configs_1
PCPartsPicker.com is pretty handy and I saw they mention that there too. I'm also a huge fan of TomsHardware.
I'd also recommend against buying a PC until you actually needed it (I.E. Pantheon Alpha/Beta). When that happens, there should be some recommended/minimum specs out. Also, new CPUs will be coming out late this year from Intel and early next year for AMD so there's another reason to wait.
Hokanu said:Hey all, Anyone got any thoughts on the hardware listed below, I'm looking for an affordable decent pc and came across this one for sale second hand. I am not hugely tech savy but always managed to upgrade my pc with newer 2nd hand systems for a decent price that have gone well for me so far, i thought someone on here might be familiar with the following specs / parts and might know if this would most likely have staying power for something like pantheon in the future? Cheers in advance!
Motherboard: EVGA X58 Classified
CPU: i7 930
Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 670 FTW
RAM: Kingston 24GB
Boot Drive: x2 120GB Kingston SSD in RAID0
Secondary Storage: 2TB WD HDD
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400 Satin Black
PSU: Corsair 750w
In terms of affordabilit I would go with something more like this. this is very similar to my build
Motherboard: Gigabytes z170 gaming7
CPU: i5 6600k
Graphics Card: AMD r9 390 or just below
RAM: 16gb DDR4 of your brand choice
Boot Drive: x1 500gb - 1tb SSD
Secondary Storage: if you REALLY need this then use an HDD it would cut down on your price a lot
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400 Satin Black
PSU: Corsair 750w