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  1. I am looking for a tech-pony to answer me the question of "Howmuch should I barter for an old PC off of one of my friends ? He's a smoker, and the case misses 1 leg, but the thing still contains a top-grade gen1 i7 on a sabertooth motherboard ( X58 ) and packs a GTX 570"

    Tuesday, 17-Feb-15 20:42:47 UTC from web
    1. @critialcloudkicker Let your friend decide how much it's worth. If he is a good friend he will give you a pretty good deal.

      Tuesday, 17-Feb-15 20:52:24 UTC from Choqok
      1. @adiwan He is a doodoohead that first planned on tossing the thing because his dad said so. Only because I spoke the words "What do you want for it ?" and he immediatly said "money" I am now in this perdicament. I seriously looked at the power-usage of the components compared to new components of the same caliber ( i5's with a GTX 960 for instance, which would have more power to boot ) would actually be way more power-efficient, and have fresh warranty. I could slap such a machine together for a mere 420 Euro's. If you'd take the lifespan of 5 years ( which I'd be really lucky to get ), and add in the electricity-bill you'd pretty much even out after those 5 years ( providing nothing breaks ) with a pricepoint of ... 270-320 Euro ( est.) ... since it is not a pc I plan to use myself ( it is for someone else, I will just fix it up ). and the seller is a doo-doo-head I'll just say that I can cough up 85 Euro for it right now, see where the conversation leads me. I hope he knows bartering

        Tuesday, 17-Feb-15 21:08:21 UTC from web
        1. @critialcloudkicker Sidenote : I did spend roughly 6 hours working on the very same machine ( when it was still his ) because he had an overheating-issue when playing WoW. Turned out to be a very FUBAR windows install. Hardware is fine AFAIK, either way, because he is a doodoohead that can not plan in his planner at all. Another one of his buddies had to reinstall windows ( ... I have a job... he does not )

          Tuesday, 17-Feb-15 21:11:14 UTC from web