Is it worth building at the moment?

The Undecided One

Hi All,

I have a GTX 770 that I'm not using at the moment and my son wanted to build a PC for his confirmation next year.

Is it worth building anything around this graphics card or should I start with other components?

I would need everything else, but I presume I could buy second hand parts?

Can any of you advise what should I be looking for in terms of motherboard, memory, etc?

Budget I would like to stick to would be in the region of 500 euro, without the monitor and peripherals.

An SSD for the system, 8 to 16 GB of RAM, all he does is play some games (Minecraft, Fortnite) so not sure about system requirements.

K.O.Kiki

PCPartPicker Part List: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/MNtHwz

CPU: Intel Core i5-10400F 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor (€145.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)

CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 7 X CPU Cooler (€20.00 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Motherboard: Gigabyte B560M AORUS ELITE Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard (€108.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL20 Memory (€59.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) (n.b. won't run above 2666 with this CPU)

Storage: Intenso 512 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€45.95 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2 GB Video Card (Purchased For €0.00)

Case: Aerocool Aero One Eclipse ATX Mid Tower Case (€70.00) (buy from AmazonUK)

Power Supply: BitFenix Formula Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (€59.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Total: €510.54

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-10-10 19:14 CEST+0200

Second-hand market has been FUBAR for the last 1-2 years.

Build around the GTX 770 but be aware that it was made EOL this month - meaning no more driver updates. Should be fine for Minecraft/Fortnite though and you can drop in most any GPU when funds & availability improve.

Motherboard is the cheapest I could find with over 8x USB ports.

WLad

Hi, sorry to hijack but:

Looking to buy a gaming setup and wondering if this is good value, don't know very much so any advice would be appreciated. Asking price is 980. I don't particularly need the peripherals but I'd probably take them anyway.

CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 3600 4.2 GHz 6 Cores / 12 Threads

GPU - MSI Radeon 5600 XT Gaming X/Z (with 14 Gbps VBIOS update)

RAM - 16GB 3466 MHz C16 DDR4 Corsair Vengeance Dual-Channel (running at 3600MHz)

SSD System - 1TB M.2 NVMe Crucial P2

SSD Data - 1TB M.2 SATA WD Blue

Motherboard - MSI X470 Gaming Plus MAX

PSU - 750W be quiet! Straight Power 11 80 PLUS Gold

WiFi & Bluetooth - TP-Link Archer TX3000E|AX3000 PCIe

Case - Corsair 275R Airflow

CPU Cooler - Wraith Prism RGB

Keyboard - Durgod Taurus K320 keyboard with Cherry Brown switches

Mouse - Corsair Ironclaw RGB wired USB mouse Flight Stick - Thrustmaster T.

Flight Stick X for Flight Simulator

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118005210#Comment_118005210

Depends how old the system is and if they have receipt for parts. I don't think it's worth a penny over 800 to be honest even with the market the way it is.

K.O.Kiki

980 seems like it's close to the "new MSRP" price alright.