Take this build apart just for the 4090?
Posted by Professional-Coat-43@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 27 comments
I found this build for sale used locally for $1,900. I currently got all the parts for my build, other than a GPU...check out these specs, I could use more parts as well, seems like a great deal for the price, but I'm a noob. Any advice is appreciated!
-AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
-GIGABYTE Gaming OC Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 24GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 x16 ATX Video Card
-Noctua NH-U12A Premium CPU Cooler with High-Performance Quiet NF-A12x25 PWM Fans
-Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master
-G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB DDR-3600 CL16 Memory
--NVME Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500GB
--Samsung 850 Evo 500 GB SSD
--Samsung 860 Evo 1 TB SSD
-Fractal Design Define 7 ATX tower
-Corsair HX850i 850 W 80+ PLatinum Modular ATX power supply
Delta451@reddit
Take out the 4090 and you can basically throw your current PCs GPU (if you have one) and sell it for an easy 1k to 1.5k
SuspiciousWest8622@reddit
No crap right? Whoever that seller is, is either hosing themselves, or lying about the contents.
SuperZapper_Recharge@reddit
OP. If it is too good to be true...
Do a local pickup and come here for advice on verifying the contents before you pick up.
If it was me... I would bring a power inverter for my car (so I had an outlet to power up the PC), a monitor keyboard and mouse and a USB stick HWINFO.exe on it.
I would open up the side and do a quick glance that the stuff was there and properly seated, turn on the PC to see it boots, run HWINFO and verify CPU, RAM and GPU.
Shouldn't take much more than 5 minutes. You don't need an internet connection.
Alternatively, I would clue the seller in on my desire to do this and ask them to download HWINFO for me so I didn't have to stick a USB in. Some people won't be cool with that part of my plan, and I sympathize.
Professional-Coat-43@reddit (OP)
This is the post I was looking for. They haven't responded yet, but it's def on the too good to be true spectrum. I'll absolutely follow these steps!
SuperZapper_Recharge@reddit
That last bit about telling the seller you want to do this and offering him/her to load HWINFO for you - it got written like that cause the thought occured to me before I saved the post.
DO THAT.
Having a stranger insert a USB stick into a PC that you may or may not actually sell is a big security problem.
If the seller is legit - and he may be. $2k is a decent price for this, but not quite a 'too good to be true baiting' price. If the seller is legit the seller will have no problems at all with you seeing the hardware is legit and will recognize that tool as a good way of verifying. Preloading the exe fixes a security problem and is easy peezy.
In the event the seller says, 'I am formatting the hard drive... um... shit...' come back and ask that question.
There may be a bootable thing someone can come up with that does what HWINFO does.
Professional-Coat-43@reddit (OP)
Is CPU-Z comparable? They offered to send me that, I'd like to see it run live of course
SuperZapper_Recharge@reddit
Yep. CPU-Z is fine.
It is a free app, find a copy and run it on your own machine. Been around for decades.
Professional-Coat-43@reddit (OP)
They got back to me and seem open to doing just this. This build is so good, I might even cancel a lot of my order and just replace their motherboard for my 9800x3d I have on the way
SuperZapper_Recharge@reddit
I am convinced it is legit. I am just suggesting tools to protect yourself.
And as I said earlier, anyone who is on the up and up will recognize all of this as the smart way of doing things. They won't oppose it.
Professional-Coat-43@reddit (OP)
Absolutely, I'm totally with you and appreciate the advice!
Luckyirishdevil@reddit
Some times they are too good, some times ppl are just dumb
Professional-Coat-43@reddit (OP)
Alright, so this is a winner. Just what I thought!
SuspiciousWest8622@reddit
As I mentioned replying to Delta451 Its either a super good deal and the seller is screwing themselves over, or there is something suspicious to be worried about for that cost.
AaronAardvarkTK@reddit
Probably stolen
trippy_grapes@reddit
Could be sudden financial troubles or the original owner is gone (death or breakup) so they want to sell it quickly.
R3dBaronMS3@reddit
If it's not a scam....
PatheticTick27@reddit
I would say go for it and try to get some of the money back by selling the other parts from the pc. However, that gpu is a whole lot better than the cpu that you have and I would suggest getting a better cpu to compliment it and get the most out of the 4090. But for you to get a better processor you are going to be getting an am5 processor, which means you'll have to get a different motherboard that supports am5. An am5 motherboard also means ddr5 RAM. So for you to get the full use out of the 4090 you'll be looking at swapping basically the rest of your entire build as well. The only way I can see it making sense is if that computer with the 4090 also has the motherboard, ram, processor, etc... than you could sell your current parts or if you only just bought them then you could return them.
Professional-Coat-43@reddit (OP)
Since it's my first build, all my parts are NIB or in transit. Even got a 9800x3d on the way!
PatheticTick27@reddit
Not sure what the 5080 will cost but it will be better than the 4090. It would be better to get the 5080 if it would be the same price as it is better and not used, and you wouldn't have to worry about selling the rest of the computer.
Professional-Coat-43@reddit (OP)
Yeah idk what trying to get a GPU at launch looks like. My first rodeo. Is it like trying to get a PS5 around launch I'm guessing?
PatheticTick27@reddit
I'm currently building my first pc as well so I've never bought a gpu at launch but I would imagine it's something like that trying to get your hands on one.
PatheticTick27@reddit
Not sure what the 5080 will cost but it will be better than the 4090. It would be better to get the 5080 if it would be the same price as it is better and not used, and you wouldn't have to worry about selling the rest of the computer.
temkamean@reddit
Im sorry but i wouldn't dare running that specs on a 850W PSU. Unless i wanna make another LA incident.
artlastfirst@reddit
you're right, you should buy this 2000 watt psu i got off aliexpress.
Shrek_OC@reddit
Why? Even a 750 would probably work fine. An HX850i wouldn't break a sweat running a build like this
SirTrinium@reddit
1000% check the GPU. Like I would want to see it run furmark at least. I say this because there has been a SHOCKING number of scammers trying to dump the 4090s they ordered that came without the chipset on the board or who have harvested the chips and die and just put it back together to make it look legit. If it is real tho, SCORE. I'd remove the 4090, throw a 2080ti in it and sell it for 800-1100$ depending on how ur feeling. Also double check the CPU, the 5800x3d/4090 just doesnt match the rest of the build imo... idk. Best of luck.
MommysLilMisteak@reddit
That whole thing is completely trash.mmvyoy should send it to me so that I can dispose of it properly, don't you worry.