

Good heavens, eBay was cheating on Craigslist. "We decided that eBay could be trusted, and we proceeded with the deal," he said, adding that eBay executives assured him that they shared Craigslist's community-oriented values.Īnd then - Oh, shock! Oh, horror! - suddenly eBay was no longer the suitor claiming to be satisfied with holding hands and began pressing for a bigger stake and started acquiring online classified businesses in Europe. Newmark essentially said that eBay had led him and Craigslist down the garden path, with executives saying that they'd be happy with a minority stake at the time and that Craigslist was the way they wanted to get into the online classifieds business: measured disclosures under cross-examination.

Yesterday saw testimony by Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, who essentially accused eBay of double-dealing, and then had to admit his own.
#Craigslist desktop la upgrade#
Upgrade to a 5900x if you want to crush it in productivity too.īasically new generation hardware has rendered the old gen not worth buying at anything beside a significant discount.And the accusations continue flying fast and furious in the Delaware courthouse where the eBay v. This gives you over a grand to spend on everything else. You could buy a 6800xt and a 5600x for 650 + 300 and completely crush this system in gaming performance. Just because the items are worth that much new doesn't mean they're worth that much used, nor would buying a new 2080 Ti be smart. Remember this is a used system with outdated components. Say 150.Ĭooler - AIOs have a limited lifespan, I'd say 80 bucks. SSD - more used storage and Samsung tax, 150.Ĭase - sure I guess if you like the case, if it's not physically damaged then a secondhand case isn't a concern really. I'd probably resell half of it, by the time you're personally using 64GB this RAM will belong in a museum. Ram - it's decent I guess, nothing special and more than you need for gaming.
#Craigslist desktop la plus#
GPU - personally wouldn't pay more than 400, 30 have shit all over the relative value of the 2080 Ti, plus it's pre-owned. Add a $400 1440p 144hz monitor and you've got a much nicer setup with the peace of mind of a brand new system and warranty.īoard - overpriced for most use cases. The SSD is marginally slower for gaming but you can swap in a faster one if you need it for work. Generated by PCPartPicker 23:38 EST-0500ġ5+% faster CPU (drop this to a $300 5600X if you're not using it for workloads), better cooler, Micron E-die RAM, ~25% faster GPU, cooler case. Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State DriveĪsus GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB TUF GAMING OC Video CardĬorsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
#Craigslist desktop la pro#
Gigabyte B550M AORUS PRO Micro ATX AM4 MotherboardĬrucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory In a month or two when stock settles, buying the new parts will give you hugely better performance.ĪRCTIC Liquid Freezer II 240 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler That's how you spend $4.5k on a computer with less than $2k of performance in the next generation. Every single component outside of the CPU and PSU is very expensive for the sake of aesthetics or branding. It's not a scam but also not a good deal unless you really like the looks. Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts

Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard DriveĪsus GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB STRIX GAMING OC Video CardĬorsair Crystal 570X RGB ATX Mid Tower CaseĬorsair RM (2019) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply Gigabyte AORUS NVMe Gen4 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive Samsung 970 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive G.Skill Trident Z Royal 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory This is their pcpartpicker list: : PCPartPicker Part List TypeĪMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core OEM/Tray ProcessorĬorsair iCUE H150i RGB PRO XT 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler This is what they put for their info: Not negotiating price $2500 firmĬPU: Ryzen 9 3900x $429 Motherboard: x570 Aorus Master $339 Graphics Card: Asus rog strix 2080 ti $1400 Ram: 64gb TridentZ Royal 3200mhz sticks $320 Harddrive: 2tb barracuda $50 Ssd: samsung 970 pro $349 Ssd: gygabite aorus 1tb $199.00 Case: Corsair crystal 570x $179.00 CPU Cooler: Corsair icue h150i pro rgb. I need help verifying if it is in fact worth the money or is it a scam. I found a gaming computer on Craigslist and it seems too good to be true.
