I'm considering buying a used gaming PC from a local seller in Ireland and have negotiated the price down to €1,600. I mainly want high frame rates in competitive games such as Valorant, but I also play newer AAA titles.
The system includes:
- PNY GeForce RTX 5070 12GB Triple Fan
- AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
- MSI B850M Gaming Plus WiFi 6E motherboard
- 32GB (2x16GB) Kingston Fury DDR5-7200
- 2TB Kingston NV3 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD
- Valkyrie Surge SL125 120mm cooler
- Kolink Regulator 750W 80+ Gold ATX 3.0 PSU
Is €1,600 reasonable for these parts on the Irish used market, or is it too close to the cost of buying a comparable new system? I'm also concerned that the Ryzen 7 8700F may not be the best choice for high-FPS competitive gaming.
The seller also has another system available for €1,050, including an RTX 3070 Ti Founders Edition, Ryzen 7 5800X, 16GB DDR4, a 240GB SSD, a 1TB hard drive, an Alienware 24.5-inch 1080p 320Hz monitor, an MSI 24-inch 144Hz monitor, a Logitech G502 X mouse, and an ADX mechanical keyboard. Would that bundle be a better deal, or would the old storage and AM4 platform make it poor value despite the included peripherals?
3 Answers
The 8700F isn’t an ideal pick for a high-FPS gaming machine. Ryzen 8000 desktop chips have less cache than comparable Ryzen 7000 and 9000 CPUs, which can hurt performance in CPU-heavy competitive games. I’d look for a Ryzen 7600, 7800X3D, 9700X, or another chip with stronger gaming performance before paying a premium for this build.
The €1,050 bundle could make sense if both monitors and the peripherals are in good condition, but the PC itself is much older. The RTX 3070 Ti’s 8GB of VRAM is limiting for some newer games, and 16GB of RAM plus a 240GB SSD and mechanical hard drive would likely need upgrading. Replacing the storage with a 1TB NVMe drive is sensible, but games installed on the hard drive won’t automatically stutter constantly; loading times will simply be much worse. Check the health of the drives, confirm the monitor models and refresh rates, and make sure you actually value the included accessories before treating the bundle as a bargain.
Before deciding whether €1,600 is fair, price the same parts as a new build using an Irish or EU PC-part retailer. Used systems should normally be noticeably cheaper than equivalent new hardware, especially when the exact PSU, SSD, cooler, and remaining warranty are uncertain. The RTX 5070 is appealing, but the weaker CPU and budget-oriented supporting parts make the asking price harder to justify.
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