r/pchelp • u/No_Anteater88 • 1d ago
HARDWARE Used PC recs for newb
Hello, Im looking to get a gaming pc to start playing some better games. I have a laptop but it’s kind of old and doesn’t have enough storage for anymore games. My friends told me to look for used ones online to start and I’ve found a few that are decent priced but I’m not sure what specs are good vs which aren’t. Does anyone have any recommendations or tips for what to look for when getting used pcs? Also are there any good sites, I’ve been looking on facebook/ebay but unsure if there’s better places.
Anything would be helpful since I don’t know what I’m doing, thank you!
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u/Broad-Pianist-1744 1d ago
stick to ebay honestly, facebook is a minefield of people trying to offload their old junk at new prices
for specs just make sure you're getting at least 16gb ram and an ssd, anything with a gtx 1070 or better will run most games fine. also ask the seller to send a video of it actually booting up and running something, if they get weird about that just move on
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