A friend's 13yr grandchild made a trade. He traded a broken PS5 for this PC. I was asked to check it out and see if it was worth it. They should have asked before they made the trade.
Depends. If you are someone that has no idea how to repair a console such as a ps5 or just don't really have the technical know-how, I would consider this an OK trade. The graphics card is nearing potato land, but can still be used for casual gaming today. The CPU is becoming a dinosaur but should still run most games fine (paired with that graphics card, at least!). Now me personally, someone that loves computers and has traded my personal ps4 to my brother for his "new" laptop (it was low end, very low end), I would consider what's wrong with the PS5. If the PS5 has an issue that would warrant a motherboard replacement, such as a dead CPU/GPU, then i would trade it for that machine as selling it on ebay would turn out useless (since the motherboard is basically the entire cost of the PS5, so what's the point?). Anyways, it really comes down to what the kid wants. A functioning machine that he can play games on, or a project (that might not even work out). Could you have gotten more value out of the PS5? Yes, if he knows what's wrong with it, what part to replace, and how to replace that part. Anyways, since the PC is there and it's a fact, a *very* easy upgrade you could to do it would be the GPU. It's the third easiest thing (besides storage and ram) in a computer to remove. Typically it's screwed in with a single screw on older and less heavy cards to the side (the metal bits that poke out on the back of the case, in the side of that is where it screws in). Now, a cheap GPU that you could get is somewhere in the GTX 900 series. The GTX 960 is found for around $40-50 and will make a HUUUUGEEEE improvement to the experience and graphical performance of the system. Legendary series by the way, super cheap and super performant. The system's power supply should be able to handle it, also. Watch out for power connectors. Basically, if the son didn't know how to repair his stuff, it's a decent trade. A bit old, but still decent. A very nice upgrade you can do for $40-50 is a GPU, which should be somewhere in the GTX 900 series, maybe the GTX 960. Performance will boost like crazy. CPU might be limiting at some games then, which can cause input lag.
I agree on a lot of your points, I think they could have sold the PlayStation for more money than the current parts are worth in this PC that it was traded for and grabbed an office, PC slapped in a much better GPU and had a much better experience. Overall. The 980 and 980ti were phenomenal GPU's. I ran a 980TI for 7 years before I blew it up.
You should see the price difference between the GTX 670 Desktop Card compared to the GTX 670M I think the laptop I used to have had 3gb of vram at the time, but that laptop was trash. It was an ASUS ROG laptop, and the performance was very underwhelming compared to what you would get with a GTX 670 2gb Desktop Card. I know that there is going to be a performance difference between the two, but the gap is truly shocking when it comes to the GTX 670 2gb Desktop vs GTX 670M 3gb Laptop.
these are very outdated parts, me personally i would not trade. you cant get any use out of this pc honestly unless it for web browsing and very very light gaming.
I do not completely disagree.I myself would not have made the trade. But the PC is still capable of playing Over 8000 games. If it would have been my PC and I was selling it, I would advertise it as a retro gaming PC and sell it for like a $125.That's about all it's worth
