$750 Second-Hand Special Intel Build

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$750 Second-Hand Special Intel Build

A PC that has been built up for months from the depths of eBay, Reddit, and Mercari. It was cheap for what it is, but at what cost...?

Every part of this build was second-hand or refurbished, save for the CPU, which was a Christmas gift. And I mean everything. The prices on here aren't accurate to what I paid, here's the prices:

CPU: $200
GPU: $200
RAM: $35
PSU: $65
Motherboard: $80
Case: $45
Cooler: $50
Fans: $35 (all 3)

Storage: $50 (yes, all of it)

CPU is overclocked to 5.2GHz.
Color(s): Beige Black Brown Gray
RGB Lighting? No
Theme: none
Cooling: Air Cooling
Size: Micro-ATX
Type: General Build

Hardware

CPU
$ 201.99
Intel - i5-9600K
Socket: LGA 1151
Cores: 6
Integrated Graphics: Yes
Motherboard
$ 386.86
MSI - Z370M Mortar
Chipset: Z370
CPU Socket: LGA 1151
Size: Micro-ATX
Memory
$ 35.00
ADATA - XPG Z1
Type: DDR4
Capacity: 16 GB
Graphics
$ 399.00
NVIDIA - Founders Edition
Chip Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip: GTX 980 Ti
Storage
$ 99.99
Kingston - SSDNow 300
Form Factor: 2.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 480 GB
Storage
$ 147.48
Western Digital - WD Blue (WDS100T2B0A)
Form Factor: 2.5 Inch
Interface: SATA 6 Gb/s
Capacity: 1 TB
PSU
$ 69.99
Segotep - Gaming
Wattage: 650
Form Factor: ATX
Efficiency: 80+ Gold
Case
$ 82.99
Cooler Master - MasterBox NR400
Type: Mini-Tower
Side Panel: Tempered Glass
Case Fan
$ 47.85
Noctua - NF-P12 redux-1700 (3x)
Size: 120 mm
Cooling
$ 99.99
Noctua - NH-U9S
Type: Air Cooler
Size (WxHxD): 125 mm
Estimated total value of this build:
$ 1,571.14
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