what test can i ask a seller to do to show me the state of his used desktop

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anaturelover
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what test can i ask a seller to do to show me the state of his used desktop

Post by anaturelover » Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:42 pm

hi
im looking for a used pc possibility that in interesting.

could you tell me what components can be tested and what is a good enough result to accept a used pc
for exemple i think i can ask the seller to run memtest86 to tell ? about the ram life still remaining in it.

is it possible to test cpu? mobo? Hdd? what are the name of the tests that i can ask the vendor to do

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what test can i ask a seller to do to show me the state of his used desktop

Olle P
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Re: what test can i ask a seller to do to show me the state of his used desktop

Post by Olle P » Wed Oct 21, 2020 5:36 am

A simple start and get it running tells a fair bit.
There are diagnostics tools, but most of those will either require a license and/or take to long to run. Depends a bit on what level of computer you're looking for. An old/cheap one or something higher end?

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