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icedriver220

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hi i have recently( 37 days ago built a system and have been given another i prefer i wish to sell my system i built but am unsure as to how much i should get for it...my specs ar as follows

fx6100 (zambezi) with push pull dual 92mm fans --- aftermarket cpu cooler

hd7750 msi 2gb model

16gb pc3-10700 ddr3

gigabyte ga-78lmt-usb3

3 x 500gb seagate hdd (1.5tb

two 120mm fans front(intake)
rear (exhaust~)

one 140mm side cooling fan (intake)

blue fans thoughout with a black case audio front panel +3 hi speed usb 2.0 ports and 1 usb3.0 port

750 w alpine psu

optical dvd rw multi recorder
 
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ingtar33

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$200; on the high end. Generally speaking you're better off breaking it down and selling the parts separately. you should recover a great deal of the value that way. as a system it hold little actual value.

if you ebay right you should get around...
$70 for the cpu
$40 for the mb
$100 for the ram
$20 per hard drive (60 total)
$20 for the psu
$20 for the case
$40 for the fans as a whole
$50 for the GPU (assuming its the gddr5 model)

=$400 for the parts.
 
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ingtar33

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little resale value. I'll tell you how i, as a buyer would look at that.

2 year old cpu, which may or may not be beaten to death in an overclock
poor aftermarket cpu cooler (92mm?)
no ssd
3 barebones cheap hard drives
a bad psu
a very weak gpu

generally it's a junk system. all together its worth a lot more as parts. frankly most systems are worth a lot more in parts then they are as a whole. to make a system worth its parts on the resale market it needs to be a new system or one who matches up with a higher end new system.

for example, a i5-2500k + corsair h100 + Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z + HD 7970 + seasonic 600W gold psu + 8+ gb of ddr3 1600 ram + samsung 830 120gb SSD + 1tb WD Black = close to it's parts value. everything in that machine is still high end today even though they're all 2 years old. something like that could go for close to $1400 if you play your cards right.

but the moment you start to toss in junk psus, old gpus, out of date mbs, poor hard drives, the value of the system crashes like a rock.
 
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skit75

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He could ask $450.00 but it won't sell. He might get $300.00

fx6100 (zambezi) with push pull dual 92mm fans --- aftermarket cpu cooler -- $100.00

hd7750 msi 2gb model -- $150.00

16gb pc3-10700 ddr3 -- $120.00

gigabyte ga-78lmt-usb3

3 x 500gb seagate hdd (1.5tb -- $maybe $60.00 for all three

These are sell-thru rates for (New) items which clearly his are not because they have been driven off the lot. Take away 30%
 
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Jaxem

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I don't need another machine, but i think we should set his expectations a little higher than getting 30% of his cost back, because it's worth more than that.

If he'd sell it to me for $200 i'd buy it and part it out for twice that and laugh at you and him, that's what i'm trying to prevent for his sake.
 
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daswilhelm

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$150 for a 7750? you must be joking..

$100 for a cpu, which has been replace by the 6300, which i can get with the motherboard for free?

Ram of an unknown brand (used)?

 
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daswilhelm

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hes not asking how much he'd get to part it out.
 
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ingtar33

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as i said. ~$400 for the parts, $200-$250 for the machine. if he's lucky he'll get 300 for the machine. I just know whenever i see the words "never been overclocked" or "owned for 2 months" i think "liar" when looking at used parts. So that the OP only has had this for a few months won't help his resale, nor will the fact he's used it easy, because any savvy buyer will instantly assume he HAS had it for longer and beat the heck out of it as well regardless what he claims..
 
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daswilhelm

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exactly, a 6100 wouldnt have been purchased new 37 days ago.
 
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Jaxem

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No, he's not, but that takes me back to that it's worth more than $200 even as a system. You can't get any kind of desktop for that little, and the one's even close to that are total garbage. This is a much better starting point than a acer mini SFF tower from walmart with an E2 cpu...even if it's new, he should sell it as such.
 
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ingtar33

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that's the assumption a buyer will make. Its the same with other cpus. when i see a seller selling a new i5 on ebay (brand new! never been overclocked!) i think "he's binning his chips looking for a good overclocker," so it's a clear lie. No one sells a brand new i5 unless they are buying a bunch and beating them up with NO2 looking for a benching chip.

When i see an old cpu for sale (6100, i5-2500k) i think "used for years" so any seller claim to the contrary just lowers my interest in the auction/ad.
 
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Jaxem

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I'd be interested in seeing that.
 
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Jaxem

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ha, open box items are less likely to be working than his parts, You made is sound like you could build a new system for $300 that was better than his...which isn't doable. His build would probably be worth around $600 new from my newegging (conservative estimate), so i don't think $300 is asking too much.
 
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daswilhelm

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you said it was worth $450, i suggest trying dell.com and see what they offer for $450.
 
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