How much is my 2 years old gaming pc worth?

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markiz44

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So I'm planning on building a new gaming PC, since the one I have right now is a little bit outdated.

MB: ASUS M5A97

CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 970 3.5GHz

GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 1GB GDDR5

RAM: Kingston HyperX 8192MB DDR3 RAM

PSU: Corsair 600W

HDD: Samsung 500GB SATA3 7200rpm

Monitor: BenQ V2220

It was around $1200 USD two years ago, and I'm sure it's worth a lot less now.
 
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as general rule of thumb for myself in buying/selling used parts, I value it at whatever 1/2 the new price of the parts are at time of sale, so assuming system is in good running condition, you are probably looking at $400-600ish
I think it also depends on how you want to sell it, and how fast you want to sell it. Obviously something like craigs list would be easier, because there is no shipping, but I would think you would be able to get more from it on ebay, but its not as quick and you would have to ship it. also, if you are willing to sit on it for a while you could set the price a little higher and wait for the right person.

the other option would be to upgrade it, as monitor, ram, psu, hdd (and possibly case) are probably all...
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as general rule of thumb for myself in buying/selling used parts, I value it at whatever 1/2 the new price of the parts are at time of sale, so assuming system is in good running condition, you are probably looking at $400-600ish
I think it also depends on how you want to sell it, and how fast you want to sell it. Obviously something like craigs list would be easier, because there is no shipping, but I would think you would be able to get more from it on ebay, but its not as quick and you would have to ship it. also, if you are willing to sit on it for a while you could set the price a little higher and wait for the right person.

the other option would be to upgrade it, as monitor, ram, psu, hdd (and possibly case) are probably all still good, and you probably could get a little more life out of graphics card. so for, say, $400 you could get a nice mobo and ivy bridge, which will make a hell of a difference I suspect

either way, you probably aren't looking at getting too much money =[
 
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markiz44

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Well I have around $1600 to spend on a new PC, so I really don't want to keep this one. I already have some parts like 16GB ram, 750W PSU keyboard, mouse, headset, case, and I still have 1600 dollars left to spend, so I might get the GTX780 and the i5 4670k. But I'm not sure yet.
 
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