What percent less should you sell refurbished PC components at?

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So I have a dead motherboard and CPU on my hands (confirmed by local computer shop). Their best guess is the motherboard fried the CPU when it went out. Anyway, I applied for RMA's for both of them just a few minutes ago.

I know for a fact I'm getting a new motherboard and I'm thinking about upgrading my processor along with it. What I'm considering doing is buying the new hardware and sell the refurbished (or new, I'm not quite sure how this process works, any enlightenment will be appreciated) parts. The only thing is if the parts are refurbished, is there a good rule of thumb when selling refurbished components as far as how much less you should sell it for? I'm looking for a percent less than MSRP (or whats listed on amazon).

The motherboard is a Z97-AR, and an i5-4690k.

Again thanks for any info!
 
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My opinion here. It depends on how the warranty is handled with your motherboard manufacturer. The CPU I would just look up what they're selling for on eBay, there's not really much they can do to refurbish a CPU if it's fried. With motherboards some companies honor the warranty tied to the board not the buyer or place of purchase, I know with my Asus Sabertooth when I sent it in for refurb/replace they just adjust the serial in their system so that it has the full warranty as opposed to purchased refurb, which is a totally different warranty. If your motherboard still has most of the full warranty on it, I'd use that as a guide, not that it's refurbished. The next thing to note is that when they send you a new motherboard, you...
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My opinion here. It depends on how the warranty is handled with your motherboard manufacturer. The CPU I would just look up what they're selling for on eBay, there's not really much they can do to refurbish a CPU if it's fried. With motherboards some companies honor the warranty tied to the board not the buyer or place of purchase, I know with my Asus Sabertooth when I sent it in for refurb/replace they just adjust the serial in their system so that it has the full warranty as opposed to purchased refurb, which is a totally different warranty. If your motherboard still has most of the full warranty on it, I'd use that as a guide, not that it's refurbished. The next thing to note is that when they send you a new motherboard, you have no way of knowing if it's actually a new board or a board that's been reballed or whatever needed to be done to it, all you know is they tested it and it works, when they send it to you it's gonna be labeled refurbished even if they shipped you a new one. All of this by the way varies from manufacturer to manufacturer, and even maybe between models. When I sell computer parts on eBay I try to always give the remaining warranty information if it's covered, if not, don't mention it, but accept returns if they're unhappy with it. My rule of thumb is don't assume it's warrantied, but assume it will work.
 
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