Should I or shouldn't I sell my gaming computer?

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Alright, so I built a mid tier gaming computer on thanksgiving in 2016, meaning my computer is one year and a few months old, and I keep being told that gaming PCs usually tend to last 2-3 years. So, should I sell my computer so I can try to make my money back and build a new one, or what? If you think I should sell it, how much should I sell it for? It has a MSI B150 Gaming M3 motherboard, 2 Corsair vengeance c13(I forgot which one, could be c14 or one of the others) 2400 MHz 4gig sticks, a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 6G, I5 6500 4 core 3.2 GHz, and a 111 GB SSD, a 1 TB HD. I spent about $800 excluding my monitor, keyboard, mouse, and Windows 10. If I were to sell it, I would prefer to at least only loose 25-200 dollars, and of course, I would hope to make money, but that is unlikely as I would hate to take advantage of someone by making them pay more than it's worth. Thanks for your time, and I hope I did not ask anything dumb. I am not as much of an expert as Linus, but at least I don't drop my GPUs and Motherboards.
 
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I generally never suggest a complete scrap and redo.

Maybe switch out the motherboard/ram/processor (1 unit) or maybe just the video card or something. Good quality components often make it a LONG time and you really just need to switch out whatever happens to be getting bottlenecked and only as it happens.

Until you actually have a problem, I wouldn't switch anything at all.

Once you do have a problem, you can run HWMonitor or something to test your system at the time of error (helps to have a 2nd monitor!) and see what the issue seems to be and switch out just that. Often it will be a video card that's just getting too old to keep up and switching just that is all you need to do.

The biggest waste of money is going to be...
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You have a good Build there that would be able to do at least 4-5 years Gaming with the GeForce GTX 1060 and i5 6500 no problem and other things streaming, daily/Multi tasking etc upgrade ram in future to maybe 16gb or above
 
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aquielisunari

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Selling is the easy part. Even if you got your money back you wouldn't be able to buy the same components for the same amount.

I keep being told that gaming PCs usually tend to last 2-3 years.
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The components usability lasts for about 2-3 years before the user feels they need to upgrade. Not even 2 full years passed and my 970 FTW was starting to feel the pressure with the newest and more resource-hungry titles. Components can last for decades.

Do you feel like you need to upgrade or just want to sell it and be done with gaming?
 
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I never want to be done with gaming, but I know I have a warranty on my pc as amazon insures all the parts. I think it is for 4 years, so if it breaks down before than, I would be able to replace the parts and rebuild my pc. I could also try to sell it and build a new one, but the problem is the prices are only going up, and I rather have n intel over a ryzen processor as ryzen runs really hot and I rather not spend too much on cooling at the moment. I will try to upgrade it, but for now, I need to get a job so I can afford upgrades and such. I love my build, and of course, like anyone would most likely feel about their first build, it would be hard to sell it. If I lives past the warranty, I won't be able to afford a new one unless I have a job. Honestly, it may even die when I am in college, and at that time, I would have to save every penny I got. I only got the rest of this school year and next school year till I go to college, so I either sell and replace, or keep it and let it die, even if that means it lives past the warranty.
 
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I generally never suggest a complete scrap and redo.

Maybe switch out the motherboard/ram/processor (1 unit) or maybe just the video card or something. Good quality components often make it a LONG time and you really just need to switch out whatever happens to be getting bottlenecked and only as it happens.

Until you actually have a problem, I wouldn't switch anything at all.

Once you do have a problem, you can run HWMonitor or something to test your system at the time of error (helps to have a 2nd monitor!) and see what the issue seems to be and switch out just that. Often it will be a video card that's just getting too old to keep up and switching just that is all you need to do.

The biggest waste of money is going to be replacing things that don't need to be replaced. Replacing stuff just because it's 3 years old is a huge waste of money.
 
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