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tweak13   07-07-2009 at 07:52:19 PM

So my friend has been asking me for quite some time to sell him my computer, I just have no idea what its really worth, I probably spent around 1400-1500$ originally but depreciation in technology is usually pretty astounding. But hey it might give me a chance to build a new rig which is what I really just like doing.

Asus Maximus II Formula mobo
Intel E8500 @ 4.04ghz
4GB G Skill RAM @ 1066mhz
XFX 9800 GTX Black Edition
Tagan ABS Labs 800w Modular PSU
Arctic Freezer Pro 7 Cooler
Asus Optical Drives, CD/DVD all that good stuff
Wireless Card
Antec Skeleton Case
2xWD 500GB 16mb Drives in RAID 1 setup
Vista Home Premium 64bit

It's a really clean system, no flaws really at all, would it be worth say 900$?

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AlphaOmegaX   07-07-2009 at 08:55:08 PM
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I just built a new pc...

Raidmax Smilodon Extreme Black
Asus 790GX Mobo
AMD Phenom 720 Black Proc
4gb OCZ 1600 ddr3
Corsair 650tx
Samsung DVD Burner
640 GB WD Black
Vista Home Premium 64
XFX 4890 XT

I paid about 900 bucks for my build.

Here's what you could do. Price all your parts on newegg/td and maybe take off 10-20% for being used.

That should give you a fair price :)

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505090   07-07-2009 at 09:16:06 PM
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AlphaOmegaX wrote :


Here's what you could do. Price all your parts on newegg/td and maybe take off 10-20% for being used.

That should give you a fair price :)



Now there's a good idea

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HundredIslandsBoy   07-07-2009 at 09:39:45 PM
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The main consideration isn't going to be at what price you want to sell the system but how much potential buyers are willing to pay. Computers and parts are affected by the economic downturn too so keep that in mind.
A good indicator of current pricing for used parts is the completed sale listing on eBay.

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kubes   07-07-2009 at 11:46:54 PM
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$900 might be a bit high with it being used, but as long as its in tip top shape it might be worth it, if it comes with all the drivers updated and OS freshly installed. I would say it might warrent the price.

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HundredIslandsBoy   07-08-2009 at 03:14:39 AM
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kubes wrote :

$900 might be a bit high with it being used, but as long as its in tip top shape it might be worth it, if it comes with all the drivers updated and OS freshly installed. I would say it might warrent the price.



$900 is a lot of cash for a used system without a full warranty. Can you build a new system with near performance level for that price?

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kubes   07-08-2009 at 01:56:17 PM
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agreed. $900 is a lot for a used system. Two notes though: It seems that the OP probally has some good knowledge of computer building and preformance with it being OCed to 4ghzh+. And overall the quality of parts used in the build are fairly good. I guess If i had the choice between a $900 dell/hp/ect.. and this for $900 I would have to heavily consider this build.

Its important to note that the person buying this rig probally does not have the technical knowledge or want to build his own rig. So you really shouldn't compair the OP's rig to the cost of a new one(not dell/hp/ect..). So that's why i stated if it came basically ready to go for him with a fresh copy of the OS installed and drivers updated, it might warrent the higher cost this build has. IMO

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HundredIslandsBoy   07-08-2009 at 03:17:36 PM
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kubes wrote :

agreed. $900 is a lot for a used system. Two notes though: It seems that the OP probally has some good knowledge of computer building and preformance with it being OCed to 4ghzh+. And overall the quality of parts used in the build are fairly good. I guess If i had the choice between a $900 dell/hp/ect.. and this for $900 I would have to heavily consider this build.

Its important to note that the person buying this rig probally does not have the technical knowledge or want to build his own rig. So you really shouldn't compair the OP's rig to the cost of a new one(not dell/hp/ect..). So that's why i stated if it came basically ready to go for him with a fresh copy of the OS installed and drivers updated, it might warrent the higher cost this build has. IMO



Good point. In that case, his system might be worth $1,200 to a noob.

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tweak13   07-08-2009 at 05:12:07 PM
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HundredIslandsBoy wrote :

Good point. In that case, his system might be worth $1,200 to a noob.



well my morales wont let me charge that much unfortunately

I might see if I can do 900$ with the buyer then, It is a fairly fresh installed OS (2 months ago or so when I added the mirror) with everything updated consistently.

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Helloworld_98   07-08-2009 at 06:28:23 PM
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take the price on newegg for your build now, that's your answer because there is about a 20-40% premium on pre-built PC's.

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megamanx00   07-08-2009 at 06:40:08 PM
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I say put the parts together on newegg and sell it for what that's worth. Even though the system is used, you've added value by overclocking it and putting the darn thing together, which your friend probably wouldn't be able to do alone if he bought all the parts himself.

 

I say that 900-1k is fair.


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xtc28   07-08-2009 at 07:41:01 PM
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Agreed we all are!

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