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Would It be a good idea to built a computer and sell for extra cash?

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March 23, 2014 11:49:31 AM

So I'm always low on cash since I can't job due to me begin 15 and the state requiring me to be 16 to get a job, I know the basics of a computer so I was thinking about investing money into a computer and sell it to make some extra cash. Does anyone know If this is a good idea or if it would work.

If it is a good investment to do would this built be good to sell and how much could it sell for?
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3f2wh

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March 23, 2014 11:57:08 AM

Almost certainly not.

1. You have to pony up the parts first
2. Then you have to find a buyer
3. If you don't, then you are still stuck with it

Your parts list comes out at $1262.68
Convince me why I should pay you more than that.
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March 23, 2014 11:58:04 AM

Terrible idea. You can MAYBE price it $200 more than the cost of the build, but I sure as hell wouldn't trust a build done by a 15 year old.
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March 23, 2014 12:50:25 PM

Thatvietguy- Would you please give some advice on how to improve this built/what would you do. P.S as for the age I have no control over it.

USAFRet- On the "why you should pay more than that" I'm not sure if your taking about me building it or why you should pay for the computer it so I'll answer both

Well when you want a car you go to a dealer ship and the person try's to give you one a car that works and within your price range. That what I'm trying to do and I can adjust the parts for a lower price.

The reason why you want this computer are listed below

Video Card- it has a decent amount of video ram which will assist in both gaming and video editing.

SSD- Well from my understanding SSD is better used for storing your OS system because it's flash memory (I also understand that less memory on the drive lets it operated at faster speeds when compared to a fulled SSD.

Hard drive- Well this hard drive has a good speed and holds 1TB which is quite a bit of memory

Ram- 8 Gbs should be enough for use

OS- Windows 7 is a good operation system and simple to use

Case- 10 Expansion Slots
2 x USB 3.0
4 Fans for cooling
Also ton of space inside

CPU- The i5 is a quad Processor

Motherboard- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s
4 x USB 3.0
4 x USB 2.0
Can have up to 32GB of ram
2 PCI Express 3.0 x16

Power supply- This powe supply is 80 + bronze which means that it's at lease 80 percent efficient

Optical drive- It will do it job well for it price

Monitor-It a good monitor with a 1920 x 1080 Resolution

Keyboard/mouse - It a good price for a simple keyboard/mouse

Speakers- These speakers will allow you to listen to music and are also wireless with Bluetooth technology

Wired Network Adapter- This adapter will allow you to connect to a network simple and easy and has good specs


PS - I forgot the RAM so I updated it
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3f458

Ps- since I didn't have one goal to move to I kinds built a computer that would be great on just about everything.
So if someone wanted more of a gaming computer I would get parts that are more for that.

Any criticism would help me improve
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March 23, 2014 1:49:46 PM

What I'm saying is....what benefit do you provide?
I can also buy those exact same parts, for the exact same price, and put it together myself. What added value do you provide to get me to pay you more (your profit)?

What is the added value?
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March 23, 2014 2:18:20 PM

Like what USAFRet is saying, are you prepared to provide the customer service needed if it breaks in a week, month, whatever.
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March 23, 2014 3:23:41 PM

Oh that's what you meant. No I mean built a computer and sell it to someone that needs a computer but dons't know how to built one. Kinda like how Walmart and others stores do, And yes I'm willing to provide help if something messes up.
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