How much is this PC worth now?

[schnitter]

I have this old computer I remember paying over 4000 for. I don't use it at all and was thinking of selling it to my friend. What would be the fair price for it?

Case Cooler Master Cosmos S
Intel Core i7 940 Quad Core con Hyper Threading (8 Cores)
CPU Cooler Xigmatek Thor's Hammer (plus two fans on it push-pull)
Graphics Card XFX 5870 EyeFinity 1 GB DDR5
Two Intel Solid State X-25M RAID 0 80GB each (160 GB total)
16 GB RAM DDR3 1600 Corsair Dominator (6 x 2GB)
Motherboard ASUS ROG (Republic of Gamers) Rampage III Extreme
-with Integrated Sound Blaster X-FI
PSU Corsair HX1000W Modular
SONY BlueRay Reader
ASUS CD/DVD Burner
7 Skythe Fans

Thanks for help.

 

[Gam3r01]

A few hundred bucks.
The only things really worth anything are the ram (which has fallen in price) and the PSU. The rest of the system is fairly dates and lacking.

 

[schnitter]

A few hundred bucks.
The only things really worth anything are the ram (which has fallen in price) and the PSU. The rest of the system is fairly dates and lacking.

Yes I know it is quite old, first gen i7 and all, so you'd say 300 is fair?

 

[Gam3r01]

Given that is has a solid PSU, modern RAM, and actually has SSDs (which I missed at first) I would say 300 would be fair.

 

[Bossyfins]

Motherboard is worth a LOT. X58 motherboards go for a lot, and that ROG board could probably sell for 200 alone. look at ebat prices, and go a bit lower.

 

[Supahos]

I'd say it's a gpu away from still being a reasonable rig... Maybe $400-450

 

[Bossyfins]

A few hundred bucks.
The only things really worth anything are the ram (which has fallen in price) and the PSU. The rest of the system is fairly dates and lacking.

Yes I know it is quite old, first gen i7 and all, so you'd say 300 is fair?

300 would be rather low actually. You could easily get 450 out of it. X58 is a very potential platform since many data centers have removed their xeons. If you look up the X5650 on ebay, you can find you can get it for about 135$ish. Pair that with the ROG board, and you could have a build that is better than most would pay.

 

[schnitter]

Thanks a lot guys, yeah the GPU is first gen Direct X11 which surprisingly can still play Battlefield 4 on that rig pretty well. My friend wants to buy a 980 ti and throw it in that rig. Would the PCI 1.0 be a bottleneck or nothing to worry about?

 

[Supahos]

I wouldn't go 980 to in it I'd stop at a 980 or a 390/390x

 

[schnitter]

thank you all, will let him know.

 

[Bossyfins]

The Board is PCIE 2.0. You can EASILY throw in a 980/ti and not have a bottle neck knowing you would need a better CPU. If your friend doesn't plan on upgrading CPU, i'd do anything below a 980/390x

 

[Supahos]

There really is no CPU upgrade for that board... Hence the reason I said don't do a 980ti

 

[jediTT]

Might get more parting it out. Lemme know if you do =D

 

[Bossyfins]

You will get more from parting out. Specially the board. IF you decide to keep it, you can get something like an X5650, a 6 core xeon which you can OC, for about 100$. Still performs reasonably well for 100$.