Just built sweet gaming computer... having to sell it for college :( need advice

[Hurley]

You like anime bro, you'll be socially golden when you enter the workforce.

[Japan]

Anime is better than any entertainment gaijin scum have ever invented

[Taluvill]

Just my 2bits: Craiglist is for hagglers. Don't expect more than the 900$ for the PC if you sell it on there, but others don't buy their items on ebay because of the shipping (chance to damage PC items)

So Idk what to tell you. sorry. I would imagine Ebay would be best.

[Ishio]

Originally Posted by Taluvill [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Just my 2bits: Craiglist is for hagglers. Don't expect more than the 900$ for the PC if you sell it on there, but others don't buy their items on ebay because of the shipping (chance to damage PC items)

So Idk what to tell you. sorry. I would imagine Ebay would be best.

You can try eBay, but as Taluvil said, you would probably want to secure the buyer with either insurance or local pickup. Local pickup would lower your chance to find a seller. That's mainly because well, unless you live in a major city, the chances are slim someone is looking for a new gaming computer.

Craigslist is a hagglers dream, also a spammers dream too, so stay away from that if you can.

Only thing I can say is go to your grocery store and put up flyers. Maybe around your college, but I'm sure there is some way you can get school covered during summer so you can keep your school. Maybe talk to banks?

[Itchybottom]

Research each manufacturer involved with the parts in the computer, for transferable warranty service. Be sure to include that in your sales pitch if it's the motherboard, video card, or CPU. (something like "Like new, x months warranty service still remaining on ___)

Looking at your parts list, this seems like a mid-level budget build on the Intel side. Break down new:

Case - $85
Motherboard - $220
Video card - $135
CPU - $280
RAM - $125
DVD burner - $23
Power supply - $106
HSF - $50
Hard drive - $70-$80?

Around $1100~ is what it would cost someone to build it today (I factored in shipping cost, on each price.) Potential buyer may not have a monitor, so they'd have to factor that into the cost of the system versus picking up a $400 special at Best Buy or Walmart that comes with a crappy TFT, and throwing in a new video card if they're tech savvy enough. You might get $700-$750 on Craigslist if it's an honest sale to someone who is in the know.

It might be better to just bundle the system with the stock cooler installed, to give the sale the illusion of never being overclocked and properly maintained under warranty. You should really be aiming at people that wouldn't know about aftermarket cooling, so you can sell it for more. Price out similar configured machines from Falcon NW, Alienware and smaller integrators like CyberPower Inc, determine an average and sell it for half of that price if you're feeling dishonest and really need the money.

edit: typical buyer, is also going to have to factor in cost of keyboard mouse, speakers, etc if they don't have a pre-existing PC

[Japan]

OP i am actually interested in this machine, though I feel dishonest trying to suggest a price when you aren't sure what you're gonna ask yet. PM me when you have an idea what you're going for.

[Lill-Leif]

Guess how much I pay per credit in Sweden?

[Messianic]

Originally Posted by Lill-Leif [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Guess how much I pay per credit in Sweden?

Just a rough guess based on general education costs in EU-style countries, but approximately 15,000 Krona a year in VAT/Income taxes every year of your working life on an average salary?

Not sure how Sweden structures the specific funds and sources of funds that go to Education, or i'd have a better idea...

[FatMagic]

I buy/sell my stuff on Anandtech.com (http://forums.anandtech.com/) and HardOCP (http://hardforum.com/) - look there for a place to sell your stuff. Most people like it "parted" instead of being sold as a "whole".

[dallammarr]

Originally Posted by FatMagic [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I buy/sell my stuff on Anandtech.com (http://forums.anandtech.com/) and HardOCP (http://hardforum.com/) - look there for a place to sell your stuff. Most people like it "parted" instead of being sold as a "whole".

This is true for ebay as well, you'll have better luck and less chance of something getting damaged if you part it out and sell it in pieces rather than a whole machine. I tried to sell my desktop about 6 or so months ago via ebay as I bought a laptop to replace it. My desktop is nothing special as its about 2 years old now, it sold for $450 on ebay but the mobo somehow got damaged in shipping. I shipped it as a complete machine with a valid copy of windows. So needless to say I had to refund the buyer his money, luckily the mobo was still under warranty so I contacted Asus, and well had to ship them the mobo twice, but its fixed and the machine runs brand new again. I trie dto sell it out a couple more times locally but as we know with computers, especially desktops, people would rather invest their money on something newer than older hard ware.

Not a bad desktop though specs are:

Intel Core 2 Quad q6600 OC'd to 3.0ghz
Asus P5N-D 750i mobo
PNY DDR2 800 4gb 2 x 2gb sticks dual channel
GeForce GTX 275 w 896mb of GDDR3 ram
Soundblaster Audigy 4
WD 250gb SATA drive
SATA DVD RW DL
Customized Black ATX case with Dragon etched into the side window
Dual Black Cold Cathode Light kit
Floppy Drive/ Card reader combo
Windows Vista Home Premium x64

Other mods: Took out the red IDE light on the case, replaced it with a UV LED
Replaced the green LEDS in the floppy and DVD rom for bule LEDS.