It's a fairly old computer now, probably about 4 years old. Never had much of a problem with it so I never bothered to upgrade.
Gave me what I needed, but now I'm looking to sell it, for as much as I can to get a gaming laptop. As it's not too convienient to have to take your whole computer in a suitcase every time I want to LAN with friends, and I need to start having a computer for university.
Specs:
Intel(R) Core (TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
4 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Only has a DVD Player.
Only 500GB harddrive with a 150GB backup (I used it for extra storage)
23-inch Samsung Synchmaster 2233BW (amazing screen in my opinion)
19-inch Hyundai ImageQuest L70S (used for duel screen so I can have documents up while gaming)
It's not the best computer, so I'm wondering if I could make a modest amount selling this? Give a rough estimate of how much you'd expect for it?
Maybe 300-400$? Depends on who are you selling this to and how.
Probably over the net, maybe advertising in RL.
[QUOTE=FaythNihlus;33324779]Probably over the net, maybe advertising in RL.[/QUOTE]
No, this computer is old. ~$350 is the max you're gonna get out of it for the tower only.
just the tower maybe £150 - £250
Sell the monitors separetly. Or give the 19" one with the PC and keep/sell the bigger one for more.
Quickly looking over it, I too would say approx. $300 - $400
Incl. the screen, perhaps $450
get a cheapo keyboard and mouse and sell it as the best gaming PC EVER, MAXES OUT MW3
[editline]20th November 2011[/editline]
and OC that q6600
you're not going to be able to recoup your losses because it's a fuckin 4 year old computer. you might get $300 out of it if you're lucky
and buying a gaming laptop is literally one of the worst choices you can make. i guarantee you don't go to nearly as many lan parties as you think you do
[QUOTE=Cheesemonkey;33357686]you're not going to be able to recoup your losses because it's a fuckin 4 year old computer. you might get $300 out of it if you're lucky
and buying a gaming laptop is literally one of the worst choices you can make. i guarantee you don't go to nearly as many lan parties as you think you do[/QUOTE]
Do realize he also said he is going to a university and if he plans on carrying it around the laptop would be the smart choice.
time to break out this wall of text again
ok so here's the lowdown:
everyone ,and i mean EVERYONE, wants a laptop. even if it's an incredibly rash and bad decision everyone gets fucking laptops.
they're cool. and portable. it's like the fucking media has rammed it into your skull that desktops are for poor people and nerds so laptops are superior, and so tons of people buy them. it's really bad when people are greatly in need of the processing power of a desktop (im getting a new laptop for my first pc separate from the family computer i need one that can play games!!!!) and they get a laptop for the same price as a good gaming pc but sacrifice ALL of the processing power in the price tag for laptop 'portability.' so they play new games on medium/high and get burns on their thighs and then a year later they can't play the newest game at all because the mobility card sucks. people that aren't nerds don't regret buying laptops because they use them for facebook and youtube and don't care that the battery/heat is shit because they leave it plugged in all the time, and lower-end laptops are about on-par with desktops in the same ultralow price range anyways.
not to mention gaming/high performance laptops are incredibly expensive and the pricing doesn't scale well at all. instead of blowing $1800 on a laptop, buy an $800 gaming rig and a $1000 laptop. A $1k laptop not centered around performance will weigh like two pounds and have a ridiculous battery and amazing build quality (have you ever used a macbook air? ye macs w/e but jesus fucking christ if there's one laptop i'd buy it's that one), and a $800 gaming rig will play everything on max/high. a $1800 gaming laptop will have a shit battery and shit build quality and shit performance and and it'll weigh 10 pounds and you won't be able to upgrade any of it in 4 years and it'll sound like a jet engine and run at about 80 degrees C.
i made the mistake (twice), my friends have, laptops are secondary computers. everyone regrets buying them as a primary computer. don't buy a brand new laptop for gaming, you will never use the portability except for like 3-4 isolated occasions, and "playing games on the couch" is not one of those.
[editline]20th November 2011[/editline]
you're going to uni and you THINK you're going to be carying it around but let me tell you this right now you are never going to leave your desk with it. you are going to plug it in, play games on it, and complain about how shitty your $1500 laptop is in a year while my $500 computer gets a $150 video card and continues on
Dont get a laptop, sell that desktop for $300, or $250 if you want a quick sell.
Hmm.
Every item listed is an upgrade for me.
A big one.
Fuck I need more money.
I have to agree with Cheesemonkey.
Just bring the computer with you to college and play games at your room. Buy a small netbook and upgrade it with a cheap 32GB SSD, it'll be unbelievable fast, very portable, and have a workday's battery lifespand.
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