How much is this rig worth, and would anyone buy it? - Hardware & Software

Afternoon all, I'm going to be cleaning out my PC shortly: taking it apart and clearing all the dust before putting it back together. I'd like to know how much you think its worth realistically and if there is any point in selling it. I'm going to university (again) in September and I'd like as much cash as possible. I could find alternatives I guess but would strongly consider selling it all, not a few things for parts. I've had this computer since August of 2008, coupled with its age and two years of pretty constant use anyone who isn't an idiot would question spending any money on it. NZXT Hush case (small scratches on the front) DVD RW drive Corsair 750W PSU Gainward 4870 512MB (oc'd a bit once in OD, but left at default as I wanted lowest temp/noise) Intel E8400 @ 3ghz (never oc'd) 4GB DDR2 RAM (never oc'd) 1TB Samsung F3 7200RPM (only thing in warranty I think, bought brand new July 2010) 750GB Samsung 7200RPM Asus P5E Motherboard Legit installation of Windows 7 Professional 64bit (student edition) I'm going to do a full format and set up 7 with MSE and some free software, enough to get a new user off to a good start. I'd like to know what you guys think. My brother suggested with a Logitech MX518 and Microsoft X6 Sidewinder keyboard this would total £400. I think now with Sandy Bridge announced, without the mouse and maybe the keyboard £250 or so? I've never sold a used computer before so its hard to know. Any comments are appreciated.

that system should bring in about £300, probably more if you advertise it properly.

£300 easily? or pushing it? When you say advertise properly, would that be me offering to give 60-90 days warranty on it so I would take it back if it broke down during that time?

£300 should be minimum I'd say. And I mean advertising it properly, describing what it can do (eg. "Will play crysis" ) but not what it can't (eg. "but struggles to run at ultra high"). Hyping parts (in this case the power supply would be a good hype, as it'll last plenty more years.)

Crysis ran well on Very High, so that's even better. The power supply is probably the best thing about the rig, the case is padded to lower sounds but its not that great in my opinion. Shall try £350 or less and drop it more if people ask about it. Thanks for the comments!

I'd say it's worth more, if you put it on craigslist/gumtree I'd ask for £500 and see what reply you get. Considering the quite decent GPU and hefty PSU (why'd you have such a big one?) I wouldn't accept less than £350 at the very least

I would ask for £450-500 Because most people that would be looking for a computer on craigslist or Ebay are illiterate with this sort of thing, And you could just part it out and reuse some parts in the future

[QUOTE=FINLEY;27333289]I'd say it's worth more, if you put it on craigslist/gumtree I'd ask for £500 and see what reply you get. Considering the quite decent GPU and hefty PSU (why'd you have such a big one?) I wouldn't accept less than £350 at the very least[/QUOTE] The PSU was for room to crossfire another card I guess, I had it on my mind to do but never got around to it. Now I use a MacBook Pro for convenience and software reasons. [QUOTE=Nsybouts;27338661]I would ask for £450-500 Because most people that would be looking for a computer on craigslist or Ebay are illiterate with this sort of thing, And you could just part it out and reuse some parts in the future[/QUOTE] Even with the fact it has no warranty? £500 would be brilliant, but all the parts brand new were around £700-£800 roughly so its unlikely in my mind to get so much. Macs don't get to reuse parts haha. If I had something smaller/quieter I'd use it to stream media or something but I kinda want a PS3 for that and bluray. Thanks for the replies guys!

If you slap some LED fans on it, you can probably add another 50 pounds to the price and call it a '1337 custom' gamer rig. :frogc00l:

Out of curiosity - @op: Why haven't you googled the price of the components? That gives you a better answer than the estimates of random people in a forum. It takes you 10 minutes to search for the exact price instead of getting only estimates after 2h ours.

Of course old components tend to be unreasonably pricey and it must be priced where it would make sense over newer, cheaper components. Or you could overcharge and hope some clueless fuck buys in. Also you'll want to do an actual wipe not just formatting. Formatting just clears the partition data not the actual data.

[QUOTE=BmB;27345575]Of course old components tend to be unreasonably pricey and it must be priced where it would make sense over newer, cheaper components. Or you could overcharge and hope some clueless fuck buys in. Also you'll want to do an actual wipe not just formatting. Formatting just clears the partition data not the actual data.[/QUOTE] That's exactly it, I've done some googling and ebay searching and found prices to be really inflated and its mind boggling. I appreciate the opinion of people on this forum, random or not. Most of these are old outdated parts so its very difficult to get an exact reading. Then taking off so much for it being used. BmB, I'm not 100% what its called but you boot into it instead of the OS, basically formats 7 times (or how many as you want) so its basically a wipe. I did it on my laptop before I sold it: took about 24 hours. I'll find the disc somewhere!

Say it can run crysis on very high. Expect around £1000 :D

MASSIVE 1.75TB STORAGE! ATI RADEON 4870 DEDICATED (proceed with random info that people can't understand to make it look impressive) RIDICULOUS 750W CORSAIR POWER SUPPLY!

[QUOTE=MisterM;27345980]That's exactly it, I've done some googling and ebay searching and found prices to be really inflated and its mind boggling. I appreciate the opinion of people on this forum, random or not. Most of these are old outdated parts so its very difficult to get an exact reading. Then taking off so much for it being used. BmB, I'm not 100% what its called but you boot into it instead of the OS, basically formats 7 times (or how many as you want) so its basically a wipe. I did it on my laptop before I sold it: took about 24 hours. I'll find the disc somewhere![/QUOTE] Alright yeah you should be good. That sounds like serious overkill too. Unless you're wiping sensitive spy data to protect yourself from the CIA, just doing a single pass zeroing of the disc should be more than enough.

[QUOTE=BmB;27361198]Alright yeah you should be good. That sounds like serious overkill too. Unless you're wiping sensitive spy data to protect yourself from the CIA, just doing a single pass zeroing of the disc should be more than enough.[/QUOTE]Its the US Defence or something that is the default one. I've nothing to hide bar some passwords and stuff, so best nuke it just in case. Cheers for the replies guys, any can of compressed air is fine for clearing out dust from a case?