How much is my computer worth?

Lu Tze · 13-08-2015 10:52am

TheFullDuck wrote: »

hey guys, debating selling my PC cause i have little time to play it and wont for the foreseeable future

It was built in Summer 2013 with help from the lads here and this is the spec;

Item|Price
Intel Core i5-3570K Box, LGA1155|€205.99
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - Intel/AMD|€29.29
ASRock Z77 Pro3, Sockel 1155, ATX|€83.99
8GB-Kit G.Skill RipJaws-X PC3-10667U CL9|€51.59
PowerColor PCS+ HD7870 Myst. Edition 2GB GDDR5(UEFI READY)|€200.54
Seagate Barracuda 7200 1000GB, SATA 6Gb/s|€57.74
Cooltek Antiphon Black, ohne Netzteil|€64.00
be quiet! SYSTEM POWER 7 450W|€49.59
Samsung SH-118AB schwarz|€12.62
LG 22EA53VQ-P|€134.16
Sharkoon Drakonia Gaming Laser Mouse|€24.49
LogiLink Gaming & Grafikdesign Mauspad XXL|€2.84
ASUS PCE-N15|€14.90
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€950.73

since then ive added a

128gb Samsung SSD 840 series pro
CM Quickfire Ultimate Mechanical Keyboard
blu ray disk drive

upgraded the graphics card to a Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Boost OC 2048MB

and upgraded the PSU to a Seasonic M12II Bronze Evo Edition - 620 Watt

thanks in advance

I would put it up for 3/4s of what you paid for it, but realistically you are looking at around 2/3s. Still a decent pc in a decent case with a decent power supply. Might be better off selling the keyboard seperate (would have been interested if you had been selling it a couple of months ago!)

segasega · 19-08-2015 9:32pm

Antec One
Corsair 430W
AMD A10-5800K
Corsair Hydro Series H60
ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M
Asus AMD Radeon R9 270X 1120MHz 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E 3.0
Corsair 16GB 1600Mhz Vengeance Red
Samsung 250GB 840 Series
LG DVD-W
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Thinking of selling this, but would I be better off selling it in parts? Cheers

Digital Solitude · 19-08-2015 10:00pm

segasega wrote: »

Antec One €30 if good condition
Corsair 430W €30
AMD A10-5800K €50
Corsair Hydro Series H60 €50
ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M €50
Asus AMD Radeon R9 270X 1120MHz 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E 3.0 €120
Corsair 16GB 1600Mhz Vengeance Red €70
Samsung 250GB 840 Series €70-80
LG DVD-W €10
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, wouldn't factor into price. Might be able to push a few euro on with W10, even if just to eliminate the adverts tax.

Thinking of selling this, but would I be better off selling it in parts? Cheers

Iffy on value of the AMD chip and board. Still a very capable gaming machine if you stuck in an i3 tbh.

segasega · 19-08-2015 10:44pm

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Iffy on value of the AMD chip and board. Still a very capable gaming machine if you stuck in an i3 tbh.

So you think it would be easier to sell in parts than while?

Digital Solitude · 19-08-2015 11:11pm

segasega wrote: »

So you think it would be easier to sell in parts than while?

Well if you're dropping the PC altogether it'd probably be easier to lose whole, as no gamer aside from deadset fanboys want an AMD chip, or the uneducated I suppose. For upgrades, just lose the chip and board, nothing wrong with anything else listed

funkey_monkey · 21-08-2015 9:34pm

Hi,

Not sure if my desktop is just for scrap, but would like to find out for sure before I make any rash decisions:

Its a Dell 5150 (circa 2003) running Lubuntu/WinXP.
Pentium 4 3GHz
1Gb RAM
100Gb Hard Drive.

Is it worth anything? Could it even be used as a NAS?

Lu Tze · 22-08-2015 10:14am

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Hi,

Not sure if my desktop is just for scrap, but would like to find out for sure before I make any rash decisions:

Its a Dell 5150 (circa 2003) running Lubuntu/WinXP.
Pentium 4 3GHz
1Gb RAM
100Gb Hard Drive.

Is it worth anything? Could it even be used as a NAS?

Open it up, it likely hasn't any sata connections, probably all ide connectors

PropJoe10 · 22-08-2015 10:17am

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Hi,

Not sure if my desktop is just for scrap, but would like to find out for sure before I make any rash decisions:

Its a Dell 5150 (circa 2003) running Lubuntu/WinXP.
Pentium 4 3GHz
1Gb RAM
100Gb Hard Drive.

Is it worth anything? Could it even be used as a NAS?

As the last person said, if you have SATA connections then you could do something with it. If your connectors are IDE, then there's not really much point.

LeakingLava · 26-08-2015 8:08pm

How much is my computer worth?

i5-4690K
8GB Crucial Ballistix RAM
MSI GTX970
ASUS z97 pro wifi ac motherboard
bequiet 700 or 750w psu I can't remember exactly
Coolermaster hyper 212 evo

2 Benq G2420HDBL monitors

I'm looking to sell everything due to change of interest and just wondering how much they are worth. Condition is all very good regarding the CPU parts. Never overclocked. Had them for maybe a year or so but graphics card is only a few months old, have softcopy receipt. Monitors are a little dirty/dusty but absolutely no dead pixels, and always been run at lower than usual brightness so not much stress on them.

Digital Solitude · 26-08-2015 9:02pm

LeakingLava wrote: »

How much is my computer worth?

i5-4690K €225
8GB Crucial Ballistix RAM €30
MSI GTX970 €300
ASUS z97 pro wifi ac motherboard €125?
bequiet 700 or 750w psu I can't remember exactly €75
Coolermaster hyper 212 evo €20

2 Benq G2420HDBL monitors.

Absolutely stinks of our forum :pac:

You could stick the PC up for about €1000 on Adverts, given its worth about that new, and it'd be one of the best valued machines on the site. Given the spec there's no need to make a loss imo

I've no idea the price of the monitors, maybe 80% of retail?

LeakingLava · 26-08-2015 9:13pm

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Absolutely stinks of our forum :pac:

You could stick the PC up for about €1000 on Adverts, given its worth about that new, and it'd be one of the best valued machines on the site. Given the spec there's no need to make a loss imo

I've no idea the price of the monitors, maybe 80% of retail?

Erm.. I'm really sorry..I don't understand. You said in your singular pricing it's about 700+ without monitors and then said put it up for 1000? Did you mean because people would offer lower or did you mean that I put up my 'whole' computer including some parts I didn't list? Or did you mean everything I listed including the monitors?

Digital Solitude · 26-08-2015 9:19pm

LeakingLava wrote: »

Erm.. I'm really sorry..I don't understand. You said in your singular pricing it's about 700+ without monitors and then said put it up for 1000? Did you mean because people would offer lower or did you mean that I put up my 'whole' computer including some parts I didn't list? Or did you mean everything I listed including the monitors?

Individually that's what they're worth. Given its built, tested with an OS and all drivers, and such a good spec you could list the PC alone for €1000, maybe do a deal with the monitors thrown in.

There are crap machines on Adverts worth maybe €400 going for 700-900 quid, your machine would be a steal for €900 or €1000 in comparison.

Hopefully I've made this clear

CullyA · 26-08-2015 9:29pm

hi all,

not getting the time to play FPS games anymore with my twins, hardly been used and I also need to purchase new road bike!!

system less than 2 year old, delivered 24.12.2013, have all receipts for same, OCUK built and tested this.

"GeForce Premium" Intel Core i5 4670 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor -

OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM

Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic -

BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black

Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 64-Bit DVD - OEM (FQC-06949)

24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x OC Rev2.0 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N780OC-3GD)

Asus H81M-E Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX

TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit

Nvidia Case Customisation Kit

SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply

all above purchased from OCUK.
monitor below from Scan UK,
24" Dell U2412M IPS LED Monitor HD

G35 gaming head set & brand new cool master 212 hyper but not fitted to system.
cheers folks

LeakingLava · 26-08-2015 9:30pm

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Individually that's what they're worth. Given its built, tested with an OS and all drivers, and such a good spec you could list the PC alone for €1000, maybe do a deal with the monitors thrown in.

There are crap machines on Adverts worth maybe €400 going for 700-900 quid, your machine would be a steal for €900 or €1000 in comparison.

Hopefully I've made this clear

Thank you. Added with a Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD and a Coolermaster Storm Trooper case so I can put up the whole PC, how much do you think it is?

Digital Solitude · 26-08-2015 9:35pm

LeakingLava wrote: »

Thank you. Added with a Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD and a Coolermaster Storm Trooper case so I can put up the whole PC, how much do you think it is?

Probably looking for €1200 is fair imo, if you get any offer over €1100 I'd take that, to forsee lowballers.

That's without the monitors as I've said

Digital Solitude · 26-08-2015 9:38pm

CullyA wrote: »

hi all,

not getting the time to play FPS games anymore with my twins, hardly been used and I also need to purchase new road bike!!

system less than 2 year old, delivered 24.12.2013, have all receipts for same, OCUK built and tested this.

"GeForce Premium" Intel Core i5 4670 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - €225

OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM €10

Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM €30

Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - €80

BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black €70-90 on condition. Think that's the case I'm talking about

Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 64-Bit DVD - OEM (FQC-06949)

24 MONTH WARRANTY - COLLECT & RETURN

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x OC Rev2.0 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N780OC-3GD) €300

Asus H81M-E Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX €30

TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit €30

Nvidia Case Customisation Kit

SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply €35

all above purchased from OCUK.
monitor below from Scan UK,
24" Dell U2412M IPS LED Monitor HD No idea

G35 gaming head set & brand new cool master 212 hyper but not fitted to system. Add €30 for this if you fit it
cheers folks

Should be okay, few parts I'm not familiar with so shout if my numbers seem way off

LeakingLava · 26-08-2015 9:44pm

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Probably looking for €1200 is fair imo, if you get any offer over €1100 I'd take that, to forsee lowballers.

That's without the monitors as I've said

Thank you. This is just about perfect. Looking to buy a good bass so this is a great amount of money. Plus I'll be able to build a less powerful but decent PC.

Lu Tze · 26-08-2015 9:51pm

You wont really know until you put it up for sale. While the part are worth it, i dont think the demand is there on adverts generally for spending a grand+ on anything. Most people wont recognise the value, and go for a pc 3/4 the price but half the power!

LeakingLava · 26-08-2015 9:53pm

Lu Tze wrote: »

You wont really know until you put it up for sale. While the part are worth it, i dont think the demand is there on adverts generally for spending a grand+ on anything. Most people wont recognise the value, and go for a pc 3/4 the price but half the power!

Hope those few people who knows the value of PCs take interest on my ad. Will put it up soon.

Just allowing a friend first dibs on it if he wants it. If not, it goes on sale. Thank you guys.

CullyA · 26-08-2015 9:55pm

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Should be okay, few parts I'm not familiar with so shout if my numbers seem way off

thanks for that Digital, havent a clue on prices, been away from this for ages now, reckon monitor should be good for at least €100/150 ish

might try the auld magic €1000 O.N.O and see what happens, thanks again for help.:)

Spuntr · 12-09-2015 12:54pm

Hi I was just built a new PC and was wondering how much it was worth the specs are

I5 4590
8gb Hyperx Fury
Gtx 980 - second hand
Msi PC MATE Z97
500gb Hard drive
Nzxt s340 case
EVGA 650w supernova

Digital Solitude · 12-09-2015 12:58pm

Spuntr wrote: »

Hi I was just built a new PC and was wondering how much it was worth the specs are

I5 4590 €200 (230)
8gb Hyperx Fury 30 (50)
Gtx 980 - second hand 400 (460)
Msi PC MATE Z97 50 (75)
500gb Hard drive 20 (35)
Nzxt s340 case 80 (115)
EVGA 650w supernova 50 (70)

Second hand prices, with new ones in brackets as I'm not sure which you're after. Not familiar with the case so may be thinking of a different NZXT

K-Fella · 16-09-2015 10:54pm

Thinking of selling my desktop but need a ballpark on it's value.

Specs are:

Case: Antek 900
Processor: Intel Quad Core CPU Q9300 @ 2.50GHz
RAM: 4GB (Think it's DDR2)
Motherboard: Asus P5Q
Graphics Card: GeForce GTX 550Ti 1GB
PSU: Corsair 620Watt
HDD: 1TB
Keyboard: Logitech K740
Standard MS Wireless Mouse

kjt · 26-09-2015 1:08pm

Hey Guys,
I'm looking to sell my laptop & wondering what you guys think she's worth. Custom built at PCSPECIALIST 7months ago, barely used & it was pretty price. It's a great laptop but the screen just isn't cutting it for my photography work.

Thanks a million!!

hots · 28-09-2015 9:39am

kjt wrote: »

Hey Guys,
I'm looking to sell my laptop & wondering what you guys think she's worth. Custom built at PCSPECIALIST 7months ago, barely used & it was pretty price. It's a great laptop but the screen just isn't cutting it for my photography work.

Thanks a million!!

Out of curiosity how much did you pay for it originally? Beast of a machine but fairly niche I would imagine.

kjt · 28-09-2015 9:40am

Yea she's a cracker. Paid €1,900

ozmo · 05-10-2015 1:36am

kjt wrote: »

Yea she's a cracker. Paid €1,900

You could just buy a decent desktop monitor, keyboard and mouse - for those times when a laptop monitor isnt good enough? Cheaper than selling and buying again. Tis what I do anyway.

Tar.Aldarion · 05-10-2015 10:36am

few years old now

booooring! · 05-10-2015 10:43am

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

few years old now

I5 2500k is still a beast of a processor and is basically on par with latest i5 processors. Nothing has really changed with the latest i5s over the last few years.

If it's for gaming a graphics card is all that really needs to be updated and maybe add an SSD. I'd knock the graphics card off the price as not worth a lot and another 50 euro.

Tar.Aldarion · 05-10-2015 11:27am

Great thanks, was wondering about the processors over the last few years, good to know. Mine is OCed to 4.6ghz so it does great. I have an SSD, samsung 256gb 830. so maybe a new gfx card and that pc is good to go.

booooring! · 05-10-2015 10:38pm

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Great thanks, was wondering about the processors over the last few years, good to know. Mine is OCed to 4.6ghz so it does great. I have an SSD, samsung 256gb 830. so maybe a new gfx card and that pc is good to go.

Have a look at some cpu benchmarks for games and especially overclocked to 4.6 ghz it's still a beast. Graphics card all that's needed

TerrorFirmer · 06-10-2015 7:32am

It doesn't even need to be overclocked for 95%+ games. The difference between it and a newer i5 is just a couple of frames and that's with a ridiculously powerful graphics card as well.

Bob Rooney · 26-10-2015 7:23pm

Hey folks,

I'm wondering what a reasonable price for the following would be

CPU: i5-760
MOBO: Asus P7H55
GPU: 460GTX
RAM: 2GB DDR3 x 2
PSU: Super Flower 450W
Wireless Adapter: Atheros AR922X
Case: I think I paid €40 back in the day

No HDD as it's on it's last legs.

moonboy52 · 26-10-2015 7:29pm

Bob Rooney wrote: »

Hey folks,

I'm wondering what a reasonable price for the following would be

CPU: i5-760
MOBO: Asus P7H55
GPU: 460GTX
RAM: 2GB DDR3 x 2
PSU: Super Flower 450W
Wireless Adapter: Atheros AR922X
Case: I think I paid €40 back in the day

No HDD as it's on it's last legs.

Those components would be perfect for a cheap HTPC for someone.

I am no expert but i would reckon between €150 - €175 would be my opinion. Maybe €200.

This is selling it as a unit. You may receive more seperately

Protagonist · 27-10-2015 11:43am

Hey guys, how much do you reckon this computer is worth.

I5 2400 processor
Gigabyte windforce gtx 770 2gb
8gb ram
2 x 320 gb hdd
Evega 500w psu 80
Coolermaster cpu cooler
Bitfenix ronin case

adambaldwin9 · 27-10-2015 5:59pm

Hey guys, I was wondering if you could give me a rough estimation on the value of my pc. Its an alienware x51 r2 i got about 2 years ago.

Intel Core i5-3330 CPU @ 3.00GHz
6GB DDR3 RAM
Nvidia GeForce GTX 645
1TB HDD
Windows 10 (or can be restored to windows 8)
The case is a black alienware x51 case with lights that can change colours

I know its not the most valuable but I was hoping it would be worth a bit more for the alienware brand and case.

rubadub · 22-03-2016 12:00pm

Not sure whether to post here or in antiques!

I have an old gateway 2000 tower, originally pentium 1 75Mhz from around 1995. Think I still have the original motherboard, think it has a P3 in it at the moment.

It was heading for a skip but I see interest in old towers on ebay, its a pretty big unit. Even it I got a few quid, sad to see it go to a skip.

Framed10 · 19-04-2016 10:17pm

Hi any thoughts on the value of my Asus laptop would be great.

Asus U30J Notebook about 5 years old, not used a huge amount as Ive a work laptop which gets more use. I bought in the states and was a v high spec back in the day.

windows 7 Premium 64-bit SP1
Intel iCore 3
CPU M 350@ 2.27ghz
4 GB ram
Intel HD graphics
Brushed aluminum
NVIDIA GeForce 310M
usually get 2.5-3 hours from battery
https://www.asus.com/Notebooks/U30Jc/

thanks, F

Recurve360 · 20-04-2016 12:12am

Framed10 wrote: »

Hi any thoughts on the value of my Asus laptop would be great.

Honestly if you got 200 for it youd be pushing it.
Still capable as a word processor but a 310M and first gen i3 arent exactly powerful.

I had a first gen i3 with a 315m and got 200 for it about a year ago so id be assuming there worth slightly less now.

ED E · 20-04-2016 10:41am

Framed10 wrote: »

I bought in the states and was a v high spec back in the day.

Whoever told you that probably chuckled all the way to the bank.2nd slowest CPU and slowest GPU of its generation.

Any more than €100 would be robbery tbh.

jayo26 · 20-04-2016 11:01am

ED E wrote: »

Whoever told you that probably chuckled all the way to the bank.2nd slowest CPU and slowest GPU of its generation.

Any more than €100 would be robbery tbh.

Thats a bit harsh I've seen junk with core 2 processors sell on adverts for 100 I sold a core 2 Dell last week for 90. If its in clean condition he would still get 150 for it and it be a good deal. If it was scratched up and stuff about 100 be ok price.

Digital Solitude · 20-04-2016 2:04pm

jayo26 wrote: »

Thats a bit harsh I've seen junk with core 2 processors sell on adverts for 100 I sold a core 2 Dell last week for 90. If its in clean condition he would still get 150 for it and it be a good deal. If it was scratched up and stuff about 100 be ok price.

Adverts isn't a good judge for what electronics are worth in fairness, the prices you've listed are hefty for what was sold

jayo26 · 20-04-2016 2:06pm

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Adverts isn't a good judge for what electronics are worth in fairness, the prices you've listed are hefty for what was sold

Fair enough my bad just thought it was a bit low but at end of the day its what someone is willing to pay. I do understand what you mean about adverts

Framed10 · 20-04-2016 7:08pm

Thanks for the feedback. I'll probably sell it on to family or friends for their kids. Its ideal for a student needing internet and for word proccessing etc.I just wanted a guiding price.
I'm fully aware that in the context of todays processors its basic.
I checked back, it was in 2010 I bought it.
To give it its dues it still working fine, hasn't slowed down at all and has been looked after well.

"Whoever told you that probably chuckled all the way to the bank.2nd slowest CPU and slowest GPU of its generation.
Any more than €100 would be robbery tbh"
Am I right in saying the first icore3s came out in 2010?

Digital Solitude · 20-04-2016 7:30pm

Framed10 wrote: »

Thanks for the feedback. I'll probably sell it on to family or friends for their kids. Its ideal for a student needing internet and for word proccessing etc.I just wanted a guiding price.
I'm fully aware that in the context of todays processors its basic.
I checked back, it was in 2010 I bought it.
To give it its dues it still working fine, hasn't slowed down at all and has been looked after well.

"Whoever told you that probably chuckled all the way to the bank.2nd slowest CPU and slowest GPU of its generation.
Any more than €100 would be robbery tbh"
Am I right in saying the first icore3s came out in 2010?

Q1 of 2010 yeah
http://ark.intel.com/m/products/43529/Intel-Core-i3-350M-Processor-3M-Cache-2_26-GHz#@product/specifications

Would have been slower than almost all other i3s, all i5s, all i7s, any newish Xeons so it wasn't high spec, as ED E said

TerrorFirmer · 20-04-2016 7:39pm

It would have been very entry level in 2010 even, the G310M even in 2010 was a very low end card, and that model i3 was your average entry level processor. It would have been about average when you bought it in terms of horsepower, and very low end in terms of graphics, unfortunately - though maybe the sales person pitched it a different way.

Handytech · 20-04-2016 7:41pm

jayo26 wrote: »

Thats a bit harsh I've seen junk with core 2 processors sell on adverts for 100 I sold a core 2 Dell last week for 90. If its in clean condition he would still get 150 for it and it be a good deal. If it was scratched up and stuff about 100 be ok price.

I Agree, 150 would be in the right ballpark, you could certainly upgrade the
processor to an I7 and the RAM also.

It would be a Gen 1 I7 but a good bit quicker.

Digital Solitude · 20-04-2016 7:47pm

Handytech wrote: »

I Agree, 150 would be in the right ballpark, you could certainly upgrade the
processor to an I7 and the RAM also.

It would be a Gen 1 I7 but a good bit quicker.

All the ram in the world won't bring a slow processor up to speed, and upgrading the processor really inst worth the effort, adding an SSD would make it a good but snappier, its the only worthwhile upgrade

Recurve360 · 21-04-2016 7:34pm

Thinking of selling a system to free up money for upgrades to my main rig so looking for how much this should fetch?

Pentium G3258
ASRock B85 Killer gaming mobo
Evga GTX 760 SC
Corsair CX600
1TB seagate barracuda
120GB Kingston SSD
Corsair Carbide 300R case
CM 212 Evo cooler

Case also comes with a full custom RGB lighting and psu shroud and very good cable management so its aesthetically pleasing.
Id be roughly expecting it to fetch about 500, would that be about right?

Digital Solitude · 21-04-2016 7:40pm

About €500 would be sound as a full system, it's a fair price for the individual components.

How much is my computer worth?

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