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Question about selling a gaming PC I built

Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 8:51 am
by oeuvre
Where's a good place to sell my gaming PC? It was built 2 years ago and works great. Was thinking of eBay, but wondered if any of you have had success selling desktops elsewhere online. I prefer not to use Craigslist cause I don't want random people coming to my house and whatnot.

Specs

Fractal Design Define R4 with Window Black Pearl ATX case
ASRock Extreme3 Z77 ATX motherboard
Intel i7 3770K 3.5GHz Quad Core CPU
Cooler Master Hyper T4 CPU cooler
16GB (2x8GB) Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3-1600 RAM
SeaSonic G Series SSR-550RM 550W ATX PSU
ASUS branded AMD RADEON HD7870 2GB graphics card
Samsung 840 250GB SSD
1TB Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 7200RPM HD
DVD burner
Blue fluorescent case lamp
PS/2 port
4xUSB 2.0 rear
2xUSB 3.0 rear
2xUSB 2.0 front
2xUSB 3.0 front (one does not work)
7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC892)
Realtek RTL8111E Gigabit LAN
DVI, HDMI, and DisplayPort
Some minor scratches on window
4 small dents on right side of case (see pictures)
1 USB 3.0 port (on top of case) does not work
Everything else works great
Very good condition
Thermal paste was just redone last week
Clean inside and out
Original boxes for components included

Also, how much do you think it's worth?

Re: Question about selling a gaming PC I built

Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 10:14 am
by Hans Gruber
You have some nice components in your PC build. Your graphics card is underpowered terribly and you should have bought a Z87 motherboard. Other than that I can't see anything really wrong with it. You probably should keep it and get a GTX 970 and a Cooler Master 212+ for the cooling. Your 3770K will easily OC to 4.5ghz and you have 16GB of ram which is good.

Two years ago you should have bought a 7950 or a GTX 760 or 770 for the graphics card.

I am not sure where a good place to sell your PC would be.

Re: Question about selling a gaming PC I built

Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 2:51 pm
by RMSMajestic
Hans Gruber wrote:You have some nice components in your PC build. Your graphics card is underpowered terribly and you should have bought a Z87 motherboard. Other than that I can't see anything really wrong with it. You probably should keep it and get a GTX 970 and a Cooler Master 212+ for the cooling. Your 3770K will easily OC to 4.5ghz and you have 16GB of ram which is good.

Two years ago you should have bought a 7950 or a GTX 760 or 770 for the graphics card.

I am not sure where a good place to sell your PC would be.
Two years ago, even a HD7870 cost $300+ USD before GTX 680 came out... And their price went even higher when bitcoins went crazy
I think it's be easier for him to sell individual components, actually I clicked in just to see if the GPU is HD7970 or R9 280x.
Also, I'm a bit surprised that you are recommending nVIDIA GPU after owning a T61 :lol: