[SOLVED] How much should i sell this Pc for?

[joshuakeen61]

I have a 2 year old pc I'm going to sell to a friend. I'm not sure what I should sell it for. I want to sell it for a fair price and not over charge him. The powersupply is different, but same quality and price. The graphics card is an rx 580 8gb because he doesn't want 1080ti. Please for an advice on what should I sell it for?

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2xmrcq

 

[richiestang_78]

So the CPU is probably worth 300, although with the Ryzen 3600 being very close in performance to the 8700K while being only 200 USD you may get less unless he is a die hard Intel fan

The cooler is actually worth 40 or 50 bucks

Mobo is maybe worth 120

Ram 50

SSD unfortunately being only 240GB is basically worthless in todays market, so maybe 20 bucks

Case maybe 50, again you can buy pretty nice cases these days for the 50-70 range so its personal preference for your friend

The PSU while not bad is a lower mid tier model, and being used basically should just be included free

DVD drive is another thing that's basically worthless in today's market, I cant remember the last time I actually used or burnt a disc.

And finally the weakest thing is probably your RX 580. Its not a bad card but they are going used for under 100 USD anymore, at least by people who want to sell them since the new GTX 1650 Super which retails around 150 USD makes the card obsolete in every way.


Id say a fair price is in the 700-800 range. Ryzen along with the GTX Super series has basically made it hard to compete. You could probably sell the 1080ti for 350-450 on its own.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Standard rates are generally, for used systems, about 70% of average retail at whatever the LOWEST cost of those parts was during the 1-2 year period after release, plus about 10% depreciation per year of use.

So that system realistically is worth about 600-700 dollars. BUT in TRUTH, a system is only worth what you can get somebody to pay for it. If nobody is in the market or has a need for that hardware, then it's worth nothing.

If somebody has a burning need for the system, or for example, if somebody needs a Z97 motherboard but can't find one for sale anywhere and would have to fork out for a whole platform upgrade otherwise, they might be willing to pay somebody twice what the board was actually selling for new just to not have to spend more on a full upgrade.

So it's whatever the market is willing to allow. And just because it might TECHNICALLY be worth, say, 900 dollars, doesn't mean you will EVER find somebody worth spending that much on it because chances are good anybody willing to spend an amount over 500 bucks is probably also willing to spend a few more bucks to make it worth it on whatever the current generation platform is as well.