Need help with price for my computer.

[chasehornby55]

I decided to sell computer, its an extremely powerful gaming computer and is not very old at all. I know everyone says take 30% off of what you bought it for however at this point in time i feel that the normal buyer will not consider that as its too new to have depleted (even though it "has"). Long story short it would cost about $3400 to build in store plus the extra $100 the computer store charges for parts and labor. My initial add was asking for $4000 as i figured (yes a little mean) that someone would come along just looking for a good computer not knowing that you can go to the computer part store and build one for $500 less. I now have just make me an offer and i said i want somewhere in the 3000-4000 dollar range. I would like to turn a little profit on this because even at my local computer store the do not keep all the parts on hand as there rarely purchased. Very basic rundown of pc is i7 4790k, 2 r9 290's, 16gb ram, ssd, and hhd, and so on. long story short do you guys think or know of any way i can make a little money for myself selling this thing, or do you think it would just be luck of someone not knowing other wise and willing to spend that much on a computer?

 

[Trossa]

People are often wary of used things so you'll probably have to knock down your price a bit. $3000 is probably the most anyone would give you. The cost of the parts in your build has dropped a lot, so you have to factor that in as well.

I feel like this isn't in the right forum but I don't know where it would be better suited apart from the deals forum, but there's not a lot going on there.

 

[emdea22]

Considering i can build this PC close to $1500 which is similar to yours i'd say $1500 is the max you can get unless you have some pretty special case/mobo/ cpu cooler which can get you close to 2k

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($318.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Scythe Mugen 4 79.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($42.78 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: GeIL EVO Veloce Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($124.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M550 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($90.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($264.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($264.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus White ATX Mid Tower Case ($61.47 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($88.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1498.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-07 23:54 EST-0500

 

[chasehornby55]

i used a lot more high end parts than those however, like my psu was over 4 times that haha. which i get "normal people" dont care however at the same time "normal people" dont know that much either(referencing emdae22) i am just wounding best case scenario is it possible to make a little money off of this. luckily for me there is only 1 computer part store in the city which most people dont know about so lots surprisingly have done ok selling computers online as thats where people assume to go.

 

[emdea22]

I get where you're coming from however people are a lot more likely to pay extra for a cheap PC like $500-$700 like you said "not knowing better"; however, when we;re talking about thousands of dollars you go into enthusiast territory and people either know their shit or aren;t willing to spend that much on a used pc.


Btw Your PSU cant be 4 times 850W -> max for a consumer PSU is 1600W so it can be double at most (power you'll never use)

 

[chasehornby55]

haha very true point, very true. what do you guys think about selling each part? i have herd your more likely to break even doing that however it seems harder so i dont really want to 😛