Should i sell my gaming-desktop and keep my gaming-laptop instead?

[Nuclear51]

I have some little money for the moment and I ponder whether I am at all to sell the strongest PC I have. I can sell my PC for approximately 620USD. I also have an Asus Rog-G750jm I can use in case I'd sold the desktop-pc.

would you sell your desktop-pc if you were me? I can play games in high-ultra settings with My laptop and I do not need top graphics at all.

I know I'm going to lose a great amount of money though if I'm going to sell the desktop-pc...

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GAMING DESKTOP SPECS:

CPU: Intel core I7 3770

GPU: Gainward GTX 970 G1

Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme 4

RAM: Kingston 4x2 GB 1600mhz

Case: CM SE

PSU: CM 700W

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[toot12311]

Why not sell the laptop and keep the desktop.

 

[Nuclear51]

Why not sell the laptop and keep the desktop.

I'm so unsure whether I shall neither keep or sell the desktop-pc. Please give me some reasons why I should sell it.

 

[SiNxPride]

Well if you were to keep your desktop, you can upgrade it down the line when you need it and keep whatever parts that are still relevant. As for a laptop, you can't really upgrade much other than the ram and the hard drive.

 

[Archgaull]

Also IMO laptops have a higher rate of failure with the smaller things like chargers or batteries, whereas with a PC you will have to deal with neither. PC has higher customization ability and tends to be stronger, while the only thing a laptop has going for it is it's mobility.

 

[Nuclear51]

but do you guys think that i should sell the desktop-pc for some extra cash or not?

 

[SiNxPride]

It's honestly up to you. I would keep the desktop and sell the laptop because I wouldn't normally game other than at home.

 

[Tom Tancredi]

You can SELL the desktop PC PARTED out and make more money than what you 'believe' you can sell it as a 'computer'.
BRAND NEW, UNDER WARRANTY computers now sell for $249 at Walmart. THAT is what people compare your computer to, no matter what you think, that is the perception. They are RISKING it not being new, they are RISKING it will just 'die' right after they buy it from you, they are RISKING that it is 'fixable' for only a COUPLE dollars (not 10 nor 100) if something did hiccup. As they are risking their hard earn cash they want to risk AS LITTLE as possible, so NO they won't pay how much you spent, and most time not even HALF what you spent, especially when you haven't even told us WHAT parts are in the Desktop (are we talking a APU 8 with a Nvidia 620 GPU? ) .

So it is better to part them out, and you can GUESS how much you can get by simply looking the part of on EBAY, see what 'auctions about to end' are being bid at and now you know per part how much roughly you will get, as compared to (again search EBAy same way) for that exact model computer or near exact model and see how much people are paying as a whole computer.

 

[Nuclear51]

You can SELL the desktop PC PARTED out and make more money than what you 'believe' you can sell it as a 'computer'.
BRAND NEW, UNDER WARRANTY computers now sell for $249 at Walmart. THAT is what people compare your computer to, no matter what you think, that is the perception. They are RISKING it not being new, they are RISKING it will just 'die' right after they buy it from you, they are RISKING that it is 'fixable' for only a COUPLE dollars (not 10 nor 100) if something did hiccup. As they are risking their hard earn cash they want to risk AS LITTLE as possible, so NO they won't pay how much you spent, and most time not even HALF what you spent, especially when you haven't even told us WHAT parts are in the Desktop (are we talking a APU 8 with a Nvidia 620 GPU? ) .

So it is better to part them out, and you can GUESS how much you can get by simply looking the part of on EBAY, see what 'auctions about to end' are being bid at and now you know per part how much roughly you will get, as compared to (again search EBAy same way) for that exact model computer or near exact model and see how much people are paying as a whole computer.

Yeah, srry... These are my specs in my gaming-desktop pc...:

CPU: Intel core I7 3770

GPU: Gainward GTX 970 G1

Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme 4

RAM: Kingston 4x2 GB 1600mhz

Case: CM SE

PSU: CM 700W

I WILL NOT SELL ADITIONAL EQUIPMENTS LIKE MOUSE, KEYBOARD AND MONITOR.

 

[Tom Tancredi]

You can sell the 970 used and get like 100+ for it.. it sells for over 200 new.
RAM you won't get but a couple bucks for as RAM used is less reliable then the cheap NEW RAM
iCore is nice OLD gen, so, while you can sell it with the mother board for a couple hundred, it is older, slower and no longer supported as compared to current Broadswell, and no longer manufactured Haswell. The PSU and case again can be sold together and probably get $50 bucks for (again used costs less because higher risk of failure).

You can check my estimates (as I mentioned) by looking up the parts on EBAY. Your better bet would be to put it in the local OfferUP / Craigslist focusing on some 'kids' or college types to get a system 'cheap' but pay more than you could get on EBay. Plus then if cash only transaction, soon as you sell it BOOM you have the money no fuss no muss, just be ready for them wanting their money back when they see the back to school sales coming up in a couple weeks.

I know you won't get 620US for it, as you believe because for as low as 749.99 you can get a Used and some cases still UNDER WARRANTY for a bit more Alienware Alpha with a current model CPU and so on. http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00MA7AF0G/ref=olpOffersSuppressed?ie=UTF8&condition=used&overridePriceSuppression=1&qid=1430410703&sr=1-5

While your GPU and Extra RAM WE both know it better, people will just look at 'well for a little more I get one with Warranties and newer gen, so it will last me 5 years from now, rather then MAYBE 3' (note for $100 more get one with "Has 2.5 years left out of year warranty with accidental damage coverage. " !!!!).