Question What should i value my PC at to sell it?

[Seamus McGinley]

Hi all,

I want to replace my PC with a Gaming laptop for portability. Should i sell as one piece or individual components? If you guys have a fair estimate of what its worth i'd appreciate it.

CPU: i7-8700K OC @ 5.0GHz de-lidded w/ liquid metal thermal paste
GPU: Gigabyte Windforce RTX 2070 Super 8GB
RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR4 32GB 3200MHz
CPU Cooler: Kraken X53 240mm AIO Liquid Cooler
Mobo: ASrock Extreme4 Z370
PSU: Corsair RM850X Gold 850W
HDD: 2TB Seagate HDD
SSD: 1TB Samsung 970 EVO PLUS nvme m.2
Case: Aerocool 800 w/ corsair 120mm fans

Thank you.

 

[Lutfij]

Corsair Gold 850W
Corsair is the brand of the unit and 850W is the advertised wattage of the unit, while gold is the advertised 80+ efficiency of the unit. What is the model of the PSU and it's age?

You could part out on part after the other but that might mean you take longer to sell all of them out. You can sell them in one go but that might mean you have to lower the price to make it look enticing for a buyer to pick up on.

When was the system built and how much did you spend at the time?

 

[Seamus McGinley]

Corsair Gold 850W
Corsair is the brand of the unit and 850W is the advertised wattage of the unit, while gold is the advertised 80+ efficiency of the unit. What is the model of the PSU and it's age?

You could part out on part after the other but that might mean you take longer to sell all of them out. You can sell them in one go but that might mean you have to lower the price to make it look enticing for a buyer to pick up on.

When was the system built and how much did you spend at the time?

The PSU is an RM850x Fully Modular PSU. It's around 2 years old as my system ran on a 600W for its first few years.

The CPU was new in 2021 as it was replaced under warranty. The system was built in 2018. I'm not sure how much in total everything was but definitely around 2k all in over time.

 

[Nathkrul]

Hiya, dunno if you're aware but your CPU actually was launched end of 2017, you need to bear that in mind when selling it on btw.

 

[boju]

$750 might be fair.

Imo, too much hassle parting it out, you probably won't get rid of it all. Could keep it, no laptop will come close to that performance anyhow, cpu yeah but not graphics card and you'll have a backup.

 

[geofelt]

A pc will often fetch more if it is disassembled and the parts sold individually.
That is because it is unlikely that a buyer will want exactly the same pc.
Find your parts in used condition on ebay.
Then filter on completed auctions,
In green you will see what the part actually sold for.

You will have a hard time with the case and shipping charges will be high.
As a practical matter try to sell it locally .

The suggestion above to keep it as a backup might be the best thing to do.

 

[punkncat]

Here's my .02 on it.

Decide whether you want to sell locally or not. eBay takes a bit of a chunk and is also very much towards being completely unfair bias towards complaining buyers. The seller protection as of late has been pretty much a bad joke.

I would sell the CPU/mobo/RAM together. You can opt to keep OS with that part or not as a bonus to the sale. If you have that OS linked to your MS profile you will need to take steps as to where you are going to keep that OS.

I would list the rest of the items as separate sales, but would perhaps link to or even do an "ask me about" listing of other parts you have available. IE, someone comes to look at the AIO and may decide they also need some other part you are selling.

I would keep the drives. You can put the HDD in an enclosure for extra storage. You can also do the same with a small enclosure for the SSD, or use it in something else. The laptop you look at may have the option for an open M.2 slot.

I have found that using things like CL or Marketplace will typically bring less than eBay, but also avoids other hassles and pitfalls common to the Bay.

Keep in mind that anyone who follows hardware will be well aware of the issues surrounding upgrading an 8th gen CPU. The biggest thing to push here IMO is the W11 compatibility, although that could be double edged considering the remaining popularity of W10.

GL