To sell or not to sell

[SNorman]

This topic is about my build-to-be:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£140.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£48.42 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£34.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£34.98 @ Dabs)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.13 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  (£89.89 @ More Computers)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£38.49 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £471.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-27 09:12 GMT+0000

 

I don't want any improvements on that build (unless there is something that is so bad I won't be able to run minesweeper)

 

But at the moment I have a Mac Mini 2012 (yes I know.. Mac UHH)

2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 (Dual core)

8GB 1600 MHz DDR3

Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 MB (Dont even start me off about this piece of crap)

500GB SATA Disk

 

How much would you sell this for and should I sell it at all? I could do with the money from selling it to put back into my new build ^

 

I bought it for £500 (2012)

Now you can buy the 2015 one for £400 so I was thinking for selling this for around £200

 

Any ideas?

[cortexcortex]

If everything is looking nice, probably for about (+ -) 300 euros, somewhere around that (it's used)

[ShadowCaptain]

SNIP

 

I would say that £200 definitely sounds reasonable and you should be able to find a seller for it pretty easily

 

 

I changed your build a little, just some food for thought,  squeezed a 380 in there

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£140.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£33.91 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£29.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£34.98 @ Dabs) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.13 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£143.32 @ More Computers) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£27.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£29.99 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £480.30

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-27 09:25 GMT+0000

 

 

OR with a 960

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/sN22dC

[Alurit]

 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£33.91 @ Amazon UK)

 

I don't know how many people actually upgrade ram down the line in existing builds, but having 4 ram slots is nice though.

[ShadowCaptain]

I don't know how many people actually upgrade ram down the line in existing builds, but having 4 ram slots is nice though.

 

Can always swap out for 8gb dimms and sell the other ram, (ram being cheap anyway)

 

since its dual channel only anywhere there is not much benefit to 4 slots

[SNorman]

 

I would say that £200 definitely sounds reasonable and you should be able to find a seller for it pretty easily

 

 

I changed your build a little, just some food for thought,  squeezed a 380 in there

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£140.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£33.91 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£29.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£34.98 @ Dabs) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.13 @ Amazon UK) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card  (£143.32 @ More Computers) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£27.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£29.99 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £480.30

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-27 09:25 GMT+0000

 

 

OR with a 960

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/sN22dC

 

Will having a smaller case (if this case is smaller than the Corsair one) make it harder to build?

 

I want it to be simple and easy as it's my first build

[ShadowCaptain]

Will having a smaller case (if this case is smaller than the Corsair one) make it harder to build?

 

I want it to be simple and easy as it's my first build

 

Nope doesn't really make much difference since the board is smaller too

 

 

 

[SNorman]

And do I really need that better graphics as I ain't a heavy gamer I only play Minecraft and I normally use the PC for more than playing games

 

 

Nope doesn't really make much difference

I just thought because of the price difference

 

Does it matter that you cut down on the motherboard

[ShadowCaptain]

I just thought because of the price difference

 

The board is smaller so it fits in with more space etc

 

Equally you could just add £50 to your budget and get the 380 in your build   its a much better card than the 750ti

 

 - you said you only play minecraft, but that means if you want to play any other game your are limited to the 750ti, which is pretty meh

[SNorman]

The board is smaller so it fits in with more space etc

 

Equally you could just add £50 to your budget and get the 380 in your build   its a much better card than the 750ti

 

 - you said you only play minecraft, but that means if you want to play any other game your are limited to the 750ti, which is pretty meh

Tbh any card is better than Intel HD Graphics. I can cope with playing games at low settings that what I have to do atm.

[ShadowCaptain]

Tbh any card is better than Intel HD Graphics. I can cope with playing games at low settings that what I have to do atm.

 

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