Why is the 3770K still popular?

[SiCkPuPPy3112]

Last week i upgraded my computer and was planning on just scrapping the old stuff I had. 
But then I thought, I might try it out on the used marked before scrapping it, so I did. 

And WOW did it sell! I thought I was a bit optimistic setting the price to about $330 USD, but with no question asked it sold in under three hours..! 
So, why? Is there something with 3770K that I dont know about?  I also wrote in the ad that the cpu and RAM never has been overclocked, so it have lived a chill life all the way..
 

This is what I sold:
Mainboard: Asus P8Z77V
CPU: Intel i7 3770K
RAM: 32GB(8GBx4) Corsair DDR3

[Fasauceome]

wow that's even more than my 4790k, it was a gold sample and I let that bad boy go for $300. $330 for a 3770k? Boggles the mind.

[WereCat]

Nothing special about 3770k. IDK why people are buying and selling those old CPUs at that price. It makes no sense to me. You can buy new Ryzen 2600 + motherboard for that price and it will be better...

[SiCkPuPPy3112]

Yeah I'm affraid I wrote something wrong when the guy just said "I'll take it, do you ship?".. 
I did expect to almost give it away, but this just made me go WOW.. 
He actually financed 1/3 of my new setup with 9700K, 970 EVO Plus 500GB and 32GB memory, maybe there is a 2080ti coming if I sell some more of my old computer-stuff..

[.Apex.]

3 minutes ago, SiCkPuPPy3112 said:

Yeah I'm affraid I wrote something wrong when the guy just said "I'll take it, do you ship?".. 
I did expect to almost give it away, but this just made me go WOW.. 
He actually financed 1/3 of my new setup with 9700K, 970 EVO Plus 500GB and 32GB memory, maybe there is a 2080ti coming if I sell some more of my old computer-stuff..

Im confused did you sell the whole PC for 330$ or just the CPU? and also did you sell only those 3 parts? or did you include the case/psu/storage/fan/whatever else?

[flibberdipper]

If you sold all that stuff then it's a reasonable price. Z77 boards are expensive, and 32GB of any RAM will cost a pretty penny or two.

[Oshino Shinobu]

From my experience, the CPU isn't expensive, but the motherboards are. 

 

I recently bought a 3770 for an upgrade for my server for £70. I had a spare LG1155 board around, but (at least, here in the UK), the good motherboards are going for more than the CPU is.

 

Also, you're looking at around £100 for 32GB of DDR3 as well, even used

[Origami Cactus]

20 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

wow that's even more than my 4790k, it was a gold sample and I let that bad boy go for $300. $330 for a 3770k? Boggles the mind.

The motherboard is where most of the cost comes from, plus the 32gb of ram alone is pretty good.

He didn't sell the cpu alone for 330$.

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, Origami Cactus said:

The motherboard is where most of the cost comes from, plus the 32gb of ram alone is pretty good.

He didn't sell the cpu alone for 330$.

Oh, that does come a lot closer to market price.

[Mister Woof]

Second hand i7s seem to be commanding a premium because 4/4 i5s are no longer cutting it in AAA games, but i7 4/8s still can. So people tend to try to upgrade to i7s as a less expensive means to get back into the game.

 

That said, it just reinforces my opinion to never buy an i5 again, ever.

 

Buy once cry once, if those i5 users got i7s to begin with for a smaller % price increase at the begining, they'd have saved more in the long run with better performance the entire time.

[Jurrunio]

definitely not the CPU, it's not even the gaming king for DDR3 platform (that goes to 4790k and 4770k)

[SiCkPuPPy3112]

2 hours ago, _Syn_ said:

Im confused did you sell the whole PC for 330$ or just the CPU? and also did you sell only those 3 parts? or did you include the case/psu/storage/fan/whatever else?

Only the three parts I listed was sold. Yeah, with the stock cooler on the 3770K tho', it's been on there since it was new..

[SiCkPuPPy3112]

2 hours ago, flibberdipper said:

If you sold all that stuff then it's a reasonable price. Z77 boards are expensive, and 32GB of any RAM will cost a pretty penny or two.

Ok, this made me feel a little better..
I was actually feeling bad for "robbing him" with the price.. The RAM I know is a couple pennies, but it's old news I thought.. 
Glad he wanted it tho', it sure beats throwing it in the bin..

[SiCkPuPPy3112]

2 hours ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

From my experience, the CPU isn't expensive, but the motherboards are. 

 

I recently bought a 3770 for an upgrade for my server for £70. I had a spare LG1155 board around, but (at least, here in the UK), the good motherboards are going for more than the CPU is.

 

Also, you're looking at around £100 for 32GB of DDR3 as well, even used

Makes sence now
I was just thinking it was old crap noone needed in 2019. Glad I upgraded at this thime then, since someone clearly still wants this kind of hardware.

[.Apex.]

38 minutes ago, SiCkPuPPy3112 said:

Only the three parts I listed was sold. Yeah, with the stock cooler on the 3770K tho', it's been on there since it was new..

oh in that case you kinda over priced it, the RAM might look like a steal but it really is not, DDR3 is dirt cheap right now

3770K's are being sold for 150-160$, which is retarded and overpriced, so the dude probably thought that CPU with 32GB RAM for 330$ is a steal, for reference you can get a new Ryzen 2600X (or i5-9400F) + 16GB RAM + MOBO for 300-350$