Looking for tips to make a used PC more "sellable"...

[Gerr]

I have a spare system I am trying to sell on Craigslist and am looking for tips on how to make it more "sellable".  Any tips would be great, but I do have a few questions.

 

1.  It has a fresh load of Win-7, should I leave that on or go ahead and upgrade it to Win-10?

 

2.  Should I load it up with software or leave it fairly bare bones?  IE should I install a non-MS office suite, and other free utilities like VLC, AV, other browsers, benchmarking & system utilities, etc?

 

3.  Should I include a monitor with it, or list the monitor as an add-on for an additional price?

 

4.  It has a G3258 which I can get up to 4.4Ghz, so should I sell it pre-OC'ed or just say it can be OC'ed?

 

5.  It has an older but decent video card, 7870-XT, so should I label it a gaming PC?

 

 

Any help would be great.  Thanks!

[DarrenP]

 

I have a spare system I am trying to sell on Craigslist and am looking for tips on how to make it more "sellable".  Any tips would be great, but I do have a few questions.

 

1.  It has a fresh load of Win-7, should I leave that on or go ahead and upgrade it to Win-10?

 

2.  Should I load it up with software or leave it fairly bare bones?  IE should I install a non-MS office suite, and other free utilities like VLC, AV, other browsers, benchmarking & system utilities, etc?

 

3.  Should I include a monitor with it, or list the monitor as an add-on for an additional price?

 

4.  It has a G3258 which I can get up to 4.4Ghz, so should I sell it pre-OC'ed or just say it can be OC'ed?

 

5.  It has an older but decent video card, 7870-XT, so should I label it a gaming PC?

 

 

Any help would be great.  Thanks!

 

What's the price you're selling it for? That's likely why it's not selling. 

[yannickverc]

1) I'd leave it at win7. Leave it to the buyer to decide whether to update to win10 or not.

2) I wouldn't install anything. If I'd buy a second hand computer, first thing I'd do is wipe the HDD and do a clean install. (also applicable to 1)

3) Depends on how old it is.

4) Don't overclock. If you accidentally break it you're done for the money.

5) I'd say it's a gaming PC but mention that the GPU is a little older and mention what games it can run on high/medium.

[Paytend01]

Clean it, make the cables look nice...

[Gerr]

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Gerr/saved/#view=ndMdnQ

 

Have it listed at $500 figuring someone will talk me down to $450-$400 for it.  I don't think that's overpriced.  Plus outside of the video card, mouse, and hard drives, all parts were parts bought for projects but never used, so basically new.