PC Appraisal

[Swesaera]

I've had my current gaming PC for around a year and I want to upgrade to a much better one but I need some more money to do it. To get this money, I thought I would sell my current to be able to afford better parts.
My PC is the Asus ROG G20AJ with a Nvidia GeForce GTX 970, Intel i7 4790 quad core, 12GB RAM, 1TB Hard-drive with 100GB SSD. If you need anymore information I can find it out.


https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/vsQMsJ PC I am going to buy.

[seon123]

Mandatory "Wait for Coffee Lake"

[ImNotThere]

the 7700k is not much better than the 4790, if you really need to, sell the 4790 and upgrade to a 4790k and then upgrade the graphics card

 

if you really want to upgrade then wait for coffee lake 

[Swesaera]

What I was trying to say was I want to sell my current PC instead of just upgrading the parts since it is a prebuilt and the case is fucked inside so nothing can fit.

I am waiting for coffee lake to buy the cpu but I need to get a price of the ASUS PC first. 

 

 

[Bananasplit_00]

wait for Coffee Lake, you can get another two just as good cores for no more, thats about it

[ImNotThere]

what country? in the uk people would sell that for over a thousand pounds

[r3loAded]

8 minutes ago, Swesaera said:

What I was trying to say was I want to sell my current PC instead of just upgrading the parts since it is a prebuilt and the case is fucked inside so nothing can fit.

I am waiting for coffee lake to buy the cpu but I need to get a price of the ASUS PC first. 

 

 

I would say you could get £500 for it or £400 for a quick sale.

[Swesaera]

2 minutes ago, ImNotThere said:

what country? in the uk people would sell that for over a thousand pounds

Are you sure? for used? considering I bought it for like £1200 a year ago. I do live in the UK.

 

1 minute ago, r3loAded said:

I would say you could get £500 for it or £400 for a quick sale.

I was thinking around £500-700 because my friend sold his Alienware laptop, which was around 2 and a half years old, with quite bad specs for £450

[r3loAded]

3 minutes ago, ImNotThere said:

what country? in the uk people would sell that for over a thousand pounds

People are nuts and some people would like the RRP of their PCs. So let the people ask whatever they like.

[ImNotThere]

Just now, Swesaera said:

Are you sure? for used? considering I bought it for like £1200 a year ago. I do live in the UK.

 

I was thinking around £500-700 because my friend sold his Alienware laptop, which was around 2 and a half years old, with quite bad specs for £450

if youre uk based youll be able to undermine people very easily as people still sell fx systems for 800, id go 600 at least however anything above would be fine

[ImNotThere]

1 minute ago, Swesaera said:

Are you sure? for used? considering I bought it for like £1200 a year ago. I do live in the UK.

 

I was thinking around £500-700 because my friend sold his Alienware laptop, which was around 2 and a half years old, with quite bad specs for £450

alternatively post it and ask for offers

[Swesaera]

Just now, ImNotThere said:

if youre uk based youll be able to undermine people very easily as people still sell fx systems for 800, id go 600 at least however anything above would be fine

Any website recommendations for selling it? I know Ebay is pretty much the go-to but I was wondering if there were any more.

[Swesaera]

1 minute ago, ImNotThere said:

alternatively post it and ask for offers

I can always list it at a extreme price, have people offer me a lower price which is around what I want and sell them that.

[ImNotThere]

2 minutes ago, Swesaera said:

Any website recommendations for selling it? I know Ebay is pretty much the go-to but I was wondering if there were any more.

ebay, gumtree and if those fail, facebook marketplace, christmas is coming up so if you be flashy and call it top of the range or some crap and say its a bargain some facebook mum will buy it for their kid

[r3loAded]

1 minute ago, Swesaera said:

Are you sure? for used? considering I bought it for like £1200 a year ago. I do live in the UK.

 

I was thinking around £500-700 because my friend sold his Alienware laptop, which was around 2 and a half years old, with quite bad specs for £450

A laptop will always be more expensive so not a good comparison.

 

If you'd sell it to a non techie then yes, you could get £600-£700.

 

But for someone that know what he's buying that SFF would be definitely a put off. No upgrade path to k variants as the mobo is a B85 one (I'm 100% sure). The PSU won't allow a beefier graphics card and SFX PSU are expensive to upgrade. Also limited by the graphics card to a founders edition/blower style.

[Swesaera]

Just now, r3loAded said:

A laptop will always be more expensive so not a good comparison.

 

If you'd sell it to a non techie then yes, you could get £600-£700.

 

But for someone that know what he's buying that SFF would be definitely a put off. No upgrade path to k variants as the mobo is a B85 one (I'm 100% sure). The PSU won't allow a beefier graphics card and SFX PSU are expensive to upgrade. Also limited by the graphics card to a founders edition/blower style.

Yeah tbh I got fucked when I bought it. Overpaid for a rather average PC which has no upgrade capability. I didn't really know that much about computers then. I am a prime example of how they can just market it as a great top range pc and just bait people in.

[r3loAded]

4 minutes ago, Swesaera said:

Any website recommendations for selling it? I know Ebay is pretty much the go-to but I was wondering if there were any more.

Bear in mind that selling on eBay will reduce your final take home money because:

- eBay fee - 8%

- PayPal fee - 3.4% + 20p

 

That's a total 11.4%+20p out of the final price (including postage).

 

So my strong suggestion. stick to Gumtree, Shpock and Facebook. but do remember that possible buyers will low ball you as hell.

[Swesaera]

Just now, r3loAded said:

Bear in mind that selling on eBay will reduce your final take home money because:

- eBay fee - 8%

- PayPal fee - 3.4% + 20p

 

That's a total 11.4%+20p out of the final price (including postage).

 

So my strong suggestion. stick to Gumtree, Shpock and Facebook. but do remember that possible buyers will low ball you as hell.

Yeah I'm not gonna fall for the "im an ethiopian student in UK and I am in desperate need of this pc but I am short £300" shit that my friend got when he listed on Ebay.

[Sanctorum]

1 hour ago, Swesaera said:

Intel i7 4790 8-core

Uh, it's not an 8 core. The entire system is worth £450-500. You could probably get a bit more than that for it, depending on where you sell it.

[r3loAded]

3 minutes ago, Sanctorum said:

Uh, it's not an 8 core. The entire system is worth £450-500. You could probably get a bit more than that for it, depending on where you sell it.

Very similar with my appraisal

[Swesaera]

4 minutes ago, Sanctorum said:

Uh, it's not an 8 core. The entire system is worth £450-500. You could probably get a bit more than that for it, depending on where you sell it.

My system says 8-core and always has in DXDIAG,  I always thought it was weird that it said 8-core but idk

[r3loAded]

Just now, Swesaera said:

My system says 8-core and always has in DXDIAG

4 threads (quad core) - 8 threads. Those are threads (virtual cores) not physical cores.

[Swesaera]

1 minute ago, r3loAded said:

4 threads (quad core) - 8 threads. Those are threads (virtual cores) not physical cores.

There is still a lot I don't know about PC's and specs.

[r3loAded]

Just now, Swesaera said:

There is still a lot I don't know about PC's and specs.

No worries. That's why we're here: To help each other as much as possible.

[Swesaera]

Thanks for the help guys. Appreciate it. I did forget to mention that I am not selling it now, but at around just before Christmas so I will be able to rise the price a bit and then I am buying my parts after Christmas when prices drop.