Is this guy for real, or am i just insane?

[Ctown0812]

this guy on a sell-it site wants $1800 for this set up (as written on his ad):

 

i7 3820 

Cooler Master Swindon 120M

Gigabyte GA X79 UP4 ATX

Crucial Ballistix 32GB RAM

Crucial 480 GB SSD

Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm

Thermaltake Level 10 GT Full ATX

Raidmax 850w gold+

LG Optical drive

windows 10 

x2 Acer 23HL monitors

Logitech MX mouse

MIcrosoft 1080p HD Sensor

TP Link Wireless card

Sapphire RAdeon HD 7950 3gb graphics card

 

Is he out of his mind, or am I the crazy one?  Thats way too much money

[aezakmi]

Wouldn't pay more than 650 tbh

 

without the screens

[Crunchy Dragon]

You're not insane, he is.

 

I wouldn't buy that for over 800 USD.

[TheSLSAMG]

He's out of his mind, but then again a lot of people try to shoot for far more than their stuff is worth. Those boards go for a pretty penny though.

[Ctown0812]

Just now, Crunchy Dragon said:

You're not insane, he is.

 

I wouldn't buy that for over 800 USD.

Thats what i'm trying to explain to the guy....Said he paid $3000 USD 4 years ago ( maybe 2013 but probably 2014)  Even then, i think thats steep

[Unhelpful]

$650.

[Crunchy Dragon]

2 minutes ago, Ctown0812 said:

Thats what i'm trying to explain to the guy....Said he paid $3000 USD 4 years ago ( maybe 2013 but probably 2014)  Even then, i think thats steep

He may have paid 3 grand for it back in the day, but there is no way it's worth even 1k by now. To be honest, if he doesn't drop the price to something reasonable, you could build a PC that would perform just about the same, if not better, using all new parts(except maybe the GPU) for that price.

[Ryujin2003]

But its got an i7!

[Ashiella]

5 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

He may have paid 3 grand for it back in the day, but there is no way it's worth even 1k by now. To be honest, if he doesn't drop the price to something reasonable, you could build a PC that would perform just about the same, if not better, using all new parts(except maybe the GPU) for that price.

Idk how its possible to pay 3k for that even new..

[Ryujin2003]

2 minutes ago, Ashiella said:

Idk how its possible to pay 3k for that even new..

I'm sure that's more of a selling point. You're getting such a deal now. Increases sense of urgency and desire...

[ZcanKal]

9 minutes ago, Ryujin2003 said:

But its got an i7!

Yes, an i7, a third generation i7.

[3 Lions]

2 minutes ago, ZcanKal said:

Yes, an i7, a third generation i7.

No the 3820 is a Sandy Bridge-E chip meaning it's using the 2nd generation architecture.  

[MarbleHornets]

But dat optical drive tho....worth the 1800 alone... 

 

But in reality, people like him needs to learn not everything ages like fine wine and a majority of items lose value over time, and with that set-up, I'd say $750 would be a fair trade.

[Crunchy Dragon]

13 minutes ago, Ryujin2003 said:

But its got an i7!

Practically what I was just saying in another thread, people overcharge because it has an i7.

 

Spoiler

 

[TetraSky]

While RAM is expensive today, it's not THAT expensive.

 

Well lets see, I'm bored so I looked up every parts on ebay:

 

Motherboard AND CPU : $410.00 +$46.83 shipping

CPU cooler : $54.68 +$13.26 shipping

RAM : $189.00 +$12.24 shipping

SSD : $124.95 +$10.74 shipping

HDD : $34.99 +$19.11 shipping

Case : $100.00 +$53.14 shipping

PSU : N/A but a cheap 850W Rosewill Gold is $89.99 +$12.11 shipping

ODD : $3.91 +$10.47 shipping (pretty sure you can get one cheaper than that brand new free shipping at this point)

OS : $32.04 (on kinguin)

Monitors : $122.34 +$61.12 shipping (times two)

Mouse : $19.99  +$22.95 shipping (mx518, the only mouse worth talking about)

Camera : $24.99 +$11.17 shipping

Wifi : $16.90 (no exact model, took the cheapest PCI-E card 150Mbps crap I could find, using wifi on a desktop PC is a sin.)

GPU : $168.99 +$12.93 shipping

 

For a grand total of $1862.30 (if I didn't fuck up the calculation)

 

So yeah, pretty damn good deal! 

This guy may have done a similar search before setting his price.

Which would be fine and all... if he was selling the parts individually.

But as a whole, it just isn't worth as much.

You can sell individual parts for more exactly because someone might need that one, unavailable, part to fix or upgrade an older computers, hence providing the products for the market that needs it.

But who will buy a USED complete PC for that price when you can get a much better brand new PC, albeit with less RAM, for the same price. The market for it is so much lower that there's no choice but to sell cheaply in the hope of getting rid of it. That's why selling complete custom PCs isn't worth it.

[mad dudy]

1 hour ago, Ctown0812 said:

Thats what i'm trying to explain to the guy....Said he paid $3000 USD 4 years ago ( maybe 2013 but probably 2014)  Even then, i think thats steep

unless your trying to buy it, dont waste your time explaining it to him. if he cant sell it, he'll drop the price on his own until it sells. that or he is trying to rip someone off with the whole "i paid 3k for this rig" and hope someone is stupid enough to buy it off him.

[Ithanul]

4 hours ago, TetraSky said:

That's why selling complete custom PCs isn't worth it.

Ain't that the darn truth.

Myself, I tend to buy 2nd hand hardware as is because I like spending the less amount of money as I can (I got enough other expensive hobbies as is).  Exceptions being PSUs (since I run those till they die), cases (can be reused many times), and HDD/SSD (on occasions: usually when those are on sales).  Yep, even most of my monitors are 2nd hand.

[Tsuki]

that used to be like a $400 case, and the 2 monitors really jacks up the price. as does the 32GB of ram

i fully believe that he paid 3000 for all of it when it was all brand new.  but i wouldnt give 800 for it now

[Ctown0812]

16 hours ago, Ashiella said:

Idk how its possible to pay 3k for that even new..

Especially considering he bought it in 2014.  Most of that build was released in 2011 or 2012.  3k for a pc with a Radeon 7950 that could've had a 980 in it.  Or maybe even a 980ti.  

[Ctown0812]

15 hours ago, mad dudy said:

unless your trying to buy it, dont waste your time explaining it to him. if he cant sell it, he'll drop the price on his own until it sells. that or he is trying to rip someone off with the whole "i paid 3k for this rig" and hope someone is stupid enough to buy it off him.

I just had to know what his logic was behind his asking price. I see ads like this all the time and I was finally curious enough to ask.

[MarbleHornets]

18 hours ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Practically what I was just saying in another thread, people overcharge because it has an i7.

 

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(Sad thing is that I worked at a best buy at one point in time and employees said stuff pretty close to that....)

[Crunchy Dragon]

14 minutes ago, MarbleHornets said:

(Sad thing is that I worked at a best buy at one point in time and employees said stuff pretty close to that....)

I've heard it said that the Geek Squad is really the only part that knows what they're talking about. I find that hard to believe, I've heard them referred to as "Professional Googlers" in the past.

[MarbleHornets]

Just now, Crunchy Dragon said:

I've heard it said that the Geek Squad is really the only part that knows what they're talking about. I find that hard to believe, I've heard them referred to as "Professional Googlers" in the past.

Ha, hahahaha. You know, always appreciate the jokes in the morning, they always brighten up my day. At least the ones that were in the same store I was, I was honestly surprised they could operate a mouse. I had to show one how to get into the bios, which he claimed was a stupid was since it's "too fast" for him (quick boot was off too..) and another one cleared a customer's hard drive instead of backing it up, so that was a fun day to sit back and watch. Personally, I wouldn't let my computer out of sight of them if I had them look at any part of mine. (Also the one's in my store used bing because apparently they couldn't google right)

[Crunchy Dragon]

1 minute ago, MarbleHornets said:

Ha, hahahaha. You know, always appreciate the jokes in the morning, they always brighten up my day. At least the ones that were in the same store I was, I was honestly surprised they could operate a mouse. I had to show one how to get into the bios, which he claimed was a stupid was since it's "too fast" for him (quick boot was off too..) and another one cleared a customer's hard drive instead of backing it up, so that was a fun day to sit back and watch. Personally, I wouldn't let my computer out of sight of them if I had them look at any part of mine. (Also the one's in my store used bing because apparently they couldn't google right)

I've considered applying for them since I've got a fair bit of knowledge, but I doubt anyone working there would be able to keep up with anything I say...

[SpaceGhostC2C]

19 hours ago, Ctown0812 said:

Is he out of his mind, or am I the crazy one?  Thats way too much money

He's not out of his mind, wanting money is perfectly rational. Insane would be the person selling it for $0.01. Or the person paying $1800 for it. But selling it for that price is not, and listing it that high may or may not be a good strategy to eventually get the most he can for it.