Whats a good asking price for my old rig

Heya, so I finally built my new rig, and she's lookin purty.

Now, originally my friend was going to buy my old rig off of me, but he decided to change his mind and is going to build his own now, too. Soooo, now I'm gonna have to sell it on ebay or something, but I'm not sure what to ask for. My friend was willing to give me a good deal since this rig still isn't a year old yet and, well, cause he's a friend, but I'm not sure what to ask from a complete stranger.

Another issue would be wiping my PC clean. I know how to restore it, but not how to just wipe it clean to how it was when I first built it (without the OS).

Specs:

Rosewill R220-P-BK Black SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

ASRock M3A770DE AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX

2x G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10600CL9D-4GBNT

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

HITACHI Deskstar P7K500 HDP725050GLA360 (0A35415) 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

ASUS EAH5850/2DIS/1GD5 Radeon HD 5850 1GB 256-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W Modular High Performance Power Supply

SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223C

Logitech Wired Laser Mouse

iBuyPower Brand 2.1 Speakers

Not sure - I'll set someone give you a nice answer on the price. But if it's Windows Vista (idk about 7 - haven't tried it) there is a way to reset it to "factory restore". And it's pretty simple.Thuganomic05

$450 at most. $400 at the very least. That's a nice "old rig" you're selling :shock:

f ormat c:/s to wipe your drive

Also I'd say like 300 bucks.

f ormat c:/s to wipe your drive

Also I'd say like 300 bucks.

GummiRaccoon

You're shooting a little low there. Show me where somebody could build a rig for $400 that will perform like that, let alone $300.

$450 at most. $400 at the very least. That's a nice "old rig" you're selling :shock:

hartsickdiscipl

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

f ormat c:/s to wipe your drive

Also I'd say like 300 bucks.

hartsickdiscipl

You're shooting a little low there. Show me where somebody could build a rig for $400 that will perform like that, let alone $300.

It's used. There is a significant lowering in value of used items. Look at cars, which retain value much longer than computers. If you buy a brand new car, the instant you drive it off the lot it is worth a couple grand less.

[QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

f ormat c:/s to wipe your drive

Also I'd say like 300 bucks.

GummiRaccoon

You're shooting a little low there. Show me where somebody could build a rig for $400 that will perform like that, let alone $300.

It's used. There is a significant lowering in value of used items. Look at cars, which retain value much longer than computers. If you buy a brand new car, the instant you drive it off the lot it is worth a couple grand less.

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

[QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

You're shooting a little low there. Show me where somebody could build a rig for $400 that will perform like that, let alone $300.

MonsieurX

It's used. There is a significant lowering in value of used items. Look at cars, which retain value much longer than computers. If you buy a brand new car, the instant you drive it off the lot it is worth a couple grand less.

Your sig makes my head hurt.

yeah id say anywhere from $400 to $500 probably closer to $400 though.

[QUOTE="Thuganomic05"]Not sure - I'll set someone give you a nice answer on the price. But if it's Windows Vista (idk about 7 - haven't tried it) there is a way to reset it to "factory restore". And it's pretty simple.drkessence

EDIT - This may - probably is - just with Dell computers.

[QUOTE="drkessence"][QUOTE="Thuganomic05"]Not sure - I'll set someone give you a nice answer on the price. But if it's Windows Vista (idk about 7 - haven't tried it) there is a way to reset it to "factory restore". And it's pretty simple.Thuganomic05

EDIT - This may - probably is - just with Dell computers.

$400-450

[QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

f ormat c:/s to wipe your drive

Also I'd say like 300 bucks.

GummiRaccoon

You're shooting a little low there. Show me where somebody could build a rig for $400 that will perform like that, let alone $300.

It's used. There is a significant lowering in value of used items. Look at cars, which retain value much longer than computers. If you buy a brand new car, the instant you drive it off the lot it is worth a couple grand less.

I've sold probably half a dozen used PCs in the last year and a half. I know from experience that you're shooting way too low. $400 to $450 is more like it.

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

[QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

You're shooting a little low there. Show me where somebody could build a rig for $400 that will perform like that, let alone $300.

hartsickdiscipl

It's used. There is a significant lowering in value of used items. Look at cars, which retain value much longer than computers. If you buy a brand new car, the instant you drive it off the lot it is worth a couple grand less.

I've sold probably half a dozen used PCs in the last year and a half. I know from experience that you're shooting way too low. $400 to $450 is more like it.

brand new everything there is about 600 bucks. Take into account that newegg doesn't even sell the 5850 anymore and the fact that it is used, I can't see any reasonable person pay 400 dollars for that.

brand new everything there is about 600 bucks. Take into account that newegg doesn't even sell the 5850 anymore and the fact that it is used, I can't see any reasonable person pay 400 dollars for that.

GummiRaccoon

So how do you go from $600 to $300 mainly because the 5850 is used? The 5850 still sells for about $130 on ebay.

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

brand new everything there is about 600 bucks. Take into account that newegg doesn't even sell the 5850 anymore and the fact that it is used, I can't see any reasonable person pay 400 dollars for that.

kaitanuvax

So how do you go from $600 to $300 mainly because the 5850 is used? The 5850 still sells for about $130 on ebay.

Used and old

Used and old

GummiRaccoon

The rest of his system costs a bit more than $400 new. Used it is like $300. Are you saying the 5850 is absolutely worthless just cause it's used and "old"?

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

Used and old

kaitanuvax

The rest of his system costs a bit more than $400 new. Used it is like $300. Are you saying the 5850 is absolutely worthless just cause it's used and "old"?

You can get a new 6870 for 165 bucks which is faster.

If someone pays 400 dollars for that rig, they are getting shafted.

You can get a new 6870 for 165 bucks which is faster.

If someone pays 400 dollars for that rig, they are getting shafted.

GummiRaccoon

I'd slap somebody if they WON'T pay $100 for a 5850.

If you built it yourself, I would really just part it out. You will get more money that way.

And I would just hook those old hdd's up to you new pc and just reformat them totally.

[QUOTE="kaitanuvax"]

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

Used and old

GummiRaccoon

The rest of his system costs a bit more than $400 new. Used it is like $300. Are you saying the 5850 is absolutely worthless just cause it's used and "old"?

You can get a new 6870 for 165 bucks which is faster.

If someone pays 400 dollars for that rig, they are getting shafted.

No, they're not. They'd be getting a nice midrange gaming system for dirt cheap.

Just sold it for $470 on ebay.

Just sold it for $470 on ebay.

drkessence