Computer Guys

[magicroundabout]

thinking of upgrading my PC and was wondering how much you reckon i'd get for my old set-up.

all i'd be selling is:

E8400 @ 3.8ghz
Kingston Hyper X 1066mhz x 8gb
Gigabyte EX38-DS5 Motherboard
AF Pro7 CPU Cooler
Sony CD/DVD RW
Sony CD/DVD Reader
Coolermaster 330 Elite Case

[Samdy Gray]

Sell it all seperately on eBay, you'll probably get more that way.

[magicroundabout]

i was thinking that but not sure i have the box for the chip.
i was thinking i'd get £300 for the lot but may get more seperatly.

ram and board are only a month old too

[magicroundabout]

i could also include my old harddrive too which is 250mb.

all the buyer would need is a graphics card and PSU.

[Barry Scott]

thinking of upgrading my PC and was wondering how much you reckon i'd get for my old set-up.

all i'd be selling is:

E8400 @ 3.8ghz
Kingston Hyper X 1066mhz x 8gb
Gigabyte EX38-DS5 Motherboard
AF Pro7 CPU Cooler
Sony CD/DVD RW
Sony CD/DVD Reader
Coolermaster 330 Elite Case

Perhaps i'm still stuck in the dark ages, but that seems like something most people upgrade to. In fact that's a better spec than my last new pc! To be fair though, i've already said that when i have to leave XP 32bit (imminent), it'll be to Linux or a Mac. I won't ever allow Microsoft to pain my life again.

With more Ram than you can shake a stick at, I can only presume you run an incredibly light weight OS? Being a bit like mystic meg, with none of the masculinity or the mystique, i also guess you enjoy running all the latest bloatware, along with accompanying search bars, and to ensure security against all the spyware you've installed you run 35 anti-virus programs. With Norton running as at least 24 of those.

Being serious, i think i know someone who'll have that off you. What'll you accept please?

[magicroundabout]

soapy tit wank. i run Kaspersky and Vista x64. it's the power hungry games @ 1920x1080 and dvd burning that take up the ram.

unsure at the moment as (hopefully) i'll be upgrading to the new i7 chips.

I was expecting around £350 as there is no PSU or Graphics Card

[Peter Venkman]

To be brutally honest though Magic, you can almost buy the parts brand new for not much more than that.

The X38 being a poor P35 replacement, the P35's can be had for £50 these days.
E8400's are £130....personally I would never buy a second hand pre overclocked chip.
8gb of 800mhz (there is no actual gain with the 1066mhz over 800mhz in benchmarks) for £55.
AC F pro cooler £15.
Generic DVD writer £15
Generic DVD reader £7
Coolermaster 335 case £30

That comes to around £300 for a comparable brand new system

Admitedly I NEVER buy second hand PC components and so I do not know the market value of them on Ebay and the like.

But I would expect £200 absolute tops for the parts IMO.

[sheepshagger]

Well a 3.0Ghz E8400 is on Ebay at the moment at £107 - and still has 3 days left to run....

Also an ASUS 775 Mb, 3.0 Ghz E8400 and cooler at £200 - this one has 2 days to go....

Ebay is a great place to get rid of your old junk

[Simon Pieman]

Bet that's brand new.

[Simon Pieman]

Though if not, flog it all separately on ebay. You don't need the retail boxes to do so.

[swindon_chick]

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[Simon Pieman]

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[magicroundabout]

To be brutally honest though Magic, you can almost buy the parts brand new for not much more than that.

The X38 being a poor P35 replacement, the P35's can be had for £50 these days.
E8400's are £130....personally I would never buy a second hand pre overclocked chip.
8gb of 800mhz (there is no actual gain with the 1066mhz over 800mhz in benchmarks) for £55.
AC F pro cooler £15.
Generic DVD writer £15
Generic DVD reader £7
Coolermaster 335 case £30

That comes to around £300 for a comparable brand new system

Admitedly I NEVER buy second hand PC components and so I do not know the market value of them on Ebay and the like.

But I would expect £200 absolute tops for the parts IMO.

£200 is very low so i doubt i'll be selling it that cheap. and to get all my system in at £300 is impossible.

the cheapest E8400 i can find anywhere is £140 and the x38 @ £125 + ram @ £80 for 8gb = £345 + case etc is close to over £400.

you say that the x38 is a poor replacement yet people opt for these boards because of the overclocking potential and the ability to run crossfire @ x16 as opposed to x16/x4 for better fps within games. Why buy a decent chip and sacrifise it with a very poor £50 P35? which doesn't support the FSB or the 1066mhz ram?

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/memory/2008/10/27/low-latency-ddr2-800mhz-versus-1066mhz/3