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| 1215655 | 2011-07-09 04:45:00 | Hi there I am looking at selling my tower in order to purchase a lenovo g570. I would like some help in order to get the best value when i sell it. Specs are: Case: Thermaltake Soprano with side window PSU: Cooler Master Extreme power 650W Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DS5 AMD. It is an AM2+ CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 Quad core 965 3.4GHz Ram: 4GB DDR2 1066-GSkill GPU: 2x His H577FK1GD Radeon HD 5770 1GB DDR5 PCI-E They are running in CrossFireX Optical drive: DVD/CD I have no hdd in it What kind of value do you think it is worth? I also have a BanQ 22" E2200HD LCD full HD what would be the value for this if i sold it? Thanks |
Jellymeat (16420) | ||
| 1215656 | 2011-07-09 05:22:00 | Will there be a OS supplied with it, (You mentioned no HDD) but the CD/DVD and COA ? If so what ( XP, vista, W7 ) | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1215657 | 2011-07-09 06:37:00 | If i had a hdd to put it in, i could put windows 7 64bit but would not be able to provide a disc as i need it for my other 2 computers which is running windows 7 as i purchased the family pack. It is a CD/DVD writer |
Jellymeat (16420) | ||
| 1215658 | 2011-07-09 06:43:00 | Family pack. For use on up to three computers in one household by its residents. | gcarmich (10068) | ||
| 1215659 | 2011-07-09 06:44:00 | Also the family pack are upgrade licences so technically needs Windows XP or Vista anyway. | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1215660 | 2011-07-09 06:53:00 | Yes that is true. so i guess i wont have operating software on it then. | Jellymeat (16420) | ||
| 1215661 | 2011-07-09 10:33:00 | For prices look at TM or where you want to sell it. To get a better value, I think a HD and a OS with COA would be necessary, I mean what avg Joe/Jane would buy that? If no HD/OS, only computer geeks would buy it if it's a great price to them :) Off topic, but I read that to get better value it needs to be OEM, people are not into fancy cases et al .. and since you have one of them you might have competition on your hands like Dells etc. The avg Joe/Jane probably prefer a big brand name rightly or wrongly. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1215662 | 2011-07-09 11:22:00 | Thanks Nomad for that info. I just put one of my 500gb hdds back into my computer. | Jellymeat (16420) | ||
| 1215663 | 2011-07-09 12:16:00 | The best thing you can do is probably convince a friend they need to upgrade or advertise it in some gaming circles, you might get lucky on TM and I would think that is a good start to find something with similar specs to gauge a price on as Nomad has said. Sadly with any custom box, the day you assemble it, its already worth a lot less than what you paid for it, so expect a considerable loss, but timing is everything, and if you get it just when someone knows what they are looking for and wants it, you may do quite well. You will reach a wider range of people with it all setup, OS all up to date and AV software installed. Advertise it as "Internet Ready" or something to do with "Online Gaming Capable" somewhere in your advert can help. There is a lot of competition out there and I wish you luck. Cheers |
Iantech (16386) | ||
| 1215664 | 2011-07-09 12:26:00 | Thanks Nomad for that info. I just put one of my 500gb hdds back into my computer. If youre going to put a hdd in it, and windows is on it. I would wipe it completely with something like Dban. Then reinstall Windows if youre going to put windows on it. And just update it again (and dont install anything else) |
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