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Thread ID: 148221	2019-09-18 18:39:00	Market for old Motherboards and CPU's	Digby (677)	PC World Chat

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1463827	2019-09-18 18:39:00	Hello I have got a couple of old motherboards, with CPU and RAM. They are about 5 years old. I upgraded to newer ones, they were still going OK. Is there a market for these so I can raise a bit of cash Or perhaps helps someone that want an old mbo Or is there a place that sends them to Africa They are also taking up space in my garage Any suggestions	Digby (677)
1463828	2019-09-18 19:27:00	What combos are they, might help someone if they know what they are. I often resurrect them from my systems as servers or media players. My last server replaced at the beginning of this year was an old P4	gary67 (56)
1463829	2019-09-18 20:25:00	Hello I have got a couple of old motherboards, with CPU and RAM. They are about 5 years old. I upgraded to newer ones, they were still going OK. Is there a market for these so I can raise a bit of cash Or perhaps helps someone that want an old mbo Or is there a place that sends them to Africa They are also taking up space in my garage Any suggestions A bit of a tight squeez to get the Bentley inside is it. PJ. :devil	Poppa John (284)
1463830	2019-09-18 20:59:00	Just list what they are here Not everyone can afford the latest cutting edge gear or need it's performance	Lawrence (2987)
1463831	2019-09-18 21:41:00	Put them on trademe $1 reserve . Someone will buy & re-use them I might be interested , it might be better than whats in my home PC	1101 (13337)
1463832	2019-09-18 23:20:00	Hello I have got a couple of old motherboards, with CPU and RAM. They are about 5 years old. Or is there a place that sends them to Africa Africa?! Not everyone in NZ is rich you know. My own motherboard and CPU is now 9 years old. No reason to upgrade yet........... Specify what it is, Trademe, Geekzone sale forum, or GPForums sale forum. I once did some work for a girl, her and mum were refugees, not a stick of furniture in the place, except a desk and pride of place, the computer. With a little lace cloth on it, it was like a shrine. Sadly it was beyond help, had been donated by a teacher. Running win98, this in 2005. So old it wasn't funny.....pitiful. I managed to scrounge some assorted old bits and made her another, free, she really did only do homework on it.	piroska (17583)
1463833	2019-09-18 23:43:00	I usually sell mine on trademe. If you search on the CPU model in trademe you should get a good Idea what other people think they are worth. Look for prices of MB/CPU/RAM combos similar to what you are selling if you want to sell all 3 because a working combo is easier to sell than individual components a lot of the time, and it gets rid of it all at once. I've stopped worrying about anything too old though, I've given away quite a few core 2 duo/quad era components. Anything Newer still has some value though, until recently the speed improvements each generation were fairly minor. Personally I sell my old stuff off cheaper than a lot of people, I think there's some ridiculous prices around for 2nd hnad gear. For example 2nd hand i7 6xxx and 7xxx CPUs are still listed second hand for prices that would get you a brand new 6 core Ryzen and motherboard. I know that specific example because I have an i5 7400 I would like to upgrade but prices mean I'll be replacing instead.	dugimodo (138)
1463834	2019-09-18 23:57:00	Second Hand Computers /Parts aren't worth much at all these days. Personally I wouldn't by anything like that from Trademe, you never know what condition the parts are in, usually no warranty of any sort. You can pick up complete ex-Lease computers dirt cheap, come with warranties and at least you know they have been tested before hand. 90 Day warranty Example: (cant be bothered writing all the Specs so) : 10007 $109.25 + freight (approx $12) Bit more upmarket : 10008 $297.85 + freight	wainuitech (129)
1463835	2019-09-19 00:44:00	@Wainuitech yes but we are talking about selling not buying. I think trademe take way too much from each sale, but it's the only online market large enough in NZ to reliably buy and sell pc stuff (Except possibly facebook but I like that even less). Anyone buying second hand should be aware of the risks. And sometimes you just want parts. Ex-Lease is great for some things, not a solution for every situation. I've got some good deals from trademe, but I will not pay more than 50% of new price for anything unless it's near new and there's some kind of warranty (or it's just too good a deal to pass up and not too expensive).	dugimodo (138)
1463836	2019-09-19 03:59:00	@Wainuitech yes but we are talking about selling not buying . . I know that, but what I was trying to point out is if you are selling something then what someone is willing to pay may be well below expectations . You could buy a whole PC for what you may be thinking you can get from old parts . A good example was a few months back one of my customers wanted to sell his four year old computer asked what he could get for it, wasn't happy about the response esp when I showed him higher specs these days brand new would be less than what he wanted . As its been mentioned, selling a working MB/ CPU & Memory would work out better, but dont expect to much for them . Just looked on Trademe, theres a Basic MB/CPU Intel board with i3-550 @ 3 . 20Ghz $35 Many people seem to think if they paid ( lets say) $100 for a motherboard 3 years ago they will get a similar return, in reality if you got $30 you may be doing well .	wainuitech (129)
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