How much Should I sell for?

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Hey all,

Sorry if this is in the wrong section but I didn't want to put it in the For Sale forum as it isn't for sale yet. I'm looking to build my friend a PC but rather than build one from scratch I was thinking about selling him the innards of my PC and then with the money he pays me buy a new CPU, motherboard, RAM and graphics card. I'd sell my i5 760, my P7P55D-E board, 8GB of DDR3 RAM, and an EVGA GTS 450 graphics card. How much should I be looking to sell everything for as one big 'bundle'? Nothing has been overclocked and everything is in good condition. I'd like to be able to buy an i5 2500K, a Gigabyte Z68 board, 8GB Ripjaws DDR3 RAM and a GTX 560 or a 560 Ti graphics card, so ideally I need around £400-500 for the lot. Is this being a bit too optimistic do you think? I added up the original cost of each item and the price came to around £418.

Thanks
 
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The CPU still retails for £165, the motherboard still retails for £113, the RAM retails for about £35 and the graphics card £90, add them all up and you get £403 - is this too high? £250-300 for the lot seems a bit low considering if you went and bought that CPU and motherboard today it would cost you £280, and that's not including the graphics card or the RAM.

I'm tempted to just not sell my graphics card and then sell the CPU, mobo and RAM for about £290-300 and then get my friend a cheap graphics card like a GT 520 for £30 as he likely won't be needing a graphics card for gaming, he'll only need one so he can see what's on the screen (i5 760 and P7P55D-E board do not support integrated graphics). I could buy an i5 2500K, a Z68 board and 8GB of RAM for about £290 so that deal should be fairer for both of us I guess.
 
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Just selling the CPU, mobo and RAM and possibly graphics card like I said, not the whole system and certainly not including Windows with it.
 
Well i would say easiest way to work a fair price, is check what you components are selling for now and then half, don`t think anyone would pay more than half the new retail price.
 
jamesd1981 said:
don`t think anyone would pay more than half the new retail price.
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Just over a week ago you were telling me I could sell my 760 for £100 because it was still retailing for £125, now you're saying I should halve the price? I want to get a decent price for my bundle, and I think £295 should be OK. I need to see what my mate comes back with, he hasn't exactly told me what he wants to use this PC for, he said something about a "Minecraft server"??
 
xD minecraft server! my opinion thats a waist of a good PC thats a really snazzy pc build all for that jeez i hope it gets used well!
 
Yeah it all depends how quick you want it sold, the better the deal the quicker the sale.

if you have a friend to buy it, that should make it easier to get top price for it as they are not going to try and haggle you down.
 
Pell said:
xD minecraft server! my opinion thats a waist of a good PC thats a really snazzy pc build all for that jeez i hope it gets used well!
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It might be that he doesn't buy it when he sees the price for the complete build with my bundle and a case, a PSU, a 500GB hard drive and copy of Windows 7 Premium is nearing £570, that may turn him off and he may not make the purchase. Even still, sometime this year I will make the upgrade to either a 2500K or a 3570K once they become available, and I'll just sell what I've currently got on eBay.

jamesd1981 said:
Yeah it all depends how quick you want it sold, the better the deal the quicker the sale.
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Good point, I reckon he may buy it, £570 for a complete system with a quad-core CPU, 8GBs of RAM and a great motherboard is pretty good deal. I'd do the CPU, board and RAM for £295, sound ok to you guys?

jamesd1981 said:
if you have a friend to buy it, that should make it easier to get top price for it as they are not going to try and haggle you down.
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I will ask him what his budget is and then increase the price to fit. The more money I get for it the better. ;)
 
My friend didn't buy from me in the end because a member of his family gave him a "Minecraft server" to use, so I've still got everything. When Ivy-Bridge comes out soon I'll start thinking about selling my stuff. I have a question though, should I sell everything as a bundle or sell everything separately? I was thinking separately because then I'd get more money? If I were selling as a bundle I'd bundle the CPU, board and RAM but not the graphics card, I'd sell that separately.

So I'm thinking
Start bid at £100 for the CPU + Cooler
Start bid at £80 for the motherboard (boxed with all manuals and most accessories)
Start bid at £20 for 8GB DDR3 1333MHz RAM (4x2GB)
Start bid at £40 for the graphics card

Would I be best off selling the RAM as an 8GB kit or just 4 separate 2GB DIMMs starting the bid at £5 for each of them?

Hopefully with the money I make I can upgrade to a 3570K when it comes and get a new board and RAM and hopefully upgrade to a Radeon 7850 or a 7870 when it comes.
 
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