My 4-year-old Desktop. What's It Worth?

[Calibretto]

In what seems like a miracle, I haven't majorly upgraded my PC in about four years, which means I have no idea what parts are going for nowadays since I've never had the need to go out and buy something. So I need your help!

I'm just wondering what my system would sell for. Specs are below. I'm thinking about getting a MacBook Pro as my daily driver sometime in the next few months. I just have no need for a desktop anymore.

- Antec Three Hundred Case
- Antec NeoPower 380W PSU
- Gigabyte P35-S3G Motherboard
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor
- Cooler Master GeminII CPU Cooler
- Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB SATA Hard Drive
- OCZ Platinum 4GB DDR2 800 RAM
- Samsung 20x Dual Layer DVD-/+RW Drive
- Sabrent Internal Card Reader
- XFX GeForce 9800GT 512MB GDDR3 Video Card
- Zalman VF1000 GPU Cooler
- Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE Sound Card

I spent about $700 on what you see above, and that was after I got great deals on most of the parts. It's sad that it's not nearly worth that anymore, but I got great use out of it.

Would I get more money out of it all if I parted the system out?

 

[johnb35]

I would say $250-300. Not sure if you would get more selling parts separately or not.

 

[Calibretto]

I would say $250-300. Not sure if you would get more selling parts separately or not.

That sounds about right. Amazing how this stuff depreciates over the years.

 

[2048Megabytes]

Spend $1,000 on a central processing unit and see how well the value holds up in a few years. People who spend money like that on a system they aren't using to make money with end up regretting it.

Rifles and bullion coins I bought years ago hold their value. Computer parts do not.

 

[WeatherMan]

I would say part it out, the majority of time you'll make more money that way

 

[Calibretto]

I would say part it out, the majority of time you'll make more money that way

That's what I was thinking. I might try to sell the whole thing for what I could get out of it if I parted it out, but I don't get any bites, then I'll just take the time to part it out.

 

[Geoff]

That's what I was thinking. I might try to sell the whole thing for what I could get out of it if I parted it out, but I don't get any bites, then I'll just take the time to part it out.

- Antec Three Hundred Case

Don't bother selling, shipping is a hassle and expensive

- Antec NeoPower 380W PSU

Not worth the shipping cost

- Gigabyte P35-S3G Motherboard
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor

Look at selling these two together, otherwise it's highly unlikely you will make much money after shipping on the motherboard

- Cooler Master GeminII CPU Cooler

Include with the CPU, or don't bother selling

- Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB SATA Hard Drive

You could maybe get $15-$30 for it

- OCZ Platinum 4GB DDR2 800 RAM

Worthwhile to sell, shipping is cheap

- Samsung 20x Dual Layer DVD-/+RW Drive

Don't bother, use for your new build or keep as a spare

- Sabrent Internal Card Reader

Not worth parting out

- XFX GeForce 9800GT 512MB GDDR3 Video Card

Worthwhile to part out

- Zalman VF1000 GPU Cooler

Not worth it

- Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE Sound Card

Maybe $20 or so

 

[Gary1]

"Spend $1,000 on a central processing unit and see how well the value holds up in a few years. People who spend money like that, on a system they aren't using to make money, with end up regretting it."

i7920 in 2008 was $299 on Newegg. Today on Ebay is $150
i7975 in 2008 was $999 on Newegg. Today on Ebay is $613.
I don't buy my parts thinking damn its going to be worth bank in 2 or 4 years. My truck is 8 years old and its not worth what I paid. It is what it is and buy parts you need.
I have had my AMD Phenom II x6 1090 for a year now, I paid $229 today on newegg it is $179. That's a loss of $50 for a year. I try to keep up with tech and when someone needs there comp fixed offer to use some old parts perhaps you can make a few bucks off it. I have tons of old parts if I keep them till I die its ok. But I will sell them if anyone needs me to repair their computer. Would I buy a Sandy Bridge-E CPU, considering in a few months the Ivy Bridge E is due out, probably not. The quad channel Ram sounds good but I would wait until April or May for Ivy Bridge. Its said to be out in March but we will see if it pulls a AMD.

As for selling your parts, Only sell the parts you dont need, Like the MOBO, CPU,PSU...
KEEP YOUR CASE, Hard Drive, you can use it as a backup or just a hard drive to keep photos, the GPU cooler should be useful on your next build. DDR3 is cheep now but I keep old RAM because I fix computers and when the owner is too cheep to use the right amount of RAM having extra is awesome.