selling computer, have a few questions plz help

[SAMHAIN]

So I decided to sell my gaming computer I custom built through a website back in Nov. '07. Of course I'd like to completely delete everything off the hard drive, but I dont have the windows CD anymore (i do have the serial key though) Is it pretty standard to sell computers with a completely wiped hard drive, with no OS? I'm going to try and sell it on ebay. Is there a program I can run to completely wipe everything, since I dont have a OS CD and can't reformat?
Also, I dont have any of the drivers my computer came with, I lost them when I moved. Will this be a problem?

Here are the specs of my computer I bought in Nov. of '07. The gfx card alone was $400+ What do you think I could get for it today? $500 at most? I dont know if I should start the bidding at $1, or just set a reserve so I dont get royally screwed. Thanks for the help!!!!!


Holiday Special III (NO MONITOR)
SP3Z, /system/Holiday_Special_III/
*BASE_PRICE: [+669]
CAS: ($20 off Mail-in Rebate) X-Discovery Mid-Tower Case 420W W/ WINDOW & Temperature Display [+11] (Silver Color)
CASUPGRADE: 12in COLD CATHODE NEON LIGHT [+10] (BLUE COLOR)
CS_FAN: Extra 3-Color Neon Light LED Case Fan [+5] (2 x Fans [+5])
CPU: (Sckt775)Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6750 CPU @ 2.66GHz 1333FSB 4MB L2 Cache 64-bit [+26]
CD: (Special Price) 20X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)
CABLE: None
FAN: CoolerMaster Hyper TX2 Gaming CPU Cooling Fan (Extreme Silent Operation at only 22dBA + Overclock Proof) [+19]
HDD: Single Hard Drive (320GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
MOTHERBOARD: (Quad-Core FSB1333) EVGA nForce 680i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Mainboard [+47]
MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Mushkin Xtreme w/ Heat Spreader [+60])
MSGAME: MICROSOFT® FLIGHT SIMULATOR 2004 [+6]
NETWORK: ONBOARD 10/100 NETWORK CARD
OS: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition w/ Service Pack 2 [+89]
PRO_WIRING: Professional Wiring for All WIRINGs Inside The System Chasis with High Performance Thermal Compound on CPU [+19]
POWERSUPPLY: 600 Watts Power Supplies [+59] (CoolerMaster Unit 600 Watts eXtreme Power - SLI Supports)
SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS 24/7 LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
SOUND: 3D WAVE ON-BOARD 5.1 SOUND CARD
SPEAKERS: 600WATT PMPO SUBWOOFER STEREO SPEAKERS
TEMP: NONE (AS SHOWN)
TVRC: None
USB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB 16X PCI Express [+485] (EVGA Superclocked Powered by NVIDIA [+24])

 

[SAMHAIN]

Total for my computer was $1,600, forgot to include that.

 

[bengal85]

I would not start bidding on something you put that much money into. Reason being is you want to make a good portion of that back and starting the bidding at 1 means that what ever the bidding is at in the end is what it sells for. I would set a reserve on it and see if you can adjust the price when/if some one comes along to buy it

 

[SAMHAIN]

Yeah thats a good idea, but the problem is I dont know a realistic reserve price to set it at. I understand computer parts become outdated very quickly. Would you think $450-$500 is a good reserve price to start it at?

 

[fastdude]

That would be about right, you would probably make more if you broke it down and sold the parts. People look for replacements all the time