discussion Is it worth selling your old computer where you are at?

[BadFox1]

This whole conversation made me think of something people say in the used car world LOL. I love the adds that say price is firm, don't bother me if you don't like it. I know what I have and I'll scrap it if no one buys it for my price... I dye laughing every time. Little over dramatic there bud? Sure you're gonna scrap it for 1/3 the price you are asking uh huh... If you are too high on price it's pretty easy to tell by the response you get. I figure rather than let things sit around here in my way collecting dust I might as well let someone else get some use out of them. Some people may think differently but that is how I feel. I rarely sell parts and a lot of times find myself buying parts to complete a system. I have the drives I want and usually just swap my drives to my new system. When I do update drives usually one of my kids get my old drive. I rarely sell a used drive. I just sold an older PC this week. Nothing really special, I had a used AsRock H110 BTC+MB and a i5 7600 plus a GTX 1060 6GB that was mined on for years 450w PSU and I bought a Montech X3 case and a 1TB M.2 SATA SSD sold it for $375 in a day. I spent $110 building it plus the other parts that payed for themselves in ETH YEARS ago. Guy bought it for his brothers birthday, It was going to be his first PC. I find it much easier to sell a whole system vs parts.

 

[fir3219]

It depends. I always buy quite expensive hardware and then assemble my PC. If I replace something you can still get a lot for it on eBay. At the time when RAM was so expensive I was even able to sell my DDR3 Ram for more money than I paid...

 

[gbfacc999]

I usually just replace the disk with a new one and sell it for half the price of the original. They do get bought and sometimes like my old laptops its usually students.

 

[Hobobobb]

I just realized my attic is becoming quite full with old computers, every 2-3 years I tend to buy a new computer with latest and greatest hardware. Like i have just put away an 5800x3d computer with rtx3080 nvidia the other day, since I have upgraded to 7800x3d with 7900gre. I always keep my old computers, since I have a lot of room and no need to sell for funds. Does anyone have experience reselling computers? Do you keep the ssd's in or sell without? Is it actually worth selling? What prices would like my 3rd oldest system get it consists of a I9-11900k , 32gb, 1tb nvme ssd, with 6800xt amd. In a rgb case I don't know the name.

I recommend removing the SSD/HDD and turning it on for at least 30 seconds to ensure RAM is completely cleared, no matter what you do.

After that there are a few options;


1) check and see if the Motherboard has onboard video. If it does, pull the video card out and Sell that on Facebook or something similar (3080) is still a fairly good gamer card and you shouldn't have issues finding a buyer at a decent price. The rest of the computer you can donate, as there are always people/groups who need them.

2) you can turn it into a server if you have a use for such things, a personal NAS or home media server can be fun to build/setup if you are a techofile.

3) you could probably sell the unit as a whole, as the specs are still decent enough for someone who isn't 4k gaming. If this is the case, I would recommend some flyers around a college/university (whatever they call them in your area). There is always someone that is looking to upgrade, and always people who have a shitty old system.

 

[email1000]

It is not worth the hassle in my area

 

[Caiman7]

Not really. I upgrade rarely so by the time it happens, specs are so out of date that nobody wants to buy them.

 

[sdfgsdfgsdfg]

Always destroy old hard drives.

 

[morgana123]

you'll get half of what you bought it for

 

[toefurlee]

As for myself, I take the ssd out, grab a hammer and smash away. Let's see how those tech people pull that info out

 

[NateDawg59]

If you have monster specs, people may buy some of your parts. But if you price those monster spec parts at where they should be, most are just gonna go for new. Buying used GPUs and such has too much risk of damage or wearing out that may not be physically visible.

 

[lewdguy69]

I don't think anyone would be interested in buying a laptop with i3 old generation with 4 gb ram lol

 

[NateDawg59]

If you have old Macs you'll get plenty of money from the fish tank industry.

 

[Freyr059]

i get my computers out of the garbage

dont forget to destroy hard drives lol

 

[Silwith]

I would never buy used hardware, but some people do... tbh, selling a whole PC is probably harder then just a GPU for example, getting someone to buy your old GPU is pretty easy, I sold a old 1070ti last year for 150 euros... that thing is useless for me and came out in what, 2017 I think? Better to have 150 then to have a old useless gpu lying around xD.

No work, some space free up and some money... just don't start caring too much to get every penny you can out of it, then it becomes work xD I had about as much work with selling my gpu as I would have with trashing it (electronics, gotta bring them to a electronics-seller or special trash-depot, can't just throw them in the normal trash, so didn't make much difference if I did that or put in in a paket and send away)

 

[Cuzline]

The last PC I got was a used one, but I didn't sold my old one. Now it's just sitting here collecting dust but can't sell it because if it breaks, the buyer will think I'm a scammer or something.
I mean it works great, but it's old and use ddr3

 

[neonbadger]

Think it's worth. I usually just auction off old PC hardware, setting the starting price at a dollar and letting the market take care of the rest.

 

[DaveH]

I upgrade system parts, but only buy a new system after many years. So selling the old system is usually not worth the effort, and not getting my any useful amount of cash. So I just give them away or keep them for spare parts. Sometimes I take some effort to sell individual parts if they are still useful, but that's usually for 'almost free', since I don't wanna bother with a lengthy process.

 

[trc450]

Generally used GPU pricing stays up long and should probably be sold after manifacture guarantee expires, you might get bulk price for the rest but often it takes forever to sell or just not worth it. Rather have a backup for troubleshooting.

 

[Astaroth45]

I change my pc every4/5 years. I tend to sell my last one to family or friends. If needed, I can go and see them and maintain the computer, so nothing lost for anybody. And I do sell them under the price at which I could have sold it on the net, just to have a little more to spend on the new one. And since I go for high end hardware, it's still good for another 4/5 years for them since they don't need as much for gaming as I need o play games and work on it.
But I always keep my drives.

 

[User_111574]

Although my country is under “terrible” sanctions and should be suffocating (but for some reason is not) from the shortage of components, there is no profit from selling a 4-6 year old desktop. The profit doesn't justify the hassle involved in finding buyers. So I just donate old system blocks to friends. Usually I get a bottle of good vodka or brandy as a token of appreciation, that's enough.