I have a custom built gaming computer I purchased a couple of years ago for $5000. I'm getting ready to purchase a new one and would like to get an idea of how much to sell it for. It has an ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe motherboard with an AMD Athalon 64 FX-55 2.61 GHz processor. 1GB of RAM, Two 150GB hard drives running RAID stripping so it sees it as one 300GB hard drive. Dual (2) nVIDIA 7800 GTX video cards running SLI and a 650 watt power supply. I'm not sure what type of sound card I have. The only other thing is a DVD ROM drive and an aluminum Shark case. Thanks in advance for your help!
2007-01-13 14:57:04 · 5 answers · asked by Kevin M 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
wow umm $5000
were you drunk? at gun point?
the only thing in there that is good is the 7800's those are nice still
i would take and sell the case, cpu, mobo, psu on ebay
keep the hd's and the video cards and dvd drives or upgrade those to dvd burners (lightscribe) for like $35
get a dual core, cool case, mobo, good psu (you will need it) and some non-stock cooling for overclocking
and make a new pc
cost?
umm - E6600-$340?, case- $50, mobo-$160, psu-$100, cooling- $100 total-$750-850?
that will be a good pc
and not 5 grand
don't ever pay 5 grand again for a pc
esspecially if it is going to be useless in 2 years
what you might get for your parts- $300? maybe?
2007-01-13 15:36:52 · answer #1 · answered by me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately computers go obselet very fast the moment you take them home, A two year old computer is also hard to sell because the new ones has the new Windows Vista which people are waiting for. The best bet is keep it as a second computer dedicated for gaming only and get the new you would like.
2007-01-13 15:08:49 · answer #2 · answered by trykindness 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'll be lucky if you get 1/2 of what you pad for it. Now day's if you buy a computer today in just 3-months from now it's out-dated by a new one coming out right now. Just be happy with what you have now. Or donate it to a training center for the handicap center. And just go an buy your self a new one, but first do some home work first. On the new ones coming out.
2007-01-13 15:17:25 · answer #3 · answered by Blue Eagle 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well sorry your not going to get much for it today, and you got ripped off paying that price for it anyway,
I would keep what you have unless you love wasting money if your thinking of going for the dual core stop and think first...
no games have been wrote for the 64 bit systems and it will take years before they are written for the dual core,, and in the middle of this year the Quad core is coming out, so whats the use upgrading when games software will never catch up... keep your money in your pocket...
2007-01-13 15:16:04 · answer #4 · answered by Carling 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
$500-$1000...
what where you thinking paying 5k for a gaming computer, you could have built it yourself for at least 25% less.
very easy to do after the first time
2007-01-13 15:16:04 · answer #5 · answered by lv_consultant 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋