How much can I get for my computer?

Question

I need help from the Yahoo Community ... I'm trying to find out how much I can get for this computer ... trying to sell it and don't know exactly how much to ask for ... thanx.

I have a mint Dell Dimension e510 Media Center for sale. The Dell is NOT STOCK, it contains the following:

** Pentium D 2.8ghz (Dual Core Processor)
** 1gig DDR2 SDRAM (2 x 512mb)
** 80 gig Western Digital hard drive
** Radeon X300 SE 128mb HyperMemory grafix card (performs like 256mb)
** Pioneer DVD-RW (dvd burner)
** HL DVD+-RW (another dvd burner ... yes!! Two dvd burners!!)
** Intel Pro/100 VE Network Connection
** HP Keyboard & Laser Mouse
** Windows XP Pro
** Windows Media Center
** Complete MS Office 2003 (with ALL programs)
** Many pro grafix programs (e.g., Adobe Illustrator, Sony Acid, Nero 7, etc.)

Answer 1

check similar PC on Ebay

Answer 2

OK, the e510 is a more recent dell computer, so it isn't ugly. That will definitely help.

First, decide whether or not you want to sell it. If you didn't buy it with a coupon or 20% off, you will probably not recoup your purchase price. It might be worth it to gift it or keep it.

Second, emphasize the condition (New In Box). List all of the specs.

The 80GB HD is a hair small. The graphics card?... HyperMemory is really crap. It allocates memory in RAM. Performance similar to integrated graphics once you get past the small amount of onboard RAM...

Dual DVD burners (especially Dual Layer) will help sell it.

The keyboard and mouse, if new, may add a few dollars to the end price.

Windows XP Professional, if legit, will help. Mention that many college networks need XP Pro.

How you have XP Pro and MC I'm not sure. A lot of people like MC for the ease of use.

MS Office and the Graphics Programs, if legit, may add a few hundred to the auction, if you find an interested buyer.

Personally, I'd keep the computer unless you have absolutely no use for it.

Good luck selling!

Answer 3

Kyle S is probably wrong... I doubt you will get $900 for that system. But he does make a valid point about the software. Is it legitimate, if it is then you might be able to make a point about it being valuable from a software standpoint. Is the software the latest version or is it one or two versions behind?

Lots of computers have two DVD burners, that's not really anything special. The kicker is, you can get more powerful off the shelf systems for about $800 to $1100 and the only thing you would need to add to it to make it better would be a $150 graphics card and then it's already better than yours. Plus most new computers come with Vista on them... so I'd probably just buy a new one.

Like I said, market it for the software, and that graphics card is hardly anything special, yeah, I'd want a dedicated graphics card that uses 128MB of my RAM when it needs it... or not, I think I'll just stick with my X1650XT until DirectX 10 cards are affordable.

I doubt you can market this from its hardware standpoint, might be able to but I wouldn't, there are far more powerful new computers for right around $800 (just add a nice GPU to it), your best bet is to sell all those programs WITH a computer, kind of backwards but it's a fairly weak system (it's not bad but it's nothing I would buy).

For the computer itself maybe $300 any more than that and people would probably just buy a new system... include all that software and you could make an argument for $600 or $700 maybe, maybe...

Answer 4

The best you can do is visit www.ebay.com or other websites like this where people can buy and sell stuff. Search for a computer similar to your's Dell and compare prices.

Answer 5

Assuming all the software is legitimate.. $1200-1300.

It's probably not though.. $900?

=)

Answer 6

Little. If you get the third of the initial price, it would be a miracle.
Go to the people who sell computers, they will estimate it for you.
With new computers coming out every year, it's very unprofitable to buy/sell old things.

Answer 7

I wouldn't pay 10 cents for it.