Matthew Young35 said:Benjamin King2, no offense, but how are you actually calculating value here?
Do you just grab the parts and look up the absolute lowest prices on eBay and add them up?
In my opinion, you need to tack on at least an extra $500 to any of the estimates Benjamin King2 provides if we're talking about a complete PC build.$267
I’m comparing similar Intel and AMD platforms—comparing them against current retail prices for new components, too. For instance, looking at those top two scenarios, you can snag an Intel E7200 for $50, and honestly, it'll absolutely smoke both of those AMD processors.
With a full system, your only real option is to slash the price and pray someone actually buys it—because there's a massive surplus of these old junkers out there. If you actually want to offload this kind of scrap, you have to be significantly cheaper than everyone else selling similar trash if you want your listing to stand out. Someone might pick up a few individual parts if their own hardware dies and they don't need anything high-end, but these aren't machines meant for any serious work.
If you can walk into Best Buy and grab a brand-new budget PC for $667 that handles basic tasks, nobody is going to shell out $500—or whatever you think these buckets are worth—for a used one. Plus, there's zero warranty; something could die tomorrow and you'd have no clue because you have no idea how much the previous owner abused the thing.
If I were selling those top two rigs, I’d list the Catalyst one for $300 and the other one for 1200—keeping in mind both are missing cases and optical drives, and the second one is missing the PSU too. If they don't move, you just drop the price.
