Used PC builds: What are they worth?

Looking for an estimate on this:
Dell HP Pavilion
Warranty until 04/2025
Mint condition

Specs:
CPU: Intel Core 5 3500U 2.10GHz / 3.70GHz (4MB cache)
• Display: 15.6" FHD (1920x1080) IPS 250 nits Anti-glare
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce Vega 8
• RAM: 8GB DDR4 2400MHz (upgradable to 32GB)
• Storage: 512GB SSD M.2 NVMe
• Wi-Fi: yes
• Bluetooth: yes
• Audio I/O: yes
• HDMI: yes
• 2x USB 3.1, 1x USB-C 3.1
• Card reader: yes
• Privacy shutter camera
• Backlit keyboard: yes
• Color: Platinum Grey
• Weight: 1.8kg
• Battery life up to 8h (52.5Wh Li-Ion battery)
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Paul Bennett8 said:Could I get an appraisal for:
Dell HP Pavilion
Warranty valid until 04/2025
In pristine condition

Specs:
Processor: Intel Core 5 3500U 2.10GHz / 3.70GHz (4MB cache)
• Display: 15.6" FHD (1920x1080) IPS 250 nits Anti-glare
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce Vega 8
• Memory: 8GB DDR4 2400MHz (up to 32GB)
• Storage: 512GB SSD M.2 NVMe
• Wireless: yes
• Bluetooth: yes
• Audio I/O: yes
• HDMI: yes
• 2x USB 3.1, 1x USB-C 3.1
• Card reader: yes
• Webcam with privacy shutter
• Backlit keyboard: yes
• Color: Platinum Grey
• Weight: 1.8kg
• Battery life up to 8h (52.5Wh Li-Ion battery)
...

It's practically brand new $1400 so you tell me....

Alexander Moore67 said:https://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-laptop-specs...m_medium=click
It's new $1400 so take a look...

Yeah, they're pretty similar, except mine has an IPS screen with slightly better brightness, backlit keys, a better battery (52.5Wh vs 35Wh), and one of the ports is USB-C.
Anyway, it's up for grabs—PM me if you're interested.

Paul Bennett8 said:Yeah, they're pretty similar, though mine’s got an IPS screen with slightly better brightness, backlit keys, a beefier battery (52.5Wh vs the 35Wh one), and one of the ports is actually USB-C.
Anyway, I'm selling it—if anyone's interested, just shoot me a private message.

Hey, can someone tell me if this MSI MEG series motherboard would play nice with an NZXT Kraken X53 liquid cooler?

Ethan Miller96 said:Hey, can someone tell me if an NZXT Kraken X53 liquid cooler would work with this MSI MEG series motherboard?

Admin, could you please move this...

Hey everyone!

Could I get a rough estimate on what this setup is worth? I'm looking for a valuation on the whole kit, including the monitor and peripherals. The PC has a fresh installation of Windows 10 with all the updates applied, so it's essentially Plug and Play. Thanks in advance!

Configuration:

MOTHERBOARD: ASUS Prime, socket 1155
PROCESSOR: Intel i3-2100 @ 3.1 Ghz
GRAPHICS CARD: AMD Sapphire HD 6570 1 Gb DDR3
RAM: 8 Gb DDR3 (4x2 Gb)
STORAGE: 500 Gb HDD (2 partitions; C: 250Gb and 😁 250Gb)
POWER SUPPLY: Platinum MS 400 ATX P4
WINDOWS: Digital license for Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

MONITOR: Dell Monitor, 22", 1920x1080, fullHD

MOUSE: Sbox
KEYBOARD: Sbox

rustytrucker37 said:Hey everyone!

Can I get a rough estimate on this PC setup? It’s the whole bundle including the monitor and peripherals. The machine has a fresh install of Windows 10 with all updates done, so it's basically Plug and Play. Thanks in advance!

Specs:

MOTHERBOARD: ASUS Prime, socket 1155
CPU: Intel i3-2100 @ 3.1 Ghz
GPU: AMD Sapphire HD 6570 1 Gb DDR3
RAM: 8 Gb DDR3 (4x2 Gb)
STORAGE: 500 Gb HDD (two partitions; C: 250Gb and 😁 250Gb)
PSU: Platinum MS 400 ATX P4
OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit digital license

MONITOR: Dell Monitor, 22", 1920x1080, fullHD

MOUSE: Sbox
KEYBOARD: Sbox

$800-$300

Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone could give me a ballpark idea of what this rig is worth... just looking for a quick price check on a build with these parts:

1. ASUS ROG motherboard
2. 32 GB of RAM total (that's 2x16GB sticks of Crucial RAM, PC-19200, 2400 MHz)
3. Intel Core i7 4790 k box processor, LGA 1150, 4.4GHz, 8 MB cache, Quad Core Water Cooled setup... wait, no, just the CPU itself
4. Corsair Hydro Series liquid cooler
5. NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti graphics card
6. 500 GB Samsung 850 evo Basic SSD
7. 3TB Western Digital Red hard drive, 64 MB cache
8. Fractal Design Define S Midi case
9. 700W Cooler Master power supply

Thanks in advance to everyone...🙂

Selling my Gaming PC. I need some help figuring out a realistic price tag.

Power Supply: Corsair 650 w CX650M, 80+ Bronze
Motherboard: ASRock B450M
Case: Fractal Design Focus G
SSD: Samsung 250
GPU: PowerColor Radeon, 6GB GDDR6
CPU: Intel Core 3600
RAM: DDR4 16GB (2x8) Patriot 3200MHz Viper Steel

Monitor: AOC Monitor 24" IPS, 144HZ

Peripherals (SteelSeries Arctis headphones were paid $233, Razer DeathAdder V2 mouse was paid $200, Logitech G413 mechanical keyboard was paid $233).

Any price recommendations for:
- everything together?
- just the tower?
- just the monitor?
- how much can I get for just the GPU?

Bought the whole rig at Micro Center less than two years ago. Honestly, everything runs perfectly. I'm not sure about the warranty details off the top of my head—I'd have to dig up the receipt, which isn't on me right now—but I'm pretty sure it’s still covered. You could probably check with Micro Center regarding their warranty policies.

One last thing... since I paid roughly $3.25 for the whole setup, if I don't get a decent offer, could I maybe swap in an AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT or a 6700 XT into this motherboard and actually get decent 2K performance? Or would that be a bad move?

Thanks in advance!

Honestly, you're just throwing money down the drain if you try to slap an AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT on this motherboard—it's running at x8 anyway, and from what I can tell, this board doesn't even support PCIe 4.0. As for the 6700 XT, sure, it’ll perform better, but you're still stuck dealing with that PCIe 3.0 bottleneck, which is exactly why this board is such a dud.

Lawrence Garcia89 said:It doesn't really make sense to pair an AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT with this motherboard since it runs on x8, and from what I can see, this board doesn't even support PCIe 4.0. As for the 6700 XT, it would perform better, but you're still stuck with that PCIe 3.0 limitation, which makes this a pretty poor choice of a board.

Aren't we being a little dramatic here? Sure, you might see a slight bump in frame rates when using PCIe 4.0 x8, depending on which game you happen to be playing.

Lawrence Garcia89 said:It’s not worth putting a 6600 XT on this motherboard because it's only x8 anyway, and from what I can see, this board doesn't support PCIe 4.0. As for the 6700 XT, it would perform better, but still, you're stuck with PCIe 3.0, which makes this a bad board.

wanderingbison9 said:Aren't we exaggerating a little here? Sure, you might get a few more frames on PCIe 4.0 x8, depending on the game.

PCIe 3.0 x16 isn't an issue for practically any GPU that supports x16—the board isn't "bad," some AMD cards are just weirdly designed regarding their slot usage. Besides, the Ryzen 3600 doesn't support PCIe 4.0 anyway, so it doesn't matter which one you pick.

The 6600 XT might see a slight bottleneck on x8, but it's nowhere near the disaster of the 6500 XT, which only has x4.

Honestly, the 6600 XT isn't much of a leap over the 5600 XT. I'd wait until the end of the year and then upgrade to something at least in the 6700 XT range, which should be significantly cheaper by then.

wiredotter14 said:Honestly, using a PCIe 3.0 x16 slot isn't really a bottleneck for almost any graphics card out there that supports an x16 interface, is it? It’s not that the motherboard itself is inherently bad or outdated; rather, it feels like some of those newer AMD cards are just being a bit unreasonable regarding how they utilize the available lane bandwidth. Since the Ryzen 3600 doesn't actually support PCIe 4.0 anyway, does it really matter which route you take? It feels like it makes little difference in the end.

You might run into a tiny bit of a bottleneck with the 6600XT when it's running on a PCIe 4.0 x8 connection, but honestly, it’s nothing compared to the absolute disaster that was the 6500XT with its limited x4 lanes, right?

Is the jump from the 5600XT to the 6600XT actually worth all the hype? To me, it doesn't feel like a massive leap forward in performance. If I were in your shoes, I’d probably just hold off until the end of the year and wait for a better opportunity. Wouldn't it make more sense to aim for something in the realm of a 6700XT once prices settle down? By then, you could likely snag a much more substantial upgrade for a significantly better price.

I've been sitting here with my old Asus Prime x370 Pro—running that latest AGESA BIOS—and my R7 3700 x, just poking around in CPU-Z to see what's what. Can you believe what I'm seeing? It actually lists PCIe 4.0 (16 GT/s) right there on the screen. Since everything I've read says the Ryzen 3000 series supports 4.0, including the R5 3600, shouldn't this be expected? It’s all a bit of a head-scratcher, isn't it?

Well, I actually have that same ASRock board in my other rig right now, which got me thinking—if an older 3-series motherboard can be upgraded to support PCIe 4.0 through a BIOS update, isn't it possible that this 4-series board could handle it too? I'm honestly going to go double-check that just to be sure.

So, if I decide to upgrade to a graphics card that supports PCIe 4.0 x16 while sticking with my current R7 3700 x, would I actually be able to utilize the full PCIe 4.0 bandwidth? Of course, I'm not trying to claim there will be a massive performance jump, but theoretically speaking, would that connection still run at its full potential?

wanderingbison9 said:I've got my old Asus Prime x370 Pro (running the latest AGESA BIOS) and an R7 3700 x, and I'm looking at CPU-Z right now—it's reporting PCIe 4.0 (16 GT/s). Every spec sheet says the Ryzen 3000 series supports 4.0, including the R5 3600... what a mess.

Wait, I actually have that ASRock board in my other rig. If an older 3-series board can be upgraded to 4.0 via a BIOS update, why couldn't this 4-series one? I'll go check.

Regardless, if I upgrade to a GPU with PCIe 4.0 x16 support while keeping the R7 3700 x, it should run at full 4.0 bandwidth, right? (Not saying there's actually a massive performance jump, though).

You're right. My bad. Intel was the one lagging on PCIe 4.0, not AMD.
The thing is, X370, B350, and B450 boards aren't technically designed for PCIe 4.0.
If you manage to force 4.0 through a BIOS update, great—but for an x16 card, it’s hardly necessary. Maybe for some PCIe 4.0 x8 card (like a 6500XT, but honestly, don't bother buying those).

Not sure if the same applies to B450 boards that have 4.0 support in their BIOS.
But generally speaking, for any GPU that isn't something pathetic like a 6500XT, it's not really a major issue.

Is there any way I can actually verify this on my ASRock board? Since I'm running an R5 1600 x, CPU-Z just shows me PCIe 3.0 x16, so I'm left guessing about the actual bandwidth available.

I have a feeling that for certain tasks within video editing software, having PCIe 4.0 x16 and Smart Access Memory might offer a noticeable performance boost compared to just running at x8. When you're working against a deadline that's already passed, doesn't every little bit of speed count?😬 Of course, I haven't been able to track down any specific benchmarks that would give me a definitive answer.

What’s this worth in today's market?

i5-8500
Gigabyte Z370P D3-CF
16 GB DDR4 3600 MHz G. Skill Sniper
Crucial MX500 250GB
3TB WD Red
MSI Radeon R7 260 x 2 GB CoolerMaster HAF 912
CoolerMaster HAF 912 midi
Corsair CX500 modular
DVD-RW
Cooling: some Arctic
Keyb+mouse: Logitech

Greetings,

I don't want to clutter things up by starting a whole new thread...
Does anyone happen to know if an ATI Radeon HD 4200 can actually handle running AutoCAD without too much trouble?

Thanks in advance,

What would be a reasonable asking price for:
an MSI motherboard, an AMD FX 8320, and 16GB of Kingston DDR3 RAM? Thanks...

I’m planning on upgrading again soon, so I wanted to see what I could realistically get for this rig. I bought it back on October 20, 2019, for about $2000 $860
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Case - Zalman S3 Midi Tower
4x Arctic P12 PWM fans, 120mm, 1800 RPM, black/transparent
Motherboard - MSI B450 Tomahawk Max, AM4, 7C02-020R
RAM - 16GB (2x8) Kingston Fury 3200MHz C18
CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 2600 BOX, AM4
GPU - Sapphire RX590 8G D5 Nitro+ Special Edition, 8GB GDDR5, 256-bit, 1560/2100MHz
HDD - WD 1TB 3.5" 7200rpm, 64MB, WD10EZEX, Blue
SSD - Kingston 240GB A400 2.5" SATA
PSU - Fortron 700W

Samuel Hayes3 said:I'm planning on upgrading my setup sometime soon, so I was wondering how much I could realistically ask for this PC? I originally bought it back in October 2019. $2000 That’s about $860.

Case - Zalman S3 Midi Tower
Got a 4-pack of Arctic P12 PWM fans here—120mm, 1800 RPM, black and transparent.
Motherboard - MSI B450 Tomahawk Max, AM4, 7C02-020R
RAM - DDR4 16GB (2x8) Kingston Fury
The processor is an AMD Ryzen 5 2600 BOX, using the AM4 socket (part number YD2600BBAFBOX).
Sapphire RX590 8GB Nitro+ Special Edition. It features 8GB of GDDR5 memory with a 256-bit interface, clock speeds ranging from 1560MHz to 2100MHz. Part number 11289-01-20G.
Western Digital 1TB 3.5" 7200rpm Hard Drive, 64MB Cache, WD10EZEX Blue.
Kingston 240GB A400 2.5" SATA SSD (SA400S37/240G)
Power Supply - Fortron 700W

Around $300 to $350.