Value a PC

[killersla]

This is for all the PC boffins on here just wondering if someone could give me a price for this PC. I have built it myself could someone give an estimate as to how much they think it could sell as a complete system.

SPECS

Azus P6T SE motherboard

6GB corsair DDR3 triple channel memory 1600Mhz

Intel i7 920 @2.67Mhz (overclocked to 4.1mhz)

Thermal take heat sinc

Cool master storm scout gaming case

Corsair TX 750wat PSU

Gainward GTX 295 1792MB

1TB samsung F3 sata hard drive

Sony sata 24X DVD drive

20" Dell widescreen monitor

Vista 64bit

Think thats everything.

Any ideas please on how much the complete system might be worth or what anyone would pay for it.

Thanks for looking.

[stevokenevo]

Re: Value a PC

its only worth what someones willing to pay

I'll give you 67p for it! :ranger:

[charitynjw]

Re: Value a PC

I'll start the bidding at 50p

[Jester]

Re: Value a PC

I would suggest you take a look at one of the number of specialist online companies who will build PC's like yours to the specifications you require. Cougar are one such specialist, but there are several others.

Some PC manufacturers will also build a system to your spec from a standard base specification (Mesh are one such company).

I'd have to check, but from the spec you show above I would expect it to be anywhere in the region of £700-£1000 if you bought such a system from one of the manufacturers I have suggested above. The system you have built is an impressive spec and I would suggest is a gaming machine. Remember, a lot of people simply want a PC to surf the internet and get email. Therefore, a high-spec PC is NOT required. The only people who would be looking for a high-spec machine such as you have built would be gamers and professionals using software that requires such processing power.

HOWEVER, those companies also guarantee their systems for at least a year, and sometimes more.

The question you have to ask yourself is this:

If you were buying the spec of computer you have outlined, spending a substantial amount of money, would you want to buy from a reputable dealer or someone who builds them in a bedroom ?

If you were selling to someone who knows you well, then the above question would not come into the equation. But from the way you have asked, I would think you are looking to sell that through eBay or something. Therefore, realistically I think you would find that the price you achieve would be far less than what it would normally retail for.

The start point should be your assessment of how much it has cost YOU to build the system, then decide on how much profit you are looking to make from it.

Sadly, I think you will be disappointed. The days of people building cheap computers in their bedrooms and selling them to the general public has long gone. The current market conditions are forcing the prices down everywhere and each of the vendors are cutting their margins ever closer in an effort to shift their kit.

I doubt very much that you can build a high-spec machine for much less (if at all) than these manufacturers do as they can buy most of the components in bulk and therefore at a good discount.

You 'may' manage to undercut them, but I doubt by much and certainly not enough to turn a decent profit.

Sorry to burst your bubble.
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Just to add to the equation, 'overclocked' PC's have a much shorter lifespan than those not dabbled with. All processors can run at far higher speeds than they are sold to you at, but they are not overclocked for the reason of reliability. The more you overclock the processor, the greater the strain it copes with. It WILL burn out much sooner than an 'unclocked' processor !!!

[charitynjw]

Re: Value a PC

>Stevo

Damn!

A quid

[killersla]

Re: Value a PC

thanks for your views on the matter jester. Im not that intrested in selling but was just intrested if i did want to sell it would i be able to make any money on it.

I think if i did want to sell i should just total up what i paid for all the parts and just add made 50 -100 qwid on top. Just to add i did not buy the system to order all parts were bought seperatly and built from scratch.

in regard to the over clocking the cool thing about an i7 chip is just because i have got 4.1 out of a factory 2.6 doesnt mean to say it will run at a constant 4.1 . i7 chips have a cool bit of technology called speed stepping. Basically if my PC isnt doing much then neither is the chip, its only when i run some power hungry games or apps that my chip can go up to 4.1 so i think my chip will last as long as any other.

[Jester]

Re: Value a PC

I used to build them from scratch too at one time. But these days it simply aint worth the effort. The most I do these days is to buy a barebone base unit (from places such as Novatech) and then add what I want into them.

I only do that because I am only interested in the base units. I have an 8-port KVM switch and so all 6 of my PC's in my office can run off the same Monitor, keyboard and mouse !!

[Luminol]

Re: Value a PC

Hi Killer

My Hubby tells me its about 2k - 2.5k of kit, and quite specced for gaming. Without going into it he's abit of a geek about these things so that was his opinion!

Lumi x

[stivis]

Re: Value a PC

From folk who build them, Parts cost +£25.00..............sound strange but the only way to make any kind of realistic profit is bulk buying of the components, and doing 25-50 for schools etc

I used to build them from scratch too at one time. But these days it simply aint worth the effort

ditto

[charitynjw]

Re: Value a PC

Hi guys,

May i hijack for a brief mo?

I keep getting an alert telling me 'URL not valid'

Now, what I know about IT could be written on my little finger, & still leave room for 'War & Peace'

Help reqd.

Regards'

cnjw