Question about selling an older computer/computer parts.

[AddieC]

I recently upgraded my motherboard, memory, processor and fan, and as soon as I can find a geforce 4090, I'm going to upgrade that as well. Does anyone have an opinion on whether it's better to sell the parts individually, or as a whole computer? I have an SSD that I'm not using, as well, so pretty much all I'd need are a case and a power supply. I've also got an extra license for Windows LTSC, which is windows without the bloat.

My pre-upgrade system (AMD Ryzen 9 3900x 12 core, 24 thread, MSI Ace Meg x570 Ace, G.Skill Ripjaws V series 64 GB DDR4 3600 and rtx 2080ti) is four years old, and all the components were hitting benchmarks above Cinebench scores for the same components (not sure if that matters).

So I'm wondering if it's better to just sell the parts, or does it make sense to build out a whole computer? Also, how do you go about pricing it?

Thanks!

 

[Alex Glawion]

In my experience both work well. Selling the parts individually can be lucrative because people that know how to upgrade single components in a PC will buy them. Selling the entire PC to professionals is usually the worse option, unless you're selling to buyers that know little of PCs and how to assemble them and therefore value the "completeness / plugnPlay functionality" of the PC more than they value of the individual parts.

You can certainly advertise the entire PC on e.g. eBay and sell it for a fixed price, and if no one wants to buy it at that price you can switch to individual components. Pricing-wise, you can just search for your individual parts on ebay and sum them up, deduct some for the condition they are in, warranty, original boxes, etc.

 

[AddieC]

Okay, great, thank you!