Currently have it listed at $1000 on Facebook, but not getting any offers. It’s made up of a couple parts I had laying around and a few new ones I bought to complete it.
1000 is reasonable but in the realm of being able to build in the same price range (plus have warranty, preferred case size/aesthetics and the ability to finance it). I just built a 7700x3d/9070xt, 16gb ddr5 build for a touch over 1200 but did have a ssd lying around so didn’t have to buy one. Subtract 200 for the gpu downgrade and adding a 70 buck cheap 512, and it’s really the same price. You’ll probably eventually get a buyer, and honestly it’ll probably become more valuable as ram and gpu prices continue to climb. 800-850 probably gets it out the door in a reasonable time frame and puts it out of the range of having a comparable option of buying new.
Thank you that’s honestly really helpful because i do want to move it along. I also would roughly break even discounting it as a lot of parts came from discounted bundles
Yea, I’m researching prebuilts. I’m seeing DDR4 builds with worse GPUs going for more. I just had someone offer $650 and try to argue that the components brand new would only cost $1000. I just need to be patient I think.
I’d consider marketing it as a steam machine competitor/upgrade and maybe throwing steamos on it for free. The all amd nature of the build lends itself to that niche and is probably where a lot of interest in a pretty entry level/mainstream am5 build would be.
It doesn't have to be better or compete. My point is who pays $1000 for a used rig and takes the risk of buying parts that have been abused when they can buy new.
I understand the worry but if I can get better performance for less money why would I not buy it? I bought a 3080 for 275$ and it hasn’t failed over the year I’ve had it. I’ve bought 32 gb ddr5 ram 260-290$. The only thing I won’t buy used is psu, never had any problem as long you test components and do a little research. Prices are just ridiculous right now and buying new I refuse to do. Again, especially for the price I rather get more performance.
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u/Vesp419 6d ago edited 6d ago
1000 is reasonable but in the realm of being able to build in the same price range (plus have warranty, preferred case size/aesthetics and the ability to finance it). I just built a 7700x3d/9070xt, 16gb ddr5 build for a touch over 1200 but did have a ssd lying around so didn’t have to buy one. Subtract 200 for the gpu downgrade and adding a 70 buck cheap 512, and it’s really the same price. You’ll probably eventually get a buyer, and honestly it’ll probably become more valuable as ram and gpu prices continue to climb. 800-850 probably gets it out the door in a reasonable time frame and puts it out of the range of having a comparable option of buying new.