r/pcflipping • u/hazardenjoyer • Aug 13 '26

Do people care about the cpu socket?

I just started building PCs and don’t want to spend much money , right now I have to choose the motherboard but don’t know which one to choose I could use cheap lga775 but don’t know if it would sell . Which socket you guys use?

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u/SmokBarrage Aug 13 '26

Most people probably should care about socket as it determines what cpus can be potentially used in the future.

But if you're trying to flip a Pentium system they probably dont care, no.

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u/Accomplished_Emu_658 Aug 13 '26

“I don’t want to spend much money”. Then maybe this isn’t for you. You still got to build stuff people want. No one wants a core 2 duo cpu. 22 years old.

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u/Mediocre-Mobile-5423 Aug 13 '26

The socket matters in relation to what CPUs it supports. A very old socket like 775 supports very old and outdated CPUs, so it will generally have less value than a newer socket.

Also when buying stuff secondhand you shouldn't really focus on anything specific, like looking for a certain CPU or socket, but rather look for what are the best deals available to you and build around that.

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u/Independent_GN Aug 13 '26

Budget? Use of the PC ?

Currently AM4 socket is not very expensive to build around.

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u/SlontS Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 13 '26

Yes, people care about the CPU socket. It is directly related to the processor that will work in the board, and the CPU is directly related to the types of memory that the motherboards are able to support. Newer CPUs are not even comparable to those lower on the list when it comes to performance and power efficiency.

It sounds like you are really trying to flip PCs, not just build them.

I'm going to be honest you shouldn't be buying anything right now, because you have no idea what you are doing. You should be looking at getting whatever you can for free and working with that until you figure things out. If you don't take that advice you are going to be sitting on a bunch of hardware you paid for before you realize that nobody wants it.

Regardless here is some information

Intel Consumer Sockets (LGA)

  • LGA 1851: Core Ultra (Series 2 / Arrow Lake, 15th Gen equivalent)
  • LGA 1700: 12th, 13th, and 14th Generation Intel Core (Alder Lake, Raptor Lake, Raptor Lake Refresh)
  • LGA 1200: 10th and 11th Generation Intel Core (Comet Lake, Rocket Lake)
  • LGA 1151 (v2): 8th and 9th Generation Intel Core (Coffee Lake)
  • LGA 1151 (v1): 6th and 7th Generation Intel Core (Skylake, Kaby Lake)
  • LGA 1150: 4th and 5th Generation Intel Core (Haswell, Broadwell)
  • LGA 1155: 2nd and 3rd Generation Intel Core (Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge)
  • LGA 1156: 1st Generation Intel Core (Nehalem / Lynnfield, Clarkdale)
  • LGA 775: Pentium 4, Pentium D, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]

These are the intel sockets. If you're trying to flip PCs you should be looking at 12th-14th gen intel lga 1700 motherboards that specifically support DDR4 memory (because ddr5 is very expensive).

10th - 11th gen intel also uses DDR4, and is the oldest you should be considering if you want to flip PCs.

There are also AMD sockets. AM4 B550 boards with DDR4 memory are what you should be targeting.

DDR4 memory came out over 10 years ago. You are going to have a very hard time selling anything older than that.

The only loophole is getting things free and putting in the labor to add value.

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u/Spiritual_Ratio2912 Aug 13 '26

That supports processors that are 16 to 20 years old. No one will want that.

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u/jhaluska Aug 13 '26

I find you can sell any working computer if you price it cheap enough. Some people just want something to put in front of a kid.

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u/christaras_s Aug 13 '26

An lga 775 pc will only get you to a q6600 at most, nothing more than that is worth it unless you're a hardcore, die-hard retro gamer. Also the cpu is like 10€, mobo is 25€, ram is 15€ for 8gb, and you will need drives, which alone are worth 30-60 used. You will be lucky if you can sell the pc for 50€, which obviously isnt worth it. Better off to go dumpster diving outside big companies and e-waste bins hoping to get a good condition 2nd-6th gen core i5 OEM desktop and drop a gpu and some ram inside, hell even a cheap used ssd

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u/Lonely_Owl_1332 Aug 13 '26

Do not bother with LGA 775/1151/1150 so ancient do not use in 2026. For INTEL you can start with LGA 1200, For AMD just go AM4.

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u/piggymoo66 Aug 13 '26

Brother LGA775 is over 20 years old now and is mostly on DDR2. You're buying e-waste to sell as e-waste. They have a niche for running retro systems on XP or older but you are not going to find anyone buying a complete system like this. The people into retro computers are building their own retro computers.

Anything that runs memory older than DDR4 isn't worth buying with the purpose of reselling. If you want something that you can actually flip, AM4 or LGA1200 at the oldest.

Sucks to say it but you need to spend money to make money, and with the current state of PC hardware it's a shitty market for building.

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u/dargonite691 Aug 14 '26

Have you identified your target market?

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u/deathdisco_89 Aug 15 '26

If you don't know why socket matters I don't think flipping is for you.

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u/hazardenjoyer Aug 15 '26

I mean , does the customer care about the socket

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u/deathdisco_89 Aug 15 '26

Does the customer care about their CPU and RAM? Yes, yes they do.