Before I begin, yes I did name my PC 'Black Titan' because ever since I built her she's been nothing but a beast for what I need her for.

 

So alrighty, as the title sadly states, I am thinking of selling my computer. -Something I never thought I'd say. I'm in college now, have a laptop I use for everything, and don't game as much anymore sadly. For all of these reasons I've begun to think about cleaning her up and selling her for some extra money I could use pretty badly right about now.

 

Since I haven't officially decided I just thought I'd request some info from the lovely people of this website about the best ways to do a few things should I commit to this, below is a list of my questions;

 

1) Since my computer is custom built, what's the best way to price it out? (Price each part and then take a percentage away for the age?)

 

2) I know security/privacy/etc is big these days so I don't want to sell this to someone who could just use a file recovery program and get something I didn't know was on it. What would be the best way to wipe my HDD's that might prevent people from attaining anything?

 

3) What might be the best way to go about selling it? (Craigslist, Ebay?)

 

4) If you were to buy a computer someone was selling, what are some questions you'd want answered about the PC? (Besides "does it work" and "specs?")

 

Thanks in advance everyone, and I hope you all can provide some helpful answers!

Edited May 31, 201411 yr by visible25

Before I begin, yes I did name my PC 'Black Titan' because ever since I built her she's been nothing but a beast for what I need her for.

 

So alrighty, as the title sadly states, I am thinking of selling my computer. -Something I never thought I'd say. I'm in college now, have a laptop I use for everything, and don't game as much anymore sadly. For all of these reasons I've begun to think about cleaning her up and selling her for some extra money I could use pretty badly right about now.

 

Since I haven't officially decided I just thought I'd request some info from the lovely people of this website about the best ways to do a few things should I commit to this, below is a list of my questions;

 

1) Since my computer is custom built, what's the best way to price it out? (Price each part and then take a percentage away for the age?)

 

2) I know security/privacy/etc is big these days so I don't want to sell this to someone who could just use a file recovery program and get something I didn't know was on it. What would be the best way to wipe my HDD's that might prevent people from attaining anything?

 

3) What might be the best way to go about selling it? (Craigslist, Ebay?)

 

4) If you were to buy a computer someone was selling, what are some questions you'd want answered about the PC? (Besides "does it work" and "specs?")

 

Thanks in advance everyone, and I hope you all can provide some helpful answers!

Most people on craigslist/ebay are complete idiots when it comes to PC's and their components, so you could sell your PC for more than it is worth. There are programs available that completely wipe your HDD, just look online for some. I would be careful listing your PC on Craiglist, but ebay should be fine. A question I would ask is how long you play the PC a day, the more you play the more the components are stressed, thus the life span of them being reduced. Also, I am curious, what are your specs?

Edited May 31, 201411 yr by aCoD Prodigy

1) base it on what it would be worth now, the price of parts, age, then take off some money for being used. (look at similar builds and prices on craigslist, or bestbuy.com to get some idea)

2) Not to sure. There are programs that can do it.

3) Craigslist is probably your best bet, you could probably even get more for it there. You can also ask your friends if they know anyone looking for a rig.

4) What problems has it encountered? How long have you had it? Is it noisy? How long will this computer last? Can it play *insert game titles here* 

How long can I play games? Can it take the stress of intensive games? Really just questions filthy casuals might ask :P 

 

Don't set a firm price either, make it negotiable and start higher. I helped my buddy sell his computer on craigslist about 6 months ago, we originally set a firm price but no one would bite, we lowered it a bit and said it was negotiable and got like 6-7 replies in 24 hours.

1) base it on what it would be worth now, the price of parts, age, then take off some money for being used. (look at similar builds and prices on craigslist, or bestbuy.com to get some idea)

2) Not to sure. There are programs that can do it.

3) Craigslist is probably your best bet, you could probably even get more for it there. You can also ask your friends if they know anyone looking for a rig.

4) What problems has it encountered? How long have you had it? Is it noisy? How long will this computer last? Can it play *insert game titles here* 

How long can I play games? Can it take the stress of intensive games? Really just questions filthy casuals might ask :P 

 

Don't set a firm price either, make it negotiable and start higher. I helped my buddy sell his computer on craigslist about 6 months ago, we originally set a firm price but no one would bite, we lowered it a bit and said it was negotiable and got like 6-7 replies in 24 hours.

Thanks for your input, I appreciate it!

 

 

Most people on craigslist/ebay are complete idiots when it comes to PC's and their components, so you could sell your PC for more than it is worth. There are programs available that completely wipe your HDD, just look online for some. I would be careful listing your PC on Craiglist, but ebay should be fine. A question I would ask is how long you play the PC a day, the more you play the more the components are stressed, thus the life span of them being reduced. Also, I am curious, what are your specs?

 

Thanks! Below are my specs

 

AMD Fx 6100 3.30ghz Processor

-12 GB DDR RAM

-nVidia GeForce 550 Ti 2GB GPU

-750GB Western Digital HDD

-120GB SSD 

-Antec Kuhler H20 Water Cooler

-WIndows 7 64-bit OS

 

Edited June 1, 201411 yr by visible25

When wiping the PC, you should use the following software: http://www.dban.org/

It incorporates the same wiping algorithm that the US secret service uses on their computers and will ensure that the data on the drive is unrecoverable by anyone. It does take a while though, often more than 8 hours however it's the best option and will pretty much guarantee that the data is gone once complete.

When wiping the PC, you should use the following software: http://www.dban.org/

It incorporates the same wiping algorithm that the US secret service uses on their computers and will ensure that the data on the drive is unrecoverable by anyone. It does take a while though, often more than 8 hours however it's the best option and will pretty much guarantee that the data is gone once complete.

That's great, thank you so much!!

That's great, thank you so much!!

No problem :)