what's my pc worth
john_p_b - 30/12/05 at 11:48 AM
still toying with getting a laptop, found the right one for me at the right price so i'm now wondering if it's worth me selling my pc and
didn't know if any of you folk on here would have a idea on it's value?
originally built by multivision computers.
basic rough spec as i'm away at the moment is:
AMD 1600xp processor
80GB hard drive which i only fitted a couple of months ago
2x 512mb ddr
4x usb
tv out
dvd drive
cd writer
floppy drive (remember them?!)
17" monitor
keyboard
mouse
etc etc
oh and it's roughly 4yrs old, with the exception of the HD giving up on me a few months back it's never given me a days trouble. only reason
i want to change is i can get a far smaller desk etc with a laptop which will allow me to fit a bigger TV in my room 
thanks in advance for any help 
graememk - 30/12/05 at 11:55 AM
in my shop i'd sell something like that for around the £200-£230 mark depending on what it looks like
currently selling P3 1.1gig 80 gig 512 for £200 as a guide
andyd - 30/12/05 at 11:58 AM
2nd hand PC stuff is always difficult to sell on as the new stuff is very cheap to begin with. For yours I'd not expect to get much more than
£100-150.
People in the know wouldn't pay you much for it as they know what's what and people not in the know will compare a brand new PCWorld
offering for not much more with bundled s/w and a warranty.
It's why when I recently moved house, I binned a large number of PC components. They wouldn't have been worth my while selling them not
even on eBay. 
[Edited on 30/12/2005 by andyd]
[Edited on 30/12/2005 by andyd]
andyd - 30/12/05 at 12:02 PM
quote:
Originally posted by graememk
in my shop i'd sell something like that for around the £200-£230 mark depending on what it looks like
currently selling P3 1.1gig 80 gig 512 for £200 as a guide
Oops... didn't see that John is offering a 17" monitor too... I'd agree with your ~£200 in that case 
MikeR - 30/12/05 at 12:37 PM
ok, what would you pay for (and where would i get) a cheap laptop? want something like p3 800mhz, 256mb ram. Basically somethign to run XP wireless so
i can browse the internet and do very little else.
ReMan - 30/12/05 at 01:26 PM
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/358206
?
Winston Todge - 30/12/05 at 01:40 PM
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=99084
CommanderAce - 30/12/05 at 01:54 PM
why get a 2CV when you can get a
Ferrari!!
john_p_b - 30/12/05 at 02:04 PM
THIS IS WHAT I JUST BOUGHT
Genesis - 30/12/05 at 03:46 PM
I got a 2.4Ghz Dell Laptop with 80Gb HD 1Gb RAM DVD and CD writer for a little more than your maximum on ebay just before Xmas. Second hand - but the
poor student wanted the money for... ... well whatever he wanted it for had nothing to do with me, but he did tell me 
Tim 45 - 30/12/05 at 05:12 PM
Depends on the monitor, assuming CRT then probably under £200 if privately sold (people would pay more in a shop as they think its more reliable.)
A possibility is ebay it...someone will want it, if only for spare/extra parts, and you may be lucky, in a bidding frenzy it could go over £200
HTH
john_p_b - 30/12/05 at 05:18 PM
yeah the monitor is a crt.
Mark18 - 5/1/06 at 06:01 PM
Take it apart and sell it on ebay, I've been surprised a number of times at seeing old stuff going for nearly what it was worth new.
Mark
Noodle - 5/1/06 at 06:15 PM
quote:
Originally posted by CommanderAce
why get a 2CV when you can get a
Ferrari!!
I've got one of those. The touchpad has died (it's 6 months old) and needs an external mouse. (Must be hardware as it's failed when I
boot into Linux too)
Have you tried getting Acer support? Bunch of f**king useless sh*tbags. You pay £1200 quid for something an expect it to be good.
I expect they're all too busy shagging chickens and spit-roasting a variety of farmyard animals (whilst videoing the whole thing to show their
grandparents)
THAT's the sort of people (I expect) that we're dealing with here.
Other than that, the laptop rips.
Neil.