How much is my computer worth?

This post was written by Admin on January 20, 2009
Posted Under: Desktops
JSmooth asked:

Any help is much appreciated. The computer is 14 months old and in great condition.

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 Processor 530 (3.0E GHz, 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2 ATC, 90 nanometer. Prescott, HT, and SSE3 Technology).

Motherboard: Asus P5GD1 - i915P, DualDDR400, ATA133+SATA+MulitRaid, 8-ch Audio, GigabitLAN, PCIe x16.

Memory: PC3200/DDR400 512MB DDR (x2).

Hard Drive: Mactor 200GB (7200RPM, 8MB Cache) Serial ATA (x2)

Video Card: MSI GeForce NX6600 128MB 128-bit DDR3 with DualHead, DVI, TV-Out, PCIe x16.

Power Supply: 350W SPI with “silent and cool” 12 cm fan, fan speed control (FSP350-60PNS).

Optical Drive: LG Electronics 16X/16X DVD-RW Drive with Dual Layer DVD+R9 DL Support.

Controler: Onboard IDE controller.

Keyboard: Microsoft Mulitmedia Keyboard and Intellimouse Optical Combo.

Monitor: Acer AL1912 19 inch.

O/S: Windows Xp Professional Service Pack 2.

Software: MS Office 2003 Basic Edition (Word, Excell & Outlook) SP1.

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Reader Comments

Some portions of your PC are still of substantial worth. Ie: Win XP Pro still commands $200 price tag. Nice Video Card too. But the gForce 7950 GT (and higher) is out and–unfortunately–any folks who are smart enough to appreciate your card will only be drooling for the 7950, not the 6600. A 350W PSU is now considered low end.

I’d say maybe you could get $500 for the whole rig on a lucky day.

But why take the word of some guy you don’t know? Here’s what I recommend. Go to this site and attempt to configure a PC that matches yours as closely as possible, observe the total price. Then cut that price in half or so (because used/older), and that should give you a ballpark figure.

Please understand that with the advent of dual core and 64bit processors, older chip values have gotten beaten down hard. Same goes for MBs and supporting HW.

Interesting is that RAM hasn’t gotten much faster than your PC3200 (tho someone will flame me for saying so). But then, you have 1GB. Everyone craves 2 GB now….

See the site and see what $600 buys now, it’s really something. I didn’t sugarcoat this answer, but your soul wanted straight dope, not BS.

#1 
Written By gene_frequency on January 22nd, 2009 @ 2:49 am

Well, its worth at least 800 bucks. Its a great machine, however prices are always dropping and because its a single core it wont last much longer as a powerful machine.

#2 
Written By piccleboy on January 22nd, 2009 @ 1:07 pm

£400 sounds about right ( $650 )
i paid £300 for a similar box without moniter 3 years ago

#3 
Written By kevin ? gent on January 24th, 2009 @ 1:54 pm

are u selling your pc…its still worth alot…

#4 
Written By BargE on January 26th, 2009 @ 11:24 pm

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