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Could I get a quick price check for an upcomming swap meet...?

Discussion in 'Other Hardware' started by Cryo, Mar 27, 2002.

  1. Cryo Newcomer, in training Posts: 52

    My college has it's end of the year swap meet next month and I'm going to be selling off both of my rigs so that I can get a laptop for grad school. The problem is I have no idea what to start the pricing at. Any help you guys could offer would be great. Thanks a ton.

    Here are the systems with approx prices...

    System 1 - $1300
    ATX Full Tower 6x3.5” and 6x5.25” bays
    431Watt Enermax Power supply
    3 x 80mm Enermax Thermal Sensitive case fans
    ABit KT7A-Raid Motherboard
    Athlon 1.2GHz T-Bird 266FSB
    512MB PC133 cas2 Crucial SDRAM (2x256)
    Nvidia GForce 4 MX 440 64MB DDR
    Sound Blaster Live! X-Gamer
    3Com 3C905B-TX 10/100 NIC
    US Robotics 56k PCI Voice Modem
    3.5” / 5.25” combo floppy drive
    IDE Zip100 drive
    Acer 50x CD-ROM
    Sony 8x4x32x CD-RW
    2 x Maxtor 10GB 7200RPM Hard disks
    2 x Maxtor 40GB 5400RPM Hard disks
    Microsoft IntelliMouse
    Logitech Ergonomic Keyboard
    17” Monitor
    I custom built this system in July of 2001. It has never been overclocked and is in perfect working order.

    System 2 - $300
    ATX Mid-Tower 4x5.25” 3x3.5” bays
    300W Power supply
    80mm Enermax Thermal sensitive case fan
    Abit BH6 Motherboard
    Celeron 366a
    256MB PC133 cas2 Micron SDRAM (2x128)
    Voodoo3 3500TV
    SoundBlaster PC128
    RealTek 10/100 PCI NIC
    Samsung 8GB 5400RPM Hard disk
    Logitech Trackman Mouse
    Generic Ergonomic keyboard
    15” Dell Trinitron Display
    I’ve had this system for a couple years now. This year it has mainly functioned as a FTP/game server. It is in great working order and I’ve had no problems with it.
  2. boeingfixer Newcomer, in training Posts: 1,245

    For System 2, $300 is a little steep for a 366 system.
    System 1 price is fair for what is in it but with new faster systems being offered by major sellers, $1300 may be hard to get. You will have to convince them. I just built an AMD 1.4 system with 19" monitor and stuff and it was only about $1200. Remember, all most non computer people see two things, SPEED, and PRICE.

    Anyway, good luck selling them, try to convince them thats what they want, don't be afraid to come down a little, just don't take a beating.
  3. svtcobra TechSpot Paladin Posts: 875

    What college do you go to that they do this swap meet thing? Pretty cool..I would probably say that $1000 is fair for sys 1 and $200 for sys 2 is fair.

    btw, if you need a sweet deal on a laptop, let me know. my work is having a great sale of all PIII based notebooks..I dont know how long the sale is gonna last though.
  4. SuperCheetah Newcomer, in training Posts: 868

    svtcobra, how much are talking on the P3 laptops??? PM me if you want. I would like to know some specs, etc.