Hi everyone,
First of all, sorry for the length of the post but I need to give a bit of background info before turning to the OC community for some advice:
Back in October 2008, being a keen young man with disposable income, I decided to build my own computer (relying heavily on whatever info I could find on OC).
I'm no expert by any mean but being in the engineering trade, I thought "how hard can it be?".
I have to admit I was a bit overwhelmed at first when all the components arrived separately, but the build went actually very smoothly and I am glad to say that within half a day of assembly, I was finally able to install the OS and stand speechless in front of the glowing screen, with a stupid grin on my face.
Fast forward 5 and a bit years later and here am I writing this post trying to get your opinion on what you would do in my situation. I would like to sell this computer but I have no idea what (if anything) it's worth and I'm afraid my judgement is being clouded by the fact that this is my first (and so far only) build.
I'm sure many of you have found yourself in this situation before so I wanted to know what how you dealt with it, if you sold it whole, piece by piece, scrapped it entirely?
Now I am entirely aware that the following specs are old, but back in the day, boy wasn't it the ****! And to this day, I have been able to play all but the most demanding games very comfortably (including the Witcher 2 at max details). There might be a little problem with the GFX card though, but I wouldn't expect any sensible buyer to stick with the same GFX card anyway. Any honest opinion and/or valuation is welcome.
Here are the specs:
Processor: Intel Q9550 Core 2 Quad Proccessor - 2.83 GHz,12MB L2 Cache,1333MHz FSB
Mobo: Asus P5Q Premium iP45
GFX Card: Sapphire ATi HD 4870 X2 2GBGDDR5 PCI-E Dual DVI Retail
RAM: 8GB (4x2GB) Corsair Dominator DDR2
Case: ANTEC FULL TOWER TWELVE HUNDRED BLK
HD1: Western Digital Velociraptor 300GB SATAII 32MB Cache Dual
HD2: Hitachi DeskStar 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 16MB Cache - OEM
PSU: Antec SG-850 UK SIGNATURE POWERSUPPLY 850W ATX 80MM FAN 80PLUS SLI
Sound Card: Asus Xonar D2 7.1 Ultra Fidelity Sound Card With Complete Dolby DTS
Processor Fan: ASUS Triton 78 Gaming CPU Cooler
CD/DVD Writer: 2x LG GSA-H55NBAL 20x Internal DVDRW IDE/PATA Black Bare Drive
Keyboard: Razer Tarantula Gaming Keyboard - Tempest Blue UK Edition
Screen: Acer P243w
Thank you very much for taking your precious time to read my post.
I hope you can be of any help.
First of all, sorry for the length of the post but I need to give a bit of background info before turning to the OC community for some advice:
Back in October 2008, being a keen young man with disposable income, I decided to build my own computer (relying heavily on whatever info I could find on OC).
I'm no expert by any mean but being in the engineering trade, I thought "how hard can it be?".
I have to admit I was a bit overwhelmed at first when all the components arrived separately, but the build went actually very smoothly and I am glad to say that within half a day of assembly, I was finally able to install the OS and stand speechless in front of the glowing screen, with a stupid grin on my face.
Fast forward 5 and a bit years later and here am I writing this post trying to get your opinion on what you would do in my situation. I would like to sell this computer but I have no idea what (if anything) it's worth and I'm afraid my judgement is being clouded by the fact that this is my first (and so far only) build.
I'm sure many of you have found yourself in this situation before so I wanted to know what how you dealt with it, if you sold it whole, piece by piece, scrapped it entirely?
Now I am entirely aware that the following specs are old, but back in the day, boy wasn't it the ****! And to this day, I have been able to play all but the most demanding games very comfortably (including the Witcher 2 at max details). There might be a little problem with the GFX card though, but I wouldn't expect any sensible buyer to stick with the same GFX card anyway. Any honest opinion and/or valuation is welcome.
Here are the specs:
Processor: Intel Q9550 Core 2 Quad Proccessor - 2.83 GHz,12MB L2 Cache,1333MHz FSB
Mobo: Asus P5Q Premium iP45
GFX Card: Sapphire ATi HD 4870 X2 2GBGDDR5 PCI-E Dual DVI Retail
RAM: 8GB (4x2GB) Corsair Dominator DDR2
Case: ANTEC FULL TOWER TWELVE HUNDRED BLK
HD1: Western Digital Velociraptor 300GB SATAII 32MB Cache Dual
HD2: Hitachi DeskStar 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 16MB Cache - OEM
PSU: Antec SG-850 UK SIGNATURE POWERSUPPLY 850W ATX 80MM FAN 80PLUS SLI
Sound Card: Asus Xonar D2 7.1 Ultra Fidelity Sound Card With Complete Dolby DTS
Processor Fan: ASUS Triton 78 Gaming CPU Cooler
CD/DVD Writer: 2x LG GSA-H55NBAL 20x Internal DVDRW IDE/PATA Black Bare Drive
Keyboard: Razer Tarantula Gaming Keyboard - Tempest Blue UK Edition
Screen: Acer P243w
Thank you very much for taking your precious time to read my post.
I hope you can be of any help.
