Building for fun (not profit) sell it afterwards?

Corbula · 29 Oct 2012 at 18:58

I've been thinking about building a pc for fun as opposed to profit. When you do builds what do you do with them afterwards? sell them? Do you think you could build a pc then just sell it for what it actually costs to recoup the money?

Also what do you do about software, i.e. Windows? When you do a build to sell on do you also buy Windows and install that, or just sell it without an OS?

People who build for fun, what do you do after it's built?

Thanks

Appleby · 29 Oct 2012 at 19:22

I would say that unless you are doing it for someone you know it isn't worth the hassle, you will always make a loss and you just open yourself to all kind of trouble with warranty etc.

Corbula · 30 Oct 2012 at 17:33

So when everyone else does it, why are they doing it, is it also for someone else?

dcsarge · 30 Oct 2012 at 17:36

I think most people are building systems for their own use or family and friends. Is that surprising?

Deleted member 77746 · 30 Oct 2012 at 17:41

Corbula said:
So when everyone else does it, why are they doing it, is it also for someone else?

If you have to ask the question then you are way behind already.

chipps101 · 30 Oct 2012 at 17:42

i only build machines for people i know and usually they just pay for the parts and give me something for building it for them.

Corbula · 30 Oct 2012 at 17:47

Because people build one, then another, then another. They must be doing something with them.

dcsarge · 30 Oct 2012 at 17:50

Some people get enjoyment from building a themed system and trying new combos. They use them for a bit and want to try something else. From my observations they usually sell the parts at a loss (depending how much you value the actual enjoyment) to fund their new build.

These people usually have a larger amount of disposable income than some of us (well me anyway

).

Rooster212 · 30 Oct 2012 at 20:22

Quite often the people who are building for fun are sponsored, have a review to do or both. Building and reviewing parts is quite common to get into sponsorship, as companies will only sponsor when they know that you have a good review history.

If people aren't sponsored, they likely do have someone to build for or do, as dcsarge said, have a larger amount of disposable income than the rest of us :rolleyes: