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Old CPUs - Shocking resell Value

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This is not an ad, just an experiance I'd like to share :-)

I recently advertised an AMD X2 4800 939 CPU for sale, and I'm absolutely shocked at the interest/offers i'm getting for an obselete spec. I set a high price on the ad for haggling and got an immediate offer + more, I may actually make a profit! My old 3200 mem is in high demand too.

Same thing happened when I sold my old A64 3400 a few months back, I got a solid price.

I'm guessing it's market forces working - people who want to upgrade and still hold onto their old components, seem to be willing to pay more for one component rather than upgrade three all together.
 
it all depends on your definition of obselete, The main reason your getting a good price is the fact that there are so few 939 CPU`s comming into the UK, where as in the USA 939 prices have crashed and they are going for pennies, i.e. you can pick up an opteron 170 939 for £97 an X2 4400 for £87
 
I had a similar experience when i moved form an amd64 rig to a c2d, actually made quite a good amount of money on my cpu and ram as demand was way above supply :)
 
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Marshall said:
same here, my old 3200xp barton is for sale on an online auction site, and one just went for well over £80. iim shocked.
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well now thats not market forces, that just an utter moron who bought it, its worth £30 tops.
 
I've noticed the same kind of trend myself just recently.

It's amazing even to see how much socket 754 CPUs are going for at the moment on a well-known auction site :eek:

To be fair though I don't think you can really describe high end 939 CPUs as obsolete, IMHO they have still plenty of life left in them.
 
locutus12 said:
well now thats not market forces, that just an utter moron who bought it, its worth £30 tops.
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No, it's a result of the market. The XP3200's still go for £80 on that auction site. A few people in here actually took to buying XP3200's on the MM and reselling them for a profit..
 
locutus12 said:
well now thats not market forces, that just an utter moron who bought it, its worth £30 tops.
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If it was a one off then i would agree, but they are regularly fetching 50+, which imo is down the fact that many people just look at the manual see that the top cpu the board will take and go and buy it... oh and the fact that they are becoming harder and harder to find.... so its supply and demand :)
 
locutus12 said:
well now thats not market forces, that just an utter moron who bought it, its worth £30 tops.
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Thats the black and white of it!! But the grey is when you have and old socket7 mobo + 2700 memory. Then its just an £80 upgrade as opposed to a whole £2-300 for a new rig.
 
yep when i sold my ahtlon 3000 xp on auction site got 88.00 for it only paid 120 for it new and got nearly two years out of her good old cpu
 
I have been watching a certain auction site to see what prices 754 cpu's are going for as i am putting both of mine on there. The usual price for a 3400+ has been around £50-60. Last night one went for £180. :eek: Two others went for £92 and £84 this morning. 3700's are going for silly prices although recently there has only been mobile ones on there.

Methinks OCUK should have kept some of these back and made a killing on them. ;)
 
Marshall said:
same here, my old 3200xp barton is for sale on an online auction site, and one just went for well over £80. iim shocked.
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Yeah ive been watching your chip. Well surprised how quick it went up in price. 50quid and still 3 days left :D :D
 
Prices can be higher than you'd think at times, but do take care when a price goes a *lot* higher than you'd expect as it can be linked to one of the many scam's out there.

For example, after the auction closes you get a message saying would you mind if the buyer pays you a higher figure and you refund the difference as he has a lump sum owed to him that he rather not put straight into his account to avoid some tax, so he'll have the lump sum paid to you instead.

You are still ecstatic at the price you've got so why not help him out a bit?

The money will arrive, you'll send him the goods and his refund and then a few days later the bank will take the lot back from you as it has been paid to you using a faked cheque or some other form of fraudulent transfer.

He has a good payment from you and you have nothing.
 
I think its down to the person whos buyng the cpu.

If they want to upgrade the cpu even if they have a socket A mobo or socket 754 mobo, they wouyld pay decent price for a faster cpu for thier mobo. Where as, usually, overclockers wouldnt really spend money on another cpu to increase speed, they would just get a new mobo and change socket completely to get a better deal.

To some people this is too much messing about.
 
Yup - I'm guilty of falling into the 'XP-faithful' category. I have no plan to upgrade for the next ten months, so getting as much pace out of my current rig as possible is the most important thing to me at this point in time.

Yes, I'm perfectly aware that I could buy a faster computer (much more so) for only £250, but why bother when I'll be upgrading again in a few months' time?
 
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