What Would My System Cost To Buy

[BruhthaKuga]

I am sure many have the same questions that I do after finishing a rig:

• What would it cost to have a pro custom build a system with the same components as my system
• What might I get for it today after one years use
• How much might I get by parting it out

I am not actually interested in selling my system as I am a lousy sales man, I cannot sell a dollar for fifteen cents. I was just curious. Of course we all know the Trill Of A Build, I probably would sell if I could get enough to knock a good chunk out of the cost of another build. You know, to get that feeling again you get when you see a large brown truck stop in front of the house, you start salivating and get all giddy. The fear just before you kick the switch the first time?

• Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P
• CPU I7 920 (CO)
• CPU Cooling Intel OEM
• Memory 6GB Patriot Viper DDR3 (3 x 2GB) 1333 (PC3 10666)
• Hard Drives 32GB OCZ Vertex 1VTX30G SSD (OS)
• 80GB WD Caviar Blue WD800JD (Auxilery Drive for SSD off loading)
• 500GB 2.5" Seagate Momentus ST9500325AS (Personal Storage)
• Crucial 2.5"HDD Docking Enclosure (sata internal/USB external)
• Graphics Card MSI 4670 1GB
• Card Reader with eSata port
• PSU Antec EA 750 watt
• Case Antec P180
• OS 64 bit Windows 7 Ultimate
• Mouse Logitech Optical Trackman (Tracking Ball)
• Keyboard Basic
• 2 LED 120 fans
• Samsung DVD-RW Lightscrib

 

[CommonTater]

I am sure many have the same questions that I do after finishing a rig:

• What would it cost to have a pro custom build a system with the same components as my system
• What might I get for it today after one years use
• How much might I get by parting it out

I am not actually interested in selling my system as I am a lousy sales man, I cannot sell a dollar for fifteen cents. I was just curious. Of course we all know the Trill Of A Build, I probably would sell if I could get enough to knock a good chunk out of the cost of another build. You know, to get that feeling again you get when you see a large brown truck stop in front of the house, you start salivating and get all giddy. The fear just before you kick the switch the first time?

• Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P
• CPU I7 920 (CO)
• CPU Cooling Intel OEM
• Memory 6GB Patriot Viper DDR3 (3 x 2GB) 1333 (PC3 10666)
• Hard Drives 32GB OCZ Vertex 1VTX30G SSD (OS)
• 80GB WD Caviar Blue WD800JD (Auxilery Drive for SSD off loading)
• 500GB 2.5" Seagate Momentus ST9500325AS (Personal Storage)
• Crucial 2.5"HDD Docking Enclosure (sata internal/USB external)
• Graphics Card MSI 4670 1GB
• Card Reader with eSata port
• PSU Antec EA 750 watt
• Case Antec P180
• OS 64 bit Windows 7 Ultimate
• Mouse Logitech Optical Trackman (Tracking Ball)
• Keyboard Basic
• 2 LED 120 fans
• Samsung DVD-RW Lightscrib

If it helps you at all ... You pay for the parts...
I usually charge $75 to assemble a system,
$150 to assemble and install an OS...

In that I include 30 days of free labour on service.
For an extra $150 I will provide 1 year of free labour on service.

Outside of that I charge $40.00 per hour for general service calls.

 

[whs]

This is a very nice system which you could not buy off the shelf. And if you had a system builder build it, my guess would be that he'll charge you US$1300 to $1500. As a used system it should fetch US$ 800 to $900. But you still have to find a buyer.
I would OC the I7 to e.g. 3.5GHz. That always sounds good as a sales argument.

 

[BruhthaKuga]

I have been dreaming about upgrading the CPU Cooling, the GPU but for sure not until the effects the firmi will have on the GPU market have been manifested, and a better SSD but again, not until the technology has matured, there are some promising developments looming ahead for SSDs, and a sound card, all of which are totally not needed but as a card carrying Hardware Junkie we don't see reason in these maters.