New Computer
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- Octavious
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New Computer
My computer needs to be taken out back and shot. I have zero inkling to build one myself right now so I'm buy something off the shelf. What I have linked below looks perfect as I'm not trying to set the world on fire, but I have a silly question. With how the video cards are going nuts in price right now, is there any reason I couldn't rip that out and sell it for 500-600 bucks? I have a decent card already that I can toss in and I can't imagine prices will stay like this forever.
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-omen-by ... Id=5759917
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-omen-by ... Id=5759917
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- Carpet_pissr
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Re: New Computer
Better measure your card and the available space in that box. HP and "computer company" cases can be notoriously small (good and bad thing depending on your needs obviously).
I received an Asus desktop to review and was going to replace the crappy vidgie card that came with it, with my old school ish GTX 760 (monster), but it would not fit. The case on my Asus is quite different looking than the one you linked to, though, but the one you linked to is relatively small (smaller than ATX sized).
I received an Asus desktop to review and was going to replace the crappy vidgie card that came with it, with my old school ish GTX 760 (monster), but it would not fit. The case on my Asus is quite different looking than the one you linked to, though, but the one you linked to is relatively small (smaller than ATX sized).
- Octavious
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Re: New Computer
Well the card I have is smashed into an even smaller Dell so I *should* be fine. I'm going to jump all over this if I can legit sell the card for 500 or so bucks. That makes the computer super cheap. I just feel like it's too easy and I'm missing something.
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- Carpet_pissr
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Re: New Computer
Well, since I just went through this (upgrading the guts of my desktop), I can break it down for you.Octavious wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2018 5:56 pm Well the card I have is smashed into an even smaller Dell so I *should* be fine. I'm going to jump all over this if I can legit sell the card for 500 or so bucks. That makes the computer super cheap. I just feel like it's too easy and I'm missing something.
You could absolutely sell that card, and very quickly too, I might add. Let's say $575
That leaves you with $574 for a desktop with mediocre, generic parts (may be ok, but personally I like to pay a little more for trusted, quiet and efficient brand components, ymmv). That Intel CPU sells for under $300, leaving $274 for the non SSD 1TB drive ($40 to $50), a cheap motherboard (probably $40), and 16GB of RAM ($150 to $160). Note also that this is an older motherboard with DDR4, not DDR5.
So IMO, not a great opportunity if you are just interested in selling the video card for profit. The parts minus the video card are not that great of a value.
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Re: New Computer
Wasn't looking to make money. Just gey a decent upgrade for dirt cheap. They had a better ibuypower one in the store with a nice case and has a ssd. So I grabbed that. We'll see if I end up selling the card.
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Re: New Computer
Best Buy sells ibuypower PC’s? Interesting.
- Octavious
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Re: New Computer
yup and interest free for 12 months
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Re: New Computer
Got this...
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/ibuypower- ... Id=5727100
Other had a better video card but I'm going to sell this and keep my current card so whatever. Case is future proof if not a bit gigantic. And it has a ssd.
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/ibuypower- ... Id=5727100
Other had a better video card but I'm going to sell this and keep my current card so whatever. Case is future proof if not a bit gigantic. And it has a ssd.
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Re: New Computer
that mouse regularly goes on sale for $4, heehee
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Re: New Computer
Mouse and Keyboard will be tossed in the river as soon as I know the computer is fine. I'm trying to figure out how the hell you add another HD. The case is confusing and there's no documentation. So I have that going for me.
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