How much would you pay for this...

[Vlade]

I was wondering if you were looking for a CHEAP good PC how much would you pay for this system...

Athlon XP 2400
ECS L7VMM Motherboard (AGP 4X, 2 PCI, 4 USB, ethernet, all the other basic stuff, Onboard video card (geforce 2 quality))
512 Megs of DDR Ram
60 GB hard drive
48X CD Burner
Windows XP
(all the other basic stuff, CPU fan/sink, case fan, 400W power suply, nice case).


The reason I'm asking is that I just built this PC for an EXTREMELY low price with rebates and price-watch, and I am considering making PCs and selling them at school (my prices would be much better than Dell with a better system)

[edesignuk]

Take a look on eBay, I know on the UK site there are loads of people who build PC's like this and sell them through eBay, it'll give you an idea of what you might expect to get for it.

edit: remember, if you do decide to do this, you will be who everyone comes to when things start going wrong, do you really want that?

[Waluigi]

$200

[davebl]

Originally posted by Vlade
I was wondering if you were looking for a CHEAP good PC how much would you pay for this system...

Athlon XP 2400
ECS L7VMM Motherboard (AGP 4X, 2 PCI, 4 USB, ethernet, all the other basic stuff, Onboard video card (geforce 2 quality))
512 Megs of DDR Ram
60 GB hard drive
48X CD Burner
Windows XP
(all the other basic stuff, CPU fan/sink, case fan, 400W power suply, nice case).


The reason I'm asking is that I just built this PC for an EXTREMELY low price with rebates and price-watch, and I am considering making PCs and selling them at school (my prices would be much better than Dell with a better system)

I have been building pc's for years both for pleasure, work, fun and profit. The biggest deal you are going to have is support. People are going to want support, warranties, etc.

Also, a few questionables:
1) those ECS motherboards, I have had lots and lots of troubles. That is something I'd be leary of, as well as it has onboard video. People will buy it seeing the high processor speed and expect it to be a cutting edge gameing box...which its not.

2) Does it has a legal licensed copy of XP or a copy you just installed. Microsoft's tech support guys will pick up on that one quick...

Just some more things to take note of.

I will say that if you enjoy what you are doing, and there is a market for it, and your seeing profits, go for it!

Dave

[zyuzin4]

ooh ECS board is what I'm running right now and I'm not very happy. Although it is an older model, mine all of a sudden can't run my 2400+ at 133. I have to slow it down to 100mhz bus and the system says I have a 1.53ghz XP1800+. Onboard video of Geforce 2 quality pretty much stinks.

That system I would pay around 200-250 for.

60GB isn't much anymore. Dell offers larger capacities yes?

Care to tell how much you paid to build that machine?

[jeremy.king]

Got to add Monitors into the equation at some point too. Cant really build those :)

Hard to compete against a Dell whos practically giving computers away nowadays, and would have much better support (no offense) than one person can offer.

I think this is why you don't see too many new names in the retail channels, theres simply no room for growth in making PCs unless you find an unexplored niche, like alienware has done.

If you can score an account like a school however, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND that you pad the cost to accomodate for support. Having worked for a school district in the past I GAURANTEE they will have problems.

[Vlade]

Ok, looks like selling computer to anyone but my friends and classmates is out of the question, the parts on that computer a few months ago were about 250 dollars I think, and that included lots of rebates that were a pain in the ass (never go to office max... best buy and staples rebates are much easier).

[Vlade]

Originally posted by zyuzin4
ooh ECS board is what I'm running right now and I'm not very happy. Although it is an older model, mine all of a sudden can't run my 2400+ at 133. I have to slow it down to 100mhz bus and the system says I have a 1.53ghz XP1800+.

Yeah, there not the best boards. That sucks you had to revert your system to a athlon 1800 because of the bus error (and thats not an error, your bus speed is proportional to CPU speed, so your REALLY under-clocked)

[aldo]

You might want to change your avatar btw :D.

OEM PC systems are unbelivably cheap now - i thought about doing the same thing (selling them through classifieds and ebay etc) but in the end it's just not worth it - holding stock for more than a few weeks usually means you loose value because the prices loose value so damn much and also support which takes an absolute age.

I would build some machines for family and friends, yes, but not commercially. Too much effort for little reward...

[Rezet]

Originally posted by Vlade
Yeah, there not the best boards. That sucks you had to revert your system to a athlon 1800 because of the bus error (and thats not an error, your bus speed is proportional to CPU speed, so your REALLY under-clocked)

try it man... some may pay about 400-500 if its well made...

[Vlade]

Originally posted by aldo
You might want to change your avatar btw :D.


Hahahaha... :evilsmiley:

[noel4r]

$250 - $300 (max)