# What's the Best Way to Sell My PC?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-sell-my-pc/118445
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [July 11, 2002, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-sell-my-pc/118445 "2002-07-11T17:04:38Z")
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### Author:  [@Vorae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vorae)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2002, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-sell-my-pc/118445/1 "2002-07-11T17:04:38Z")
So far, I’ve placed an ad on the bulletin board at the student union, which a lot of people pass by and take a gander at from time to time.
I’m planning on taking out an ad in the student newspaper. Beyond that, maybe an eBay auction (though it would have to be a local one - even the thought of shipping a desktop PC and flat-screen monitor exhausts me)?
I’m hoping everyone’s experiences will be able to shed some light on this. What’s worked for Dopers trying to unload their machine?
Side question: Here are the specs for my PC; you all can let me know if my asking price ($1000, give or take) is reasonable:
AMD 1.4GHz Athlon
512MB PC2100 DDR RAM
Maxtor 80GB 7200RPM HD
Leadtek NVIDIA GeForce3 64MB DDR
Pioneer 16X DVD-ROM (40X CD-ROM)
Plextor PlexWriter 24/10/40X CD-RW
Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Platinum w/Remote Control
Iomega 250MB Zip
56K Modem
10/100 LAN
Much thanks in advance for any advice you all can offer.
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### Author:  [@LordVor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordVor)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2002, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-sell-my-pc/118445/2 "2002-07-11T20:18:40Z")
Piece by piece, price of buying new (from [pricewatch.com](http://pricewatch.com)), not including tax and shipping:
AMD 1.4GHz Athlon
$75
512MB PC2100 DDR RAM
$92
Maxtor 80GB 7200RPM HD
$91
Leadtek NVIDIA GeForce3 64MB DDR
$150
Pioneer 16X DVD-ROM (40X CD-ROM)
$40
Plextor PlexWriter 24/10/40X CD-RW
$90
Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Platinum w/Remote Control
$110
Iomega 250MB Zip
$60
56K Modem
10/100 LAN
$30 for the pair if generic
That’s $730, for new and by piece. Major components not included in total are case, motherboard, and moniter, minor components are keyboard, mouse and heat sink. Depending on state of everything, if a decent moniter’s included $1000 is probably close to right for a fully assembled used system that’s working well, although you’ll get better results if you post it as $975.
-lv