But I neverreallytalkabouttheprocessofsellingthemsomethingthat I alsodoquite a lotoff, becauseafter I'vetestedthesemachines, they'veobviouslygottogototheirnewhome.
I wish I hadtheroomtokeepeverything I build, butunfortunately, thatisnotthereality.
Now, sometimes I'llsellthesepiecesonas a wholecomputeror I'llbreakthemdown.
Andsoeachcomponentindividuallyand I wantedtotalkaboutthattoday.
Thisis a systemthat I recentlypurchasedofftheFacebookmarketplacefor £60.
Insidethisthing, wehadanFX 4300 eightGigsofRam, a 128 gigabyteSSTaswellwas 500 gigsofstorage.
Butitdidcomewith a G forceto 10 graphicscard.
Now, anyonewho's hadexperiencewiththe G forceto 10 willknowthatit's a prettyshockingpieceofkitandwillstruggletorunmoderngamesnotonlybecauseofhowweakisbutbecauseitsuffersfrom a direct X 10 limitationaswellondheaswemoveforward, MostgamesnowuseeitherDX 11 or D X 12 Now.
ThisPCwasin a differentcasewhen I purchasedit, anditwasadvertisedas a gamingPC.
I wasn't 100% sureonthespecs.
I knewthatprocessthatintheRAMamount, butthegraphicscardwasjustdescribedas a onegiginvideocard.
So I tooktheplunge, purchasedthePC.
I think £60 was a fairprice, consideringwedidn't getthatAMGethicsprocesseronDDEdecentenoughmemory.
Inallhonesty, thegamedoesn't lookmuchworseonlowcomparedtohigh, soyou'renotreallymissingmuchgraphicswise, and I thinkin a firstpersonshooterlikethis, it's justimportanttogetasmanyframesaspossible, especiallyifyou'replayingonline, wherefastreactionsare a necessity.
Nextup, I triedfallout.
NewVegasProbablymyfavoritefalloutgameintheseries.
It's eitherthatwallfalloutthreeonDhe.
Let's justsaytheingamelauncherwasbeing a littleoptimisticwhenitfirstrecognizedmygraphicscard.
I don't thinkmediumsettingsarereallygoingtogowellherenow.
What I didn't realizeisthat I stillhadan E N B graphicsmodeinstalled, sothegameendeduplookinglikethisnonetheless, asyoucanseebytheperformancemetrics, itstillranquitewell.
But I thought I'd keepthisresultinherejusttoshowyouthat.
Yes, Fallout.
NewVegaswillrunon a G forceto 10 inordertohit 30 framespersecondinGrandTheftAutofour.
I hadtoturntheresolutiondownto 800 by 600 lowerthegamesettingsalltheway.
Asyoucanseeherenow, thisisversiononepointno 1.0.4 pointOh, I downgradeditfromthelatestversion, whichis 1.8, I believe, simplybecause I madethatgraphicsmodevideotheotherdayandallofmymodsworkbestonthisversionofthegame.
Andit's alsothebestlookingversionofthegame, accordingto a fewarticles, too.
Finally, it's faultNightagainstillrunson D X 10.1 graphicscards.
Eventhough I didhavetoturnthingsallthewaydownherenow, thegamewasactuallyrunningat 10 80 p, with a 25% resolutionscaleoneverythingsettoolowjusttoensurewegotthemostoutofthisone.
Asyoucansee, itwasn't exactly a fantasticexperience, butthegamedidtouch 30 f psinsomeinstances, namelywhenwewentindoors, justlikecallofduty.
Thisisanidealbecausethisis a fastplacedonlineshooter, andthelastthingyouwantiscontinuousdroppedframes.
Youmightactuallybebetterusingrivertunatocapthegameat 30 f.
P.
S whenusing a cardlikethistoavoidsomeoftheStatathatmightoccurshouldthegameshootaboveandbelow 30 onsomeoccasions.
Lastofall, I gavesinnerbenchar 15 a quicktestjusttocheckoutthemulticoursescore.
Andasyoucansee, itcameinjustbelow 1/4 Court X 96 50 whichisprettyancient.
TheFX 4300 herewasneverreallypraisedalongwithmostoftheaimtheFXchips, buttheystillcoulddoanOKjobtoday, especiallytheFX 8000 Siri's, which I testedinthesystemnotlongago.
Sonowthatyou'veseenitperformed, I wanttotalkaboutmyexperiencesellingthismachinenow.
I wantedtotryandkeepallofthecomponentsasoriginalaspossible.
I don't wanttospendanymoremoneyonthis.
I justwantedtoseeifwecouldsellitandmake a profitasitis.
I did, however, moveeverythinginto a newcasebecausetheoldonewasfallingapart, and I don't thinkitwouldhavearrivedatitsnewhomeinonepiece.
Hadn't I haveswappedthecaseover?
Plus, I think a goodlookingcaseisoneofthemainthingsthathelpssellPCsatthispricepoint.
Forexample, ifyoulookatsomeofthoseultrafastgamingonesoneBay, theoneswiththecourt G 47 tens, you'llseethattheyoftenhavedecentlookingcases.
And I thinkthepeoplewhobuythosearen't reallygamers.
Theyjustcheatpecesthatpeoplebuybecausethey'rehalfthepricethattheyfind 14 in a store.
Itseemstobethatifyou'vegot a goodlookingcase, decentstoragecapacityoranSSDonyourPCincludeswindows, thenyou'reguaranteedtosellit, providingit's pricedwellenough.
Andsothat's themarket I trytotargethere.
I boughtitas a gamingPC, but I didn't sellitasonecolors.
I'm making a videolikethisisbecause I dogetquite a fewquestionsregardingsettingPixies, peopleaskme, isit a goodideatoestartdoingthisas a hobbyfor a bitofcashontheside, orevenwiththehopeofturninginto a fulltimebusiness.
And I thinkthebestwaytodoitistargettheeverydaybasicuserswithcheaperPCsthatprofitsaresmaller, butyou'llprobablyseeah, highersalesvolume.
Intheend, wehave a PCthatlooksgoodontheoutside, has a lotofstorageandcomeswithWindows 10 plusGooglecrimeandOpenOfficepreinstalled.
I thinkthepromiseofsomeextrabundledsoftwarealsoenticespeoplein, eventhoughthisisfreesoftwareaccessibletoanyone.
Sothequestionis, didthisPCcell?
Andi.
I'm happytorevealthatyes, itdid.
I putthisongallantry, eBayandshockandeventuallyendedupsellingtosomeonelocalonGumTreefor £140 I haditoutfor 1 50 Theyhandledmedown a littlebit, and I wasmorethanhappytoaccepttheoffer, consideringitcostmearound £95 intotalafter I swappeditinto a newcase.
Sowe'vemade a littlebitof a prophetair £45 onDhe.
OurPChasgoneto a newhomewhere I'm sureitwillbeveryhappywithallthatsaid, Thankyouverymuchforwatching.
Thishasbeen a bitdifferent.
I wantedtolookatthingsfromthesellingperspectiveasopposedtothebuyingperspective.
I hopeyouguyshaveenjoyedthisvideo.
Letmeknowifyoubuyandsell p season, howwellyoudo, whetheritisyourfulltimeoccupationorwhetheryoudoitfor a littlebitofsidecashlevalikeonthisvideo.