Need advice about selling computer...

[SiobhanClancy]

I Have to sell computer,and have no idea what to charge for it(I mean,I am CLUELESS).I thought I'd put it on Craigslist,because I've had good results using that before. Maybe somebody could help me out with an estimate as to what is reasonable. I'm not a bit greedy,and it needs to be within a couple of weeks.
Here's some info:
Dell Dimension 4550,2.0 GHz,256 MB RAM,15(I think..duh) inch flat panel monitor,bought Oct 2002,Windows Xp etc...I don't even know what information to include,that's how hopeless I am. No printer/scanner.

More details:
Operating System System Model
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 1 (build 2600) Dell Computer Corporation Dimension 4550
System Service Tag: D1N8021 (support for this PC)
Chassis Serial Number: D1N8021
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
2.00 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Dell Computer Corp.
Bus Clock: 400 megahertz
BIOS: Dell Computer Corporation A01 09/17/2002
Drives Memory Modules c,d
59.96 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
52.64 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

HL-DT-ST CD-ROM GCR-8481B
HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8400B
3.5" format removeable media

WDC WD600BB-75CAA0 (60.00 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WMA8F1748405, rev 16.06V16, SMART Status: Healthy 256 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM_A' has 256 MB
Slot 'DIMM_B' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes

c: (on drive 0) 59.96 GB 52.64 GB free

Network Drives


Users Printers
local user accounts last logon
Barbara 3/21/2004 6:56:12 PM (admin)
Jill 3/21/2004 12:46:21 PM (admin)
local system accounts
Administrator 2/25/2003 5:20:16 PM (admin)
Guest never
HelpAssistant never
SUPPORT_388945a0 never
SUPPORT_3f151ab9 never


Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account None detected
Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Intel(R) 82801DB Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 24CB
Primary IDE Channel
Secondary IDE Channel 32MB ATI Rage 128 Ultra
Dell E151FPp (14.9"vis, s/n 6R64427HC1U2, July 2002)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
Intel PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller
Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C2
Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C4
Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C7 Creative SB Live! Series (WDM)
Game Port for SB Live! Series
Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device

Communications Other Devices
BCM V.92 56K Voicemodem
Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection
WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Network Card MAC Address: 00:07:E9:AC:A5:16 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
PS/2 Compatible Mouse
USB 2.0 Root Hub
USB Root Hub
USB Root Hub
USB Root Hub

[NJCher]

1. go run your specs on the Belarc advisor

It's at the crucial memory site. Just run it in Google and you'll find it. It's free and will run an entire scan on your system and tell you everything about it.


Cher

[SiobhanClancy]

4. Thanks!

I did that,and now I have TOO much information..lol. I'll have to pick out the relevant stuff that people would need to know. I appreciate it very much,thanks again:)

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. Siobhan?

Are you talking about selling the computer you normally use?

[SiobhanClancy]

3. Yes...

I'm going to be traveling for a while and need to sell it.

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. I'll miss you.

No idea what to charge for it. Where are you going? Ireland?

[SiobhanClancy]

6. I'm not sure yet...

My unemployment has run out and I can't find a job here,so I'll have to go somewhere else where maybe there's a chance. It's just the way things go in Bush's America:)

[sabbat hunter]

7. computers

ok being in the computer business you should list the following

the maker of your computer and model in this case a Dell Dimension 4550.

list the hard drive size, the operating system , amount of RAM installed, pentium version and speed. Front side bus speed if known (considering what was listed on the initial post it probably is a 533Mhz). also list the video card and sound card (if known and not onboard, ie a creative sound card, Nvidia video card)

also i would highly recommend you clean the hard drive up of anything you installed or put on (documents, programs etc) . the best bet would be to reformat the hard drive. i believe dell gives you disks to reinstall the O/S and related drivers. might take a bit of work, but would insure that nothing you put on remained.

as far as the monitor goes. take a ruler and measure from corner to corner to get the size (for a flat panel measure just the screen, for a CRT measure about an inch out side the screen)

you can actually probably sell the items seperately, as most people that are buying a computer, probably already have a monitor. make more money by selling it seperately to someone looking to upgrade theirs.

most of the other information you listed is not really needed to sell the computer.


hope this helps.

peace
david
:hippie:

[scottcsmith]

8. Nice system!

Just to give you some idea, your system is selling for about $700 on Ebay.

http://tinyurl.com/yvdrm

[SiobhanClancy]

9. Thanks!!

That helps a lot:)