How much could I sell this PC for?

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Craig747

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I bought myself a desktop PC in May 2013. Bought it mainly for gaming. I grew up with console and PC games, and gaming used to be my life. For a few months though, I've lost interest in playing games and would like to purchase a standard laptop for photography purposes. I paid around R15k for the PC. Not sure how much I would get for it.
Here are the specs:

i7 3.5GHZ 8MB
MSI z77A-G43 1155 Motherboard
Kingston 8GB DDR3 1333MHZ Mem
Seagate 1TB SATA 7200 RPM
Antec GX700 Gaming Chassis
Thermaltake 550W Litepower PSU
Gainward GTX660GS 2GB 192-bit
LG 24x sata DVD-RW
23" LG LED IPS monitor
Genius keyboard and mouse
Windows 7 premium 64-bit
 
Craig747 said:
Ja that's the price of the laptop I would like to get. So, R8k it is.
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Not interested in saving for a Mac? Photographer's best friend...

If you split up your PC, you could probably get R10,000 for everything.

That's around the mark for a second hand Retina MacBook Pro.
 
Yeah I've heard that MacBooks are very popular in the Photography community, not that I've ever worked on one, but from what I've heard, you have more freedom on a Windows laptop, hehe. But a Retina MacBook Pro does sound enticing.
 
Craig747 said:
Yeah I've heard that MacBooks are very popular in the Photography community, not that I've ever worked on one, but from what I've heard, you have more freedom on a Windows laptop, hehe. But a Retina MacBook Pro does sound enticing.
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I've never had an issue with freedom. The only thing that comes to mind is not being able to natively write to NTFS drives.

Swore by Windows for 95% of my life...

Anyway, if you're serious about photography, and are interested in quality, go Mac.

For example, you're giving up your LG IPS LCD screen, for a poor quality TN LCD in a cheap and nasty plastic Windows laptop. Poor image/colour quality, and lower resolution.
 
PostmanPot said:
For example, you're giving up your LG IPS LCD screen, for a poor quality TN LCD in a cheap and nasty plastic Windows laptop. Poor image/colour quality, and lower resolution.
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That would depend, if he's buying a windows laptop at the same pricing as a new MAC, you can get good, and in most cases better quality than the MAC. If you go cheaper then yea.. k@k koop is k@k koop
 
Zenthrax said:
That would depend, if he's buying a windows laptop at the same pricing as a new MAC, you can get good, and in most cases better quality than the MAC. If you go cheaper then yea.. k@k koop is k@k koop
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Higher spec sure, but not better quality.
 
Please shut it about Apple vs PC, this is not the place...

I WANT THE i7!!!!!! ;)

OP I strongly recommend breaking the PC into components....
 
PostmanPot said:
For example, you're giving up your LG IPS LCD screen, for a poor quality TN LCD in a cheap and nasty plastic Windows laptop. Poor image/colour quality, and lower resolution.
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I fully agree with you.I just shifted over to IPS and what a difference it makes to photographs.

I bought the Asus Zenbook when they were released.Few months later they released the IPS Panel version.Wanted to kick myself.

For me personally when I replace my Zenbook,it will be a Mac.

You can anyway install Windows on your Mac if you want to.
 
Johnatan56 said:
Opinionated fact. It all depends on the devices compared.
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An R8,000 Windows laptop will never compare. And to my knowledge, there is not one brand/model Windows laptop that matches the build quality of MacBook Airs and Pros, etc. That includes Dell XPS, etc. Or am I wrong?
 
absynth said:
I fully agree with you.I just shifted over to IPS and what a difference it makes to photographs.

I bought the Asus Zenbook when they were released.Few months later they released the IPS Panel version.Wanted to kick myself.

For me personally when I replace my Zenbook,it will be a Mac.

You can anyway install Windows on your Mac if you want to.
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Exactly. Can't promise 10 hour battery life though, using Windows.

They're rated the best Windows/laptops for a reason.
 
PostmanPot said:
An R8,000 Windows laptop will never compare. And to my knowledge, there is not one brand/model Windows laptop that matches the build quality of MacBook Airs and Pros, etc. That includes Dell XPS, etc. Or am I wrong?
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But, a MacBook Pro with Retina that is brand new won't cost R8000 (No one wants older tech). The entry level MacBook Pro costs R15 799 according to the iStore website. At that price, you can get one of these: http://www.wootware.co.za/gigabyte-...-1-64bit-17-3-full-hd-1920x1080-notebook.html

Yes, it doesn't have an SSD, but what will stop you from putting your own SSD in there, alongside your Mechanical HDD? Oh, sorry, can't do that on a MacBook. You can upgrade the ram on this laptop, another thing you can't do on a MacBook. Oh, did I mention the 2 Year Warranty?
 
])ragon_\/oid;15606002 said:
But, a MacBook Pro with Retina that is brand new won't cost R8000 (No one wants older tech). The entry level MacBook Pro costs R15 799 according to the iStore website. At that price, you can get one of these: http://www.wootware.co.za/gigabyte-...-1-64bit-17-3-full-hd-1920x1080-notebook.html

Yes, it doesn't have an SSD, but what will stop you from putting your own SSD in there, alongside your Mechanical HDD? Oh, sorry, can't do that on a MacBook. You can upgrade the ram on this laptop, another thing you can't do on a MacBook. Oh, did I mention the 2 Year Warranty?
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Which is why I said second hand Retina. A 2012 Retina goes for ±R10 - 12k second hand (can you believe the epic Apple resale value?). Ivybridge, 8GB and its SSD are not "old tech."

That was my first rMBP. :love:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro#Technical_specifications_3
 
Your best outcome would be to sell each part separately. you will get better more cash out of the deal.
 
A good way to go about it is to offer entire PC with a set price for a week or two, and see if someone in your area is willing to go pick it up.

But still offer the monitor and case as separate.

After that period is over and no one bites, sell off the PC part by part. Although effort and time needs to be taken into consideration.
 
I'll take it off your hands for a coke and a packet of chips.
 
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