I bought a brand-new, still-sealed iBUYPOWER prebuilt for $1,000 through Facebook Marketplace. It has a white case, a Zotac Gaming RTX 5070 with 12GB of VRAM, a Ryzen 7 7800X3D, a 1TB NVMe SSD, a 750W Gold-rated power supply, 16GB of DDR5-5600 memory, and an iBUYPOWER liquid cooler. Everything was present, the system booted normally, and the protective peel tabs were still on the components. It runs great so far.
My previous PC had an RTX 3060, 24GB of DDR4 memory, and a Ryzen 5 5600GT. I sold that system to a friend for $700, so the upgrade effectively cost me only $300. How good was this deal, and was selling my old PC for $700 reasonable?
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The new PC was priced very aggressively, and you definitely came out ahead overall. The only questionable part is the $700 sale on the old computer, since that may be a little generous for a used 3060-based system. Still, selling it to a friend can justify charging a fair, convenient price, and the financial result worked out extremely well for you.
Assuming the parts are genuine and the power supply and cooler are functioning properly, this is a fantastic purchase. Run a few CPU and GPU stress tests, check the SSD health, and confirm the warranty information if possible. Those checks matter more than the original listing at this point.
You got an excellent deal. A new system with a 7800X3D and RTX 5070 would normally cost substantially more than $1,000, especially with the rest of the parts included. Getting that level of performance for a $300 net upgrade is a major win.
That was my impression too. I knew the old system might have been worth a bit less, but selling it to a friend made the transaction easy, and the upgrade still only cost me $300.