Flipping Computers For Cash [Month 1]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ต.ค. 2019
- I spent a month buying and selling used computer hardware in an attempt to make some cash. Here's the advice I can give you if you'd like to start doing the same.
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Good job, bro. I flipped three gaming pcs with leftover parts and computers that I had laying around. Made a nice little bit while upgrading my main rig. It’s a fun side hustle.
I bought a full built with 600w, amd quad core, 500gb HD , with a side glass panel for 120, poped a gtx 950 that i got for 40$ and sold it for 300 making 140$ profit =D
Hell yeah man, that's all you need to do.
where did you sell it
Ram....?
@@westonwright2670 you see if u transfwer 200 watts from 600 u can get 20 gb of ram using the psu. I flip pc all the time, im very good and make alot of money
@@fiftyYTOfficial this is a joke right?
You should have kept those rx570's because they are worth a lot more now lol.
Facts like 100 now
Thanks scalpers
I bought mine for $80....and it's doubled in price....
@@HeroOfTime303 lol i feel that i bought 3 GTX 960 4GB models for 80 bucks a pop before the shortage and sold them all for 180 each
then used that to get a GTX 1080 and more RAM. Still got 4 other GPU's too but they're 1060s (all 6GB models) going into some builds.
I just started flipping pc, I love ur energy new sub good luck in ur endeavors
How has it been going?
Ginstr_ I put a pause on it due to covid....parts have been hard to find and when I do they been to high to make a profit..hoping the market changes in a few months as it get back to normal
Expired Yogurt break the components down see what eBay is selling the used parts for see if it a good deal or not.. my price point I like to stay close to is around 500 to 800... I generally know the parts I need in the machine to make a good deal on the computer... if u can make money piecing it out u can generally make a little profit flipping it
It looks and sounds like flipping computers can be a great thing to do if one is studying for the A+ certification.
I’m going to start now since I don’t have a job because of a bat so this seems like a good form of passive income I also subbed this is a really underrated Channel for such great advice even if it’s one month in
Update: to any future flippers pay close attention to socket types and such I just wasted $20 on a cpu cause I thought it said lga 1150 but in reality it said lga 1155 make sure you’re dealing with sellers that know what they are doing and will accept returns if things like this happens do your research properly and you’ll succeed
Update 2: I’ve done it again but 3rd times a charm and now my account is sitting at below what it had started when I opened it
Update 3: both CPU's got refunded
Update 4: parts are coming in
Update 5: seller labeled CPU wrong and I'm returning it and buying a new one this time I have resources to help me see everything from compatibility to performance.
Update 6: got scammed on eBay for ram but it got settled
Update 7:still waiting for a buyer
Yeah we're all feeling those bat problems, glad you're getting into it my man. Good luck!
It's all a learning experience. You may have faced setbacks and failures, but you're not quitting. That says a lot about you.
Through the setbacks, you're also gaining knowledge which will be advantageous in the future and arm you with the ability to turn your setbacks around.
Knowledge and efficiency go hand in hand. Attitude propels or buries, depending on the type of attitude you use.
For example: a fruit farmer experienced a drought that withered his entire crop one summer. Rather than seeing defeat, he focused on finding a solution. He came up with an idea, packaged the withered fruit and labeled it a "Peruvian Delicacy" . . . and the California Rasin company was born.
Attitude is the backbone of both defeat and success. Not quitting shows you're already on the right track.
Stay strong.
I’m thinking about building a $767 pc and sell it for a higher price and rinse and repeat until I can get a good pc or use the money for something else
@@walterwhite7793 Personally, I would keep only some money for yourself, and continue the pc building. Say u make $300, keep $150 of it and keep going. That way, you can do amazing in tour business and it teaches you good bussiness discipline
This was a roller coaster ride
i’d love to a video of you getting your deals, putting it together, then selling it! that would be kool af. new sub !!
It's not super in depth, but it's mostly what you're asking about. th-cam.com/video/LM2peqmWAak/w-d-xo.html
Am i the only one who doesn't have a friendly neighborhood ex-miner giving graphic cards for 30$ which they could have sold for double the amount with no extra effort?
for real theres one dude in my town that sells pc and he is the digest sketch ball. kinda like interacting with any kind of pawn shop kind of person lol i offered to sell my 2700x he wanted it for 40 bucks haha. i said dam dude hook me up with you source that sells 2700x for 40 bucks lol cause he said that was price he gets em for lol
I have been doing this for over 10 years and I can tell you right now you're pursuing it correctly. Don't think small as in flipping a GPU build a system and sell the system higher profit margin. And yes whenever you can by parts that are selling for cheap using the money you make in profit. None of it is coming out of your pocket I look at as free money.
imagine saying "$70 for an rx 570 is reasonable"
theyre like 250+ now
Ah the good old days
Hey man, stumbled upon your video and this is exactly what I needed to hear and know. Thanks for the great content.
Anytime
i love this video, im glad you did a video after just starting a month ago, rather than someone who’s reflecting from 10 yrs back lol, i just started thinking about doing pretty much what you’re doing to start making more money, and i’m not a nerd at all, im an artificial blonde who’s never really got there hands dirty on this type of stuff. hopefully i’ll get somewhere with this
watching this again 1 1/2 years later that 3 RX570s would make now like 200 - 250 each ;D crazy when i think about it how broken that is. love you man u made me go more into my hobby
Great vid! Keep it up! Thanks for the tips!
Living in the UK and currently an RX 570 goes for 120-190 GBP (165 - 260 USD) used. I want to cry
@@FullAuto737 2 months ago :/
lol i bought an rx 570 for 90 last year and I just sold it for 325
@@johnmcnar8773 you should start a business
This is really intriguing to me because this would give lots of practice building pcs.
I'm just starting my research to try and break in and this video was super helpful. Tha k you!
Glad it is still helpful after 2 years, might be time to give the video an update.
Noice video it doesn't try to dilute reality for views you gave the cold hard facts and I appreciate that :)
Well done video, thanks!
You got yourself a new subscriber. Very interesting video, perhaps you could make something like a video of you actually putting all the parts together than selling the PC?
Not a bad idea man, glad you liked the video!
Hey man, great video. You have a new sub in me.
I like and perform much of your ideals.
Keep up the good work.
whoah... I love your shirt! :)
You have to consider the time it takes to do all the other deals to build the rest of the pc. So yes you make $420 if you get the exact same deals and sales price each time. But in the mean time you could have flipped for a neat $120 profit and had $210 cash in hand to invest in your next deal. Say you keep doubling your money 3 times just like building 3 computers. You would make $800 in the same amount of time you project to make $420. Have to consider the velocity of your deals/sales volume in dollars vs quantity.
But if you find joy in the build process then thats a winning formula being able to do what you love. Just trying to help other flippers grow. Also you can leverage yourself with credit and it really isn’t too risky as you know most things you buy are worst case breakevens.
Awesome video, you are a cool guy👍
this is actually soo helpful. thanks!!
Hi! Great video! Ive dipped my toes into flipping and your advice has helped me cut some costs and get rolling. Where do you get your windows keys cheaply? Thanks!
Answered here at 11 min. mark.
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How is it going? Thinking about doing this
personally, I feel like quickly flipping is a bit more efficient than building a whole system. when building a whole system, you need the cash for it and spend the time buidling it etc. just buying cheap parts and flipping erases the time needed to build the PC and source out the parts and you can spend that time looking for more parts to flip. however, I do want to eventually get into selling PCs as a whole but due to my situation, its not viable to try and build pcs. not yet atleast. goodluck to yall
You should do a video on how you benchmark your PC's
$30 for a 570? Now it's $300!
100$ now
I like the honesty shown here. Like how you said you were not somebody with years of experience. I am thinking if I did not want to work in a shop to get experience upgrading and repairing PCs. This appears to be a good way to go for building up experience in upgrading and repairing PCs.
Yeah, I"d say I went into this little venture with a "ok" amount of computer knowledge, but the amount of things I've picked up here and there over the past 6 months is honestly pretty surprising.
Two Wheels Used Tech , I was thinking of not only to increase my knowledge and skills in computer maintenance and optimization. I was also thinking of doing this to better shop for computer stuff in general. Like saving on computers and laptops.
@@pjayshah Yeah certainly also a benefit, I got some good deals for personal stuff since I was scanning used sites constantly.
Some great tips
Labor, equipment, materials plus overhead. Profit? How do you value your time input? Minimum wage? I had numerous small businesses in my 20s thought i was making money. Not so much. Add it up and charge what your worth for your time. Your talent is worth a grand a week easy. Or twice that. Good luck, be smart. Have a plan and an escape hatch.
u should start recording ur deals, say u are buying or selling a graphics card u should record the process, also sense u are a small youtuber you should make budget build vids u will grow fast trust
Good stuff! 😁😁😁😁
just found this video and it was amazing! and i want to get into this but i want to know if i should start out with just flipping parts and not full builds? mainly because i’m on the younger side. thanks!
Flipping singular parts is always a good way to get into it. I've bought and sold a few singular GPU's for a fair bit of profit.
How much would you pay for a used but in very good shape + an added cm RGB fan and RGB strip Cooler Master H500P Mesh in the gunmetal color?
Awesome!
Im in the process of building my first system that i intend to sell and one thing that I've found challenging is trying to figure out which intel processors are actually good deals and which are just trash cpus. Definitely need to increase my knowledge of the low priced intel processors out there
An easy guideline that I follow is (if I'm building a budget system), is to grab an i7 2000 series intel cpu, or an i5/i7 3000 series intel. As long as it doesn't bottleneck the gpu you have it paired with. Also, you want at least four cores at this point at a minimum.
Wait so the low priced i7 2000 CPUs are a good thing to look for when building a budget gaming PC to flip? If so that's great!
Just started flipping too honestly you make the most money off low to mid range builds!
Edit: It's 100% possible to average $220+ profit in the northeast if you buy "right". My rule of thumb is if you have RGB, INTEL, SSD, NVIDIA, Windows and Wifi your build will sell like hotcakes.Yeah GPU prices are up right now but a lot of people need cash now. Go out there and make some deals!
Yeah, less investment, quicker sales, there are a lot of benefits to cheaper builds.
Is it true, that AMD systems will sell slower? They are way better for low end cpus and gpus so it would be a shame.
I might start flipping computers as fast as my first build for me is done
Why not flip some computers and make an awesome build with the money you got?
@@Mike09017 thats what im trying to do
great video man well explained
Appreciate it!
So I was thinking about flipping.... Should I start with a Dell optiflex (cause I heard quite a few people start with that) then should I upgrade it and sell it for a little more on a local selling place?? Is the CPUs in the old prebuild PC's like the optiplex any good? If so then I might have an easier time. Also I think starting with something prebuilt is good because you just have to put in a bit of money.
This is a rather long and deep topic to get into, but I'd say just start flipping with what you can afford and know. My first flip was an optiplex, I wouldn't do that again with what I know now. But starting is more important than how you start.
How do you find the average fps for the games you are benchmarking?
man, I gotta step up my deal hunting game! I've just started but 50% profit seems insane to me.
In my local market it's a stretch to just get $100 profit for the build let alone 50%.
But, that only means one thing. I'm simply paying too much for my parts.
Hey man, thank you for the video, where do you usually find these items?
Local deals on places such as criagslist and Facebook marketplace, and then online deals on sites like eBay.
Great vid
you could also use 3d mark to show people how good it is
One month and you're up over 1000 dollars in inventory.thats pretty damn good if you ask me.id be very happy.
Really helpful immediate subscribe:)
So u buy second hand parts. As far as I know , u cannot test all those parts because pc parts dont just "fit" and work in any random pc. Do u buy stuff and resell without testing ?
Do you allow the buyer to preview/test on-site before money changes hands? If so, what location do you meet at? I am looking at selling my old pc but don't want to get stabbed and don't feel comfortable previewing it in my home. Was thinking about doing it at work if I had to...
I usually offer to send a video of the computer on and displaying through a monitor. If they are REALLY sketchy, you can also show them the current time and date. But, that's what I would recommend over having them come into your work.
@@twowheelsusedtech7628 Awesome, that was kind of the direction I was leaning towards.
what should i use if i live in sweden?? i can't find any deals on ebay that is from sweden!!? help xD
i did a ryzen 5 3600 and a 2060 and 256gb ssd and 1tb hardrive and 16gb 3600mzh and i also put in a $79 gaming mouse and a $85 keyboard all for $1400
Can I do something like that in Spain?
It's a tough time to flip parts or systems especially on the gpu side of things also a lot of the time you're dealing with people that are a little less knowledgeable it's annoying to say the least that's my experience in the UK maybe it's easier in the US I don't know but i found it to be a bit of a nightmare honestly
just started
Real quick, what did you invest the 100 dollars in?
When you mentioned that you have received power supplies that arrived dead when did u find out that it was dead. I just wanted to know how to test if it works before building the whole pc and wasting my time.
There is a hanky way of testing it by shorting the ground and green wire in the 24 pin pin. This will show you if the power supply turns on, but you won't know if it's stable under load until you put it all together. Usually it's recommended to out the whole system together outside the case before assembling it all.
I want to start doing this but I live in a smallish town and nearest city is 21/2 hour drive so I dont live in a great area to do this kind of stuff.
I always say you could do all this through online means, such as eBay and the like. It takes a bit more patience and luck, but it could at least allow you to get a taste of it.
Do you install windows and do all the setup within? Or they do it themselves
I aim to have the system "plug and play" ready, so I make sure windows is installed and updated for them.
@@twowheelsusedtech7628 u buy it right. ok thanks
I dont have good wifi so downloading all games and benchmarking them would take a long time for me so what should I do?
Well avoiding having to redownload them for every system would be a big time saver for you. Check out my video on making a bootable benchmark SSD.
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and how does one get an RX 570 for 30 Washingtons ?
Do you have any advice on shipping/ getting it to the customer?
I persoanly don't ship whole computers due to cost and risk, but I do ship singular items like GPU's, Mobo's , etc. Just make sure they are packaged tight, use a anti static bag if you have them and you should be good to go.
There are many dell optiplex did you use? Because the I5 one is like 180, where i live atleast
I ended up using a dell optiplex 3010 I believe (though different generations are all numbered the same, so a 3010 can be a 8 year old machine, or a brand new machine), but mine had a i7 3770 in it.
Me wondering where did you got 3 RX570 for 100$...
Where should I sell PCs I have built or just parts
There is always eBay for online, but there is craigslist and facebook marketplace for local. Each come with their pro's and cons.
What kind of knowledge do you need on computers to flip and is it pretty much plug and play for the items like hardware wise?
Don't really know what your asking? Like can you just plug in a graphics card?
Two Wheels Used Tech yes, kind of like putting a Super Nintendo cartridge into a Super Nintendo.
If i want to sell my current rig but want to keep my files and games so i dont have to re install , can i just remove that drive and put a new drive into that system install windows then done. And as for my new rig, could i just plug in my drive and it should work .? If not what do i do ?
Yeah you have it down exact. Just take the old storage out of your old rig and put it in a new one. Should be good to go.
@@twowheelsusedtech7628 thanks alot hope it works wish me luck
hello i got a full build 970 and a i3 4170 for 150 and case swapped and sold for $300 made $150 profit
So do you have to buy windows 10 licenses for each pc?
Depends on where I get the motherboard from, since that is what the license is attached to. I'd say about 50% of the time I have to buy a key.
hey so Im turning 15 in july and I wanna start earning some cash, is this a good way to make some money as a teen?
edit: I built my own pc so i have some experience
Potentially. You'll run into issues occasionally at your age (especially if you can't drive). Usually what I say is you could earn more working at a fast food joint part time, but if you like computers anyway, it's a fun hobby to make some money off of.
How can i make sure i dont get ripped off by someone selling non working parts?
I was a lot more worried about this before I started flipping. But since I've started I've only encountered on person who tried to pull a fast one on me, but I had a good idea that she was going to. Generally my advice is read the people your buying from, based on their replies, how they talk about the item, etc. You can get a good feel for if they're genuine or not.
check ratings if available,, if they message you saying my friend or some dumb shit like that or they tryna sound all goody goody to you, ignore them. literally if anyone messages me "My friend" i ignore their message.
I wished the market would go back to the state when you could buy a relevant graphics card for a reasonable price, let alone 3 for 100
is ebay the best place to get optiplexes and similar office pcs
Yes and no, with eBay you run into the problem of lots of competition. I usually find them locally fairly often (facebook marketplace and craigslist), from older people selling them off for super cheap.
think I'm going to start with 1 RX 570 just to test it out, I can't really find any good deals though
Well I wouldn't focus on just one item, should just be generally on the lookout for good deals around you. If thats a GPU, CPU, a whole system, etc.
@@twowheelsusedtech7628 yeah will do, I'm not really willing to spend too much money just yet so how much do you think I should pay for a gtx 1050 or something similar to it? same with the ryzen 5
@@Ben-ul7ru Easiest way to find what price to pay, is search what its been selling for on eBay on average and don't pay more than that.
I have a very unbalanced pc i feel like so i'm not sure how much to sell it for?
Ryzen 3 3200g
16gb of 2400mhz ram 4x4
850 platinum rated psu from evga
RX580 8GB MSI
2 500gb hard drives one for windows and one for games
AX370-GAMING K7 AORUS motherboard
NZXT h510 white case
Just needed some advice on what I should do if id like to sell it
I'd say put an SSD in it, most customers don't know what to attribute slow boot times to, so having a fast boot makes sure they don't mistake the computer for a piece of junk.
That 2400mhz ram makes me "eh" a bit, it's probably fine to leave in there, but with Ryzen you do want to aim for that 3000mhz sweet spot.
Overall though, if you clean it up, know how to set it up for another person, it should be a pretty solid system.
@@twowheelsusedtech7628 how much should I sell it for after those particular upgrades?
@@sleek3319 Give my "Fix Your Ad" video a watch. I go over pricing a fair bit in that, and I would just repeat that advice here.
@@twowheelsusedtech7628 oh ok thanks alot your videos explain things better than some big channels I've watched so it helps
Hey thanks for the good video, and is a i5-3470 good for about 40 dollars
What's the most you would spend on a 570?
@@joshhayden6670 You can very easily find i5 3470's on ebay for around 20$, so I wouldn't say its worth 40. Then, for the 570's max 80ish dollars, but closer to 70. (I'm assuming we're talking about RX 570 and not GTX 570's)
@@twowheelsusedtech7628 yeah RX570, thanks for the quick reply, I'm not very sure on old gen cpu prices so thanks
@@twowheelsusedtech7628 Hi can get an optiplex and an rx570 for £180 is that a good price?
That's 230 dollars
What about taxes? Do you collect sales taxes? Do you pay sales tax when you buy goods? And finally, do you pay income tax for each profit?
I didn't earn enough last year to do taxes, since I started in Oct. But this year I imagine I'll have to look into that and figure out exactly what I made, spent, etc.
Question is where to get a cheap PSU from
eBay. Can generally find 500w units from known brands around $30 USD.
Do remember the specs of the first optiplex you sold?
It was an i7-3770 and a RX 570.
@@twowheelsusedtech7628 8 gb ram?
@@anthonyproeger1293 Yeah I believe so.
This seems pretty fun to do and way faster than saving im gonna start from tommorow with 100 dollars i wil try to remember to update you in a month bro
Glad to hear it my man. Be smart, be careful and good luck my man.
update?
How you been doing man? Let us know
@@christhunder7602 lets just say i have not gone at my full potencial bit hace made a profit of around 50 dollars
@@GOATS10M That's a start, don't give up.
Do you think i can flip as a 14 years old boy? And what do you think i could get for a i7 2600
I'd say you certainly can, might run into some issues with having to be 18 to sell in certain places such as eBay. As far as the 2600.... something like 50$ USD?
Maybe my dad could help me
I do not have a PC can I do PC fliping
Build pc for $674 and sold it for $950. Was that a good profit?
Yeah I would definitely be happy with that, that kind of profit is higher than I generally expect.
James what were the specs?
@@ogaluminium1556 i7 3770, gtx 1070,16gbram,ssd,hdd,500psu.
@@3xtasy777 Wow! Well done!
@ToroMc Toro nz
Flash forward and now the individual components are worth more. It’s not worth it to build the pc anymore
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Of this dude bulk bought gfx cards before the shortages, he's probably made 3-4x profits off each gfx card
Did you buy those 3 evga graphics cards in bulk with other components or just the 3 graphics cards?
I bought (if memeory serves me well) 3 GTX 1070s. 2 GTX 1060 6G. And 2 1000w PSUs. For 500
@@twowheelsusedtech7628 thanks
Two Wheels Used Tech where?
@@todayis_joshua picked them up in Winston Salem NC area.
I’m thinking about selling my pc that I game on because I saved up for it and I don’t have job.
i once found a pc on letgo with a intel duo for $400
Canada? Seems like a Canada PC to me, I see garbage like that all the time.
how the hell did you find 3 rx 570s for $100??
A lot of patience and a lot of luck. Honestly just have to be on the look out 24/7
I just got a Asus rog strix rx 480 8gb gaming oc for $80
@@fierce1894 I'm sorry to say, but you were just ripped off
@@Ben-ul7ru if i got ripped of what do you suggest was a good price? I can't find any of them less then $100. It also depends on the area.
So you did not start with 100 you started with 100 plus 3 PCs
How are you so underrated 🙃😎
It's because I'm so short.
@@twowheelsusedtech7628 legend 😎😂
Im gonna try and flip my first pc, already bought a case for 20$ off, not great but it works, only problem is I live in a town with 1800 people and there aint jack shit around so i'll have to get one of my parents (im 15) to drive me somewhere to buy shit lmao
2:40 maybe you should've held out, LOL
How do I start with 0
I mean you can't technically start with nothing, to sell things you have to buy things. But you can always start saving up to get your first purchase
@@twowheelsusedtech7628 k I'm trying to convince my parents for I can have a job for I can save up 600 dollars
howd you get the rx 570s so cheap
Lots of patience, lots of luck
somebody listed a 1080 ti super with 4gb of vram lol
Gotta love it :p
I dont get how you bought 3 rx 580s for 100$
They're RX 570s but even still thats a pretty good deal imo, 33 bucks for even a 4gb rx 570 is pretty good I think
Built a 700$ pc tried to sell for 800$ no one wanted to buy at all☹️
What's the specs?
I'll buy for 100$
This video is encouraging and great, and seems lucrative until you explore all your local marketplaces and no graphics cards (or other hardware for that matter) worth the time of day are selling for anywhere near these prices, everything close to market value used or new...only things I saw even remotely close to these prices were horridly benchmarked cards and parts-only deals. Am I just looking in the wrong places? Am I not being patient enough? I feel like if you have to spend countless hours digging around for that one nugget of value that your time/money ratio doesn't really pan out too well and you'd have been better off working at your local retail joint.
You have to remember he did this video before the Great depression on video cards and PC hardware.