I recently found a set of 5 addressable PWM RGB fans + hub on Amazon for $33 USD. I have a new flip I plan on putting together tomorrow that they're going in (Ryzen 3600, GTX 1080). If they're as good as they seem on paper I'll be buying multiple additional sets. I'd say these fans will get me AT LEAST $50 more on the sale price and substantially decrease my sale time. If I can fit RGB into the budget on a flip I always make it happen.
I'd rather get performance over looks cuz I'm a broke boi, I'd rather spend my last 100 bucks getting a new CPU than buying 40 dollars worth of rgb fans
I would recommend a minimum power supply of 750 Watts 80+ Gold for a setup running a 12 core chip and a 2080 Ti, you never want a power supply that will run close to or up to its limit, A 2080 Ti peak : 360W, High End CPU (3900X): 142W , Mech HDD 9W, SSD: 3W, Motherboard 30-80W, RAM: 3W/Per Stick, choosing the highest for motherboard Wattage of 80W comes out to about 600W on the nose. NOTE: these are peak wattage's, not including any over clocking. But I'm pretty sure most of you out here if your planning on building a high end PC your not going to cheap out on the power supply.
I saw that DJI camera on your Korean video and was sold! I like DJI stuff but some of their stuff is kinda gimmicky, so seeing a seasoned youtuber using one convinced me that I need one. I too like to video in places on my trips that aren't normally film friendly so this would work pretty inconspicuously for the job! Keep up the good work Brian!
A tip that I found out, which seems obvious to me now, is if you live in a rural area listening your PC in a nearby city will net you more views than if you were to just use your default location. Seems obvious I know, but it took me a week to find out
I live in Alaska, so its complicated. pirices can be over priced on lower end to mid range pcs. crazy prices to high end pcs, some even think you have to pay for their time. patients on pcs here pay off, they end up lowering their prices in a week of listing. some deals can be made, but reselling is iffy.
I5 4690K PC for 150 euros in Portugal. It had a 980 Ti in it, along with 16 gigs of 2400 MHz Corsair Pro RAM, ASUS z97 PRO Gamer, Hyper 212 cooler and a case with 4 RGB fans and tempered glass sides and front. I'm flipping the case and keeping the rest for myself :D
Here's kind of a big tip when selling in person: meet at a PUBLIC place with PLENTY of people around. Two of my friends got robbed today, had their change stolen, and the PC got launched. Literally. The robbers took the cash and yeeted the PC. They managed to get it back (and more importantly they are safe) but from what I heard the case and GPU are totaled. Stay safe, flippers.
@@techyescity I was wrong. It was a 1650. Here it is! www.ebay.ca/itm/TechYES-City-special-X79-motherboard-e5-1650-16gb-standard-tower-cooler/223438223754?hash=item3405f4b98a:g:PKoAAOSwIP9cgFsH
Here in the Netherlands people think they are selling gold. today it was the peak in insanity: a gt 730 was selling for 99 euros! or a msi gtx 1060 for 190 euro when the same card is 200 euros in the stores.
it's about the same if you are looking to buy local here in the South eastern US, people think anything they have is gold, PC, or not, plus they expect you to drive too them to get it out in the ghetto, or boonies which only adds to the cost having to spend your gas, and time. For example today I was on the LetGo app, and people where trying to sell carrier locked Mobile phones for double what the carrier charged for them, and these where used, and some scratched to hell, I saw one Moto E6 on Cricket Wireless at a decent price, and condition(need a replacement for my elder mother who broke her's), I message the seller, I ask if we can meet 1/2 way, as it's a 30 min drive one way, they get snotty, and so deal is off!! So yep sometimes it's cheaper just to buy from a store in person, or online, or just go on eBay, and have it shipped.
This video is truly a godsend for me. Since I hustle just for fun aside from my daytime job I wanted to ask You Brian about a thing You mentioned in a video a while back. You said that you get excellent value out of Lenovo desktop PCs. From what I've seen in the video they must be M92p's or something similar. What is actually good in them? They use proprietary PSU's with a weird 10-pin ATX power connector, they deliver all the juice to SATA devices through the motherboard. I see a lot of downsides in them. Did you mean that they are so cheap that You get the CPU, RAM, HDD and some small parts out of them that their separate value is higher than the whole PC? I live in Poland and usually flip 3rd and 4th gen Intel based DELL's where I can for example change the PSU for a better one and add an ITX GPU, or just buy a desk top and stuck a GTX 1050Ti in it, add extra RAM and so on. But it is getting hard to sell a PC when you get a lot of companies selling these lenovo's with cheap GT1030 / GTX1050's for a really low price - the margin of profit is getting really not worth it (but still I apply the TYL as a hobby, I just don't want to lose money on it). Regarding your view on LED's the polish customer looks usually for a cheap gaming machine without bells and whistles, yet there are many sellers out there that sell 1st or 2nd gen Intel based machines with the rest of the specs similar to those DELLs & Lenovos but with LED's and they charge twice the price. So answering your question in this video they put a 50% LED tax on them! I personalny would charge around 10-15%. Keep up the good work. I value Your opinion. Cheers!
im jsut getting in to the used market and ive done 2 themed builds so a christmas build with a fake tree in it with rgb and a ketchup and mustard theme with ketchup and mustard bottles in it and i custom wraped each case and hydro dipped parts the tree lights were rgb btw
If there's any takeaway from my local market, it's find you a slot. PC's around here tend to range from $600 up, so coming in with a $350 build means I have that segment all to myself. Also people seem to like WiFi. I find you can get PCIe WiFi cards for $12 on eBay and they're plenty reliable, so to me it's really not an issue to just include that.
10:00 is that an XFX 790i Ultra SLI board?? If so that thing cost me $999 new when I built my Q9550 back in ~2008. It was the most expensive part even more so than both my graphics cards put together (XFX 9600GT XXX Alpha Dog's)
The best way to hustle is to say for example when the part is listed for €150 is to say "Hey €120 I am going to pick it up tomorrow". Usually those sellers want to get rid of it and take the deal. Cheers
My problem is I can't stop looking for used parts for personal builds. Open box prices at big box stores and online are sometimes so cheap you can use a part for a few months then resell on local market place for same amount.
I just sold a PC that I didn't expect to sell very quickly. It stayed quite a while. I didn't have the money to go out and get a new case, and part of what I was selling it as is a sleeper build. So, of course it was going to take longer to sell it. Nevertheless, it sold to someone who will really take advantage of all its features. Was worth around $400. Cool. But, some guy offered me $100 for it. What a joke, right? I just told him no and walked away. Sometimes, patience is key.
Ive built two older xeon machines in the past year, an x58 with an x5675 and r9 290x, and the other is an x79 with e5 1650v2 and 1070 8gb blower with warranty. I feel like i did great in price/performance. For the x58 i spent 152 cad, and x79 i put together for 900 cad. I dont think these machines would sell quickly at all unless theyre in a windowed case with rgb.
i5-3470 with 8GB RAM and RX570 sitting in my Garage / Workshop; just need some Blue LED Fans to bling it up and light up the interior! Also sold my first built PC, too, i5-2400 with an RX570, again with 8GB RAM; it was once an Acer Veriton SFF Machine but I packed it into a new case and blinged it up with all-white LED fans! Not bad, I think. Gamtree for the selling win!
I Built the most RGB,d out systems i could for the cheapest prices i could find on parts. So I bought 3 open-box z370 Aorus Gaming 7's. Basically, this is the most RGB'd out motherboard you can get, even today. I would've went with Ryzen but, the funny thing is. I was getting better deals on z370 than x470 Aorus Boards, plus the 8700K's were only $250 open-box OEM tray CPU's. So yeah i went Intel on this one. I used the boards for a foundation and then found some awesome looking RGB AIO's from Cooler Master and decked out the PC's in 3 matching Cooler Master 500 RGB cases. I put the 8700K clocked to 5GHz with Aorus Extreme 2060 supers, which are 8GB cards, in all of them. Took that one from B. 8GB cards sell too. So, I posted pics with the systems all lit up. Vertical mounts and all. Then, I built 3 newer systems using 9900K's and 2 2080's + a Strix 2070. Though, i just used some non-RGB cases with no LED's. (Corsair Obsidian 500's) still a really nice case. So using these 6 systems 3 with RGB and 3 without but, newer"N"faster and not much more expensive. about $300 more for the newer systems, cause i found an awesome deal on 2 Aorus Extreme 2080's that OC to 2200MHz for $620 a peice and a Strix 2070 for $400. Not one of the 9900K and 2080 builds sold. But, i sold 2 of the z370 Aorus Gaming 7 8700K and 2060 super builds. So I really wasn't surprised by this. So, i thought of another idea. Maybe $300 more is a little steep, or RGB really does the trick. So Check this. I put a 9900K in the last z370 Aorus Gaming 7 with a Aorus 2080. In a RAZOR Edition Lian-Li case and through some extra Digital LED strips in there and lit it up like a Disco in the middle of Christmas. Then upped the price $400 extra. WhattayaKnow. The thing sold for asking price no issues in less than 3days. So take it from me or TYC. RGB will sell a PC. Now, what the PC can do as far as gaming. That's another story. Cause in the RGB Gaming PC world. You really can polish a TURD. Though, i don't do that. Polished TURD PC's are for the weak. and the ones that rip people off. I call that $#/+ out. Cause why let an outsider that dresses old PC's up, ruin it for the rest of us that make a living doing this. Anyway great vid. like always. Just thought I'd shine in on this one.
Would you consider doing a vid on shucking hard drives (removing hdd's from external enclosures). Only ask because officeworks has a deal of 4tb seagates for $99... thinking of grabing 4 for a cheap nas.
imo external HDD can be disassembled with trial-and-error... you try it, but what's MORE important is to know HOW to check the disk whether it's bad before disassembling (in case of dispute). Seagate is more likely get "head crash" (read-head stuck) due to fall damage (according to @Louis Rossman videos).
When I had my Gaming PC built at Computer Alliance at Mt Gravatt they were confused due to lack of a fancy case or LED/RGB fans in my system. I don't give a crap about fancy lights.. 😂
Lol! I still have a beige tower from the early 2000's that I want to do a sleeper build in. I knew it was quite lackluster, even for its time. Soooo, I emblazoned it with the tackiest bumper stickers I could find. One day, it will be my ultimate sleeper gaming PC! Sadly, it is in my hometown, over 250 miles away, so I can't get a picture and show it right away. All of that to say, I think RGB would be neat, but it's not a selling point for me. I would really enjoy some G.Skill Royal sticks of RAM, but they would be wasted on the case I mentioned earlier.
I sell a lot of Ryzen 1200 and 750ti setups here in Louisiana, USA. But its has to have some sort of led fans or rgb for the kids. Most of the buyers are parents looking for a fortnite gaming pc that lights up.
Don't worry about the hecklers man, I still use 8GB of DDR2 800Mhz ram on my office PC at work, and on Manjaro Budgie Linux it does everything I need just fine on a 1080p 60hz Monitor for my main, and an old Sony 19in 4:3 720p LCD. So yep DDR2 for the right applications still has value.
Excellent video. You actually got me thinking that I could make some extra equipment purchase cash by selling some pre-built (or built to order) PC's that also give me the opportunity to film another build for my TH-cam Channel. At least until I start making some 'real' money from my YT videos.
Nice that you can sell that DDR2 and Core 2 Duo stuff for a nice price. That guy is probably from a region just like mine, where that stuff is utterly worthless. A Core 2 Duo CPU might get me 5 euro tops if its one of the faster ones. DDR2 maybe 5 euros per 4GB kit
I found when i startup windows 10 there are software which startup and uses many procents of your processor. So when turn this off the processor is cooler and when it is needed it give more power and is not overheating.
Boot the same system on a lighter Linux distro such as Manjaro budgie, and yo will find a lot less overhead compared to Windows 10, and that's part of why I moved over from Win 10, and have not looked back. In my eyes Windows went downhill after Win 7.
In Denmark its been a crazy october, i sold all my systems for this month out in 1 week. In comparison, i had a hard time making profits during summer.
5:15 Do you mind if I cite your graph in my upcoming Powerpoint presentation?? Im trying to get the guys another island, I need more business numbers, for the numbers business. *:)*
I have noticed the sweet spot price wise in my area is around 500€ +/- 100€. FX series 6 cores sells crazy well, better than 8 cores, also core gens 2 to 4 sells much better. Ryzen is very hard sale, much more profit on the FX and gen 2-4.
I hustle parts and build rigs where I live at. Usually something like a ryzen 1600, 8gb ram, 128ssd, 500gb hdd, rx 580 8g. And a nice case I list for $5-600 USD and I can’t give them away
Thanks for the advice man, I put a PC up for sale on FarceBook (intentional!) Market and on eBay (promoted.) Now I'm a little skittish after watching this vid, it has a Ryzen 2600 and a brand new Powercolor Red Dragon 570 8GB, but it has only 8GB of memory & no RGB. My intended buyer is someone who prefers all performance without the flash...hopefully it will catch someone like that.
How about building your own design wooden PC case? Maybe it's a stupid idea just crossed my mind but I might go for it. Yes offcourse I will keep airflow, earthing and fire hazard in mind, but I'm seriously thinking to give it a shot.
Over where I live hustling is impossible people overcharging for older hardware. I mean I sold a couple of old HDD's only to find them online again with the price I was charging for the 4 now applied to a single drive. I've seen it happen with old mobos I sold as well. And people literally throwing any form of warranty out of the window in sketchy GPUs only to get like the equivalent of a 10 dollar discount. A really weird market I live in
I get the LED thing, it looks neat most of the time, I don't get the literal rainbow RGB stuff though, like... I'd rather have a mean looking gaming machine than something fruity.
Where I live it’s all about looks. I’ve sold i3 2100, 8gb ram, 500gb hdd and a GT 430 (it’s all I had lol) for £120. Why? Side panel case, red led fan at back of case and a red led strip inside the case. Looks like a £120 pc and probably preforms like on tbh if you Just wanted a desktop
here in Greece i sell 775 c2d pc's DDR2 like 50 euro. people here are asking way too much for pc parts ect so i can still make some small margins with them.
Hey Tech Yes do you know any hustling places near Ipswich? because a lot of hustling places are too far from me. Do i look for garage sales and stuff like that? Facebook market place?
I love to hustle for new used parts for my builds. Here in Germany used parts are ok but the good to great deals are hard to find on the used market sites. When you do find good to great deals there is also a chance some people are straight up mean to you in replies I had 3 great deals and when I replied to the listing the answers I got back from these people blew my mind they where the most rude and mean people I come across in 2 years. I still find it extremely funny ryzen 5 1600 is still going for over 100 euro. You explain to someone that you can buy it brand new for what they are asking and explain to them they had it in a system for so many months or years that it's a used part they don't want to hear it.
I can totally relate. I also try to buy used parts in Germany from time to time and many are priced that close to the new price and even after months of not selling people don't want to offer a more realistic price and stay close to their starting price. :/
I can't agree with you guys. I am a student in Germany and I am doing pretty much the same thing as Bryan to earn some extra money while having some fun. I already picked up 5 Ryzen 5 1600 for 70€ including shipping and PayPal fees. That's the max I will pay for it and I got 5 without a problem in the last 2 month. Paired with a B350 Board (PRO VDH or PRO4 are nice) for 40€ and 16 GB G.Skill Aegis 3000 RAM for 45-50€ and you got an awesome base which will sell incredibly well with a RX 570 or 580 / GTX 970 or 1060. Of course there are a lot of people who ask way too much -> just don't waste your time with them. Computerbase / Hardwareluxx are great sites besides eBay Kleinanzeigen. Last system I sold was 3 days ago. Ryzen 5 1600 / ASRock B350m PRO4 / 16 GB DDR4 Crucial Ballistix 3000 -> 160€ for all of it / RX 570 8 GB Sapphire Pulse for 80€ / 240 GB SSD for 20€ / Thermalte Smart SE 530 for 20€ and a brand new case from Alternate with an acrylic side window and nice airflow for just 30€ including shipping. I just cost me 310€ and is looking absolutely great while performing nice in 1080p with really good upgrade path. I listed it for 450€ and sold it for 420€ in no time. I really just had good experiences. Never any faulty party (either I test it or pay with PayPal) and got to know a lot of nice people. And when there's someone who asks a ridiculous price and is firm on it or not friendly, who cares? Just move along.
I tend to disagree on what you're saying about power supplies I was always told that Sweet Spot for a power supply is roughly 60% usage. My PC uses 601 watts of power so to get 60% of that I need a 1000 PSU. But I can also use a PSU as little as a 650 Watt and run it as close to 100% load all the time, which is not really ideal for a power supply or its life span. Also the rating for the PSU is a factor Bronze, Gold or Platinum as well because of quality of the parts used inside of it.
Do you have a Returns Policy or do you sell all systems with an All Sales Final? Does it vary from system to system? I’m thinking of selling some systems with used parts. As an individual I can sell on eBay all day long with no returns but eventually I may want to create a business if I’m successful. Eventually the question becomes how much do I want to invest in just reselling or do I want to help troubleshoot customer problems. How do you balance these? How do you handle sales where a used part fails? Can you do a video about the rough spots of hustling?
I've always charged around 10-8% and most people are willing to pay for it. For the commoners who are just getting into PC Gaming there is a misconception that good aesthetic must be good "performance".
You really should get a kill-a-watt meter, as it will measure the amount of current your system is pulling from the wall, and ideal for an 80+ bronze, or better PSU, is they are most efficient when pulling no more then 50 - 60% of their total load rating, which will also help extend the life of the PSU, but I would NEVER push a PSU past 80% of it's total load rating just to be safe, but for most modern builds 550watt - 650watt is plenty. In fact for my office PC I only have a 450 watt 80+ Bronze PSU, and even with light gaming on STEAM it's more then enough, as according to my Kill- a Watt I'm only pulling about 230 Watts at peak. so again a Kill-a-Watt meter or equivalent is a good thing to have in your toolkit.
I'd complain about people over spec'ing power supplies but I have a Seasonic 750X gold power supply for a i7 / RX580 rig...sooo yeah... I also personally loath rgb ... hate it ... but I'm old so meh I guess.
Man, I'm in Logan and have some parts I can't be bothered doing anything with. I should offload them to you. Housemate has an old computer he has just sitting there in storage too.
Man I really wish I can do that, but in my country it's almost impossible to earn decent money by selling second hand PCs since most tech retailers here just started buying up second hand parts in bulk from companies and just adding a gpu to sell them. Even when I get insane price to performance I have to cut my margins really low to be able to compete since they will go as low as 5-10% on their PCs. I would have to sell like 20 PCs a month for it to be worth and working alone it's really hard.
In Pakistan, the pc market has gone terrible. In the last 2-3 months the inflation has gone so high that a gtx980ti costs like 350 usd. I can't sell pcs anymore. Not even at like 20 usd profit. I hope the prices get better here.
Few things i did wonder, sorry you have answered this before. Do you ever ship the computers ? (and if so any chance of a vid on how you pack them ) and also do you get offers from people overseas and ship them (even if they were willing to pay for it which i know can be a lot) Also whats it like going through airports and getting stuff scanned and them seeing all this hardware ?
Hey Tech Yes City, Recently, I've started using Craigslist to sell PCs, but there's lots of scamming. What are the best ways to identify and avoid scams?
I dont see much of a market for used gaming pc's here in cheyenne, wy usa.......if there were a large demand, ild be all over assembly to resell.....but sadly, there's not.
The same here in my country (in EU). If people buy they want just single components because the only onces bying used are other pc enthusiasts. Australia must be something different if Brian can make a business out of this. But loving the content regardless.
Hi guys, I have a strange problem with my new build pc. My first Pcie x16(msi b450 gaming pro carbon ac) does not take my geforce gtx 970(the red led vga is on), does not pass bios phase. If I replaced it with geforce 210(no power leads needed) it pass bios no problem, I tried multiple solutions as clear cmos, different PSU, new bios installed, nothing works. Then I tried my gtx 970 in the second pcie x4 and it works just fine. So the card is ok, and it seems that first Pcie slot works just fine. The other things is, even with new bios there is no click bios 5, just the old looking click bios. Can somebody help please. Thank you
Most PC-buyers knows nothing about hardware quality. Those who know, don't buy PC's ready made, they build themselves - maybe also hustling hardware. The majority of "ready made PC-buyers" want "bling". I can build a Budget i5 Sandy B, GTX 970 a 120 GB SSD, 1TB HDD put in in a low quality cheap RGB Bling(TG) case, and sell it for way (Way) more than I would ever dream of paying (because of my HW-knowledge). It's a hustle, but I'm frankly tired of it. It has been a good profitable learning experience selling 60+ PC's over the last 4 years. And Time-consuming (If you look at the hours spent on hustle, Fixing and Building, the "income per hour" is really not that good, so only do it if you like it! ) I just sold my two own personal High-End PC's (Fractal Design Define R5 & R6), not as quick/easy a sell, compaired with way more low-end hardware with the bling, I have sold for less price, But with much less "Value" regarding the hardware. I was thinking of exchanging the two cases to a LED Bling case, but someone evetually noticed the quality and value of these 2 PC's that were well cooled and really silent (that is what I wan't myself... A PC I don't notice but performs to the max). Kinda sad we live in such a "fooled by visual" world at the moment, where looks sells more than the quality and performance. It is everywhere. Fancy looks, fancy features but Lower quality. I guess people will learn the hard way, when they realize they are being fooled by Bling and Media. It's just a trend bubble. It will change sooner or later ;)
@@rafee9442 I 2nd that, it's just like eBay some good sellers, and some bad ones. I just tell people to always check the feed back ratings of the sellers before buying from them, and if the product you are buying has an official AliExpress store then buy from them even if it cost a bit more like the IEM (ear phone)maker KZ as you know it's legit product, and they are going to stand behind it after the sale if there is a problem.
Hey Bryan I started watching your channel about 2 years ago.. never knew anything about a PC. Now I have about 30 of them!! Come and sell them for me.. It's really gotten out of hand lol. ps. I have tons of x58!
Here in spain the second hand market is utter garbage im trying to sell an i5 3570K with an rx 470 for 300 euro and people tell that is too expensive like wtf
How much should you charge for RGB Tax? Comment Below.
I recently found a set of 5 addressable PWM RGB fans + hub on Amazon for $33 USD. I have a new flip I plan on putting together tomorrow that they're going in (Ryzen 3600, GTX 1080). If they're as good as they seem on paper I'll be buying multiple additional sets.
I'd say these fans will get me AT LEAST $50 more on the sale price and substantially decrease my sale time. If I can fit RGB into the budget on a flip I always make it happen.
The extra cost is about the same amount I spent on case/leds/fans
12%
1337%
At least $7...
I'd rather get performance over looks cuz I'm a broke boi, I'd rather spend my last 100 bucks getting a new CPU than buying 40 dollars worth of rgb fans
I just stick with standard LED fans. I gotta get fans for my case anyways so I just get LED fans, and I'm set
Yes will the average consumer either doesn't know that much or simply doesn't care
Was just about to go to sleep. But what's this? A new video from the Yes Man??? Bedtime is getting pushed back!
I would recommend a minimum power supply of 750 Watts 80+ Gold for a setup running a 12 core chip and a 2080 Ti, you never want a power supply that will run close to or up to its limit, A 2080 Ti peak : 360W, High End CPU (3900X): 142W , Mech HDD 9W, SSD: 3W, Motherboard 30-80W, RAM: 3W/Per Stick, choosing the highest for motherboard Wattage of 80W comes out to about 600W on the nose. NOTE: these are peak wattage's, not including any over clocking. But I'm pretty sure most of you out here if your planning on building a high end PC your not going to cheap out on the power supply.
I saw that DJI camera on your Korean video and was sold! I like DJI stuff but some of their stuff is kinda gimmicky, so seeing a seasoned youtuber using one convinced me that I need one.
I too like to video in places on my trips that aren't normally film friendly so this would work pretty inconspicuously for the job! Keep up the good work Brian!
A tip that I found out, which seems obvious to me now, is if you live in a rural area listening your PC in a nearby city will net you more views than if you were to just use your default location. Seems obvious I know, but it took me a week to find out
I live in Alaska, so its complicated. pirices can be over priced on lower end to mid range pcs. crazy prices to high end pcs, some even think you have to pay for their time. patients on pcs here pay off, they end up lowering their prices in a week of listing. some deals can be made, but reselling is iffy.
I5 4690K PC for 150 euros in Portugal. It had a 980 Ti in it, along with 16 gigs of 2400 MHz Corsair Pro RAM, ASUS z97 PRO Gamer, Hyper 212 cooler and a case with 4 RGB fans and tempered glass sides and front. I'm flipping the case and keeping the rest for myself :D
Here's kind of a big tip when selling in person: meet at a PUBLIC place with PLENTY of people around. Two of my friends got robbed today, had their change stolen, and the PC got launched. Literally. The robbers took the cash and yeeted the PC. They managed to get it back (and more importantly they are safe) but from what I heard the case and GPU are totaled. Stay safe, flippers.
I saw a computer ad on Ebay, and the title was "A Tech YES Computer!" It was an X79 with a 1660-V2 XEON!
lol show us the ad...
@@techyescity I was wrong. It was a 1650. Here it is! www.ebay.ca/itm/TechYES-City-special-X79-motherboard-e5-1650-16gb-standard-tower-cooler/223438223754?hash=item3405f4b98a:g:PKoAAOSwIP9cgFsH
Lol trying to get their crappy Huanan board sold
@@mattsmechanicalssi5833 lol
haha, nice catch
Here in the Netherlands people think they are selling gold. today it was the peak in insanity: a gt 730 was selling for 99 euros! or a msi gtx 1060 for 190 euro when the same card is 200 euros in the stores.
it's about the same if you are looking to buy local here in the South eastern US, people think anything they have is gold, PC, or not, plus they expect you to drive too them to get it out in the ghetto, or boonies which only adds to the cost having to spend your gas, and time. For example today I was on the LetGo app, and people where trying to sell carrier locked Mobile phones for double what the carrier charged for them, and these where used, and some scratched to hell, I saw one Moto E6 on Cricket Wireless at a decent price, and condition(need a replacement for my elder mother who broke her's), I message the seller, I ask if we can meet 1/2 way, as it's a 30 min drive one way, they get snotty, and so deal is off!! So yep sometimes it's cheaper just to buy from a store in person, or online, or just go on eBay, and have it shipped.
This video is truly a godsend for me. Since I hustle just for fun aside from my daytime job I wanted to ask You Brian about a thing You mentioned in a video a while back. You said that you get excellent value out of Lenovo desktop PCs. From what I've seen in the video they must be M92p's or something similar. What is actually good in them? They use proprietary PSU's with a weird 10-pin ATX power connector, they deliver all the juice to SATA devices through the motherboard. I see a lot of downsides in them. Did you mean that they are so cheap that You get the CPU, RAM, HDD and some small parts out of them that their separate value is higher than the whole PC?
I live in Poland and usually flip 3rd and 4th gen Intel based DELL's where I can for example change the PSU for a better one and add an ITX GPU, or just buy a desk top and stuck a GTX 1050Ti in it, add extra RAM and so on. But it is getting hard to sell a PC when you get a lot of companies selling these lenovo's with cheap GT1030 / GTX1050's for a really low price - the margin of profit is getting really not worth it (but still I apply the TYL as a hobby, I just don't want to lose money on it).
Regarding your view on LED's the polish customer looks usually for a cheap gaming machine without bells and whistles, yet there are many sellers out there that sell 1st or 2nd gen Intel based machines with the rest of the specs similar to those DELLs & Lenovos but with LED's and they charge twice the price.
So answering your question in this video they put a 50% LED tax on them! I personalny would charge around 10-15%.
Keep up the good work. I value Your opinion.
Cheers!
im jsut getting in to the used market and ive done 2 themed builds so a christmas build with a fake tree in it with rgb and a ketchup and mustard theme with ketchup and mustard bottles in it and i custom wraped each case and hydro dipped parts the tree lights were rgb btw
If there's any takeaway from my local market, it's find you a slot. PC's around here tend to range from $600 up, so coming in with a $350 build means I have that segment all to myself.
Also people seem to like WiFi. I find you can get PCIe WiFi cards for $12 on eBay and they're plenty reliable, so to me it's really not an issue to just include that.
10:00 is that an XFX 790i Ultra SLI board?? If so that thing cost me $999 new when I built my Q9550 back in ~2008.
It was the most expensive part even more so than both my graphics cards put together (XFX 9600GT XXX Alpha Dog's)
Love the R33 pfp
Hi Brian,
Thanks for the SCD key link and discount code. I used it and activated my windows 10 pro with no issues.
I'll update as i go i guess
:D
The best way to hustle is to say for example when the part is listed for €150 is to say "Hey €120 I am going to pick it up tomorrow". Usually those sellers want to get rid of it and take the deal. Cheers
Intel Core i7 3770 + 8GB RAM + GTX 760 = old PC
Intel Core i7 3770 + 8GB RAM + GTX 760 + 3x RGB fans ($20) = high end gaming PC
Intel Core i7 3770 + 8GB RAM + GTX 760 + 3x RGB fans ($20) + LED Strips ($10) = Super high end 4K gaming PC
My problem is I can't stop looking for used parts for personal builds. Open box prices at big box stores and online are sometimes so cheap you can use a part for a few months then resell on local market place for same amount.
I just sold a PC that I didn't expect to sell very quickly. It stayed quite a while. I didn't have the money to go out and get a new case, and part of what I was selling it as is a sleeper build. So, of course it was going to take longer to sell it. Nevertheless, it sold to someone who will really take advantage of all its features. Was worth around $400. Cool. But, some guy offered me $100 for it. What a joke, right? I just told him no and walked away. Sometimes, patience is key.
Ive built two older xeon machines in the past year, an x58 with an x5675 and r9 290x, and the other is an x79 with e5 1650v2 and 1070 8gb blower with warranty. I feel like i did great in price/performance. For the x58 i spent 152 cad, and x79 i put together for 900 cad. I dont think these machines would sell quickly at all unless theyre in a windowed case with rgb.
i5-3470 with 8GB RAM and RX570 sitting in my Garage / Workshop; just need some Blue LED Fans to bling it up and light up the interior! Also sold my first built PC, too, i5-2400 with an RX570, again with 8GB RAM; it was once an Acer Veriton SFF Machine but I packed it into a new case and blinged it up with all-white LED fans! Not bad, I think. Gamtree for the selling win!
how do you deal with the buyers who want to come in your house and try out the computer before they purchase?
I Built the most RGB,d out systems i could for the cheapest prices i could find on parts. So I bought 3 open-box z370 Aorus Gaming 7's. Basically, this is the most RGB'd out motherboard you can get, even today. I would've went with Ryzen but, the funny thing is.
I was getting better deals on z370 than x470 Aorus Boards, plus the 8700K's were only $250 open-box OEM tray CPU's. So yeah i went Intel on this one.
I used the boards for a foundation and then found some awesome looking RGB AIO's from Cooler Master and decked out the PC's in 3 matching Cooler Master 500 RGB cases.
I put the 8700K clocked to 5GHz with Aorus Extreme 2060 supers, which are 8GB cards, in all of them. Took that one from B. 8GB cards sell too. So, I posted pics with the systems all lit up. Vertical mounts and all.
Then, I built 3 newer systems using 9900K's and 2 2080's + a Strix 2070. Though, i just used some non-RGB cases with no LED's. (Corsair Obsidian 500's) still a really nice case. So using these 6 systems 3 with RGB and 3 without but, newer"N"faster and not much more expensive. about $300 more for the newer systems, cause i found an awesome deal on 2 Aorus Extreme 2080's that OC to 2200MHz for $620 a peice and a Strix 2070 for $400. Not one of the 9900K and 2080 builds sold.
But, i sold 2 of the z370 Aorus Gaming 7 8700K and 2060 super builds. So I really wasn't surprised by this. So, i thought of another idea. Maybe $300 more is a little steep, or RGB really does the trick. So Check this.
I put a 9900K in the last z370 Aorus Gaming 7 with a Aorus 2080. In a RAZOR Edition Lian-Li case and through some extra Digital LED strips in there and lit it up like a Disco in the middle of Christmas. Then upped the price $400 extra. WhattayaKnow. The thing sold for asking price no issues in less than 3days. So take it from me or TYC. RGB will sell a PC. Now, what the PC can do as far as gaming. That's another story. Cause in the RGB Gaming PC world. You really can polish a TURD. Though, i don't do that. Polished TURD PC's are for the weak. and the ones that rip people off. I call that $#/+ out. Cause why let an outsider that dresses old PC's up, ruin it for the rest of us that make a living doing this. Anyway great vid. like always. Just thought I'd shine in on this one.
Have you thought of going the wholesale lease return route? Xeon Workstations by the pallet!
Would you consider doing a vid on shucking hard drives (removing hdd's from external enclosures). Only ask because officeworks has a deal of 4tb seagates for $99... thinking of grabing 4 for a cheap nas.
imo external HDD can be disassembled with trial-and-error... you try it, but what's MORE important is to know HOW to check the disk whether it's bad before disassembling (in case of dispute). Seagate is more likely get "head crash" (read-head stuck) due to fall damage (according to @Louis Rossman videos).
Not all external hhd's use a standard SATA interface. I'd buy one just to check.
When I had my Gaming PC built at Computer Alliance at Mt Gravatt they were confused due to lack of a fancy case or LED/RGB fans in my system. I don't give a crap about fancy lights.. 😂
Lol! I still have a beige tower from the early 2000's that I want to do a sleeper build in. I knew it was quite lackluster, even for its time. Soooo, I emblazoned it with the tackiest bumper stickers I could find.
One day, it will be my ultimate sleeper gaming PC!
Sadly, it is in my hometown, over 250 miles away, so I can't get a picture and show it right away.
All of that to say, I think RGB would be neat, but it's not a selling point for me. I would really enjoy some G.Skill Royal sticks of RAM, but they would be wasted on the case I mentioned earlier.
I sell a lot of Ryzen 1200 and 750ti setups here in Louisiana, USA. But its has to have some sort of led fans or rgb for the kids. Most of the buyers are parents looking for a fortnite gaming pc that lights up.
Don't worry about the hecklers man, I still use 8GB of DDR2 800Mhz ram on my office PC at work, and on Manjaro Budgie Linux it does everything I need just fine on a 1080p 60hz Monitor for my main, and an old Sony 19in 4:3 720p LCD. So yep DDR2 for the right applications still has value.
me banging to techyescity theme song
my mum: what are you dancing to
me: techyescity
my mum: wtf is tokyo sitting 😂
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1. RGB
2. CPU
3. Gravis Card
Gravis Ultrasound? 16 bit?
Excellent video. You actually got me thinking that I could make some extra equipment purchase cash by selling some pre-built (or built to order) PC's that also give me the opportunity to film another build for my TH-cam Channel. At least until I start making some 'real' money from my YT videos.
No dislikes so far! Good job Tech Yes City.
Welp..now there is.. :v
Nice that you can sell that DDR2 and Core 2 Duo stuff for a nice price. That guy is probably from a region just like mine, where that stuff is utterly worthless. A Core 2 Duo CPU might get me 5 euro tops if its one of the faster ones. DDR2 maybe 5 euros per 4GB kit
I found when i startup windows 10 there are software which startup and uses many procents of your processor. So when turn this off the processor is cooler and when it is needed it give more power and is not overheating.
Boot the same system on a lighter Linux distro such as Manjaro budgie, and yo will find a lot less overhead compared to Windows 10, and that's part of why I moved over from Win 10, and have not looked back. In my eyes Windows went downhill after Win 7.
Bryan, you would test the X79 Kllsire from Aliexpress?
Learning all of the techniques from the YES Man himself!!!
In Denmark its been a crazy october, i sold all my systems for this month out in 1 week. In comparison, i had a hard time making profits during summer.
I sold my old celeron g1820 with intel iGPU and 4gb of ddr3 ram for 120$
5:15 Do you mind if I cite your graph in my upcoming Powerpoint presentation?? Im trying to get the guys another island, I need more business numbers, for the numbers business. *:)*
TY for bringing us the info and deals!
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I have noticed the sweet spot price wise in my area is around 500€ +/- 100€.
FX series 6 cores sells crazy well, better than 8 cores, also core gens 2 to 4 sells much better. Ryzen is very hard sale, much more profit on the FX and gen 2-4.
I hustle parts and build rigs where I live at. Usually something like a ryzen 1600, 8gb ram, 128ssd, 500gb hdd, rx 580 8g. And a nice case I list for $5-600 USD and I can’t give them away
Thanks for the advice man, I put a PC up for sale on FarceBook (intentional!) Market and on eBay (promoted.) Now I'm a little skittish after watching this vid, it has a Ryzen 2600 and a brand new Powercolor Red Dragon 570 8GB, but it has only 8GB of memory & no RGB. My intended buyer is someone who prefers all performance without the flash...hopefully it will catch someone like that.
How about building your own design wooden PC case? Maybe it's a stupid idea just crossed my mind but I might go for it. Yes offcourse I will keep airflow, earthing and fire hazard in mind, but I'm seriously thinking to give it a shot.
Over where I live hustling is impossible people overcharging for older hardware. I mean I sold a couple of old HDD's only to find them online again with the price I was charging for the 4 now applied to a single drive. I've seen it happen with old mobos I sold as well.
And people literally throwing any form of warranty out of the window in sketchy GPUs only to get like the equivalent of a 10 dollar discount. A really weird market I live in
Bryan I see you are a fan of the Rotanium TG302 case...can you do a full video review on them?? Love your stuff :D
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that tiny cam has relay good video
Wow that's such a cool camera!!!
I get the LED thing, it looks neat most of the time, I don't get the literal rainbow RGB stuff though, like... I'd rather have a mean looking gaming machine than something fruity.
Where I live it’s all about looks. I’ve sold i3 2100, 8gb ram, 500gb hdd and a GT 430 (it’s all I had lol) for £120.
Why?
Side panel case, red led fan at back of case and a red led strip inside the case. Looks like a £120 pc and probably preforms like on tbh if you Just wanted a desktop
IS THAT A 780i nForce in the $100 DDR2 pile?
here in Greece i sell 775 c2d pc's DDR2 like 50 euro. people here are asking way too much for pc parts ect so i can still make some small margins with them.
Always be hustling!
Hey Tech Yes do you know any hustling places near Ipswich? because a lot of hustling places are too far from me. Do i look for garage sales and stuff like that? Facebook market place?
I miss the old intro song...
Philson same
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I wish that I was a MAD MAN!!!!
I love to hustle for new used parts for my builds. Here in Germany used parts are ok but the good to great deals are hard to find on the used market sites. When you do find good to great deals there is also a chance some people are straight up mean to you in replies I had 3 great deals and when I replied to the listing the answers I got back from these people blew my mind they where the most rude and mean people I come across in 2 years. I still find it extremely funny ryzen 5 1600 is still going for over 100 euro. You explain to someone that you can buy it brand new for what they are asking and explain to them they had it in a system for so many months or years that it's a used part they don't want to hear it.
I can totally relate. I also try to buy used parts in Germany from time to time and many are priced that close to the new price and even after months of not selling people don't want to offer a more realistic price and stay close to their starting price. :/
I can't agree with you guys. I am a student in Germany and I am doing pretty much the same thing as Bryan to earn some extra money while having some fun. I already picked up 5 Ryzen 5 1600 for 70€ including shipping and PayPal fees. That's the max I will pay for it and I got 5 without a problem in the last 2 month. Paired with a B350 Board (PRO VDH or PRO4 are nice) for 40€ and 16 GB G.Skill Aegis 3000 RAM for 45-50€ and you got an awesome base which will sell incredibly well with a RX 570 or 580 / GTX 970 or 1060. Of course there are a lot of people who ask way too much -> just don't waste your time with them. Computerbase / Hardwareluxx are great sites besides eBay Kleinanzeigen. Last system I sold was 3 days ago. Ryzen 5 1600 / ASRock B350m PRO4 / 16 GB DDR4 Crucial Ballistix 3000 -> 160€ for all of it / RX 570 8 GB Sapphire Pulse for 80€ / 240 GB SSD for 20€ / Thermalte Smart SE 530 for 20€ and a brand new case from Alternate with an acrylic side window and nice airflow for just 30€ including shipping. I just cost me 310€ and is looking absolutely great while performing nice in 1080p with really good upgrade path. I listed it for 450€ and sold it for 420€ in no time. I really just had good experiences. Never any faulty party (either I test it or pay with PayPal) and got to know a lot of nice people. And when there's someone who asks a ridiculous price and is firm on it or not friendly, who cares? Just move along.
I tend to disagree on what you're saying about power supplies I was always told that Sweet Spot for a power supply is roughly 60% usage. My PC uses 601 watts of power so to get 60% of that I need a 1000 PSU. But I can also use a PSU as little as a 650 Watt and run it as close to 100% load all the time, which is not really ideal for a power supply or its life span. Also the rating for the PSU is a factor Bronze, Gold or Platinum as well because of quality of the parts used inside of it.
Do you have a Returns Policy or do you sell all systems with an All Sales Final? Does it vary from system to system? I’m thinking of selling some systems with used parts. As an individual I can sell on eBay all day long with no returns but eventually I may want to create a business if I’m successful. Eventually the question becomes how much do I want to invest in just reselling or do I want to help troubleshoot customer problems. How do you balance these? How do you handle sales where a used part fails? Can you do a video about the rough spots of hustling?
Great video as always!
I've always charged around 10-8% and most people are willing to pay for it. For the commoners who are just getting into PC Gaming there is a misconception that good aesthetic must be good "performance".
Is a 550W ok for 2700X and RX580 8GB - been running ok since build - OCT last year... its the one thing i cheaped out on - Corsair 550W lol
Watch this by Gamers Nexus.It's from 2017,but still relevant.
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@@Del11k will do bruv cheers.
You really should get a kill-a-watt meter, as it will measure the amount of current your system is pulling from the wall, and ideal for an 80+ bronze, or better PSU, is they are most efficient when pulling no more then 50 - 60% of their total load rating, which will also help extend the life of the PSU, but I would NEVER push a PSU past 80% of it's total load rating just to be safe, but for most modern builds 550watt - 650watt is plenty. In fact for my office PC I only have a 450 watt 80+ Bronze PSU, and even with light gaming on STEAM it's more then enough, as according to my Kill- a Watt I'm only pulling about 230 Watts at peak. so again a Kill-a-Watt meter or equivalent is a good thing to have in your toolkit.
@@CommodoreFan64 it's ok man the other guys advice was spot on Stevens vid told me all I need to know, be lucky
Always take a 3rd person perspective to peek around corners.
Well, daughter of mine asked,by looking on an RGB'ed PC -"why,what that's for...." !
im badly in need of a Q6600 and some 4GB ddr3 RAMs! but the shipment cost from Australia would be more than the price of these!!
For me personally, i wont take rgb if i'm on a tight budget. Aesthetic is better when you dont apply some cheap rgb parts on the market
I'd complain about people over spec'ing power supplies but I have a Seasonic 750X gold power supply for a i7 / RX580 rig...sooo yeah...
I also personally loath rgb ... hate it ... but I'm old so meh I guess.
Can you review the Darkflash DLM21 RGB mesh version.
i see twice cheerup
I still have a 775 mod xeon e5450 in my brother in laws gaming rig and its still going strong for playing fortnite
You would at least need a tempered glass sided computer CASE
Cougar and deep cool cases are well priced cases.
Bling sells my computers..
what's the two front cases at 11:06 ???
Yo Bryan what's up with that visual noise on black surfaces in this video? It was also present in your last video
Man, I'm in Logan and have some parts I can't be bothered doing anything with. I should offload them to you. Housemate has an old computer he has just sitting there in storage too.
Pip Pip Cherio if you still have it, give me a pm and I can pick em up
Man I really wish I can do that, but in my country it's almost impossible to earn decent money by selling second hand PCs since most tech retailers here just started buying up second hand parts in bulk from companies and just adding a gpu to sell them. Even when I get insane price to performance I have to cut my margins really low to be able to compete since they will go as low as 5-10% on their PCs. I would have to sell like 20 PCs a month for it to be worth and working alone it's really hard.
In Pakistan, the pc market has gone terrible. In the last 2-3 months the inflation has gone so high that a gtx980ti costs like 350 usd. I can't sell pcs anymore. Not even at like 20 usd profit. I hope the prices get better here.
Few things i did wonder, sorry you have answered this before. Do you ever ship the computers ? (and if so any chance of a vid on how you pack them ) and also do you get offers from people overseas and ship them (even if they were willing to pay for it which i know can be a lot) Also whats it like going through airports and getting stuff scanned and them seeing all this hardware ?
Nice video David.
Yeah, but I used my 8320 till 2017. It costed 1/3rd of a 4770k, which is about to go outdated as well.
I need some tech yes lovin advice, my zotac 1060 6gb Amp heatsink aluminum seems to be oxidized.. How to clean it?
What's a really good price rgb case or nice case I can use to flip a pc
Christmas is coming. For us sellers, our time is now!!!
Are you going to CES in 2020 coming up??
Great video man, but I do miss the old intro!
what is the link to that little pencil camera?
Hey Tech Yes City,
Recently, I've started using Craigslist to sell PCs, but there's lots of scamming. What are the best ways to identify and avoid scams?
Awesome, you used my question to you in the vid. I still have the i5 system for sale. You want it ugh....
I dont see much of a market for used gaming pc's here in cheyenne, wy usa.......if there were a large demand, ild be all over assembly to resell.....but sadly, there's not.
The same here in my country (in EU). If people buy they want just single components because the only onces bying used are other pc enthusiasts. Australia must be something different if Brian can make a business out of this. But loving the content regardless.
it really depends on location. especially in the usa. if you were closer to a large college town or major city, used gaming pc's sell easilly.
Up the goldie fellas
How long will people say film when there is no film?
Hi guys, I have a strange problem with my new build pc. My first Pcie x16(msi b450 gaming pro carbon ac) does not take my geforce gtx 970(the red led vga is on), does not pass bios phase. If I replaced it with geforce 210(no power leads needed) it pass bios no problem, I tried multiple solutions as clear cmos, different PSU, new bios installed, nothing works. Then I tried my gtx 970 in the second pcie x4 and it works just fine. So the card is ok, and it seems that first Pcie slot works just fine. The other things is, even with new bios there is no click bios 5, just the old looking click bios. Can somebody help please. Thank you
selling has been really good but facebook buying has been a bust for 2 months.
Most PC-buyers knows nothing about hardware quality. Those who know, don't buy PC's ready made, they build themselves - maybe also hustling hardware. The majority of "ready made PC-buyers" want "bling". I can build a Budget i5 Sandy B, GTX 970 a 120 GB SSD, 1TB HDD put in in a low quality cheap RGB Bling(TG) case, and sell it for way (Way) more than I would ever dream of paying (because of my HW-knowledge). It's a hustle, but I'm frankly tired of it. It has been a good profitable learning experience selling 60+ PC's over the last 4 years. And Time-consuming (If you look at the hours spent on hustle, Fixing and Building, the "income per hour" is really not that good, so only do it if you like it! )
I just sold my two own personal High-End PC's (Fractal Design Define R5 & R6), not as quick/easy a sell, compaired with way more low-end hardware with the bling, I have sold for less price, But with much less "Value" regarding the hardware. I was thinking of exchanging the two cases to a LED Bling case, but someone evetually noticed the quality and value of these 2 PC's that were well cooled and really silent (that is what I wan't myself... A PC I don't notice but performs to the max). Kinda sad we live in such a "fooled by visual" world at the moment, where looks sells more than the quality and performance. It is everywhere. Fancy looks, fancy features but Lower quality.
I guess people will learn the hard way, when they realize they are being fooled by Bling and Media. It's just a trend bubble. It will change sooner or later ;)
Hi Brian, buying stuff from Alibaba and AliExpress is it good honest service.
Thanks
AliExpress is a market. It really depends upon the seller
@@rafee9442 I 2nd that, it's just like eBay some good sellers, and some bad ones. I just tell people to always check the feed back ratings of the sellers before buying from them, and if the product you are buying has an official AliExpress store then buy from them even if it cost a bit more like the IEM (ear phone)maker KZ as you know it's legit product, and they are going to stand behind it after the sale if there is a problem.
You are like thawne from the flash
Hey Bryan I started watching your channel about 2 years ago.. never knew anything about a PC. Now I have about 30 of them!! Come and sell them for me.. It's really gotten out of hand lol. ps. I have tons of x58!
When are you coming to sweden? Here you can get awesome deals 👍
Here in spain the second hand market is utter garbage im trying to sell an i5 3570K with an rx 470 for 300 euro and people tell that is too expensive like wtf
Sourcing motherboards and cpus is such a pain lol.
Agree you can stockpile everything but these easily lol
Rondell Laronde in my area it seems like there will be none available for weeks and then for a while they are everywhere. Weirdest cycle ever haha
That was my question first!!!!!!