Would you recommend creating a test bench when purchasing parts to ensure the parts you purchased are functioning. Also, what is the usual profit margin you are operating depend on the price of each build?
It depends on the size of your operation. If you're selling more than 2 systems a week, then a test bench is a good idea. Even better still if you offer repair services (which are actually more lucrative than builds!) Margin depends on the system. Minimum £100 gross margin, then with the premium builds this can go as high as £200-250. But then after that I have to deduct VAT, corp tax, packaging, shipping, and factor a small amount per sale for warranty coverage. So that margin can soon become a lot smaller than it looks if you're runnning a proper business
Loved the video, clear and concise :) Do you have an automated way to configure each and every pc with the usual software like chrome, etc. ? I've seen people run shell scripts to de-bloat the application bar, removing news, removing cortana button and such.
I have tried to before, with a cloned SSD and SysPrep but it caused problems - one in particular where all the systems I made it this way got banned from COD. My theory is that the clone remembered the motherboard and when one person cheated it blacklisted all the boards. That was a very expensive blunder for me... I do not advise debloating on systems to sell. Many times people do use those parts even if I think they're pointless. And while a debloat now might not cause problems, a future app may rely on a process you have removed though debloating. The marginal benefit to performance is not worth the customer service headaches!!! Edit: I do use Rufus to make the USB stick for Windows, so that I can skip the country and privacy bits each time
@thecomputersurgeon I see, thank so you so much for the reply and the great advice, I guess I was lucky to learn from your mistakes and won't have to go through them!
Excellent video. I only flip PCs as a hobby, and normally price them under the market tk sell quickly (which onbiously lowers the profit). To help gibe buyers more confidence in the performance of fhe PC I record the PC playing various games (with the msi afterburner overlay to show realtime fps etc.) and upload a video to youtube. The video has the picture of the PC so they know its not a random video and I quote the game performance in the Facebook marketplace ad. I do this for about 6 gamds. I'm already play the games to make sure the PC is super stable and has no issues, plus video encoding is a final test as I edit and upload fhe video from the pc I'm selling. Do you think this is a waste of time ?
If it's just a hobby then this is fine as long as you don't mind. But for me, that extra time would essentially make me unprofitable. I do a 30min temp test (CPU + GPU together which will also stress test the PSU), then 1 story type game, and 1 esport game. That should be plenty
Great video and humour.
Hello there, last person id expect whos into pc flipping 😂
@@kazem-playz7742yeah them being here feels so out of place
Anarchism doesn't pay, kids 😉
Good guide! One small issue, the tag box simply isn't there for me. This really sucks as it makes stuff way harder to sell.
planning to do this hustle too, glad to have this little guide:)
Would you recommend creating a test bench when purchasing parts to ensure the parts you purchased are functioning. Also, what is the usual profit margin you are operating depend on the price of each build?
It depends on the size of your operation. If you're selling more than 2 systems a week, then a test bench is a good idea. Even better still if you offer repair services (which are actually more lucrative than builds!)
Margin depends on the system. Minimum £100 gross margin, then with the premium builds this can go as high as £200-250. But then after that I have to deduct VAT, corp tax, packaging, shipping, and factor a small amount per sale for warranty coverage. So that margin can soon become a lot smaller than it looks if you're runnning a proper business
Loved the video, clear and concise :)
Do you have an automated way to configure each and every pc with the usual software like chrome, etc. ?
I've seen people run shell scripts to de-bloat the application bar, removing news, removing cortana button and such.
I have tried to before, with a cloned SSD and SysPrep but it caused problems - one in particular where all the systems I made it this way got banned from COD. My theory is that the clone remembered the motherboard and when one person cheated it blacklisted all the boards. That was a very expensive blunder for me...
I do not advise debloating on systems to sell. Many times people do use those parts even if I think they're pointless. And while a debloat now might not cause problems, a future app may rely on a process you have removed though debloating.
The marginal benefit to performance is not worth the customer service headaches!!!
Edit: I do use Rufus to make the USB stick for Windows, so that I can skip the country and privacy bits each time
@thecomputersurgeon I see, thank so you so much for the reply and the great advice, I guess I was lucky to learn from your mistakes and won't have to go through them!
Well said, well explained.
Here before this blows up
👋 hey, what is that laptop you’re using?
Just a basic Huawei Matebook 15
Excellent video.
I only flip PCs as a hobby, and normally price them under the market tk sell quickly (which onbiously lowers the profit).
To help gibe buyers more confidence in the performance of fhe PC I record the PC playing various games (with the msi afterburner overlay to show realtime fps etc.) and upload a video to youtube. The video has the picture of the PC so they know its not a random video and I quote the game performance in the Facebook marketplace ad. I do this for about 6 gamds. I'm already play the games to make sure the PC is super stable and has no issues, plus video encoding is a final test as I edit and upload fhe video from the pc I'm selling.
Do you think this is a waste of time ?
6 games is too high imo just do a lightweight popular game like 20-30gb
If it's just a hobby then this is fine as long as you don't mind. But for me, that extra time would essentially make me unprofitable. I do a 30min temp test (CPU + GPU together which will also stress test the PSU), then 1 story type game, and 1 esport game. That should be plenty