Help me build a for-sale rig

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lately I've acquired a stock pile of parts that, because my actual needs are so low, I do not need. I would rather throw money in my safe until i need to upgrade than keep obsolete parts. Just sitting around I have:

5x nzxt 120mm fans

a stockpile of 80mm led fans

600w ocz modular psu

500w evga psu

wd caviar green 1tb 

4gb kingstom ddr3 1600

2x4gb ddr3 (getting Saturday in a trade)

radeon hd 5830

a few extremely low end pci-e cards

phenom x6 1090t 

corsair h100 (freshly lapped with 1500 grit)

biostar am3 motherboard

msi lga 1155 motherboard

celeron g555

phenom x4 9650

biostar am2+ motherboard

athlon x2 240

athlon x2 250

dead am3 biostar motherboard

100gb seagate sata hdd

80gb seagate hdd

plenty of ddr2 ram

The list just goes on and on especially if the oem parts are counted. Was wondering what you guys think I should stuff in a case and try to sell. Is the lga 771 mod craze still going on?

 

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Could I also make ecc ram work on a 771 mod? Ive got some servers coming in soon that need a use.

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yeah 771 socket works with ecc ram (ecc were made for those ;> but i'm sure you know it ) The one thing i hate about that socket that there isn't any closed loop cooling for them... and you have to improvise. Either way 771 offers cheap cpu's with many cores :) though i prefer newer tech... uses less power and is much faster.

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Ya, Im just looking for profit, so true power and energy isnt a problem.

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Just asking but why do you have so much junk and where did you get it?

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the LGA 771 cpus and and ibm servers that were using it itself are lying by 100's in my company's warehouse. Since its expensive to garbage them we're selling them for little to none buck at ebay...

By hardware it just accumulates like garbage from previous builds, you changed something, upgraded and keep old parts.

 

You can make a nice buck if you get some cool looking cases, and do nice wiring for that 771; then you can sell it as a workstation computer with 2x quad core cpu's from intel for lets say 500-600bucks :) ?

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Would you not make much more money selling off the parts, rather then a dated PC?

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I got it through trading. I got the phenom x6 / mobo/ h100 by trading up from a single core athlon cpu, a dvi cable and a custom painted controller shell for xbox 360. I spend at least 2 hours a day sending trade e-mails  on craigslist. Its pretty much all I can do because my parents aren't responsible enough to help me get a work permit or transportation.

Trading up took about 6 months.

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I offered up my phenom core cpu and the only offer i got was $15 with motherboard. there just no market for parts here.

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Crazy, just got £77 ($130) for my old Phenom X4 Black Edition 9950 and mobo. 

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In my experience, selling a built gaming PC is EXTREMELY HARD. At least in my area there is almost 0 demand for custom computers. Shipping on eBay is far too costly to be worth it. So I normally just part things out. If I can't get at least $20 for the part I don't even bother trying to sell it.

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Here its the opposite, and no kid believes a computer under $750 can play games no matter how hard you try to tell them. And they all ask if you can build a mac. Its awful.