Here's my rig: Intel(R) Core 2 Quad CPU Q 6600 @ 2.40 GHz
Kingston 4gb Ram DDR2 ( 2x2)
Nvidia Inno3D geForce 8500gt 1gb
400W Power Supply
500gb Hard Disk.

Please , price this rig. Thanks.
Are you selling it used? If so, then let me calculate it at 50% new price and 70% new price: (based off pcandparts.com)

New prices:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600: Not sold anymore: Let me give it an estimate of $130-150
Kingston 4GB RAM DDR2 (2x2): $78
Nvidia Inno3D Geforce 8500GT 1GB: $60-70 (Since the GT220 is $75 and is quicker) (estimate)
400W Power supply: I am assuming this is generic: $10, if original: $50
500GB Hard Disk: $43 (Hitachi or Seagate mot probably)
Motherboard: Let's say $80-100
Case: $30 (generic)

Add them up: 130 + 78 + 60 + 50 + 43 + 80 + 30 = $471 (new)

Used (50%): $235
Used (70%): $330
Note that although I have estimated the CPU's price at $130-150, it sells for more. But I deprecated it since it has been superceded by 45nm Core 2 Quads that are faster, then the Core i5/i7 xxx series, then the Core i5/i7 2xxx series (you could call it 2.5 generations old)
12 days later
well if your processor is G0 stepping then what you've got there is a gold :D
the Q6600 G0 version overclocks very easily and very high! not to mention its not being produced anymore, mine is G0 stepping and i wouldn't sell it for 300 bucks
if i were you id install a core 2 duo on that and keep the processor, and sell it for 235$ (there are people who don't understand about pc's and would pay 330)

edit: let me clear that, i mean keep the processor, install a core 2 duo on your rig and sell the rig not the processor :P
10 days later
shant is right....you should sell your CPU because its very rare..VERY!!!!
keep the CPU and install another CPU like a c2d or even a dual core (you can find for 60$ brand new and at 3.0GHz)
and also you can post the pc on Facebook marketplace or elmazad
and make sure to post the price HIGHER than you want to sell because if you don't people will call you make make you drop the price even lower ;)
and also clean the PC (make it look new and shiny) so that you can say that *this this and this* parts is brand new. do NOT forget to reformat your hard drive
don't format it with the normal windows disk
first fully low level format your hard drive with dban http://www.google.com.lb/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBwQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dban.org%2F&ei=kCr6TbGEDY2KhQfvl-mWAw&usg=AFQjCNGQVn59SRGInFm2phhrg1K8FGejhA
and leave it running don't ignore this step because there might be critical data in your harddrive who people can get very easily (even if you format the drive)
make sure you install windows 7 on it so that people be more interested in it and don't install 64-bit. install 32-bit because it will run faster and it will still show 4GB of ram in the my computer menu ;)
Good luck !
Actually i posted in on elmazad and with a price of 350$ . One said she is interested but she never called .
Why should he not sell his CPU? Even @6GHz it can't match the performance of a Core i7 2xxx series @ stock. Overclock it and you can sell it higher. That is if you're going the "new PC" route. Doesn't make much sense to keep it for a newer mobo since you can buy a Core i5 2400 for $200 and OC the hell out of that. 6 series boards can be obtained for $100-$200.
the problem is that this pc im selling is put aside because my brother got a new desktop for architecture graphics ( 16 gb ram ddr3 with i7 3.4GHZ) so thats why he wants to sell this pc. And my father just wants to sell it to get rid of it simply.
yasamoka wroteWhy should he not sell his CPU? Even @6GHz it can't match the performance of a Core i7 2xxx series @ stock. Overclock it and you can sell it higher. That is if you're going the "new PC" route. Doesn't make much sense to keep it for a newer mobo since you can buy a Core i5 2400 for $200 and OC the hell out of that. 6 series boards can be obtained for $100-$200.
he should sell the processor by itself,he will get more money out of it, lol that was a joke the 6Ghz thing right?
if you overclock the Q6600 good enough you can get near the performance of an i5, or he can keep the cpu and oc it, this way he won't have to spend a few hundred dollars and still get a good performance, as i said the Q6600 is special, its no longer being produced and it overclocks easily, btw you can't oc the hell out of the 2400, its not unlocked...
shant wrote
yasamoka wroteWhy should he not sell his CPU? Even @6GHz it can't match the performance of a Core i7 2xxx series @ stock. Overclock it and you can sell it higher. That is if you're going the "new PC" route. Doesn't make much sense to keep it for a newer mobo since you can buy a Core i5 2400 for $200 and OC the hell out of that. 6 series boards can be obtained for $100-$200.
he should sell the processor by itself,he will get more money out of it, lol that was a joke the 6Ghz thing right?
if you overclock the Q6600 good enough you can get near the performance of an i5, or he can keep the cpu and oc it, this way he won't have to spend a few hundred dollars and still get a good performance, as i said the Q6600 is special, its no longer being produced and it overclocks easily, btw you can't oc the hell out of the 2400, its not unlocked...
Haha no it was not a joke...Let's take this step by step. The Core i5 / i7 xxx (1st generation) improves on the previous Core 2 Quad Generation (Q8xxx and Q9xxx) by 50% (theoretically). The Core i5 / i7 2xxx (2nd generation) improves on the Core i5 / i7 xxx by 50% (theoretically). Now for the calculations:

Let's assume a Core i5 2400 running at 3.1GHz (stock). Its raw performance, clock for clock, expressed in terms of a Core 2 Quad (8xxx or 9xxx) is the following: 1.5 * 1.5 = 2.25 (clock for clock)

now let's multiply that by the frequency of the Core i5 to get the frequency we need to run the Core 2 Quad at to equal the Core i5's performance. 3.1GHz * 2.25 = 6.975 GHz (You need 7GHz, theoretically, to match the Core i5's performance at stock. This is disregarding the new instruction sets which improve performance. in certain cases. way beyond the 2.25x raw improvement. An example is AES encryption performance.)

We are still with a Core i5 @Stock. Now let's take a Core i5@4GHz (this is easy, everybody should be able to reach it, even with the stock cooler. This is a bad chip for OC, too). 4GHz * 2.25 = 9GHz Core 2 Quad. (Liquid nitrogen? If it's even possible for the chip to run that fast).

You can't OC a 2400? You can OC a 2600K, with its multiplier unlocked, and that one costs $100 more than the Core i5 2400. Neither is the Q6600's multiplier unlocked.

Based on my calculations, you need a 190% OC to reach a Core i5 @Stock and a 275% overclock to reach a Core i5 OC.

This is all based on the assumption that the software would take advantage of the new processor. But why shouldn't it? They're both quad cores. Single - threaded apps scale much the same way as multi - threaded apps between these 2 processors.
thegodfatherdany wrotethe problem is that this pc im selling is put aside because my brother got a new desktop for architecture graphics ( 16 gb ram ddr3 with i7 3.4GHZ) so thats why he wants to sell this pc. And my father just wants to sell it to get rid of it simply.
Congrats on the new PC by the way! Enjoy it! I like it when someone gets a PC for such majors. It can run video games pretty well if it has a nice graphics card.
yasamoka wrote
shant wrote
yasamoka wroteWhy should he not sell his CPU? Even @6GHz it can't match the performance of a Core i7 2xxx series @ stock. Overclock it and you can sell it higher. That is if you're going the "new PC" route. Doesn't make much sense to keep it for a newer mobo since you can buy a Core i5 2400 for $200 and OC the hell out of that. 6 series boards can be obtained for $100-$200.
he should sell the processor by itself,he will get more money out of it, lol that was a joke the 6Ghz thing right?
if you overclock the Q6600 good enough you can get near the performance of an i5, or he can keep the cpu and oc it, this way he won't have to spend a few hundred dollars and still get a good performance, as i said the Q6600 is special, its no longer being produced and it overclocks easily, btw you can't oc the hell out of the 2400, its not unlocked...
Haha no it was not a joke...Let's take this step by step. The Core i5 / i7 xxx (1st generation) improves on the previous Core 2 Quad Generation (Q8xxx and Q9xxx) by 50% (theoretically). The Core i5 / i7 2xxx (2nd generation) improves on the Core i5 / i7 xxx by 50% (theoretically). Now for the calculations:

Let's assume a Core i5 2400 running at 3.1GHz (stock). Its raw performance, clock for clock, expressed in terms of a Core 2 Quad (8xxx or 9xxx) is the following: 1.5 * 1.5 = 2.25 (clock for clock)

now let's multiply that by the frequency of the Core i5 to get the frequency we need to run the Core 2 Quad at to equal the Core i5's performance. 3.1GHz * 2.25 = 6.975 GHz (You need 7GHz, theoretically, to match the Core i5's performance at stock. This is disregarding the new instruction sets which improve performance. in certain cases. way beyond the 2.25x raw improvement. An example is AES encryption performance.)

We are still with a Core i5 @Stock. Now let's take a Core i5@4GHz (this is easy, everybody should be able to reach it, even with the stock cooler. This is a bad chip for OC, too). 4GHz * 2.25 = 9GHz Core 2 Quad. (Liquid nitrogen? If it's even possible for the chip to run that fast).

You can't OC a 2400? You can OC a 2600K, with its multiplier unlocked, and that one costs $100 more than the Core i5 2400. Neither is the Q6600's multiplier unlocked.

Based on my calculations, you need a 190% OC to reach a Core i5 @Stock and a 275% overclock to reach a Core i5 OC.

This is all based on the assumption that the software would take advantage of the new processor. But why shouldn't it? They're both quad cores. Single - threaded apps scale much the same way as multi - threaded apps between these 2 processors.
yeah i know but in gaming benchmarks show around 15-20+ fps, other than that it all depends on how a game is coded and how many threads it uses, my point was that he shouldn't sell a Q6600 for that cheap
Of course he shouldn't! I totally agree. But the point is this: You need to recognize what the type of person who is buying this system is. He's gonna look and say: Oh this has quad core! check. 4gb ram. check. 8500gt. check. Original intel board :P. check. 500GB. check. This is most probably the type that's going to buy it.

What I'm saying is, he can't sell his Q6600 for much, even if he sold it on its own. The one who's gonna buy it is already stuck with an LGA775 board. If he wants such a processor for gaming, let's say, then he's going to want to overclock it (he had a bottleneck with a previous processor. But he can't spend much is what I'm saying. If a Core i5 mobo + CPU costs $300 - $400, how is he going to be able to sell the Quad for $300, for example? If he sold it for $200, nobody who's building a new system is going to buy it, since they will be buying a 6 series board, for example.

It would be less of a headache to just overclock the quad and sell it with the system, provided it doesn't blow up the power supply. He could ask for a higher price. Maybe first he should search for a buyer for the Quad, I don't know.

Just my 2 cents
200$ makes sense for a Q6600, but may be hard to find a buyer, yeah overclocking then selling sounds a good idea, hahahaha i like how lebanese people don't buy boards other than intel lmaoo
no way selling the pc for less than 300$...:P thanks for enlightening me about these types of processors
330 - 350 sounds good...but I think that's max. What board do you have? :P Let's see if it's good for OC so that we at least have that option available.
i bet its intel hahaha (hope not)
10 days later
hello again.
i want to sell this rig for 350$ .
msg me 71/960964 if interested. thanks.
thegodfatherdany wrotehello again.
i want to sell this rig for 350$ .
msg me 71/960964 if interested. thanks.
that's a nice looking number...
i know it's ...not the topic... nvm i'm bored ^.^
thegodfatherdany wrotehello again.
i want to sell this rig for 350$ .
msg me 71/960964 if interested. thanks.
I'm interested in the phone number! For sale?