Hello everyone, I have a Dell XPS 8300 that I would like to sell, but I'm not sure if there's a market for it. The specs are ok (to me); Intel Core i7 2600 @ 3.40GHz 32.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 RAM ATI AMD Radeon R7 260x (2GB) 1TB Seagate Hard Drive HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GH70N Optical Drive Dell Wireless 1501 Wireless-N WLAN Half-Mini Card I would put Windows 10 on the machine before I sell it. Is it possible to get any money for this machine?
$150 was about what I expected to get for it. I did try windows 10 and it works fine. Windows 11 requires the TPM Bypass method, but works too. I'll use Active KillDisk on the HDD and try to sell it on eBay or a local PC shop.
It has a decent processor(CPU) and graphics card(GPU) and 32 GB of DDR3 RAM, so it should run Windows 10 64-bit fine for normal computing functions and for playing older games. If it is in good condition and not dented and scratched, you should be able to get more than $200 for it. If you decide to keep it, switch its hard disk drive(HDD) to a solid state drive(SSD) and switch its Dell 802.11n single band wireless card to an Intel dual band 802.11ac wireless card. You will see a big improvement in speed and snappiness and wireless speed.
Honestly that's a pretty good computer. Use a SSD as other said it and this system should be more than enough for everyday tasks. I game with the same CPU, 8GB of ram and a GTX 950 2gb, games like Valorant, CSGO, League of Legends, PUBG run butter smooth. I don't know how pricing in your country works but in mine your computer can be sold from $300 up to $500.
I'm using almost exactly the same in my living room as a Plex server/ HTPC. Stuck all my old HDD's in it and installed DrivePool onto it to make 14TB network drive, with Win10Pro on a 512GB SSD. CPU is Intel G860 3Ghz. Asus Motherboard. 630GT 2GB Graphics. It runs great but Plex scanning and transcoding maxes it out constantly (100% cpu). That's why it's nice to have the big case for cooling. The HDD's need the cooling too. Some are pretty old and run hot since they are on top of each other. Every time I think about replacing the cpu/motherboard I remember that I have to gut it and get new Ram/PSU/GPU too, so it's just not cost-effective compared to buying a mid-level gaming laptop -- at least now with high GPU and Ram prices. I might do an unraid setup instead later, but Linux is just too much trouble really. Win10 with Plex and Qbittorrent (and a VPN) is soooooo simple and low maintenance. I just flip over to Amazon TV on the same 55" screen for 4k special movies since it doesn't have HDR HDMI output. Built this system myself in 2012. Always meant to upgrade the CPU to i5+ but just never needed to. Got a used gaming laptop for $300 instead. Now I have an Acer general laptop for $400 too. If you don't use it for a server in the house I would donate it to a kid, or to someone in Ukraine or something.