Build Report - #60 (~$181 profit)

Build Notes

Nothing really eventful of note for this build. The CPU, motherboard, case, HDD and PSU were all from my recent haul. The GPU was the second Vega 56 from the pair I picked up new on Facebook Marketplace. The cooler, SSD, fans, and ARGB controller were all bought new from Amazon.

Performance was in line with my expectations for this CPU/GPU combo, with my usual test of Overwatch 2 on competitive settings at 1080p getting a stable 144 FPS. I’ve also started testing with Marvel Rivals, which was able to get 120+ FPS on low settings. However, this was also with FSR, which increases FPS at the expense of higher input lag. With FSR off, I think FPS would be more in the 60 – 80 FPS range. In the future, I’ll be testing with FSR off.

Sale Notes

I listed this build for $525 on 3/19. I had cut the price once to $500 and the buyer messaged me on 3/27 via Facebook Marketplace. The buyer wanted a PC mainly for managing his website, as well as playing Fortnite. He hit me with the “What’s your best price” line, to which I responded with my usual “I think my price is fair, but feel free to make an offer”. He offered $400, and I responded that I’m firm on $450.

He agreed and we met that evening. I did the usual demo of the PC. The buyer asked once more if I could go lower, but I was firm and sold for $450, a net profit of $181. This is slightly less than my usual goal of $200 per flip, which I chalk up to overpaying slightly for the motherboard, as well as no longer having cheap $5 1TB HDDs.

Later that evening, I got a message from the buyer asking about WiFi (the listing did not say WiFi was included). I told him he could purchase a USB WiFi adapter and sent him a recommendation on Walmart that he then bought in-store that night. I then had to walk him through getting that working (no driver CD is included - the USB WiFi adapter shows up as a CD in Explorer and clicking into it reveals the driver installer).

I thought everything was good at this point but he messaged me the next day with pictures showing UAC prompts in Windows 11 and asking me for the password. Since I set all my temp accounts up with no password, usually just pressing enter with a blank password works, but for whatever reason he wasn’t able to install the Epic Games Launcher. He went dark on me for a few days, but when I sent a follow up message checking in on him, he said he had reset Windows and created a new account, which got around the issue. Overall a little more support than usual, but debugging via pictures on Facebook Messenger was convenient (vs. through OfferUp messages, which doesn’t have picture support) and worked out in the end.