Dell XPS Gaming Tower - Any value?

[WartHog]

Was helping my Sister clear out stuff belonging to her Son who recently passed away from Cancer. He had a Dell XPS (730?) Series Gaming Tower sitting in his closet that he had picked up who knows where. Outer case has a few scuffs/scrapes but no dents and the XPS badges are broken - Drive Bays are empty.

From what I found doing searches, the setup is like 10 year old tech that Dell was asking cray-cray bucks for back then. Would it be worth anything putting it on Craigslist or is it basically e-waste?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_XPS_730x

https://www.cnet.com/products/dell-xps-730-h2c-dxcwor1/review/

[MrFancyPants]

That model is pretty old so not really worth much. Specs would help, but just from what I've seen, you might be able to get somebody to pay $100 for it, if you're lucky.

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[Kwikvette]

Reboot to factory and donate it.

Sorry to hear about your nephew.

[Dragunov]

Was helping my Sister clear out stuff belonging to her Son who recently passed away from Cancer. He had a Dell XPS (730?) Series Gaming Tower sitting in his closet that he had picked up who knows where. Outer case has a few scuffs/scrapes but no dents and the XPS badges are broken - Drive Bays are empty.

From what I found doing searches, the setup is like 10 year old tech that Dell was asking cray-cray bucks for back then. Would it be worth anything putting it on Craigslist or is it basically e-waste?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_XPS_730x

https://www.cnet.com/products/dell-xps-730-h2c-dxcwor1/review/

Still good for games of that era, someone will buy it.

[otahak]

possible uses

While no longer worth much for gaming - it's still a computer. You can use it to host various things - including a website. It's also a great gift for a young child who's interesed in learning about programming or computer stuffs.

That said, to answer your question a bit more directly: It's likely not gonna fetch a whole lot of money, if any. You'd likely get more enjoyment out of using it for one of the above mentioned purposes than whatever the $20-100 you may get trying to sell it will buy.

[jdfthetech]

The case and watercooling system might be of value to someone.

You should toss it on ebay (sans harddrive), put a min bid of 100 bucks + shipping, I bet you sell it.

[WartHog]

Thanks everyone - I slapped it on Craigslist for $50, kicked a couple of scammers and a lowballer to the curb, and ended up getting $50 out of it less $10 in fuel to meet the buyer halfway.

[gorn5150]

The amazing thing to me about this thread is that a 10 year old Dell computer was still working. I've owned several Dells that never made it past a year and a half.

[MrFancyPants]

The amazing thing to me about this thread is that a 10 year old Dell computer was still working. I've owned several Dells that never made it past a year and a half.

Sounds like you've had crap luck. I still have 2 Dell laptops from the XP era which still work fine, never had an issue with either, and they're both between 6-10 years old. One I use exclusively for a single game which only runs well in XP, Empire Earth. Only reason I still have that one. I have absolutely no need for the other one, but I haven't gotten rid of it.

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[gorn5150]

Yeah, I have had crap luck with Dell. Every one I owned was replaced at least once under warrantee then the replacements all died a quick death.