I have NEVER seen the USED PC Market like this before...

The Used Gaming PC market coming into 2024 is a good and bad, and today we explain what exactly is going on, economically.

Chapters
00:00 The Situation so far.
02:42 The reason the market is so flat right now, especially in Australia.
05:08 Statistics that might scare you.
11:06 what now? The problem and the solution.

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[MarcoGPUtuber]

2:08 This is a sign that you need to do the used parts hunt on an escooter.

[MarkRV]

Yeap, same here in Spain. Sold 27 PC's between October and December. Now, from from January to this day, sold only 5. The economy is really bad right now.

[mx]

Here's something I saw back in early 2008. People began selling off unfinished builds or full builds to either pay bills, they lost their job, or their employer was cutting back on hours. This sort of thing only got worse after the mass layoffs came into effect.

[westnylefx]

Economy is crumbling. When you see less traffic on your highways you know the economy is moving slower.

[voteDC]

The used market where I live in the UK is quite frankly hilarious. People are still trying to sell i7-2600 based PC with a low end graphics card as 'capable of playing all modern games'. Trying to buy parts is also funny as people ask near new prices and people still think the graphics card boom is going on (who'd pay MSRP for a GTX 970 today?)

[BillHutchison]

Buying used parts in Adelaide is crazy at the moment. So many people are so out of touch that they are asking for more for their used parts than I can buy them for new ...

[MikeDaisu]

Here in Caucasus region things are looking hella grim. Prices went high, we have deficit of PC hardware, but people want to buy PCs for even cheaper than what they were in 2023. So if a PC cost $800, people want it for $700 now, but because of the economy and what not it's difficult to even build a PC like that for $900 now. In February of 2023 I sold 5 PCs. In February of 2024 I haven't been able to sell anything yet. I'm even selling them at a much less profit.

Also, I've been getting offered mostly Playstations and sometimes Laptops for trade recently.

[mx]

I sell PCs and other hardware but at a much slower pace. The only thing people are interested in is stuff they can flip for profit. Talk about dog eat dog.
But, what I used to do is buy broken Gaming PC for pennies on the dollar, troubleshoot the problem, upgrade, then resell them. The market for broken PCs has been virtually non-existent for a while.

[FateCarver]

I'm in So-Cal US and it is completely dead for flipping... Me and the other 5 guys that compete with each other in our market are not getting any sales. Also everyone else is dumping their old PC's at the same time so my market is flooded with options. At the same time everyone that is selling parts are asking ridiculous prices to the point that I'm occasionally getting better deals on Ebay with tax and shipping for the first time since I started selling.

[akosiamarillo]

I have stopped my small gaming PC side hustle. Actually for 2 years now. People are just not buying and prices of parts are still high. So I stopped. I have still 2-3 PCs still sitting around unsold! 😢

[heyguyslolGAMING]

I had a used PC on craigslist here in Texas and someone offered me an illegal migrant for trade that can cook and clean. I unfortunately had to turn them down because I don't have room to house them.

[AaronHendu]

It isnt just the PC market...people just dont have disposable income anymore. Want to own a house in North America? Or do you want nice things? Cant really have both anymore unless you are well off.

[jiggybucksington]

Your flip up challenge inspired my new build. I flipped my r5 4500 rx 5700 xt system, an RTX 3070 and a Ryzen 7 5700x, to an i7 14700k, Asus tuf gaming z790, 32gb ddr5 6000mhz and an rx 6800 xt. I wanted the 4070 super but you are right about the market. Lots of lowball offers. Got lucky for everything to go in 3 days.

[YudaHnK]

They lowered price on ps5 too at retail. They wouldn’t do it unless demand has significantly fallen off

[chitradev]

TechYesonmics is back!! Missed this type of content on the channel.

[Hamakua]

"E scooter theft vs E scooter fad" A little from column A and a little from column B.

[trestianb]

I was offered in trade for a gaming pc: a car (when a 2080ti sh was 1200USD), a rare breed dog, a diamond engagement ring (the girl said no apparently) and the best one, a pig.

[Jwalk]

A lot of those eScooters are shipped with garbage batteries, then when it starts dying really fast the cost of a new battery is usually close to the same original cost of the scooter.

[dirkjewitt]

The idea of a middle class was going on until 2008. It truly died in the 90's.

[grizzlyindustries]

Same situation here in the US. I believe for three reasons which has helped my sales.

1.) I've always lived in a por area. So, I never try to sell above $300. So, my PCs and parts are never above $300. I'm always trying to aim around 1080p to 720p 60fps for people with televisions. This inflation which is awfiul cause I along with many others literally are out of jobs and nobody is hiring anywhere. Really bad situation over here. So inflation is at least one major fault.

2.) Higher prices on tech parts. One thing that has been the death of builds and hardest for everyone has been cases, power supplies, and high end/newer parts(GPUs, CPUs, and motherboards). I'm happy ram and SSDs which you even predicted at one point would be cheaper and are the cheapest parts to get for builds thankfully. But other than ram and storage, everything shot up in prices. Nothing has been the same in building and selling since before Covid.

3.) Steam Deck! It's both a beauty and a curse! Steam Decks sell. People want to play games and majority don't care how good it needs to look. They don't even want RGB most times. Although it does get attention faster, RGB still doesn't sell it any faster. At least in my area. I know people trying to sell higher end units are having a hard time. But, I literally get "Can this run games like a Steam Deck?" so many times. I don't hate it cause I am both a Windows and a Linux user. I have helped sell over 15 units being prebuilts these two months with Xeons or Optiplexes with Linux or heavily modified Windows(to be light) paired with GTX 960 4gbs, GTX 1050tis, RX 560 4gbs, RX470s, RX480s, RX570s, and RX580s. These are always booting into Steam's newer "Big Picture Mode" with titles saying *Steam Deck like Gaming PC*. And these sell! And we make sure they aren't bad either with some cheap remote controlled RGB strips inside with all having 12gb to 16gb of ram and SSDs all at or under $300.

This is what my three reasons are. These have helped people like me and my area that despite living in the US. I still come from a poorer area. So, the Steam Deck and it's sales are what sell now. Thanks to it. Sales have been better for the $120 to $200 price ranged prebuilts. Some $300 if they want newer parts. But others including my own PC do to my unemployment can't even sell my 1st Gen Ryzen build in it's nicer case with RGB and can't sell for aroumd $350 and up. Cause I then get, "Well! A Steam Deck is cheaper!" which I know. Cause I help my also unemployed buddy who is without his IT job due to be letting go. He just happened to have prebuilts from his last place cause they let go of those units. This is even a major corporation as well and not the only one. So, here from me. Sell prebuilts fixed up to be nice and play like "Steam Decks".

Now on the other hand and a side track off. I have been..hired security..as well. Crime has shot up rapidly cause people are without jobs. I usually can be contracted out in my local area from the civil services in my local area due to how quickly it can turn. In January, I got that call, and many vets/NCOs have gotten that call. Protected my buddy as well. Nothing bad happened in sales. But after selling one unit recently. A shootout happened and a young officier was holding up the mam who was doing it. Luckily, I came along literally after selling the unit in the same paring lot. The officier and I calmed this man who was just trying to get money for basic gas and groceries. My buddy knew this man.

So be safe out there everybody. And sell with caution. And try to sell "Steam Deck" like units. That will help more. Hope everybody only has good days ahead.