"Christo" <chris@juststuffnospam.co.uk> wrote in message
news:37pbopF5e7h3kU1@individual.net...
> just a little teeny bit of research here by me
>
> but if you were to wal into a computer shop, any shop.
>
> how much would you pay for the following, not knowing anything about
> brands or anything just the spec of the PC
>
> 16x Dual Layer DVD-/+RW
> AMD Athlon 64 3400+
> 512MB DDR400 PC3200 ram
> nVidia GeForce FX6600GT 128MB Graphics Card
> 120GB SATA Hard Drive
>
> no os installed
>
> how much would you pay?
>
> and if i was to tell you the brands etc would it change your price?
>
> also a little more info.
>
> AMD 64 3400+ (skt 754)
> Asus k8vse Deluxe Motherboard
> Sony DW-D22A DVD Re Writer
> Geil 512MB DDR400 PC3200 Memory
> 120GB Western Digital Caviar SATA HDD
> Sparkle GeForce 6600GT 128 MB Graphics Card AGP, DVI, TV Out
> Thermaltake 480 watt PSU
> Chieftec Dragon Black case
>
> bare in mind your talking about from a shop here, not a self build
> although most people here probably could self build i just wanna get
> some sort of idea
>
> some people have asked me to build for them, they know absoloutly nout
> about computers unlike builds i have done for people previously and i
> have just asked for 20 quid to nock it up for them
>
> maybe for these next few builds though i could get a bt more out of
> them, so really i wanna know how much should i be charging whilst not
> totally ripping people off and still getting a decent amount of profit
> for my efforts
>
> i have priced all the parts up at about 600 but there might be a few
> odd extras here and there, new cooler for processor etc.
>
> so how much would u guys reckon is a fair price for that setup?
>
> without an installation of windows of course
>
> cheers
>
> chris
>

> just a little teeny bit of research here by me
>
> but if you were to wal into a computer shop, any shop.
>
> how much would you pay for the following, not knowing anything about brands
> or anything just the spec of the PC
>
> 16x Dual Layer DVD-/+RW
> AMD Athlon 64 3400+
> 512MB DDR400 PC3200 ram
> nVidia GeForce FX6600GT 128MB Graphics Card
> 120GB SATA Hard Drive
>
> no os installed
>
> how much would you pay?
>
> and if i was to tell you the brands etc would it change your price?
>
> also a little more info.
>
> AMD 64 3400+ (skt 754)
> Asus k8vse Deluxe Motherboard
> Sony DW-D22A DVD Re Writer
> Geil 512MB DDR400 PC3200 Memory
> 120GB Western Digital Caviar SATA HDD
> Sparkle GeForce 6600GT 128 MB Graphics Card AGP, DVI, TV Out
> Thermaltake 480 watt PSU
> Chieftec Dragon Black case
>
> bare in mind your talking about from a shop here, not a self build although
> most people here probably could self build i just wanna get some sort of
> idea
>
> some people have asked me to build for them, they know absoloutly nout about
> computers unlike builds i have done for people previously and i have just
> asked for 20 quid to nock it up for them
>
> maybe for these next few builds though i could get a bt more out of them, so
> really i wanna know how much should i be charging whilst not totally ripping
> people off and still getting a decent amount of profit for my efforts
>
> i have priced all the parts up at about 600 but there might be a few odd
> extras here and there, new cooler for processor etc.
>
> so how much would u guys reckon is a fair price for that setup?
>
> without an installation of windows of course
>
> cheers
>
> chris
>
>
>

"theyak" wrote:
> chris@juststuffnospam.co.uk
> says...
> > just a little teeny bit of research here by me
> >
> > but if you were to wal into a computer shop, any shop.
> >
> > how much would you pay for the following, not knowing anything about
brands
> > or anything just the spec of the PC
> >
> > 16x Dual Layer DVD-/+RW
> > AMD Athlon 64 3400+
> > 512MB DDR400 PC3200 ram
> > nVidia GeForce FX6600GT 128MB Graphics Card
> > 120GB SATA Hard Drive
> >
> > no os installed
> >
> > how much would you pay?
>
>
>
> Add up your costs. Add up the hours you spent putting it together.
> Charge a percentage of the costs and x dollars an hour. Add it all
> together and there you go.
>
> For example. Let's say your costs were $1000, and it took you 1 hour to
> put it together. So for sake of argument 10% of 1000 is 100 plus 40 an
> hour is 140. Round it to $1150 to make it look better and there you have
> it.

> "theyak" wrote:
> > chris@juststuffnospam.co.uk
> > says...
> > > just a little teeny bit of research here by me
> > >
> > > but if you were to wal into a computer shop, any shop.
> > >
> > > how much would you pay for the following, not knowing anything about
> brands
> > > or anything just the spec of the PC
> > >
> > > 16x Dual Layer DVD-/+RW
> > > AMD Athlon 64 3400+
> > > 512MB DDR400 PC3200 ram
> > > nVidia GeForce FX6600GT 128MB Graphics Card
> > > 120GB SATA Hard Drive
> > >
> > > no os installed
> > >
> > > how much would you pay?
> >
> >
> >
> > Add up your costs. Add up the hours you spent putting it together.
> > Charge a percentage of the costs and x dollars an hour. Add it all
> > together and there you go.
> >
> > For example. Let's say your costs were $1000, and it took you 1 hour to
> > put it together. So for sake of argument 10% of 1000 is 100 plus 40 an
> > hour is 140. Round it to $1150 to make it look better and there you have
> > it.
>
> Or you could say it's $1199.00 with an $50.00 instant CASH BACK rebate.
>
> That one always cracks me up.
>
> Jon
>
>

"theyak" <y**@dev.null> wrote in message
news:MPG.1c818f039f05f238989f81@news.easynews.com...
> In article <37prj6F5irq1***@individual.net>,
> jonREMOVETHISdanni***@yahoo.com says...
>> "theyak" wrote:
>> > chris@juststuffnospam.co.uk
>> > says...
>> > > just a little teeny bit of research here by me
>> > >
>> > > but if you were to wal into a computer shop, any shop.
>> > >
>> > > how much would you pay for the following, not knowing anything about
>> brands
>> > > or anything just the spec of the PC
>> > >
>> > > 16x Dual Layer DVD-/+RW
>> > > AMD Athlon 64 3400+
>> > > 512MB DDR400 PC3200 ram
>> > > nVidia GeForce FX6600GT 128MB Graphics Card
>> > > 120GB SATA Hard Drive
>> > >
>> > > no os installed
>> > >
>> > > how much would you pay?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Add up your costs. Add up the hours you spent putting it together.
>> > Charge a percentage of the costs and x dollars an hour. Add it all
>> > together and there you go.
>> >
>> > For example. Let's say your costs were $1000, and it took you 1 hour to
>> > put it together. So for sake of argument 10% of 1000 is 100 plus 40 an
>> > hour is 140. Round it to $1150 to make it look better and there you
>> > have
>> > it.
>>
>> Or you could say it's $1199.00 with an $50.00 instant CASH BACK rebate.
>>
>> That one always cracks me up.
>>
>> Jon
>>
>>
>
>
> What would really be funny is if you made them write a check for the
> 1200 before you have them the 50.
>