For me, building PCs is the only way I can work because I am disabled. I suffer from a chronic intestinal condition that requires me to spend up to 10 hours a day managing it. This type of work allows me the flexibility to adjust to my health-on better days, I focus on assembling PCs, and on worse days, I dedicate my time to searching for good deals on parts.
I just do this as a hobby. I have a full time job so I won’t be able to build as many PCs like you, and I mark my PCs down ALOT just so I can move them quick. The PCs comparable to your’s, I am selling at around $100-$200 cheaper just so I can sell it faster and not have to worry about after I’m done.
As my sister tells me, it's a self-sustaining hobby. Though in my case I sold enough last year that it funded my family vacation. I did have help from my daughter who helped test my PCs (she got to play a lot of games that year) for a cut of the profit. Another weird side effect of my PC flipping is that I used the data I collected to create a year-end data analysis assignment for my senior math class this year which I'm looking forward to grading to see if they noticed any interesting patterns in the data.
Your talking points about opportunity cost are something that resonate with me for sure. As we grow older we tend to value our time more in terms of quality time spent with loved ones rather than in dollars and cents. Still, a fun hobby/small side hustle to fit in when one can!
@Jaspervv2 I sell it on my local marketplace + Facebook marketplace. For me it's also hard because it can take a long time too sell. I live in the Netherlands so it's pretty hard to sell. You just need to wait a little bit.
Really great video, this is the honesty that a lot of “side hustle” videos need, this is an interesting hobby that makes a little money on the side at best
Think this is the most honest take on flipping PCs. Part of the issue with some UA-cam creators is they romanticize the whole process and pretend to make giant profits with no evidence of what they paid to build or sold it for. Click bait titles and thumbnails telling the viewer "Showing you how to flip a PC with $500 profit!!" will have kids thinking it's just that easy and wind up losing money. It's a fun hobby but it only take 1 or 2 items in your build to go bad to kill your profits.
I have two boys (2 and 5). Flipping isn't viable for the hours spent sourcing parts. It's great for my me-time when the kids are asleep. Definitely a fun hobby. Hope your little one isn't keeping you guys up too long :)
unlike engines, pc's dont have to be built anywhere special. you can do it in you living room while sitting with your family and dont have to rush. i started flipping pc's in october and average around 80$ profit. will continue to do so as long as they continue to, at minimum, pay for themselves
Great overview of the experience, and lots of great tips. I've sold just over 50 PCs and have the same issue that it takes away a lot of time from family and going out with friends. The deal hunting can take some time. I'm trying to stick to standard builds and only work on 2 at a time. I find working on 2 at a time from the same platform allows me to always have known working parts in case I need to trouble why one deal is not booting etc. I'm going for a slightly higher price point. The two builds I want to focus on this year is a Ryzen 7 3700x with either a 5700xt, 2070 or 2070 super while a more expensive build will be the Ryzen 5700x with a 3070. Do you find these type of builds don't sell as well as the budget ones. Some budget PCs I sold over the Xmas period sold within hours. People do like a Fish Tank case and I've had compliments on the look of any Fish Tank style cases. Sometimes just costs a bit more to fill out the case with argb fans. Hopefully you'll just reduce the pc building rather than completely stop as your videos are great. Enjoy the extra time with your wife and daughter.
Hey thank you so much for the write up! I appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment. I like your two builds moving forward; 3070 would be an interesting GPU to get into regularly. I think 580 will start phasing out at some point, but 5700xt and 2070/s are going to be viable for a long time. Also thanks for the encouragement! I have no intention on stopping. :)
The PC I have connected to my TV has a RX580 2048sp 8GB and a Ryzen 5 1600AF with 16GB DDR4 3200Mhz. It is mainly used for emulation but It's still a competent PC for playing higher end titles. The most demanding I've tried on it to be fair is Hogwarts Legacy but 1080p Low Settings (with view distance on Medium), it's a close to 60FPS experience. Sprinkle in upscaling and you can have more FPS. When it comes to NVMe vs SSD I think people are fine going with either. My gaming PC has a NVMe boot drive and the aforementioned TV PC boots from an SSD, there's really no noticeable difference when it comes to performance. I'd likely find it if I went testing for it but there's really no need to. The big advantage of NVMe is if you want an easier time of cable management but as both of my PCs have more than one drive in them, for me that isn't a big thing. A tip that didn't get mentioned is that before people start building PCs they should look at what is selling locally to them. There's little point in building in a fish tank style case filled with RGB if those listings aren't selling but the graphics card in a office PC are flying off the metaphorical shelves. Sell what the market wants, build a good reputation, and then you can try to start shaking things up.
Great point that I definitely forgot to mention. You really do need to deliberately check your local sales before jumping into it. I’ll make sure to include that in a future, holistic video!
The customer is *supposed* to pay the sales tax, but they don’t want to (especially if it is cash). I am not sure why people always post they made so much when it is usually $100. That is a typical build fee. So, in the end, it is a break even if you pay yourself 4 hours at $25 an hour.
I’ve gotten to a point where I sell roughly 9 pcs a month and I’ve profited roughly $8500 since when I started in July, however I am in high school and I have nothing better to do in my free time haha, plus I also make more than most of my friends working 20hrs a week.
Yo, i just bought a PC for $80. The specs are: i5 7400, 8gb ddr4, 246gb ssd, 1tb hdd, 400 watt psu(no 6 or 8 pin for gpu). I want to get into PC flipping. The challenge is flipping a $100 PC till my DREAM Gaming PC. I Only have $20 left, but i decided to add $20, because PC parts are so expensive here where i'm from. I was wondering, what would be the best budget gpu for the PC?
great channel im doing the same thing 3 years as a business. an yeah ive build last year 164 systems and 45 alone between oct-dec. ive learned my lessens in my first year so ive build in july and august 5 systems just for dec... there are always ppl asking if something on the shelf and this is where u can easy grab money. over 70% of my buildings are systems between 450-650 bucks. my 2 most selling systems are r5 3600 + rx 5700 xt and i3 12100f with an rtx 2070 super close on the r5 5600 with an rx 6700 xt. ive double checked my data and 2024 ive just build 8 pcs with an rtx 4000 series cards and 2 with rx 7000 cards. if i get customers the choice they always went with nvidia.... in may ive sold 7 systems 5 of it has an rtx 2060 for the same price i could geht the rx 5700 xt and i could say whatever i want... they take the rtx 2060. sometimes customers need a choice but i try to avoid it cause... nvidia is to dominant in the gaming sector... i love nvidia too but i also love price to performance. i would love to offer an rtx 3060 ti for around 150 bucks but i guess this will happen within the next gen... maybe. i also try to do this in youtube but withn 9to5 job and this sidehustle there is less time for time that. every year its getting more and i hope in some point in time i can reduce the time on my 9to5 job.
Man it’s like you’re verbalizing my thoughts! Thanks for sharing your experience. Would love for you to join the discord and share more of your wisdom!
What do you guys think? Is PC flipping a viable money making opportunity? Just a hobby?
@@Budgetiers I think start it as a hobby but could hopefully become a business for people
For me, building PCs is the only way I can work because I am disabled. I suffer from a chronic intestinal condition that requires me to spend up to 10 hours a day managing it. This type of work allows me the flexibility to adjust to my health-on better days, I focus on assembling PCs, and on worse days, I dedicate my time to searching for good deals on parts.
I just do this as a hobby.
I have a full time job so I won’t be able to build as many PCs like you, and I mark my PCs down ALOT just so I can move them quick.
The PCs comparable to your’s, I am selling at around $100-$200 cheaper just so I can sell it faster and not have to worry about after I’m done.
As my sister tells me, it's a self-sustaining hobby. Though in my case I sold enough last year that it funded my family vacation. I did have help from my daughter who helped test my PCs (she got to play a lot of games that year) for a cut of the profit.
Another weird side effect of my PC flipping is that I used the data I collected to create a year-end data analysis assignment for my senior math class this year which I'm looking forward to grading to see if they noticed any interesting patterns in the data.
Your talking points about opportunity cost are something that resonate with me for sure. As we grow older we tend to value our time more in terms of quality time spent with loved ones rather than in dollars and cents. Still, a fun hobby/small side hustle to fit in when one can!
Thanks for the inspiration I just sold my first pc flip
AYY!! Congrats man!! Glad to help.
I just sold like my 12th pc 😃, all thanks of you, i also make video's now 😃😃
where do u sell your pc's, selling is the hard part for me. i'm new
@Jaspervv2 I sell it on my local marketplace + Facebook marketplace. For me it's also hard because it can take a long time too sell. I live in the Netherlands so it's pretty hard to sell. You just need to wait a little bit.
@@Jaspervv2local markets
LETS GOO!!!
@@Budgetiers 💪💪
Really great video, this is the honesty that a lot of “side hustle” videos need, this is an interesting hobby that makes a little money on the side at best
Thanks, appreciate that!
Think this is the most honest take on flipping PCs. Part of the issue with some UA-cam creators is they romanticize the whole process and pretend to make giant profits with no evidence of what they paid to build or sold it for. Click bait titles and thumbnails telling the viewer "Showing you how to flip a PC with $500 profit!!" will have kids thinking it's just that easy and wind up losing money. It's a fun hobby but it only take 1 or 2 items in your build to go bad to kill your profits.
Appreciate the comment! Definitely want to show people the reality of flipping PCs. It’s fun but there can be too many opportunities for losing money!
Just sold my 4th pc you and elijah’s lab inspire me
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I have two boys (2 and 5). Flipping isn't viable for the hours spent sourcing parts. It's great for my me-time when the kids are asleep. Definitely a fun hobby. Hope your little one isn't keeping you guys up too long :)
Haha thanks! She is honestly great, but we’ll see since they change every few days lol.
Great video! Honest and informative.
Appreciate it! Glad you found it helpful.
@@BudgetiersAnd now that I have your attention, taxation is theft!
unlike engines, pc's dont have to be built anywhere special. you can do it in you living room while sitting with your family and dont have to rush. i started flipping pc's in october and average around 80$ profit. will continue to do so as long as they continue to, at minimum, pay for themselves
Great overview of the experience, and lots of great tips.
I've sold just over 50 PCs and have the same issue that it takes away a lot of time from family and going out with friends. The deal hunting can take some time. I'm trying to stick to standard builds and only work on 2 at a time.
I find working on 2 at a time from the same platform allows me to always have known working parts in case I need to trouble why one deal is not booting etc.
I'm going for a slightly higher price point. The two builds I want to focus on this year is a Ryzen 7 3700x with either a 5700xt, 2070 or 2070 super while a more expensive build will be the Ryzen 5700x with a 3070. Do you find these type of builds don't sell as well as the budget ones. Some budget PCs I sold over the Xmas period sold within hours.
People do like a Fish Tank case and I've had compliments on the look of any Fish Tank style cases. Sometimes just costs a bit more to fill out the case with argb fans.
Hopefully you'll just reduce the pc building rather than completely stop as your videos are great. Enjoy the extra time with your wife and daughter.
Hey thank you so much for the write up! I appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment. I like your two builds moving forward; 3070 would be an interesting GPU to get into regularly. I think 580 will start phasing out at some point, but 5700xt and 2070/s are going to be viable for a long time.
Also thanks for the encouragement! I have no intention on stopping. :)
The PC I have connected to my TV has a RX580 2048sp 8GB and a Ryzen 5 1600AF with 16GB DDR4 3200Mhz. It is mainly used for emulation but It's still a competent PC for playing higher end titles. The most demanding I've tried on it to be fair is Hogwarts Legacy but 1080p Low Settings (with view distance on Medium), it's a close to 60FPS experience. Sprinkle in upscaling and you can have more FPS.
When it comes to NVMe vs SSD I think people are fine going with either. My gaming PC has a NVMe boot drive and the aforementioned TV PC boots from an SSD, there's really no noticeable difference when it comes to performance. I'd likely find it if I went testing for it but there's really no need to. The big advantage of NVMe is if you want an easier time of cable management but as both of my PCs have more than one drive in them, for me that isn't a big thing.
A tip that didn't get mentioned is that before people start building PCs they should look at what is selling locally to them. There's little point in building in a fish tank style case filled with RGB if those listings aren't selling but the graphics card in a office PC are flying off the metaphorical shelves. Sell what the market wants, build a good reputation, and then you can try to start shaking things up.
Great point that I definitely forgot to mention. You really do need to deliberately check your local sales before jumping into it. I’ll make sure to include that in a future, holistic video!
The customer is *supposed* to pay the sales tax, but they don’t want to (especially if it is cash).
I am not sure why people always post they made so much when it is usually $100. That is a typical build fee.
So, in the end, it is a break even if you pay yourself 4 hours at $25 an hour.
Yeah, funny how paying the sales tax as a customer is normalized in so many sectors, but not local sales like this lol
The RX580 still punches WELL above it's weight class.
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@Budgetiers I've got an ultra budget rig on my bench right now with a 480, and it keeps impressing me with how well it can run new-ish games
I’ve gotten to a point where I sell roughly 9 pcs a month and I’ve profited roughly $8500 since when I started in July, however I am in high school and I have nothing better to do in my free time haha, plus I also make more than most of my friends working 20hrs a week.
Those are solid numbers! Take advantage of the flexibility of high school life lol
well if I can order an almost fixed list of parts, just need to build it and wait, and it pays for gas and beer ? that's enough in my book
All about expectations 👍
Yo, i just bought a PC for $80. The specs are: i5 7400, 8gb ddr4, 246gb ssd, 1tb hdd, 400 watt psu(no 6 or 8 pin for gpu). I want to get into PC flipping. The challenge is flipping a $100 PC till my DREAM Gaming PC. I Only have $20 left, but i decided to add $20, because PC parts are so expensive here where i'm from. I was wondering, what would be the best budget gpu for the PC?
Maybe something in the GTX 970 or Rx 580 range. I would try to get 16gb of RAM though
great channel im doing the same thing 3 years as a business. an yeah ive build last year 164 systems and 45 alone between oct-dec. ive learned my lessens in my first year so ive build in july and august 5 systems just for dec... there are always ppl asking if something on the shelf and this is where u can easy grab money. over 70% of my buildings are systems between 450-650 bucks. my 2 most selling systems are r5 3600 + rx 5700 xt and i3 12100f with an rtx 2070 super close on the r5 5600 with an rx 6700 xt. ive double checked my data and 2024 ive just build 8 pcs with an rtx 4000 series cards and 2 with rx 7000 cards. if i get customers the choice they always went with nvidia.... in may ive sold 7 systems 5 of it has an rtx 2060 for the same price i could geht the rx 5700 xt and i could say whatever i want... they take the rtx 2060. sometimes customers need a choice but i try to avoid it cause... nvidia is to dominant in the gaming sector... i love nvidia too but i also love price to performance. i would love to offer an rtx 3060 ti for around 150 bucks but i guess this will happen within the next gen... maybe. i also try to do this in youtube but withn 9to5 job and this sidehustle there is less time for time that. every year its getting more and i hope in some point in time i can reduce the time on my 9to5 job.
Man it’s like you’re verbalizing my thoughts! Thanks for sharing your experience. Would love for you to join the discord and share more of your wisdom!
It really is not a good side hustle anymore. Too many people are doing it.
7:20 looks atrocious, thats why it didnt sell.
Just saw a similar video out of Italy. It’s not the cash cow some people believe
ua-cam.com/video/tOMvuQA8q94/v-deo.htmlsi=Y4Y1L-kroh59jLy2
Exactly!
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this man is fast