Sell Your Desktop PC in Australia

Used desktop PCs in Australia typically sell for A$190 to A$960 (about $135 to $675). Desktop PCs are priced by their components, so list every part — buyers add them up, and a vague specification always gets a low offer.

What desktop PCs are worth in Australia

Condition	Typical	What it means
New with Tags	A$958	Unused, tags or seals intact
Like New	A$815	Barely used, no visible wear
Good	A$623	Light signs of use, complete and working
Fair	A$431	Heavily used, or a described fault or missing part
For Parts	A$240	Not working or incomplete, sold as seen

Guide ranges converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not quotes — sellers set their own price. Grades are seller-declared; WishThrift does not inspect or verify them.

What lifts the price

Discrete graphics cards rather than integrated
Cases with room and airflow for upgrades

What pulls it down

Old processors on dead socket platforms
Proprietary office machines that cannot be upgraded

Selling a desktop PC in Australia

Bank transfer via PayID is instant and is what most private buyers will offer. Cash on collection remains common for larger items.

Australia’s second-hand market is strongly local and strongly seasonal, with most activity concentrated in the eastern capitals and buyers who expect to collect.

Australia Post covers everywhere, but distance pricing is real and interstate parcels cost meaningfully more than local ones.

WishThrift has not opened Australia for trading yet, so this page is a guide rather than a live marketplace — the category becomes browsable here the moment the first Australian sellers list.

Working out what yours is worth

List the exact processor, graphics card, memory and storage
Clean the interior and photograph it

Getting it ready

Boot it, run something demanding, and check the fans and temperatures.
Back up, factory reset or reinstall the operating system, and clean the dust from the case and filters.

Photograph

The tower from the front and side
The system information screen showing processor and RAM
The rear I/O, plus any included keyboard, mouse or cables

Put in the description

Processor model, RAM amount and speed, storage type and size
Motherboard, power supply wattage and case size
Whether it has a dedicated graphics card, and which

Processor, RAM and storage: “Desktop PC — i5-10400, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Windows 11”. Buyers search component names. Say whether it has a dedicated graphics card or integrated graphics, since that decides whether it games at all.

Steady with lifts in September and before Christmas. Machines with recent processors and an SSD sell quickly; older mechanical-drive systems sit.

It costs nothing to list

There is no listing fee, no selling fee and no commission, so the A$958 a buyer pays is the A$958 you keep. You and the buyer settle up and arrange the handover between yourselves; WishThrift does not hold the money or ship the item.

Where in Australia

Australia is a big place and what sells well moves with it. These are the parts of Australia with their own page for desktop PCs.

Common questions

Where can I sell a desktop PC in Australia?

List it free on WishThrift and deal with the buyer direct. There is no selling fee, so the whole amount stays with you. Bank transfer via PayID is instant and is what most private buyers will offer. Cash on collection remains common for larger items.

What are the full specs?

List every component by model. Buyers price a PC by summing the parts, so vagueness costs you money directly.

Are office desktops worth selling?

For modest sums. Proprietary cases and power supplies limit upgrades, so enthusiasts avoid them.

Does adding an SSD help?

Considerably. It moves an otherwise dated machine into the usable-today bracket for very little outlay.

More: how to sell a desktop PC, what desktop PCs are worth, or Electronics across Australia.