Used desktop PCs in London, Ontario typically sell for C$190 to C$945 (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.
Selling a desktop PC in London
London, Ontario is a mid-sized university and hospital city surrounded by farmland. The student population is large relative to the city, and the academic calendar governs the second-hand market more clearly here than in a bigger centre.
Leases across the student areas turn over together at the end of the academic year, and that window puts more furniture on the market than the rest of the year combined. Winter here is cold enough to slow everything down.
Easy to drive and easy to park, so collection is straightforward year-round apart from the depths of winter. The student districts are concentrated, which makes collecting several items in one trip realistic.
Furniture sold in the end-of-term rush is priced to disappear, which is the appeal and the risk. Look at upholstered items in daylight, because a great deal changes hands sight-unseen in that fortnight.
London, in Ontario, has around 425,000 people, which means a steady local market where the usual things move reliably and the unusual ones are worth listing with a wider radius in mind. Toronto, Ottawa and Brampton are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in London
Canada Post, Purolator and UPS cover the country, but rates change sharply between provinces and remote postcodes carry surcharges.
What desktop PCs are worth
What lifts the price
- SSD storage and 16GB or more of memory
- Cases with room and airflow for upgrades
What pulls it down
- Old processors on dead socket platforms
- Proprietary office machines that cannot be upgraded
Working out what yours is worth
- List the exact processor, graphics card, memory and storage
- Confirm the machine posts and runs stably
Getting it ready
- List the processor, RAM, storage type and size, motherboard and any graphics card.
- Back up, factory reset or reinstall the operating system, and clean the dust from the case and filters.
Photograph
- The interior with components visible
- The system information screen showing processor and RAM
Put in the description
- Motherboard, power supply wattage and case size
- Whether it has a dedicated graphics card, and which
Steady with lifts in September and before Christmas. Machines with recent processors and an SSD sell quickly; older mechanical-drive systems sit.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Same region (Ontario)
Common questions
Where can I sell a desktop PC in London?
List it free here and arrange the handover with the buyer yourself. Easy to drive and easy to park, so collection is straightforward year-round apart from the depths of winter. The student districts are concentrated, which makes collecting several items in one trip realistic.
What are the full specs?
List every component by model. Buyers price a PC by summing the parts, so vagueness costs you money directly.
How much is a desktop PC worth in London?
Most used desktop PCs change hands for C$190 to C$945 (about $135 to $675). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling a desktop PC across Canada, what desktop PCs are worth, everything second hand in London, or Electronics in London.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.