Asus chromebooks: price by condition
| Condition | Typical |
|---|---|
| New with Tags | £262 (~$349) |
| Like New | £223 (~$297) |
| Good | £170 (~$227) |
| Fair | £118 (~$157) |
| For Parts | £66 (~$87) |
Seller-declared grades, sterling with an approximate US dollar equivalent at £1 ≈ $1.33 (July 2026). What each grade means.
What holds its value across Asus
- ROG gaming laptops and monitors, which are the enthusiast line and are searched for by name
- ZenBook ultraportables, which are the premium thin range and depreciate more slowly
- Graphics cards in working order with a verifiable warranty, which sell readily
- Routers from the higher ranges, which are genuinely capable and hold value well
What pulls Asus resale value down
- Graphics cards used for continuous heavy workloads, where the fans and thermal paste have had a hard life — buyers ask about this directly
- Budget VivoBook models, which are built to a price and sell modestly
- Swollen laptop batteries, which distort the chassis and must not be shipped
- Dead fans and clogged heatsinks on gaming laptops, which cause thermal throttling and are audible
Identifying and dating yours
- The model and serial are underneath the machine or on the card’s sticker — quote them, since Asus model names are long and similar
- For a graphics card, say honestly what it was used for and photograph the fans and backplate
- Run a gaming laptop under load before listing and say whether the fans are noisy or the machine throttles
What lifts any chromebook, whatever the label
Chromebooks have a fixed expiry date built in, and a machine past it is worth very little regardless of condition.
- Auto Update Expiration date still well in the future
- Touchscreen and convertible models
- Backlit keyboards and higher-resolution screens
- Original charger included
And what pulls one down
- Machines past their update expiration date
- Small storage and low memory configurations
- Worn keyboards and trackpads
- Missing chargers
Working out what yours is worth
- Look up the model’s Auto Update Expiration date
- Note the exact model, memory and storage
- Powerwash the device before selling
What to state in the listing
- Brand, model, screen size and whether the screen is touch
- Processor, RAM and storage
- Auto-update expiry date from ChromeOS settings
- Real battery life, and whether the original charger is included
Brand, size and update date: “Acer Chromebook 314, 14in, 4GB/64GB, Updates to 2029”. Putting the auto-update expiry in the title is unusual and immediately credible — buyers who know Chromebooks look for it first.
Preparing and photographing it
- Find the auto-update expiry date in Settings under About ChromeOS. This is the single most important detail.
- Note the processor, RAM, storage and screen size, and whether the screen is touch.
- Powerwash the device to remove your account, and charge it to test real battery life.
- Open and powered on, showing the desktop
- The About ChromeOS screen with the update expiry date visible
- The keyboard and lid, showing wear
- The charger and ports, plus any crack or scuff
When it sells best, and handing it over
Strong lift in August and September for the school year, and before Christmas. Machines with years of updates left sell within days.
Light and easy to post double-boxed. Confirm the powerwash is done before it leaves you.
What buyers ask
Should I avoid a used graphics card?
Not necessarily, but ask what it was used for and for how long. Continuous heavy workloads wear the fans and thermal paste, which is a real cost to put right.
What kills gaming laptops?
Heat, usually. Clogged heatsinks and failing fans cause throttling long before anything breaks outright, so test under load and report what happens.
How much is an Asus chromebook worth?
Roughly £63 to £262 depending on condition, against £60 to £250 for chromebooks generally. The identification points above are what move a listing to the top of that range.
What the fees would take elsewhere
At the mid-range £162 for an Asus chromebook, against what the commission marketplaces would deduct:
| Platform | Fee | You keep |
|---|---|---|
| Poshmark | −£32 | £130 |
| eBay | −£22 | £140 |
| Mercari | −£16 | £146 |
| Etsy | −£11 | £151 |
| WishThrift | −£0 | £162 |
Seller-side rates verified 26 Jul 2026, percentages only — the per-order and processing charges those platforms add are excluded, so the real gap is wider.
Listing is free and there is no commission — read how to sell a chromebook for the title, handover and timing, or the general chromebook value guide if yours is not an Asus.
See also: all Asus value guides · value guides by brand · buying a chromebook · Electronics · condition grades.