Help me in pricing this...

[justaksing]

A friend of mine borrowed money and gave his mac pro for collateral. Months passed and still no money has been payed to me. However, now I need money to pay bills after being layed off. I told him about it and he told me I can sell it because he has no use for it anymore.
I'm new to macs, so please help me out in pricing this mac pro.

Is about ~$800 a good price for a mac pro with the specs below?

Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks

Specs:
Used: 2009/2010 Mac Pro 4,1 -> 5,1
cpu w3690 6 core
8800 GT
250 gb velociraptor
DDR3 Ram 16gb

If not, what should be the going price for this?

I'm from Louisiana. Thanks for your help.

 

[ActionableMango]

That's a strange configuration. The video card is worse than a 2009 would come with, so it's been downgraded to either a 2008 Mac Pro video card, or a PC video card. The hard drive is also smaller than a 2009 would come with, so that's strange too. That CPU wouldn't work in a 2009 unless someone has flashed the 2010 firmware into it, maybe that's what you mean by "2009/2010 Mac Pro 4,1 -> 5,1".

Basically a great processor and decent ram, but very oddly backward video card and hard drive as if someone shoveled old components into it. On Ebay I would say $500-$700. I think $800 is very optimistic, but I don't know what your area is like. Look at comparable mac pros on Craigslist for an idea.

 

[justaksing]

That's a strange configuration. The video card is worse than a 2009 would come with, so it's been downgraded to either a 2008 Mac Pro video card, or a PC video card. The hard drive is also smaller than a 2009 would come with, so that's strange too. That CPU wouldn't work in a 2009 unless someone has flashed the 2010 firmware into it, maybe that's what you mean by "2009/2010 Mac Pro 4,1 -> 5,1".

Basically a great processor and decent ram, but very oddly backward video card and hard drive as if someone shoveled old components into it. On Ebay I would say $500-$700. I think $800 is very optimistic, but I don't know what your area is like. Look at comparable mac pros on Craigslist for an idea.

This helped a lot. Thank you so much for your assistance.

 

[bax2003]

Standard video card in Mac Pro 4.1 (Early 2009) is GeForce GT 120. That is VERY close cousin of GeForce 9500 GT.
So in reality, this is how its compared to 8800GT:

http://www.hwcompare.com/4418/geforce-8800-gt-512mb-vs-geforce-9500-gt-512mb-gddr3/

Total Destruction, performance wise. GT 120 is a cooler and quietter card.