>have a friend that wants to get into gaming and has asked

Sell.

>>17718425
I think I do want to, but fuck my brain right.

It's telling me that I'll be bored even if just that little more often than I already am.
I mean, I still "feel" like playing those games I like. I look at professionals playing them on youtube often to get ideas for playstyles and stuff. And my brain is like "That looks like fun, I should try that out too", but then a couple of days have gone by and I still haven't mustered the energy to start the game up yet. But I still "want" to.

>>17718421
It sounds like you know what you ((should)) do, yet you want someone to convince you otherwise. If you feel your time is worth more elsewhere, then act on it.

>>17718433
I'm not sure about the should though. I -can- gain on it; I'll earn some useful cash, I'll get off my ass and maybe go to the gym again instead, I could spend time outside (before it gets -20*C), etc.
Can. Not sure if I'm afraid or something?

PCs tend to have a low resell value, so if you can sell your pc for a price close to what you paid for it, sell it if you need the money.

That being said your friend will probably give you shit if the slightest thing goes wrong with their new (used) pc. Your friend will also ask you for help and probably blame you if anything goes wrong with any pc you build for them.

>>17718437
I think I'd be getting at most roughly 60% of what I gave for it myself, but I did so 2.5 years ago now.

Used has never meant damaged in my eyes. Could be because I take good care of my things I guess.
If they blame me for something fucking up in either hardware or software, I know for a fact that it would be their fault. I'd probably get pissed off on them trying to blame me for nothing.

But I don't see it happening anyway. It not working 100% perfectly that is.

>>17718435
Guess I was implying that your "gut feeling" was to sell.

I stopped PC gaming a few years ago. It was more circumstance than anything that sparked it. It got me /out/ substantially more. Well worth it.

>>17718443
I see I see.

Sounds nice. Don't you miss playing it from time to time? Or do you play on a console instead when the urge hits you?
Or don't you feel the need or that you have the time for it anymore?
Doesn't that feeling of "YES, I'm playing a FUN GAME"- or the amazing soundtracks of those top tier games you love haunt you?

>>17718440

> It not working 100% perfectly that is.

I guarantee your friend will likely blame you for any problems the pc will have, considering he doesn't know how to build his own and most people would rather blame others for their computer problems.

Sounds like you'd get around 50% of what you paid, which imo is not worth it unless you desperately need the money.

As for the gym, just fucking go do it, if its not the vidya holding you back you'll find some other excuse. I would recommend going to /fit/ so you have a plan when at the gym instead of derping around wondering what to do once you get there.

OP here and I thought of another annoyance.

I habitually go to /v/. I hate the place like most of us going there do, but I still go there for news- and discussions.
How the hell does one quit going to a board they've been used to visiting daily for years? Find another board that fills more relevant needs better? Go to Reddit instead (from what I hear it's none better)? Cold turkey and quit browsing the internet entirely for some time (I don't go to real life news sites or anything else that could matter anyway; my only frequented sites are literally all PC video game related, and porn)?

>>17718452
/fit/ can be informative and all and I still visit them for motivation every now and then, but people there aren't any more fun to discuss shit with than /v/ (as in not in the slightest).

About the price, it hasn't even been suggested yet. And if I -don't- sell it, even if I try to, I suppose at least I tried. And then I'll go back to doing what amounts to nothing all day like mentioned above.

>>17718447
>miss playing

For sure. I had a job building pc's before (and when) Win2000 came out.

>console

For sure. My kids got a 360 some years ago for Xmas. I only play SP now - never online.

The great MP and MMORPG games are long gone, to me. Life just became too short to sit at vidya for hours.

>>17718456

My bad I meant read the sticky on /fit/; it will tell you everything you need to know about fitness.

What motivated me was treating lifting kind of like grinding in an MMO, except you're the character getting stronger.

>>17718464
Now I don't wanna be -that guy- but
>win2000
>kids
You're pretty old huh.
Anyway, thanks for your insight on my (trivial?) matter.

After typing all this shit out and thinking about it, I genuinely, truly do not understand myself though. I can not tell if I really wish to quit playing games, if I'm just sick and tired of it, if games in general don't entertain me anymore, or if something else is a problem here.
Because when I do enjoy games, maybe even if it's just an hour a week anymore, I truly love it. It just feels... right.
I'd be selling that feeling away in hopes of finding something else I guess.

Fuck. Now I'm getting anxious as hell instead. Good thing I didn't bring any of this up to my friend yet because I don't know.

>>17718469
>pretty old
I suppose it depends what old is.

Is it trivial? Seems pretty important to you...
You're welcome, I guess?

>>17718469

You know you don't have to give up gaming entirely, just don't let it take over your life.

It sounds like you need a hobby (not vidya related) to give your life more meaning, or at the very least a distraction.

The only thing that cured my depression was finding things to do that constantly distracted me from the depressing thoughts. It got to the point where my brain just stopped having anxious/depressing thoughts.

They say fear is the mind killer, but I say it's boredom.