Version 2, Price Research done on September 7th, 2025.
I am on a fucking roll right now on price guides.
Previous guide for the Sony PCG-C1, 505 & others Previous guide for the Sony UX UMPC
I was extremely passionate about writing those, so I won’t rewrite them again.same spreadsheet that is here .
Model Sold Low Mid High PCG-505 All 2 100 200 505EX 1 100 210 505FX 1 220 505SX 0 190
505EX
Low sold Doesnt boot up, high is avail listing w/ shit ton of accessories, vinegar syndrome,no OS?
505FX
Seller says it needs cmos, boots to bios & needs HDD
505SX
Avail listing, with vinegar syndrom that makes it spotty looking? boots to OS, dead CMOS/Battery yada yada
505V
$48 for a charger in australia
N505VX
Low comes untested, no battery but w/ CD-ROm drive. Mid untested, no battery or accessories.
PCG-V505
Low sold in australia, mid in USA. Both boot to OS. $22 charger
V505R/PB
ATI GPU is artefacting and has some colors wrong. Chinese Windows XP
V505DX?
Saw a mobo for like $28. It has some PGA connector, I wonder if it had proprietary GPU cards, bc I don’t necessarily see one.
PCG-C1
All MBX-45 mobo sold for $30
PictureBook
All some of the same ones
C1
UGLy vinegar syndromem from Japan
C1S
Japan based, two sold from same seller.
Low doesn’t boot up, dirty vinegar screen.
High has vinegar but not as clapped, more accessories.
C1VJ
Forgot where I saw this lol
REV 2 C1XE 170 C1XN 0 329 REV 3 C1VS 1 90 REV 4 C1MRX 1 760 Unknown Rev. C1VJ/BP 0 200 C1VPK 1 54
C1XE
BIN, boots to OS, plays games, no battery, idk if charger.
C1XN
auction, slight vinegar syndrome, comes with OS, bag and charger
C1VS
Little bit of bubbling on screen, screen doesn’t boot, but memory card indicator LED lights up.
C1MRX
Excellent condition, comes with charger and port replicator
C1VJ/BP
C1VPK
Parted out machine, as is, vinegar syndrome on left side
Vaio U Sold Low Mid High EX+ PCG-U All 4 179 248 500 790 U1 1 198 248 360 850 U3 0 775 U101 3 179 500 790
PCG-U
All MicroDIMM PC133 256MB is $35.
Someone is selling U1 recovery CDs for $200….
U1
Mid is sold, working with OS.
low not working avail, high boots up, is avail,
EX+ is avail, working w/ XP. needs more accesories IMO
U3
$128 for a NOS battery.
EX+ is avail and comes with extended battery bottom, DVDrom and is in pretty nice condition.
U101
Low is a BIN deal, only tested to BIOS, no drive (unknown), condition is really nice.
High and EX+ are working with accessories & software.
PCG-1G1N
Told the seller it is a VGN-U50 and it maybe worth $700… lol
VGN-UX50
Low and mid are sold. EX+ is avail with original box and things, but worn touch screen panel.
UX90PS
New to guide, low needs new OS or drive, high is working w/ XP. Mid has screen or GPu issue, shit looks glitched.
VGN-UX90S
VGN-UX180P
Avail is in DONT price…..
but there are about 10 avail parts listings and LCDs from china starting at $80
VGN-UX280P
Avail is dont price. bad LCD went for $52, so thats like what I paid but fucking havent replaced the damn thing back since I did the first guide 🙂
VGN-UX280P (80GB model)
No 80GB models, but 4x 40GB like above.
There’s three 30GB models, but I think how windows works with formatted drives, its actually 40GB, so 7x 40GB…
otherwise no one says the drive space, none are advertising SSD.
VGN-UX380N
VGN-UX390N
EX+ is sealed, brand new in 2007 it was $2500.
All but Low price boot to Windows, one avail listing needing work too but w/ some damage.
VGN-UX27GN
Avail listing boots to blank screen, unknown components otherwise
LS045W1LA01 4.5″ LCD
i dont think any of these come with digitizers
VGP-AC16V7 AC Adapter
Low price is avail and non OEM, other two are sold genuine.
Network/Video cable
Low are the only sold units,
mid is avail from US and romania,
high is from USA and
EX+ from UK with half of it shipping lmao. GG tariffs
VGP-ST1 Stylus
high is US, and
EX+ is UK, both have the same fucking picture, and same listing title.
I think UK is just the fucking US seller overpricing…
wait it says something about tarrifs lol so i guess that price is included. insane
PRUX1 Dock Cradle
Mid sold from the UK, low is avail from china.
1.33GHz Z520
1.6GHz Z530
2GHz Z550
P91HS
i Guess these are Z550 CPUs, not confirming:)