Dell Refurbs?

bigvince76

Hi, does anyone have any experience of using the dell outlet store? What are the refurbished computers like, are they good value? I only want a new pc but dell seem to insist on selling a monitor with all their new computers but the outlet store has plenty of base units. Any advice greatfully received.

Just to add my budget is about £400-£500, I run photoshop and dreamweaver and office, so lots of ram and fast cpu is needed but flashy graphics and tv tuners are not!

albertross_2

There are options without a monitor, try https://www.dmxdimension.com

AGB863

past experience of the outlet store is that they are not usually refurbs, they are orders that have been processed then cancelled - as the advert says "we only make them for you" or older stock that has not been selling well.

mee_2

Hi there

Bought from the dell outlet in Dec, and so far so good - they had a deal on at the time which effectively gave us a 19" monitor for free, so was a really good deal. Came in a sealed box, and looked like it had never been used before. Whether it was a refurb or cancelled order i have no idea, but don't care too much!

Got the following:
Dimension E521
AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3500
512MB Ram
250GB Hdd
DVD-Rom drive (but I have an external DVD-RW, so no problem)
WinXP Pro

Plus keyboard, mouse, speakers and 19" monitor, all for £350

So I would reccomend!

-- Mike

streather

i bought my dell notebook from the outlet and i couldn't be happier with it,
saved me 200 or so

bigvince76

Thanks everyone, sounds like its a good deal.

bigvince76

albertross wrote: »

There are options without a monitor, try https://www.dmxdimension.com

Thanks for the link but they still come up with monitors, I really do not want one and although I'm sure I could sell on ebay I don't really have the time!

albertross_2

Look at all the links..

e.g.

http://www.dmxdimension.com/blogcategory/dell_uk_dimension_e520.html

Claypole

A mate of mine, placed an order for a new dell pc over the phone last week. He said he didn't need a monitor and they were fine about it. I think the price dropped by over £100.

Ordering over the internet, there doesn't seem to be any option to remove the monitor from any setup.

I think when I replace my existing dell pc, I'll go with the dell outlet store. They seem really good value.

bigvince76

albertross wrote: »

Look at all the links..

e.g.

http://www.dmxdimension.com/blogcategory/dell_uk_dimension_e520.html

Thanks for the link but I really was hoping for something with a little bit more power than a celeron D. I did try all the links but there really is not much with out a monitor.

I really think dell are missing a trick here, I can't be the only person who already has a good monitor but wants to upgrade their pc.

albertross_2

why don't you pick a model you want, and ring them up and ask for the price without a monitor.

The US site has more models without a monitor

http://www.dell.com/content/products/compare.aspx/desktops?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs