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Buying Refurbished Desktop PC

Bonking_Mad
Bonking_Mad Posts: 259 Forumite
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Don't have enough money for a brand new desktop, so looking at refurbished desktop's, anyone have an opinion on this one

Desktop is mainly for browsing / youtube etc,. etc., no gaming.

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  • GunJack
    GunJack Posts: 11,947 Forumite
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    http://www.ebuyer.com/407538-zoostorm-desktop-pc-7873-1076

    new, and hardly any dearer than your link, just need an OS for it...if you have monitor/mouse/kbd already?
    ......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......

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  • John_Gray
    John_Gray Posts: 5,847 Forumite
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    We've bought about five second-hand Optiplex 755s recently for the charity where I work, and the spec is roughly similar to what's offered on Amazon. Note that you will get XP with them, so 2 GB of memory is more than adequate. Check if you're happy with 160 GB of hard disk space (nearer 130-140 in 'ordinary' GB once you've taken off the space used by the XP install, etc). Are you wanting a 17" monitor? Probably not...
  • C_Mababejive
    C_Mababejive Posts: 11,668 Forumite
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    I bought an ex corporate Dell Optiplex GX 620 off ebay for about £30 and it is great. No need to pay megabucks for a pc.
    Feudal Britain needs land reform. 70% of the land is "owned" by 1 % of the population and at least 50% is unregistered (inherited by landed gentry). Thats why your slave box costs so much..
  • cootuk
    cootuk Posts: 878 Forumite
    Plenty of refurb Dell about. I've bought a few for friends/family, and, as long as you don't want a good graphics card, then they are ok.
    The micro-sff has an external power brick but a combined case/monitor stand. Other case sizes have internal psu.
    Easily handle internet, Farmville etc
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    anything wrong with the one you're using?
    !!
    > . !!!! ----> .
  • Bonking_Mad
    Bonking_Mad Posts: 259 Forumite
    GunJack wrote: »
    http://www.ebuyer.com/407538-zoostorm-desktop-pc-7873-1076

    new, and hardly any dearer than your link, just need an OS for it...if you have monitor/mouse/kbd already?

    Thanks, it's a bit more than I can afford, the one in my link is an all in one, including an OS
    cootuk wrote: »
    Plenty of refurb Dell about. Easily handle internet, Farmville etc

    Do you have any links?
    closed wrote: »
    anything wrong with the one you're using?
    Current one is dead, doesn't boot up at start, local computer shop said, motherboard dead or Hard drive is dead can't remember which :o
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    both of those are relatively cheap to replace.
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    > . !!!! ----> .
  • Bonking_Mad
    Bonking_Mad Posts: 259 Forumite
    closed wrote: »
    both of those are relatively cheap to replace.
    Not sure of the overall costs as I'll have to pay the local comp shop to change, I guess the ram could do with upgrading, with that in mind, I was wondering if I could get a refurbished desktop for around £100.00 :eek:

    Thanks for the advice :)
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    what happens when it is switched on, what make and model is it, which operating system
    !!
    > . !!!! ----> .
  • Bonking_Mad
    Bonking_Mad Posts: 259 Forumite
    closed wrote: »
    what happens when it is switched on
    Nothing, I can hear it boot for about 2 secs, then nothing, it appears to be dead.
    closed wrote: »
    what make and model is it

    DELL Dimension 3000
    closed wrote: »
    which operating system

    XP
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