Buying refurbished dell desktop

cherry76

Need some advice I am debating whether to buy a dell vostro 3470 certified refurbished at £390 with discounts or a new one at over £509. Your thoughts pl!

JJ_Egan

Same model new ??

bob_a_builder

There are plenty of Dell 7010 desktops available refurbed on Ebay

You could get a similar spec to one you indicated ( i5, 240GB SSD, 16GB ) for around £220

Got one myself, lovely compact machine

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that model can be of various cpu types from Intel 8th Generation Celeron processor G4900 to Intel 9th Generation Core I7-9700 and some memory sizes to 32GB, and could even support a external graphics card?

If it is small form factor, then it is a lemon in my eyes.

However it could be the bargain of the year, but could also be a turd?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNLlZZzhkvg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWxiZut4m7A

Frozen_up_north

A refurb at around 23% discount is not good value, unless it’s a “customer return” with a full warranty from Dell.

There are a lot of ex business Dell PCs around, some at good prices from established suppliers with 3 to 6 month warranties. They are not the latest and greatest, but are often a fraction of the cost of a new one. I bought an i7 Optiplex, 16GB RAM, 128GB SSD, additional graphics card, Win 10, for just over £200. It runs fine for my “home/office” uses.