Mum is in need of a dirt cheap general purpose desktop for checking emails and general browsing. Was looking to spend max $150 but hoping not to get something that will die in a year.
Looking for a Cheap General Purpose Desktop Computer
blessupnico on 05/09/2017 - 16:23
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Boots fast and opens word documents very quick
No SSD
I call shennanigans. For real though that was a great deal.
Dell Optiplex's are the way forward. You just gotta be savy, and if you're willing to do some " Adult Lego's " you can potentially build a great pc.
~$99 will start you off with the Slow Dell 790…
….gets you a great case (SFF), decent OS (Windows 7), decent cpu (i5-2400), paltry 4GB DDR3-1366 RAM, and slow 5400rpm HDD that's 250GB's.~$200 will upgrade you to the Decent Dell 990…
….same great SFF case, great OS (Windows 10), decent cpu (i5-2400), decent 8GB DDR3-1366 RAM, and slow 5400rpm HDD that's 500GB's.~$300 will upgrade you to the Good Dell 990…
….same great SFF case and OS, good cpu (i7-2600), decent 8GB DDR3-1366 RAM, and good (generic) SSD that's 256GB's.~$400 will upgrade you to the Great Dell 9010…
….same great SFF case and OS, great cpu (i7-3770), great 16GB DDR3-1600 RAM, and good (generic) SSD that's 256GB's.~$500 will get you the same Dell 9010 except…
….same great SFF case, perhaps upgrade to awesome Windows 10 Pro, awesome cpu (i7-3770) user overclocked to 4.3GHz, awesome 32GB (4x 8GB) RAM DDR3-2133 user overclocked, and great 500GB EVO 850/MX300 SSD plus extra 2TB slow 5400rpm HDD, AND a Low-Profile/Half-Height/PCIe powered GPU*I recommend, if you can ~AU$400… balance of Dell Optiplex 990, with clean install Windows 10 Pro for free, Core i7-2600 (overclock this to 4.1GHz), 8GB DDR3 (overclock this to 1800MHz), 256GB SSD + 2TB HDD, GTX 750 Ti (overclock this to 1.1GHz). That's quite the bang for buck. It would be a pretty potent gaming rig now, capable of handling 1080p/60fps/Medium Settings on modern demanding titles like GTAV/JustCause3/WatchDogs2/BF1… better than a PS4 Slim but slightly worse than a PS4 Pro.
*Compatible GPU's:
Intel HD4000 Iris Pro iGPU (free)
GTX 750 (old)
RX 550 (slow)
GT 1030 (cheap for HDMI 2.0)
GTX 750 Ti (used, bang for buck)
GT 1040 (to be announced)
RX 460 (meh)
RX 560 (meh)
GTX 1050 (meh)
GTX 1050 Ti (fastest option)
Cheers for that info!
Although your upgrade prices weren't clear. Are you saying a $300 upgrade will buy an SSD, RAM and CPU upgrade? Or is that building on the $200 upgrade tier on top of the $99 base model = $600??
Links would be great. Ebay refurb sellers, I'm assuming?
I'm saying you have to be savvy.
Look for good ads, then combine them with the eBay discounts. Or hit up private sellers from gumtree. When you do that, you could get the listed systems at those prices. ie/ the $200 at roughly $200… not a $200 + $100.Also sometimes its better to get the 4GB RAM model, and also just buy extra ram… you could do this from a local pc shop, on eBay, or even the same seller!
If you're not savvy, expect to add another $1-$200 price on top. Which isn't much, but when you think of it percentage wise, it is quite a lot.Yeah, all refurbished models.
Here's some links, not the best prices I've seen:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Dell-Optiplex-790-Intel-Core-i5-2…
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Dell-Optiplex-990-i5-2400-3-1-GHz…
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/DELL-Optiplex-990-SFF-i5-2400-4-1…
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Dell-Optiplex-990-SFF-Intel-i7-26…
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Dell-Optiplex-790-Tower-Computer-…
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/DELL-Optiplex-990-Desktop-i7-2600…
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Dell-Optiplex-990-i7-2600-3-4Ghz-…
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Dell-Optiplex-9010-i7-3770-3-4Ghz…
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Dell-Optiplex-9010-SFF-Desktop-PC…
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Dell-Optiplex-9010-SFF-Desktop-PC…
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Dell-Optiplex-9010-Mini-Tower-i7-…
https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-desktops/dell+optiplex/k0c18551…
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/MSI-GTX-1050Ti-4GT-Low-Profile-4G…
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Lenovo-Thinkcentre-M92p-Mini-Towe…
Unfortunately OP is not in Sydney. $400 posted. $375 pickup. Chat nicely to the office lady during pickup, $350.
@alvian:
+1
Great find for $350.You can throw in a SSD, and swap the PSU on the cheap (<$200). After that you could slot in almost any mini GPU, if you need the extra graphics performance.
I would just get something cheap from dell outlet
You just missed out on this deal
I purchased one similiar to this for my parents, and it's fantastic! Boots fast and opens word documents very quick.
Parents are very happy!