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Lenovo ThinkCentre M92p SFF Intel i7 3770 3.40GHz 8GB RAM 180GB SSD Win 10 $71.20 ($69.42 eBay Plus) Delivered @ ACT eBay

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Lenovo ThinkCentre M92p SFF Intel i7 3770 3.40GHz 8GB RAM 180GB SSD Win 10 $71.20 ($69.42 eBay Plus) Delivered @ ACT eBay
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Roddi on 12/09/2023 - 11:31 ebay.com.au (590 clicks)
Last edited 12/09/2023 - 11:54 by 1 other user
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Seems like a good price on a still-useful i7 desktop.

Following specs cut'n'pasted from the ebay description.

Brand Lenovo
Model ThinkCentre M92p
Form Factor Small Form Factor (SFF)
Processor Intel Core i7 3770 3.40GHz
Storage 180Gb
Storage Type SSD
Display Nil
Memory 8Gb
Max Memory 32Gb
Graphics Intel HD Graphics 4000
Optical Yes
Webcam Nil
Video OutPut VGA + DisplayPort
Connectivity Ethernet
I/o Ports Front ports Two USB 2.0, microphone (stereo, 3.5mm), headphone (stereo, 3.5mm) Rear ports Four USB 3.0, two USB 2.0, serial (9-pin), ethernet (RJ-45), VGA DB-15, DisplayPort
Operating System Windows 10
Dimensions 13.3" W X 15.2" D X 3.9" H
Weight 7.50 kg

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  • tonyjzx on 12/09/2023 - 11:33
    +1

    this is about the highest spec unit for the lowest price?

    also:

    https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/255482747280

    has room for a half height gpu

    • Irishness on 12/09/2023 - 11:48

      yes but when you add postage it's $72 without cpu etc

  • Roddi on 12/09/2023 - 11:46

    The specs around $70 tend to be similar. 8GB and an older i7 (like this one) or a not-as-old-but-still-old i5 like https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/193916629432
    But for the price they're a lot of computer for the money.
    They all take a half height GPU.
    Your like in cheap cheap but has no CPU or RAM. That might slow it down :)

    • fufufu on 12/09/2023 - 11:53

      Would the newer i5 be similar performance for lower power consumption compared to this i7?

      • Roddi on 12/09/2023 - 12:00
        -1

        I think that's a safe assumption.
        My only issue with these branded SFF PCs is that they have custom everything.
        I like silent PCs, so if my PC has a noisy CPU fan, it'll be hard to put in a silent CPU cooler.

        • fufufu on 12/09/2023 - 12:02
          +1

          Agree, although I think most of these are not very loud?

          • wetwork on 12/09/2023 - 12:06
            +1

            @fufufu: My power supply fan is a bit loud on my similar HP unit (useit in the lounge, so noise is covered by loud streaming).
            Not worth the money to find a quieter PSU.
            Will just wait for it to die.

  • Chip Diamond on 12/09/2023 - 12:27

    So would this be ideal for browsing, watching videos and playing media through a TV? (Using a DP to HDMI cord I assume)

    • jcon on 12/09/2023 - 12:32
      +6

      Absolutely not.
      The power consumption for these is far greater than any modern equivalent and far greater than what you'd want for simple browsing & media.

      The i7 3770 CPU is a decade old at this point, which means every other component in the box is also a decade old.

      I'm a big fan of keeping PCs in circulation as long as possible, but at this price they're just not good value, not at all. At this point they should be donated for the tax write off sold for a nominal fee at most.

      • Loot N Plunder on 12/09/2023 - 13:12
        -2

        That is wrong
        An i5-13600K uses more power than an i7 3770 that i7 only uses 77W

        And i am fairly certain you can frankenstien these into another case with a motherboard pin adapter and your own power supply thus adding any graphics card you like.

        • Julzx on 12/09/2023 - 13:24
          +1

          The modern equivalent of i7 3770 would be an entry level 4core/8thread i3 or ryzen. The 13600k is 14c/20t.

        • jcon on 12/09/2023 - 14:24
          +1
          1. The use case of browser and media can be run on a CPU using 10W or less.
          2. The 3770 CPU is not equivalent to a 13th Gen i7. The ubiquitous i5-8250u is a fair approximation for the 'ordinary office tasks' use case, coming in at 15W
          3. Regardless, this PC is too old. It's not worth frankensteining any part of it into any other thing.
      • BROKENKEYBOARD on 12/09/2023 - 13:20
        +2

        The power consumption for these is far greater than any modern equivalent and far greater than what you'd want for simple browsing & media.

        I really doubt that, browsing and streaming video shouldn't be wildly different compared to modern PCs. The only issue I see is it doesn't seem to support hardware acceleration for VP9 or HEVC so all the streaming services should default to lower quality H264. If you try playing HEVC or AV1 video then it'll use software decoding which is when power efficiency will be far worse than modern hardware.

      • bargaino on 12/09/2023 - 14:21

        At this point they should be donated for the tax write off

        How could that possibly work? Surely they are long since 100% depreciated anyway.

        • jcon on 12/09/2023 - 14:36

          Maybe just donated out of an abundance of generosity then, I don't know, I'm not your accountant.

    • RedHab on 12/09/2023 - 13:11
      +1

      Yes, it's pretty good for everyday use.
      However, it will use software to decode some video that later CPUs have built-in hardware for.

    • bargaino on 12/09/2023 - 14:27

      It would still do the job if you had one. But I would not be buying it now, when much better / newer is available for not much more.

  • jcon on 12/09/2023 - 12:35
    +5

    Do Not Buy.
    Not at this price, not when deals like this https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/798742 and this https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/798331 are more and more common

    and where you can buy one of these https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/799164 or these https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/796258 that should last at least another five years.

    • bio on 12/09/2023 - 14:40
      -2

      Amazing! I didn't know I could pay $279 instead of $69 and get a better computer. Thanks.

      Ok, that was sarcasm. But you are right that ThinkCentre M910s is/was a much better deal.

      • jcon on 12/09/2023 - 15:03
        +2

        You can pay $80 and get a much, much better computer.

        I appreciate a bit of sarcasm but I'm also happy to explain the decision process. These are all cheap computers, at the 'cheap computer' $250 price point.
        Yes, $70 is less than $240 because arithmetic is real, but we're not talking about which costs less, we're talking about which is better value over the likely life of the product while still being at a 'cheap' price point.

        The $170 is trivial. And if someone can't afford that extra, and I get it, I do, there's still much better ways to spend your money on a cheap computer than this deal.

        TLDR: Bad deal is still bad.

        • tonyjzx on 12/09/2023 - 15:12
          +1

          you're using a lot of words to try to convince people that $70 is less than $240

          let me put it like this… do you want me to give you $70 or $240?

          realistically there's nothing an i5-6500 is going to do that a i7-3770 isnt

          also you seem to forget its ssd vs hdd

          • jcon on 12/09/2023 - 17:23
            +3

            @tonyjzx:

            1. We're not talking about which costs less, we're talking about which is better value over the likely life of the product while still being at a 'cheap' price point.
            2. The i5 6500 was $80, and a fair price at that
            3. The thing the i5 6500 PC is likely to do that the i5 3770 PC likely won't is last longer than the i5 3770 PC
            4. A 240GB SSD costs $20 new and a ten year old SSD is overdue to fail.

            I don't see what you're getting at. Is this not a bad deal? Is this PC not a decade old and due to fail? Are there not routinely better deals on better PCs?

    • Roddi on 12/09/2023 - 15:31
      +2

      Agree the first link (i5-6500 for $76) is a better deal, and I wanted to buy that, but this was posted after that went out of stock.
      As for the more expensive, more capable machines it depends on your usecase.
      Mine is a bit of retrogaming once a week, so no point spending $100+ on that.
      Or I could put Linux on it and it'd be fine for the usual web and email stuff - but I've got an EVEN SLOWER 8GB i5-4750T tiny PC that does that fine.

  • DASHCAM NOW DUDE on 12/09/2023 - 12:35

    DDR3. Not a huge deal but that's were I draw the line.

  • captainmac on 12/09/2023 - 13:27
    -3

    Unless you are John Titor this PC is e-waste.

  • dean771 on 12/09/2023 - 15:31

    Should be paying you to take this off their hands to save on tip fee's

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