Replacement Desktop

[Vapin' Joe]

Are these things a good buy?

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FAST-DELL-DUAL-CORE-4-2-GHZ-4-GB-GAMING-DESKTOP-PC-WINDOWS-7-NVIDIA-GRAPHICS-/141369037102?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item20ea40512e

My five year old low spec desktop is beginning to creak a bit and rather than wait till it dies getting an upgraded replacement for a onner seems an attractive option. I'm not sure what life span I could expect from a refurbished pc, bearing in mind that when I do replace the current HP it will only be with whatever is the cheapest Currys have at that particular time.

 

[albion]

80GB hard drive tells you it is something ancient from way back towards the year 2000

Probably worth £25 to someone.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

My present PC has only 67Gb, which is enough.

The spec isn't an issue (It's better than mine in all departments) just whether a refurb is likely to have a decent lifespan.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

My present PC has only 67Gb, which is enough.

The spec isn't an issue (It's better than mine in all departments) just whether a refurb is likely to have a decent lifespan.

That depends on if the seller knows what he is doing & judging by that advert he doesn't, you cant describe a dual core 2.2ghz PC as been a 4.4ghz

 

[phil_hg_uk]

The manufacturer date on that pc shown looks to be around 2007 from the reviews I can see on google.

 

[raleighnut]

At least they're running 7 and not F£$%^%ng Windows 8

 

[albion]

Well you found one of the worst Optiplex's on ebay. £35 top whack is likely what it is really worth. It does not even have Wifi or something that has ever been called a gaming GPU.

 

[brand]

Argos is

 

[paul04]

I have been using this PC company for a while (only a few miles from my house) they have some refurbished pc's
Have a look here.
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Refu..._asc&p=cF9zdHlsZT0mcF9wcm9kdWN0c1BlclBhZ2U9Jg==

 

[sidevalve]

Bought one very similar about a year ago [mine was £85 if I remember ok] - no problems at all. Small HD means very little, if the PC came without a HD [as many ex industrial ones do] then they would fit the cheapest they could get ie a small one. I purchased a remote 1TB, [safer and these are MUCH cheaper than they were] drive for storage anyhow so the onboard one only really holds the OS. As for windows 7 it's each to his own. IMHO it's complication for it's own sake ans XP did 99% of what every ordinary user really wanted - still such is progress and now windows 8 [and 10] give the geeks something else to play with. I installed Linux and found it better all round but as I said each to his own and 7 is ok.

 

[young Ed]

depends what you want it for, office work and running word and the internet yeah it should be fine but a big NO for high speed gaming or video/photo editing and running photoshop etc
we have only bought refurbed desktops for the last few years and they seem to be fine, never had a prob
Cheers Ed