Budget system, maybe worthwhile for someone

[Docjon]

Not in the Great Deals thread. Not sure that it is, don't want to have that discussion.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/172887994065

$120 shipped. Needs a gfx card, which could be pulled from an existing machine. Might be able to move over another HDD as well. Could add another 4GB RAM for $16 if needed, or possibly pull some from another machine. Think it can be upgraded to win10 based on the sticker on the case.

It might be a good upgrade for someone who needs one on the cheap, or has a specific use for which it is good enough. Thought I'd pass it along. I'll never know if someone wants/needs it unless I do.


https://www.cnet.com/products/dell-optiplex-790/specs/

[Prophet]

That's not a bad deal. I would replace the PSU as well. A solid 500-600 PSU for $50-70 plus a GPU would be great.

[Lexx]

Would love to see the motherboard and the powersupply first, those are usually proprietary, the cpu is prob surface mounted too, and probably not four cores but 2 cores with 2 threads if it uses the same mobile type cpu. Be perfect for my wife if it wasn't proprietary. Her setup is getting dated and I hate working on it anylonger.

[Prophet]

The i5 2400 is a normal off the shelf part. It was the locked version of the 2500K. It was only available in LGA socket type. The soldered on type would be BGA (Ball Grid Array). From pics I am seeing online, it's a bare-bones MATX mobo. Nothing looks odd or out of the norm. We sold a lot of Dell machines at Microcenter. Most could easily have parts swapped if needed. But, for $100. It's not even worth fixing. Just as cheap and easy to replace. That being said, I still feel the PSU needs to go.