Prebuilt PC cheaper than building

[bigboxes]

After I build my new home server, I will have four unused mid-towers.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Have a chance to pick a Dell OptiPlex 9010 PC- i7 - 3.40GHz 8GB - 250GB Win 7 Pro locally. Just use for browsing music and maybe some lite video editing mostly just general computer use, I have couple smare 1TB drives for storage. Thinkt his is a good deal at $150?

Sounds like a decent deal to me. Grab it!

 

[hoorah]

Have a chance to pick a Dell OptiPlex 9010 PC- i7 - 3.40GHz 8GB - 250GB Win 7 Pro locally. Just use for browsing music and maybe some lite video editing mostly just general computer use, I have couple smare 1TB drives for storage. Thinkt his is a good deal at $150?

I just sold a dell precision Q6600 with a $50 GPU and Windows 10 pro for $175 this weekend and I thought it was a fair price, so yes, I'd definitely say thats a good deal.

 

[bruceb]

You practically gave it away. Windows 10 Pro alone is over $100

 

[hoorah]

You practically gave it away. Windows 10 Pro alone is over $100

Eh, sort of. It was a windows 7 pro office machine that had been upgraded, but agree that if you wanted to build a machine from scratch you'd have to include that cost.

Because of that, I've been looking into socket 771 upgrades for older dells that I would have previously written off but am now trying to get some more life out of them because they had previously been upgraded to W10 or even W10pro.

 

[bigboxes]

You practically gave it away. Windows 10 Pro alone is over $100

Not everyone pays for Windows. Haven't paid for it in 15 years.

 

[bruceb]

Quite true. My Dell came with Windows XP when shipped and my laptop (rescued from the recycle bin) had Win 8 and then did the free upgrade to Win 10 Home 64

 

[Thebobo]

Another Dell exposed itself, I'm not all that familiar with dell's PC numbers, I assume the higher numbers are newer? What would you consider a better deal?

Dell Optiplex 7010 Tower - i5 - 3.4GHz 8GB - 500GB Win 10 Pro
Price $150.00 Sorta on my way home.

Dell OptiPlex 9010 Tower - i7 - 3.40GHz 8GB - 250GB Win 7 Pro
Price is actually $175 (not $150.) And a further drive.

I don't care that much about win 10 I like 7 and stuck in my ways (get off my lawn) but if the performance would be that much better I would switch. Also I have spare HDs around so it's pretty much about the performance.

With the i7 I am curious about what look like Fiber or BNC connectors is that for networking?

Another also the i5 has a DVI plate on the back would that be an actual GPU (ad says on board graphics) is there a DVI connection on the MB.

i7 - not sure just noticed the two cards

i5

 

[bruceb]

Can't really see from those small photos, but the one on top (the 9010) the Green and Blue jacks are for Mic and Line Out Audio .. You also have a DVI connector, along with PS2 Keyboard and PS2 Mouse Jacks, multiple USB jacks,
1 RJ45 Data Cable Jack (NIC Card or onboard NIC), a Serial Port and a VGA Port

 

[Thebobo]

Can't really see from those small photos, but the one on top (the 9010) the Green and Blue jacks are for Mic and Line Out Audio .. You also have a DVI connector, along with PS2 Keyboard and PS2 Mouse Jacks, multiple USB jacks,
1 RJ45 Data Cable Jack (NIC Card or onboard NIC), a Serial Port and a VGA Port

Yea I was talking about the gold colored connectors in the bottom pic
.

 

[bruceb]

Would need to see a more detailed picture and that one is the I5 unit .. What ever they are, they are on an expansion card so you would need to know what they installed. It is not as factory equipped.

 

[hoorah]

I can't see the photos (blocked at work) but if they are gold threaded connectors like coax connectors they are probably the antenna connections for a wi-fi card. Lots of small form factor OEM systems have add-in wifi cards.

I would say both are pretty close to the same deal and it depends on what you mean by 'farther'. 10 mins or an hour? I'd probably get the I7 because it will be easier to re-sell later since thats all most people know is that the i7 is the best. That is, if you care about reselling.

 

[Thebobo]

I can't see the photos (blocked at work) but if they are gold threaded connectors like coax connectors they are probably the antenna connections for a wi-fi card. Lots of small form factor OEM systems have add-in wifi cards.

I would say both are pretty close to the same deal and it depends on what you mean by 'farther'. 10 mins or an hour? I'd probably get the I7 because it will be easier to re-sell later since thats all most people know is that the i7 is the best. That is, if you care about reselling.

Ahh yea wifi thats probably what they are. Thanks.

 

[Thebobo]

Ended up getting the i5 because it was a tad cheaper, a lot closer, win 10 and larger HD and I a 7600gt with dual DVI which I will use was thrown in. Thanks V Larry and all for helping find this idea/market. Its perfect for what I need as I already have a gaming computer. As I saw it building from new parts would been at least a couple hundred dollars more. Bottom line it was plug and play all is good.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Thanks V Larry and all for helping find this idea/market.
As I saw it building from new parts would been at least a couple hundred dollars more. Bottom line it was plug and play all is good.

You're welcome. I saw it first on YouTube, so I can't take credit for discovering this avenue for cheap quad-core computing.

Check out TechDeals, TechByMatt, and NerdOnABudget on YouTube.

And if anyone is reading this, don't make the mistake that I did, make sure that you CHECK OUT THE SELLER'S FEEDBACK before you purchase a used / refurb PC on ebay. My first transaction was great, the second from a different vendor (96% feedback score, kind of low), didn't go so well. (Sold as a quad-core, I ended up with a clean refurb, that only had an i3 in it.)