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Does that take the wind out of the sales (pun intended) of the refurb / off-lease Sandy / Ivy quad-core tower PCs?
Much has been discussed on YouTube, about buying a cheap quad-core tower, Sandy / Ivy refurb / off-lease, and throwing in an SSD and storage drive, and 8-16GB of DDR3, and using the COA to re-install the OS.
I have a thread in General Hardware here where I did just that, for a friend of mine.
I was thinking, yeah, great deal at $150 or less, for quad-core Intel CPU, some RAM / HDD, chassis, PSU, and if you luck out, a working COA affixed.
But if you prefer to purchase new, wouldn't an i3-8100 for $110-120, a B360 / H370 board for $60 (estimated price), and 8-16GB of DD4 (hopefully prices start to go down?), be better, because you're getting the newest architecture, and "New".
Much has been discussed on YouTube, about buying a cheap quad-core tower, Sandy / Ivy refurb / off-lease, and throwing in an SSD and storage drive, and 8-16GB of DDR3, and using the COA to re-install the OS.
I have a thread in General Hardware here where I did just that, for a friend of mine.
I was thinking, yeah, great deal at $150 or less, for quad-core Intel CPU, some RAM / HDD, chassis, PSU, and if you luck out, a working COA affixed.
But if you prefer to purchase new, wouldn't an i3-8100 for $110-120, a B360 / H370 board for $60 (estimated price), and 8-16GB of DD4 (hopefully prices start to go down?), be better, because you're getting the newest architecture, and "New".