HP a6109n Refub Desktop (AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+, 2GB, 320GB, Vista Premium) frys $299.00 + S/H

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What ya think, for $299, a good dealio?

Specs below:

Detailed Description


Specifications

* Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (2.0GHz, 2000MT/s System Bus)
* Memory: 2048MB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM memory (2x1GB) (expandable to 8 GB (4 x 2 GB) (64-bit OS)/ 4 GB (4 x 1 GB) (32-bit OS))
* Hard Drive:320GB 7200RPM SATA 3G (3.0 Gb/sec) hard drive
* Optical Drive: 16X DVD(+/-)R/RW 12X RAM (+/-)R DL LightScribe SATA drive
* Video Graphics: Integrated graphics
* Network Interface: Integrated 10/100BaseT network interface
* Sound: High Definition 8-channel audio
* Fax/Modem: 56K bps data/fax modem
* Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium
* Refurbished (90 Day Manufacturer Warranty)

External Ports

* 6 USB 2.0 ports (2 Front, 4 Back)
* Front panel 15-in-1 memory card reader
* 2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) port(s) (1 Front, 1 back)
* 2 PS/2
* LAN
* Headphone; Microphone; Line-in (Front)
* VGA-out
* SPDIF out (coaxial)
* Audio (side speaker out, rear speaker out, center speaker out, line-in, line-out, microphone) (One Each)

Expansion Slots

* 2 PCI slots (one available)
* 1 PCI-E x16 slot (available)
* 1 PCI-E x1 slot (available)

Expansion Bays

* 2 external 5.25"(one available)
* 3 3.5" (two available)

 

[Avalon]

Sounds hot to me. I can barely build a computer that cheap using similar specs.

 

[spinejam]

nice price!

 

[Frintin]

Pretty nice price!

Large hard drive

Vista Home Premium (but with integrated graphics who knows?)

 

[RU482]

received mine. nice little machine for the price. decent upgrade from my old XP2500 machine

The cons...
PSU is 20pin, though the socket on the mobo is a 24pin. 250W no-name
The motherboard has a minimal amount of capacitors and inductors (i.e. not much power filtering)
Onboard video is acceptable (barely) I see shadows/ghosting on text, but that could be this ancient VGA cable (used same LCD w/ DVI cable with old PC)

 

[tbogstad]

not bad, not great though.

the parts add up to about $300.00

so you get vista premium for free, it really depens on if you want a 3 year waranty on the parts or vista and only 90 days.

 

[filibusterman]

dead