Is either of these desktops a good value?

[VirtualLarry]

--- THIS ONE? ---

https://flash.newegg.com/Product/N82E16883794977?icid=WP_26_09132018

Refurbished: Lenovo Grade A Desktop Computer M81 Intel Core i5 2nd Gen 2400 (3.10 GHz) 4 GB DDR3 250 GB HDD Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit (USB Wi-Fi Dongle Included)
$116.99 After promo code: NEFPWX13

• Intel Core i5 2nd Gen 2400 (3.10 GHz)
• 4 GB DDR3
• 250 GB HDD
• Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit
• USB Wi-Fi Dongle Included

$169.99 24% OFF $129.99

--- OR THIS ONE? ---

https://flash.newegg.com/Product/N82E16883794979?icid=WP_29_09132018

Refurbished: Lenovo Grade A Desktop Computer M82 Intel Core i5 3rd Gen 3470 (3.20 GHz) 4 GB DDR3 250 GB HDD Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit (USB Wi-Fi Dongle Included)

• Intel Core i5 3rd Gen 3470 (3.20 GHz)
• 4 GB DDR3
• 250 GB HDD
• Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit
• USB Wi-Fi Dongle Included

$199.99 28% OFF $144.99

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Was thinking of one of those for a neighbor / acquaintance of mine. Would likely add a 4GB stick of DDR3 (have one), and possibly purchase one of those newer cheap-brand 240GB SSDs for $40 or less to throw in. (Plan on cloning the HDD, or possibly, just installing fresh, if the Win7 Pro key COA is on the case and visible.)

That would give me a system with either a Sandy or Ivy locked quad-core CPU, 8GB of DDR3, and a 240GB SSD, for $200 or less. Does that sound like a deal?

Person that I'm thinking of for this rig, currently has a Sandy Pentium with a 1TB 7200RPM that I installed for them, when their original WD 250GB or 320GB HDD was in the process of failing. (And interestingly enough, Windows 7 put up huge warnings about imminent drive failure, and backup. The HDD had tripped SMART.)

They're currently on Win7 on their existing PC.

--- WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE? ---

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883286362&ignorebbr=1

HP Desktop Computer 800 G1-T Intel Core i7 4th Gen 4770 (3.40 GHz) 16 GB 500 GB HDD Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit
REFURBISHED

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• Intel Core i7 4th Gen 4770 (3.40 GHz)
• 16 GB
• 500 GB HDD
• Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit

$385.99

Then again, you can get those Acer i3-8100 desktops with 8GB DDR4 and a 1TB HDD for $350 on sale, NEW, and they have an M.2 PCI-E socket on the mobo. (They sell models with Optane Memory cache as well.)

 

[ch33zw1z]

The lenovos don't come with 10, otherwise not bad since you have spare parts.

The HP seems ok, considering it's got 16gb....but still kinda pricey for a 4-gen-old setup.

 

[Hans Gruber]

I got a Dell for $80 similar to your 1st Lenovo listing @ $117 on Ebay months ago. Same 2400 processor. I put in 8GB of hot rod ram an SSD and soon a new power supply. So not a good deal in my opinion.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I see that Newegg has or had some 7th-gen Core i3 desktops, refurb, for under $300, with 8GB of DDR4. Those might be the best deals. (Probably will get mitigation patches for Spectre / Meltdown.)

 

[capsulej]

Ebay office pc+ some upgrades would be a better value. If your patient with auctions you can usually score a SB/IB i7.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Here's a couple more that I've been looking at more recently.

Celeron G3930 (Kaby Lake dual-core), 4GB DDR4, 500GB HDD, $125
https://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Slim-27...eron-G3930-CPU-4GB-RAM-500GB-HDD/112616597604

Core i3-7100, 8GB DDR4, 1TB HDD, Windows 10, $197, "used"
https://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-270-p04...-7100-8GB-1TB-HD-With-Windows-10/112645180533

Not a bad price on the i3-7100, all things considered, but that same vendor, offers the same thing, only "refurb", rather than "used", and it's like $75 more expensive. Makes me wonder if those "used" units are even tested at all, before shipping them out. Probably NOT.

Oh, and I've ordered a Dell Tower PC, refurb/used from this vendor once before. It was advertised with a i5-2400, it came with an i3-2120. So much for turning that box into a budget gaming rig.