Used desktop PC

French Toast

Looking at buying a used desktop PC. Strictly light home office use - MS Word, emails, online shopping etc. Budget of say €350.

Looking at buying off Adverts. Thoughts on this PC? Dual monitor a bonus here, not a necessity obviously.

http://www.adverts.ie/29145951

Alternative suggestions welcomed. Cheers.

dotsman

It's over 10 year's old. It will work --> but it will be painfully slow.

The 2 monitors is handy for that price though!

It doesn't say what storage comes with it, but I would imagine it is HDD, so you would want to add even a cheap SATA SSD for your sanity:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT480BX500SSD1-Internal-Solid-State/dp/B07G3KGYZQ/ref%3Dsr_1_4?crid=2QXCH4ZOC5CFI&keywords=sata%2Bssd&qid=1675892749&sprefix=sata%2Bssd%2Caps%2C70&sr=8-4&th=1

This will make a drastic difference to the start-up time (i.e. several/many minutes down to less than a minute) as well as much faster startup times for your applications.

You might also want to consider upgrading the RAM, as 8GB can be quite limiting. Right now, my own PC (32GB) is chewing up 8GB and all I have open is Outlook and a few tabs in Chrome.

It's hard to specify exactly what RAM to get without know more about the model (speed, and wehter you want to replace with a 16GB set, or add an aditional 8 to the existing 8GB). What is strange is that the seller's photo of the motherboard shows the 3 of the 4 RAM slots , but they are all empty (RAM should be installed in pairs).

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=ddr3+1600&crid=9815MHWT185&sprefix=ddr3+1600%2Caps%2C69&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

Finally - how will you be conencting to the internet? If Ethernet, you will be fine, but there's no mention of wifi, so assume you would need to buy a usb wifi dongle as well.

Lots of choices on Amazon and very cheap. Which one you choose will depend on where you position the PC in relation the router as well as interference etc, but I wouldn't spend much given the price of the desktop.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=usb+wifi+dongle&crid=1W8M16CQTL2DY&sprefix=usb+wifi+dongle%2Caps%2C58&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

pah

https://www.adverts.ie/member/1346968/ads

Check out this guy's stuff, posts new ads daily. Have used and recommended him to others. Reasonable delivery.

FrancieBrady

I buy refurbed computers from Green IT - Quality Refurbished Laptops, Computers, PC's, Tablets

Good fast service and sorted any issues promptly.

Homelander

The machine in the OP would work fine for what you want it to do but it would need an SSD added as the main drive, otherwise it'll be very slow. You can get a decent 250GB for very little, about 30-40 euro.

The other thing is that it's worth about 150 tops including the dual monitors. 300 is completely overpriced. You can buy PC's of that spec for 60 euro 2nd hand.

That GreenIT site seems OK for some things. They have a Dell with an i5-4590, 8GB ram and a 240GB SSD for 160. Considering you are buying from a company that's fair value.

French Toast

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120254972#Comment_120254972

Is this the one you're referring to? It would make a decent home office PC?

https://www.greenit.ie/product/dell-optiplex-7020-tower-core-i5-8gb-ram-240gb-ssd-dvd-windows-10-pro/

French Toast

I should have added we'll be using a WiFi Internet connection.

FrancieBrady

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120256953#Comment_120256953

I have 3 PCs here from GreenIT and none of them have wireless. I think you may need to include a wireless dongle when buying.

Homelander

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120256846#Comment_120256846

Yeah, that one would be perfect for a home PC for the typical stuff, web browsing, office, etc. It's a fair price for it from a company with a warranty. Just add a USB wifi dongle and you're set.