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Refurbished Dell OptiPlex, 4GB RAM, 1TB HDD - €165 w. free delivery

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    #32
    rob316
    Registered Users Posts: 17,978 ✭✭✭✭rob316


    For video editing surely you would need a 7th gen i5 at a minimum, probably i7 even?


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    #33
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,651 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    There are two issues with video. One is actually working with it and getting a preview with no dropped frames. The second is the export or rendering of your work at the end.


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    #34
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    The processor is the most important factor in your search. Those machines you linked to are 10 years old, or at least very close to it. I run a machine of that vintage with 16GB of RAM. It runs Windows 10 okay, it struggles with playing 1080p videos, and I wouldn't want to be rendering video on it these days.

    You'd probably be best off building your own desktop PC to be honest.

    Older. The first Core 2 Quads dropped nearly 12 years ago.

    You'd pick up a 2nd hand i5 based machine twice as fast on adverts for half the price.

    Now, it's a business, so all things considered a Core2Quad with a 1TB HDD, 22" monitor and 8GB ram with a warranty for €200 isn't that bad....but only for an elemental machine typing a few documents or watching netflix.


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    #35
    BBMcQ
    Registered Users Posts: 1,320 ✭✭✭BBMcQ


    Looking for a setup for home working, nothing strenuous just logging on to a VPN to access the work network. Are there better deals out there for low-ish spec bundles? I haven’t seen any prices this low...


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    #36
    rob316
    Registered Users Posts: 17,978 ✭✭✭✭rob316


    The unsuspecting buyer will just see its windows 10 pc and think its a bargain. It will be lucky if it can run windows 10 and let you have a few pages on your browser open at once.


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    #37
    degrassinoel
    Registered Users Posts: 10,734 ✭✭✭✭degrassinoel


    Buying refurbs is a bad idea anyway, even if they have some kind of warranty, they are second hand, ancient, usually heavily used dinosaurs of machines.

    You'd actually be as well to build a lowspec machine yourself or ask someone to do it for you for 2 or 3 hundred quid. See the pc building and upgrading forum for ideas or adverts for people that build on spec


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    #38
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,651 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    You can run Windows 10 on a old low powered pc. That is not the issue.

    The issue is there is no point buying one when you can buy one that's 10yrs newer for the same price.


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    #39
    [Deleted User]
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    it's always a bad sign when they deliberately hide details in listings - e.g. no mention of the exact cpu used.
    that's a red flag to me - they are hiding the fact that it's a piece of sh1t.


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    #40
    GhostyMcGhost
    Registered Users Posts: 1,349 ✭✭✭GhostyMcGhost


    glasso wrote: »
    it's always a bad sign when they deliberately hide details in listings - e.g. no mention of the exact cpu used.
    that's a red flag to me - they are hiding the fact that it's a piece of sh1t.

    Or that all the people involved in making the machine are long dead and nobody truly knows what's inside

    I've seen commodore 64's with better specs


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