Have Anyone Bought Ex-Lease PC from Topbuy

L[Deactivated] on 21/09/2015 - 14:21
Last edited 22/09/2015 - 14:18

I am looking at buying a desktop for home. Had a look at Top Buy , they are selling the following config for 400 bucks.

Ex-Lease Dell 990 USFF Core i7-2600S 8GB 128GB SSD Win7Pro Desktop PC
http://www.topbuy.com.au/ex-lease-dell-990-usff-core-i7-2600…

Any good/bad experience buying from them?

PS: Thanks for the comments. I guess this is not a good option. What would you rather recommend in 500-600$ range with a small SSD, or an option to put SSD if possible? Requirements are day to day browsing, running VM's, remote desktop'ing to work, possibly plex. Small form factor would be great and I am open to building it myself as well.

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Comments

    • spackbace on 21/09/2015 - 14:49
      +4

      At least compare like-for-like!

      OP has linked to an i7, 8gb ram, 128gb ssd

      You linked to an i3, 4gb ram, 500gb hdd

      Not same…

        • spackbace on 21/09/2015 - 15:21

          you normally are very level headed and diplomatic

          I am? I thought I'm normally a d… :P

        • Settero on 21/09/2015 - 15:35
          +2

          thats almost 150% of the price of the item he linked. thats ALOT more.

          although i wouldn't go with the 4 year old pc either.

        • [Deactivated] on 21/09/2015 - 16:46

          @Cheap Charlie: Thanks for all the answers. I agree it doesn't make sense. It is for very basic use, mostly for mum to play around and learn. I was initially thinking about buying those mini NUC's, but a PC without the SSD is a big no no for me. Thats why I was looking at more cheap alternatives, where in I can upgrade disk to SSD. Wont do lot of gaming, so absolute latest processor doesn't matter that much.

          Another thought is building on my own as I did that in my past life, but I am completely out of touch on whats in the market, and form factor is another thing.

        • [Deactivated] on 21/09/2015 - 16:59
          +1

          @Spackbace:

          I thought I'm normally a d… :P

          That too! :P

        • [Deactivated] on 21/09/2015 - 19:53

          @Cheap Charlie: Thats a great deal, thats exactly what I am after. I will try to find something similar, If you see another one, please let me know :-)

  • Richardc on 21/09/2015 - 15:00
    +1

    $400 for something 4 years old with only 90 days warranty? No thanks

  • ItsMeAgro on 21/09/2015 - 15:54
    -1

    Do you want the desktop for gaming? If you want an add a GPU, that PSU might be a problem.

      • [Deactivated] on 21/09/2015 - 16:48
        +1

        No, dont do any gaming at all. Mostly for browsing and occasional dev use, or running VM's or remote desktops. I know its not apparent from my question but my background is in IT. I have been using macbook pro from last 4 years, only part I have bought in last 4 years is an SSD, so not aware of the latest hardware.

  • PVA on 21/09/2015 - 16:58

    I wouldn't be buying.
    My computers I use at work will be similar to what you are thinking of buying. Physically they look perfect but mine are powered on at least 10hours every day. I am betting thats the same for this (you can't tell, but for sure it would be at least 9hours 5days a week)
    Pay a little more and buy new or refurb.

  • scrimshaw on 21/09/2015 - 17:28

    Dell Outlet if you want refurbished desktops. At least their refurbished stuff has only been used for very short periods — most of them are returns either from DOA or returns within warranty period and are still in tip top condition.

    Other alternative is to look at refurbs at BudgetPC but with only 3 months of warranty it's not the best idea.

    and an ordinary mini itx build
    http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/KL6mMp

  • veej on 22/09/2015 - 08:59
    +1

    If you want to look at refurbished computers you could also look at Mwave. They have a few different ones ranging from $139 to over $1000. (Dell, HP, iMac)

    Obviously the cheapest ones are the oldest but if you only want one to stare at the internet etc I don't see anything wrong with them.

    http://www.mwave.com.au/factory-outlet/pc-systems-factory-ou…

    • [Deactivated] on 22/09/2015 - 09:16

      Thanks. Will have a look, this looks good. As i mentioned above, I have i3 macbook,8GB and SSD from 2011/12. So far I have never been limited by the i3 processor, can run 3-4 IDE's, remote desktop,memory hogging browsers all at the same time without lags. So not fussy about the absolute latest processor.

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