4% cashback from Cashrewards
Original eBay 15% off Sitewide deal
Have been looking at alternatives to the Asus M32CD from Amazon.
Want a non-gaming i5 desktop.
The 15% off EBAY makes this look not bad.
Specs:
Intel i5 6400
1tb hard disk
DVDRW drive
8gb RAM
MSI B150M motherboard
Windows 7 Pro 64 bit (free upgrade to Win10 from Microsoft)
Not it doesnt have an SSD or gaming graphics.
case, PSU, (i know you say $50) so we are already looking at $630
then factor in time to build (or cost) and time going to multiple shops (potentialy) and you have to ask is it worth the saving.
Having said that I suspect this may not be the best deal if you don't need 6th gen cpu.
EDIT:
Found this http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Intel-6th-Gen-Skylake-i5-6400-8GB…
For $619.
From my local PC shop. But does not include OS cost not a fair compairson.
to be honest, a non-gaming PC everyone would be better off buying a laptop for cheaper or similar price and plugging in a monitor, keyboard and mouse to it.
then if you wanted to go elsewhere it's portable as well as being a desktop PC
That SFF case looks pretty decent - anyone have any idea what it might be?
The case is called a Besta S601
http://sohoo2008.bossgoo.com/slim-micro-mini-itx/computer-ca…
http://www.pclandonline.net.au/index.php?id_product=2075&con…
Thanks very much for the lead, I'm going to look into it.
(I'm actually trying to find an ATX case that approaches the compact dimensions of something like this, but may have to just go with a mATX case.)
cpu $275.00 from PC Case Gear
hdd $74.99 from 25+ shops
dvdrw $19.00 from PC Case Gear
ram $59.88 from 10+ shops
mobo $119.00 from 2 shops
win7 oem $34.83 from Play-Asia.com
$583 for parts at a quick look on google shopping (can be had much cheaper i'm certain, but i just had quick check for average prices)
be about 50 bucks for tower and PSU, doesnt matter what as its not for gaming. seems OK I guess. my advice would be if buying the parts buy a cheaper CPU, much cheaper.