Home Desktop PC Budget $1000

Lsteveoosteve on 20/05/2020 - 13:14
Last edited 20/05/2020 - 13:15

Hey all,

My parent's 8 year old dell is on its last legs and they are looking for a replacement tower (already have screen etc).

Budget is about $1000 and i'm looking for something with a 500ish GB SSD and room for a storage HDD (i can transfer from the old PC). I am not interested in building my own. No need for dedicated graphics really.

Something like this interests me, would be cool if they had an ebay sale. Anyone think that Bing Lee will have an ebay sale soon? https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Acer-Aspire-XC-885-Desktop-PC-I5…

Also, does anyone have an opinion on something like this? is this a good deal? https://www.centrecom.com.au/centre-com-home-i5-v57-desktop

Thank you in advance.

Computing

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dogboy on 20/05/2020 - 13:34

+1

Have you considered a refurb desktop from https://www.australiancomputertraders.com.au/? Can get something with similar spec for a fraction of the price as the ones you listed.
- steveoosteve on 20/05/2020 - 13:37
  
  Thanks I will have a look, however I think they want new.
flyingpigs on 20/05/2020 - 14:22

+1

Cashrewards had 10% cashbacks on Dell and the small Dell vostro is $750 without cashback.
- steveoosteve on 20/05/2020 - 14:40
  
  https://www.dell.com/en-au/work/shop/business-pcs-desktop-co… this one? I could add an SSD to it.
  - flyingpigs on 20/05/2020 - 15:49
    
    Try this one https://www.dell.com/en-au/work/shop/productdetails/vostro-3…
G-rig on 20/05/2020 - 14:51

+1

I was going to suggest the dell outlet there are a fair few refurbished boxes for under 1k
https://www.dell.com/en-au/outlet/work/shop/desktop-workstat…
friedmaki on 20/05/2020 - 16:10

What about this? Add $99 for 480GB SSD?
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/538940
shaybisc on 20/05/2020 - 16:27

Refurbished is too imprecise a term for my blood. If I get a used pc with a million miles on the clock at a government auction, take it home, turn it on and everything works, is that refurbished?
CC123 on 20/05/2020 - 17:22

room for a storage HDD (i can transfer from the old PC)

Assuming you mean so you can transfer it from PC to PC just follow this or get a sata to USB cable for $5 on eBay (cheap ones might not be able to power 3.5" drives though)
steveoosteve on 21/05/2020 - 14:45

All good thanks for the help bought a dell.

Home Desktop PC Budget $1000

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