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[Refurb] Lenovo ThinkCentre M900 Tiny Core i5-6500T, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, Win11, Wi-Fi $205 + Delivery ($0 MEL C&C) @ FuseTech AU

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[Refurb] Lenovo ThinkCentre M900 Tiny Core i5-6500T, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, Win11, Wi-Fi $205 + Delivery ($0 MEL C&C) @ FuseTech AU
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AssociatedFuseTechAu on 08/07/2022 - 16:42 fusetechau.com.au (4750 clicks)
Last edited 18/07/2022 - 10:45 by 1 other user

Good evening,

****UPDATE****
18/07/2022 - Hey everyone! There's been a bit of delay on orders shipped out as a few of us have COVID (I'm good which is important) so last week has been a bit chaotic. Orders are set too be sent out in the next few days so bare with us they are on their way.

Cheers,

I bring you a massive lot of MIL-SPEC (according to Lenovo) Tiny office desktops. Keep it in your pocket, in combat.

Pretty much everything you need for home/office or business. Will come with Windows 11 pre-installed and every unit will come with a WIFI USB 300mpbs. Also have a huge stock of the Lenovo M93P Tiny (with WIFI as well) for $155, link below. 12 months warranty as always, as well as upgrade options including adding a 2.5" SATA SSD or HDD as well (Will be secondary drive). Also have some new stock of Lenovo T460s to those who missed out, at the same bargain price! Also message through if you would like a 10+ order for a bulk discount as well.

1 year warranty on all plus cables included (power adapter and display cable). Click and collect is available from our Yarraville, Melbourne 3013 warehouse. Both Courier and Parcel/Express post is available as well as Click and Collect (Shipping should be cheap as they are quite small!). Allow up to 7 days processing to get these orders out.

LENOVO THINKCENTRE M93P TINY - I5 4570T | 8GB |128GB @$155
https://fusetechau.com.au/products/refurb-lenovo-thinkcentre…

LENOVO THINKPAD T460S 14" | I5 6300U | 8GB | 128GB @$279
https://fusetechau.com.au/products/refurb-lenovo-thinkpad-t4…

Nice sale on the DELL OPTIPLEX 3040 - I5-6500 | 8GB | 128GB as well @$209
https://fusetechau.com.au/products/dell-optiplex-3040

Specifications

Make & Model - Lenovo Thinkcentre M900

Form Factor - Tiny

Processor - Intel Core i5 6500t 2.50Ghz

Ram - 8Gb

Hard Drive - 128Gb

Hard Drive Type - SSD

Connectivity - Front 2 x USB 3.0 (1 for fast charge) 2 x Audio Rear Up to 4 x USB 3.0 DisplayPort™ + DisplayPort™ 1 x Punch-Out (VGA / HDMI™7 / DisplayPort™ / Serial) 1 x LAN 1 x Audio

Display - Nil

Optical Drive - Nil

Network - Ethernet + Wifi

Operating System - Windows 11

Condition - Refurbished Grade A

Whats Included - PC + Power Cable/ Adapter

Grading & Physical Condition: Grade A

Warranty - 12 Months

Computing Computer Lenovo Small Form Factor Computer

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closed Comments

  • turkz1 on 08/07/2022 - 16:48
    +4

    Do I need this?

    • AssociatedFuseTechAu @ FuseTech AU on 08/07/2022 - 16:57
      +119

      You need 2.

    • [Deactivated] on 08/07/2022 - 19:14
      +6

      This + a 8tb usb drive = tiny media server you can hide in any corner of the home. Or tiny torrenting box you can run without using any power. Tiny SDR Radio scanner recorder. Tiny home automation hub that beats the pants of a raspberry pi.

      • theoscat on 08/07/2022 - 19:25

        if I am mainly using homebridge + pi-hole on my Pi4, would changing to this improve any of the homebridge performance?

        • Bedgrub on 08/07/2022 - 20:38
          +2

          I’m running HB, Home Assistant, pi-hole, a bunch of other random containers on Pi4 with bit problems. HB doesn’t really need much more than a Pi 3 to be honest.

          That said, if I was starting from scratch, I’d choose the Tiny at that price. Nice you factor in a case and SSD, you’re probably looking at this price anyway.

          Also, x86 architecture is still much more flexible and supported than ARM architecture. Incompatibilities don’t happen often, but when they do, its a massive pain to troubleshoot and fix.

      • turkz1 on 08/07/2022 - 20:57

        What do you do with SDR radio scanner recorder? What’s the purpose of the recordings?

        • [Deactivated] on 08/07/2022 - 23:48
          +2

          Anything you want. Listen to SES/Firies, FM radio, Digital TV, Aircraft, track aircraft, download satellite weather radio images, decode pager messages.

          Yes, all of these are generally available online anyway through existing streams and services, but it's a bit of a niche hobby. It was a pretty incredible technological revolution when people discovered that lil old $30 USB T.V keys could actually receive almost any desired frequency, opening up all these things where previously it would have cost tens of thousands of dollars in specialised scanners.

  • wrx5 on 08/07/2022 - 16:49
    +6

    I night be wrong here but I think you need a CPU with TPM 2.0 to be able to install Windows 11. TPM 2.0 is available on Intel CPU's 8 gen and onwards.

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/553587/wi…

    So how this PC will come with W11 pre-installed?

    • FireRunner on 08/07/2022 - 16:53

      Fairly simple to circumvent the TPM requirement.
      It does mean that it's not officially supported and could have updates withheld but I don't think it's likely

    • dyziplen on 08/07/2022 - 19:58

      Some of the 6th gen business class machines supports TPM 2.0 with a dedicated chip. Not sure if this one is though.

      • virtual81 on 09/07/2022 - 01:14

        This is how I'll bet it is in this case.
        Fairly standard for notebooks and ultra small form factor machines like this to have had TPM since 4th gen or even earlier.
        It's required for some business use cases.

    • Shazbot-66 on 08/07/2022 - 23:12

      very easy to circumvent tpm
      ie;https://ghostcloud.ml/wp1/w11-22h2-22621/

      *SV2GHOST1234
      *SV2GHOST1234U2

      • maybe a bot on 09/07/2022 - 12:59

        I love installing backdoored windows… just modify using Rufus from fresh media

    • [Deactivated] on 08/07/2022 - 23:55
      +1

      You are only sort of wrong here.

      This has TPM hosted by the motherboard

      https://www.lenovo.com/au/en/desktops-and-all-in-ones/thinkc…
      Security chip Trusted Platform Module (TPM1.2-compliant)

      Windows 11 is TPM1.2 compatible. It wasn't in the early beta's, it is now.

    • theray on 09/07/2022 - 00:06

      I have this tiny PC unit, and it does have a TPM 2.0 you can activate.

      Look for TPM 2.0 TCG Security Device, its a firmware TPM. Google is your friend.

      So that just leaves the 6th Gen Intel thats not technically supported but easy to circumvent, and I don't have any problems

      • montorola on 09/07/2022 - 01:29

        Hey mate have you tried playing 4k60 streams on this? Did YouTube lag?

        Thinking about one for htpc

        • sponson on 09/07/2022 - 11:56
          +2

          Skylake processor, HD530 gfx - problem is Youtube uses VP9 so you'll be CPU bound. Ideally you want Kaby Lake or above, HD6xx/UHD6xx or better.

  • Mechz on 08/07/2022 - 16:49
    +5

    Good value box this. Have literally hundreds of them at my employer's research & manufacturing facilities running 24x7 with a miniscule % failure rate.

    • mousie on 08/07/2022 - 18:54
      +1

      Great little torrent boxes. Although I do like my nuccies

  • Rod M on 08/07/2022 - 16:53

    do all the USB ports work?

    if these actually are "MIL-SPEC" and were used by the ADF in any secure environment then it is likely the USB ports have been hard disabled (I worked for a major US HW supplier and this was a requirement for many batches of desktops going to the ADF/DEFAT etc.)

    • AssociatedFuseTechAu @ FuseTech AU on 08/07/2022 - 16:57

      Ah that's interesting! Nah they are enterprise (Ex-office) so they wont be disabled. good pickup though

    • zzymurgy on 08/07/2022 - 17:00

      Fair point, but mil-spec is not the same as ex-mil.
      Having said that, I can't see anything about them that is particularly mil-spec. Other than lack of wifi!

      • AssociatedFuseTechAu @ FuseTech AU on 08/07/2022 - 17:04
        +1

        From their website "MIL-SPEC testing validates the ruggedness, durability, and quality of this compact desktop. It’s tested against high temperatures, vibrations, shocks, altitude, and more, so it won’t let you down in even the harshest work settings"

      • [Deactivated] on 08/07/2022 - 19:16

        Well we're lucky it says mil spec, not ex-mil, and you didn't read the advert at all then aren't we?

        " now passing 8 US Military Environmental Specs (MIL-SPEC) on every model"

        Why is there always that guy that has to invent things nobody was claiming to shoot them down, while still being remarkably wrong in almost every point they've made. Don't be that guy.

        • Serapis on 08/07/2022 - 19:49

          Pretty much just a marketing gimmick lol

          Milspec just means that the engineering has been dumbed down to the point where it can be made by the cheapest bidder.

          • [Deactivated] on 08/07/2022 - 23:55
            +1

            @Serapis: No, it doesn't.

    • zombie hunter on 08/07/2022 - 17:43
      +2

      if the usb port were hardwired disabled. how do connect keyboard and mouse ?
      Question from IT support who works for ADF….

    • mini2 on 08/07/2022 - 18:13
      +1

      Disabling unused USB ports is more of an ACSC ISM thing, lurking somewhere in the hardening guide.

  • pkt on 08/07/2022 - 17:01

    You have Win 11 in your description but on your website it states that the OS is Win10??
    - Please confirm

    • AssociatedFuseTechAu @ FuseTech AU on 08/07/2022 - 17:05
      +1

      fixed, its W11

  • felixeff3 on 08/07/2022 - 17:02

    Do any come with onboard WiFi or are they are USB WiFi?
    Which USB WiFi is provided please?

    • AssociatedFuseTechAu @ FuseTech AU on 08/07/2022 - 17:04

      Wifi USB 300mpbs, they didnt come with the original onboard wifi

  • jbird84 on 08/07/2022 - 17:05

    Is the LAN gigabit? I'd imagine it is but just want to be sure as this listing and Lenovo's site for the product both don't specify

    • BlueSkyAPI on 08/07/2022 - 17:28

      yes

    • DingoBlue on 08/07/2022 - 19:06

      Haven’t seen 10/100 for a very long time except on poverty switches.

  • soymeat on 08/07/2022 - 17:05

    Would any of these work as a cheap Pfsense box?

    I guess what I'd be looking for is low power consumption and the ability to have 2+ NICs (does that mean a PCI-E slot?).

    • danielglongo on 08/07/2022 - 17:10

      Same here, also wanted to run HA.

    • laudalashun on 08/07/2022 - 17:20

      I have one qnd am running proxmox with couple of vms.
      HA, Ubuntu with pihole and few linux distros for test.

      • danielglongo on 08/07/2022 - 17:30

        Great.. That's all I wanted to know heheh Thanks @laudalashun.
        Would you mind sharing the hardware config in your unit?

    • BlueSkyAPI on 08/07/2022 - 17:36

      There's only one built-in RJ45 port. You could use a USB ethernet adapter if supported by the OS. 2nd option is to use a managed switch with VLANs simulate multiport NIC. 3rd option is to use a mini-PCIe ethernet card and put it into where the built-in WIFI card usually goes into.

      HA / PiHole consume very little resources so you can definitely run many more additional VMs on this, usually limited by the amount of RAM you put in.

      Idle power for this unit is around 10~12W so it's a slight overkill for just HA/PiHole/routing (low speed).

      If you are wanting to do this as standalone pfSense maybe consider the Jasper Lake boxes on Aliexpress where they come with many more ports and also slightly lower power consumption. Look up Serve The Home on YouTube as they've reviewed some boxes recently

    • [Deactivated] on 08/07/2022 - 19:16

      Just use a USB3 Ethernet Adaptor.

  • twitchyfingers on 08/07/2022 - 17:19
    +1

    Rep - Is this the deal you mentioned would be coming in the comments of last week's post? Or is that still to come?

    • AssociatedFuseTechAu @ FuseTech AU on 08/07/2022 - 17:33

      Hi!

      What the comment regarding?

        • AssociatedFuseTechAu @ FuseTech AU on 08/07/2022 - 17:45
          +5

          Ah yeah! So we're still waiting on the stock at the moment. Unfortunately due to the NSW floods the warehouses are closed so its been delayed a week from what I've heard. If I get any updates will let you guys know.

  • monkeymajik on 08/07/2022 - 17:30

    Looks great! Option to do 16GB ram on the M900?

    • AssociatedFuseTechAu @ FuseTech AU on 08/07/2022 - 17:32
      +2

      added now!

  • edforums on 08/07/2022 - 17:35

    Is the m900 a good media client for 4k and h.265 content if it needs to decode those types of videos?

    • pandawelch on 08/07/2022 - 19:20
      +1

      Note the quicksync featureset for Skylake: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video#Hardwar…

      Any 10-bit HEVC (i.e. most grey-source 4K movies) will struggle.

      • Nom on 08/07/2022 - 19:38

        You don't need hardware video decoding support if the CPU has enough grunt.
        I have an older i7 4790 (3.6GHz) machine that decodes 4K h265 files just fine with about 70% CPU usage on the busiest core.

        • pandawelch on 08/07/2022 - 19:50

          true I was thinking of transcoding not decoding!

        • w33w00 on 08/07/2022 - 22:38

          Any HDR content?

          I just ordered this unit, but I am worried it won't be able to output 4k HDR content via the DP (looks to be v1.2).

          • Nom on 08/07/2022 - 22:40
            +1

            @w33w00: Not sure about HDR I'm afraid, hopefully someone else knows 👍

            Also I just noticed there's only a 2.2Ghz CPU in this machine, I'm not actually sure that will have enough grunt to decode 4K in software 🤔

  • TightLikeThisx on 08/07/2022 - 18:10

    Any workstation/tower server computers that use ECC RAM floating around?

  • theabyss on 08/07/2022 - 18:14

    Bought one. Will use ESXI to run as a little server.

    • Borg on 09/07/2022 - 02:57

      With only one nic?

      • theabyss on 09/07/2022 - 10:57

        Well I can use the m.2 slot for the wifi card to connect an i210 intel Ethernet card and the port will be installed at where the vga port used to be.

  • theabyss on 08/07/2022 - 18:20
    +2

    To those who don’t know: This machine runs Hackintosh perfectly. Once you change the wifi card to 94352Z everything will work. I already have a M910 with modified i9-10980HK ES cpu. It runs the latest Mac OS with everything working.

    • Nilfunds on 08/07/2022 - 18:42

      does the gpu wake?

      • theabyss on 08/07/2022 - 18:43

        sleep works. everything works. Sleep is always tricky. If it does not wake simply disable sleep. It is still 99.99% perfect.

        • Nilfunds on 08/07/2022 - 18:44

          i used to run haswell m93p it was so perfect macOS.
          share EFI? :)

          • theabyss on 08/07/2022 - 18:50

            @Nilfunds: Will take a look later. I remember I found a few online and one of them worked without any work.

            • Nilfunds on 08/07/2022 - 18:55

              @theabyss: ok thanks.

              i have to resist this anyway lol

              but yea, hackintosh FTW :)

    • ThatNintendoKid on 10/07/2022 - 14:39

      Is the i5 process 6th gen processor enough? It would be cool to get a hackintosh to play around with macOS, iMessage FaceTime etc and if good enough use Lightroom or something on it. Would an old laptop work maybe instead for portability?

  • FD Zone on 08/07/2022 - 18:37

    Slightly confused with the video output. Does this have an HDMI slot available? I am planning to use this in the living room with the TV

  • Aggregate3 on 08/07/2022 - 18:39

    I have been watching your deals on these form factor computers for a while… any chance of 7th gen (or later) CPUs?

    • nigel deborah on 08/07/2022 - 19:59
      +1

      Gotta wait until corporate/government offices start offloading/upgrading…

    • AssociatedFuseTechAu @ FuseTech AU on 09/07/2022 - 12:15

      Yeah I've been trying to get a decent deal on some, a lot of the 8-10th gen end are still pricey, will keep you guys updated if we get any!

      • Aggregate3 on 09/07/2022 - 12:32

        Sounds great, looking forward to it!

  • tc423 on 08/07/2022 - 19:27

    Have one m93p, replaced wireless card with LAN. Perfect for openwrt

  • RSmith on 08/07/2022 - 20:11

    Purchased a few weeks ago for over $250. :(

    • WatchNerd on 08/07/2022 - 20:29

      Please hand in your Ozbargain membership.

      • RSmith on 08/07/2022 - 20:49
        +1

        Funnily though it was from a post by the same OP.

        • WatchNerd on 08/07/2022 - 22:10

          Which one? I can't find it.

  • cgb on 08/07/2022 - 20:32

    m93p - I believe it has vPro capability but can you confirm?

  • hippo2s on 08/07/2022 - 21:10

    Please confirm how many monitor can be supported? I have a 2 screen set up. Every time a deal like this comes up I have to ask…so confusing.

  • BatmanAU on 08/07/2022 - 21:27
    +2

    Isnt Intel Core i5 6500t 2.20GHz quite old nowadays?

    • WatchNerd on 08/07/2022 - 21:48

      Launch Date - Q3 2015.

    • Lonewolf1983 on 08/07/2022 - 21:55

      Old but Intel didn't upgrade a lot technically at the lower cpu levels
      For what most people use these boxes for its more than modern enough

  • spasto on 08/07/2022 - 21:27

    Hi, would you be stocking m920q or m720q soon?

  • SoylentGreen on 08/07/2022 - 22:09

    Any NEC SX4 or Paragon XP/S 140 's ?

  • ctrlchris on 08/07/2022 - 22:14

    Hey @rep.

    Any chance on a deal for something in this form factor with a 7xxx CPU. I want something to run a plex sever and thats the sweetspot for quicksync transcoding. thanks!

  • iknowtj on 08/07/2022 - 22:52

    Do you have laptops that are type C for display/charge ?

    • AssociatedFuseTechAu @ FuseTech AU on 09/07/2022 - 14:57

      New stock is being uploaded next week which will have some!

      • iknowtj on 09/07/2022 - 16:26

        Thanks, can you reply here when you do?

  • soaringphoenix on 08/07/2022 - 23:23
    -3

    Would it be possible to fit a GPU into this, like a 3070 Ti?

    Also, am I right in understanding that MIL Spec means that it would be well suited to my mother in law?

    • Nom on 09/07/2022 - 16:39

      No, this entire machine is only 18cm square. If you're looking for a gaming machine then buy a gaming machine 👍

  • [Deactivated] on 09/07/2022 - 00:46
    -5

    Note : Seller quietly updated this "Lenovo ThinkCentre M900 Tiny Core i5-6500T" listing tonight to a dual core i5, down from a quad core i5. To be fair, it was also with a commensurate price drop.

    As such the body no longer remotely matches the title. You should delete it / start a new thread mate.

    • AssociatedFuseTechAu @ FuseTech AU on 09/07/2022 - 00:54
      +2

      Hi!

      Not sure what you mean, the i5-6500T is a quad core. And no changes have been made to the listing. The lenovo M900 is a 6th gen i5.

      • montorola on 09/07/2022 - 01:34
        +1

        Hey rep have you tried running any 4k content on this?

      • [Deactivated] on 09/07/2022 - 02:09

        Saw the link in the body to a different model, I may have been in error here.

  • hashtagbargain on 09/07/2022 - 00:56
    +3

    Can this play 4k without stuttering?

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