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[Refurb] Lenovo ThinkCentre M700 Tiny PC i5 6400T 8GB RAM 500GB HDD No OS $116.10 ($113.52 eBay Plus) Delivered @ MetroCom eBay

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MarketingMetroCom @ metrocom on 02/01/2023 - 14:01 ebay.com.au (6492 clicks)
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Hi folks happy new year!!! we have a couple hundred of this tiny machines for clearance.

Yes no windows and it's hard drive. you can buy a new 240/256gb ssd for under $30. Note it only takes m.2 sata ssd or 2.5 inch ssd, no nvme.

Windows pro license is embedded in the bios so when you install win10 or 11 it will automatically activate pro version.

Lenovo ThinkCentre M700 Tiny Desktop PC Computer i5 6400T 8GB RAM 500GB HDD

We also have same model with OS and SSD preinstalled but if you know how to add ssd and install windows it will save you a bit.

Lenovo ThinkCentre M700 Tiny Desktop PC Computer i5 6400T SSD Win 10 Pro

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  • darkly on 02/01/2023 - 16:04

    Any with 7th gen i5 ?

  • evol on 02/01/2023 - 16:11

    What’s some good use cases for this?

    • OldSchoolHarry on 02/01/2023 - 16:32

      Home Assistant, Unifi Controller, very basic file sharing

    • Lonewolf1983 on 02/01/2023 - 16:53

      Internet browsing, 1080p streaming, word processing etc

    • ihfree on 02/01/2023 - 17:24
      +5

      Anything a PC/raspberry pi can do.

      Firewall, Plex, Emby, JellyFin, Usenet, torrents, FreeNAS, retro games, emulation, tv box

  • ihbh on 02/01/2023 - 16:35

    How do you make money from this?

    • bargaino on 02/01/2023 - 16:43
      +4

      Get them at auction for $20 each. Better if you can get paid to take them away and wipe the hard drives securely :)

    • Lonewolf1983 on 02/01/2023 - 16:58
      +3

      Buy bulk lot super cheap
      Swap parts around for any faulty ones, keep some spares for warranty replacements
      Profit

    • buffalo bill on 02/01/2023 - 17:06

      Some organisations literally throw these in the bin. The seller gets their hands on a bunch, and profit.

    • wombok2 on 02/01/2023 - 17:51
      +1

      In a nutshell, sometimes they’re free.

      How? A lot of organisations have a budget and policy to replace their machines every 3-5 years.

      Once time is up, external contractor comes and collects these and “disposes” them for free or a charge.

      Source: i used to work for one

      • ihbh on 02/01/2023 - 20:56

        But there must be many businesses competing to "dispose" of them, so how does a business get in front of the others - kickback to the procurement manager or some rebate to the organisation?

        • Viospeed on 03/01/2023 - 00:57

          As someone who worked in an organisation that got rid of old computer equipment I can confirm receiving a gift on one occasion from an e-waste recycler. I know of another site where they would get gift cards for each pickup.

        • wombok2 on 03/01/2023 - 01:55
          +1

          Quite often they already have a business relationship with each other, it would be rare to change unless they did a bad job.

          Companies themselves know they’re somewhat giving away money, so but theyre also not going to blindly choose a contractor.

          I personally dislike this ‘dispose of 3 year old computer policy’ it generates a ton of ewaste when a lot of it is perfectly usable or can be given to 3rd world countries.

      • Bunsen on 05/01/2023 - 22:18

        Same, i also worked in a company that picked up obsolete computers from the banking sector (Data center & call center etc).

        We had pallets & pallets of Desktop's/Laptops/monitors, not to mention the stillages full of power cables & ethernet cables etc..

        They would get security wiped then OS re-imaged then get sold cheap to under-priveleged families & dole bludgers etc..

        The upside was I used to update my PC/Laptop pretty regularly in those days, for nicks..

  • vodamerc on 02/01/2023 - 16:50

    More powerful than an 8gb pi 4b?

    • pyr0 on 02/01/2023 - 17:06
      +2

      Yes, but more power hungry.

      • pinkybrain on 02/01/2023 - 17:29

        how much power does it use?

        how about the noise, can you hear the fan on these?

        • gm65 on 02/01/2023 - 17:47
          +1

          Not sure about power consumption, but I'm running it with an M2 drive and an additional SSD and the only time I hear it is when it gets warm around it (hot days plugged into my telly outside). Admittedly, I'm not overworking it, but the fan doesn't seem to stay on for long.

          • pinkybrain on 02/01/2023 - 21:20

            @gm65: does it play 4k hevc 10 bit HDR video files or what CPU can do this?

            did you install kodi?

            • Yekul on 02/01/2023 - 21:37

              @pinkybrain: From memory the intel 530 iGPU can decode it but requires and utilises some software decoding too. Either way not as seamless as newer iGPUs. It can’t encode 4k 10 bit hdr hevc.

              • pinkybrain on 02/01/2023 - 22:08

                @Yekul: which iGPU or CPU would decode and encode 4k 10 bit hdr hevc?

                yeah i think in kodi, you can choose hardware or software decoding but not both.

            • gm65 on 02/01/2023 - 21:58

              @pinkybrain: TBH, I stopped using Kodi once Netflix hit Oz (Okay, now I'll wait for the nasty comments to arrive). I used to watch, err, hmm, let's call them 'pre-release' shows and movies, but I couldn't be bothered with the buffering and crappy quality. I mostly use my 4K AppleTV or GoogleTV for most viewing nowadays, and also running a Plex server on a Synology NAS. Kodi shouldn't be a drama to run because I used to run that on a Raspberry Pi as well, but as far as res and compression factors go, I'll let some of the others with more 'current' experience answer those questions. With the M700, I primarily use it for MS Office stuff, some VB programming and I also run a network TV tuner through it (aAvermedia F210). Nothing too heavy, but I've got a couple of I7's for anything more complex like rendering audio and the like.

              • pinkybrain on 02/01/2023 - 22:13

                @gm65: So you subscribe to more than one streamer?
                that is a lot of money each month.

                There's a lot of good shows but they are all on different streamers.
                Netflix, amazon, disney+, apple tv, HBO etc.. all got lots of different good shows.

                Kodi shouldn't be a drama to run because I used to run that on a Raspberry Pi as well

                running kodi on a pi is not that issue.
                it is what resolution it can play that is important.

                Most can't play 4k, only 1080p etc.

                • gm65 on 03/01/2023 - 07:49
                  +2

                  @pinkybrain: Agreed. I alternate between Netflix, Disney & Prime, and there is more than enough on there for us. Sure, I probably miss out on a few good shows, but, if I really want to see something, I wait til the entire series is on then subscribe & binge for a month or two (e.g. Paramount). Before streaming, I was paying $145 a month to watch the same crap over and over again on Foxtel, so anything I pay now, in comparison, is bugger all (plus I'm not filling the coffers of a greedy Murdoch family!).
                  As far as the Pi goes, I gave myself an out with that saying others should comment because it's been a while since I used it for streaming.

  • Fybre on 02/01/2023 - 17:16
    +5

    I love these things. I build them into retro gaming consoles with batocera and give them to friends as gifts

    • gm65 on 02/01/2023 - 17:40
      +4

      Can we be friends? If so, I'll just cancel the one I ordered;)

    • Miss B on 02/01/2023 - 18:11

      Would you upgrade to SSD for that, or no need?

      • Fybre on 02/01/2023 - 18:57
        +2

        no real need for an SSD, I usually boot them from an external USB anyway, then they can boot to windows if they want as well. These systems usually max out on gamecube and PS1 games. The PSP games are really cool though.

    • cheepo on 02/01/2023 - 18:42

      I was thinking of doing the same for my mates kids. Is there a pre-built image that you use (or recommend) or do you build it up from scratch?

      • Fybre on 02/01/2023 - 19:01
        +2

        download batocera for the front end/OS, and I just have a standard set of roms that I find are pretty good… mix of gamecube, PS1, mame, n64 etc

        • cheepo on 02/01/2023 - 19:26

          That's what I find most consuming time…finding and compiling all the games. Cheers.

  • Wilkshake on 02/01/2023 - 17:28

    Any good for Home Assistant server?

    • gm65 on 02/01/2023 - 17:39
      +1

      Shouldn't be a drama. I'm running HOOBS on a Raspberry Pi 3B and it runs seamlessly, so a machine with these specs won't be an issue. I haven't sussed out power consumption on this, but it'll definitely use a lot more than my RP3.

  • Fishy932 on 02/01/2023 - 18:55

    Does this one have an Internal M.2 Header or PCIe?

    Found the documentation for it, but it only lists "Some" having it. Without the exact model I can't tell sorry!

  • Lz ShifTy on 02/01/2023 - 18:56
    -2

    Hey guys I'm a bit of a noob with this tiny pc what's the best thing to use it for? aka can i stick a low profile 1650 in here and jam some games with it or turn it into a retro gaming pc?

  • Level100Rogue on 02/01/2023 - 20:47
    +2

    Can these run Farcry?

  • AAC on 02/01/2023 - 20:56
    +6

    Looks like this idles around ~12w from a quick search. For Home Assistant i'd probably still use an RPI4 or thin client (Wyse 3040) since they idle <5w. Annual savings is roughly ~$12 based on a 0.18c/kWh plan

    • vodamerc on 06/01/2023 - 13:19
      +1

      Quick test on my machine running debian with no desktop environment, idling at 6w stable.

  • GooseHoward on 03/01/2023 - 09:12

    Is there a way to transplant these into a larger case and hook up some SATA drives to them with an adapter or something? Making a DIY NAS

  • b3y0nd on 03/01/2023 - 09:42

    Interested in picking one up as spare office PC - word/excel/browser etc - does anyone know if this will be powerful enough to do that or hardware too dated?

    • kierand on 03/01/2023 - 10:04

      Light and medium office workloads should be fine. Might want to increase the RAM if you want to have dozens of chrome tabs open while working on large spreadsheets though.

    • Miss B on 03/01/2023 - 10:12

      I don't know much about what PCs can do, but I wanted a backup homework PC for if 2 x kids doing homework on PC at the same time or something. I ended up splurging on this:
      https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/255904988580
      I got 16gb RAM, it has SSD & Wifi already.

      I did buy 2 of the ones from this deal to tinker with though.

    • ihfree on 03/01/2023 - 10:30
      +1

      Main thing you'd want to upgrade is the storage. It should feel a lot snappier with an SSD.

      • isaiah247 on 10/01/2023 - 22:25

        Do we know whether the original HD can be retained as well as adding the SSD or it's being swapped out?

  • gunso on 03/01/2023 - 10:51
    +1

    These run hackintosh?

  • Moostyle on 03/01/2023 - 11:03

    Do any of these come with a dvd drive? Been trying to search for a tiny pc so my inlaws can use to browse the web and watch their huge dvd collection.

    • ihfree on 03/01/2023 - 11:10
      +1

      No, you can buy a USB DVD drive otherwise there is a DVD drive/VESA mount kit available which you can find on eBay.

      • Moostyle on 03/01/2023 - 12:06

        ah awesome. Thankyou

    • spaij on 09/01/2023 - 23:00

      Lenovo made matching DVD drives for this, see this comment: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/13189753/redir

      • Yummy on 14/01/2023 - 15:07

        I got Lenovo DVD drive from this deal, it matches with any 1L Tiny PC as long as the USB port sits parallel with DVD drive. It was $12 I think.

  • DemocracyManifest on 03/01/2023 - 12:02

    Good deal

  • Pest85 on 03/01/2023 - 12:03

    How loud is the CPU fan?

    • pichxlonco on 03/01/2023 - 12:08
      +1

      From what i read on previous posts, it's very quiet. Mine should arrive this week and i might be able to comment with more details

      • Pest85 on 03/01/2023 - 12:22

        Thanks! I pulled the trigger.

        • pichxlonco on 05/01/2023 - 13:13
          +1

          Got it today. Haven't installed anything yet, just plugged it in to listen and it is pretty quiet, although only made it to the bios screen since it doesn't come with windows preinstalled. It's quieter than my old laptop i was using as a server (old Acer i3). Might be more noticeable at night, when your ears are more sensitive to sound, but will try it in a few more days.

          I would assume the fan speed won't go much higher unless you are doing something extremely intensive, but will test that out later and post here for anyone interested.

      • sam-au on 14/01/2023 - 16:21

        It is very quiet. Not silent but very quiet.

        • pichxlonco on 14/01/2023 - 16:23

          Yes, totally forgot to reply here. It's very silent. Only heard it make a big fan noise once when booting, but sorry from that you don't notice it unless sitting right next to it

  • JimB on 04/01/2023 - 23:35
    +1

    I bought one of these from a different seller a few months ago.

    Impressive for general web browsing and office applications. Very quick, super small and silent.

    Have also purchased this for my daughter to replace a notebook. Will make a bracket and Mount it under her desk, it’s seriously small.

  • Miss B on 05/01/2023 - 12:10

    Received these and the optiplex. They're so cute! Trying to decide if I need more.

    • Miss B on 05/01/2023 - 22:57

      Installed Windows on one of them so far and all went well. Thinking about getting SSDs. Might leave Batocera for another day as I have other stuff I should have been doing.

  • Bunsen on 05/01/2023 - 22:40

    do i need to buy a DP to HDMI adaptor? If so, what's the best/cheapest solution? Something like this

    Do they ship with anything besides the AC adaptor?

    • Miss B on 05/01/2023 - 22:58
      +1

      Just the AC adaptor. If you want to use HDMI then yes, you'll need something like that.

  • TomGum on 06/01/2023 - 00:08

    How is the fan noise? Is it non-existent like the HP Elite?

  • vodamerc on 06/01/2023 - 01:00
    +1

    Very impressed with this machine so far. I'm replacing a pi with it so I'm running debian with a load of docker containers. It idles at just 6w!

  • 0xadam on 06/01/2023 - 13:44

    Just setting up mine today and noticed the AC plug provided doesn't have insulated pins - all plugs are supposed to be insulated now right? How did everyone else's come?

    • Miss B on 06/01/2023 - 20:06

      Had to Google it to see how to check, but all 3 of mine are insulated.

  • sam-au on 06/01/2023 - 17:22
    +1

    Mine has current electrical test tags on.

  • becku on 06/01/2023 - 23:34

    Can I play Age of Empire on this?

  • The Quote Train on 08/01/2023 - 12:17

    What’s the rpm of the included spinning HDD?

    • bingohah on 08/01/2023 - 23:50

      Mine is 7200 rpm.

  • Pest85 on 09/01/2023 - 13:47

    @MetroCom can you please clarify what has been refurbished in those? Just general clearance or a new thermal paste applied?

    • JimB on 11/01/2023 - 10:40

      A vacuum and a clean.

      Unlikely you need a reason to replace the thermal paste unless your CPU is running hot all the time

  • JimB on 11/01/2023 - 12:06
    +3

    Purchased one on Wednesday and got it delivered on Friday.. so happy with the speed of shipping.

    The condition of the PC was very good.. stickers were still in place covering the Lenovo logo.

    Inside was dustfree.

    I changed the HDD to a spare 500GB SSD and added a USB Wifi dongle.

    Created a Windows 11 boot disk using Rufus to remove the TPM 2.0/Secure Boot requirement as CPU isn't officially supported by Windows 11.

    Works beautifully and smoothly with no issues with drivers. Super quiet too. No surprise as I bought one for a different seller last year.

    I can't recall if there's a spare ram slot, but 8GB is plenty for Web Browsing, YouTube and School work for a 1080P monitor.

    Only downside is the built in speaker is terribly soft. I didn't notice it on the last PC as it was hooked up a TV.

    I will test the PC with my QHD monitor to see if the PC can handle the display properly but I'm sure it can, and then try to pick up a cheap WQHD monitor with built speakers.

    Would recommend if you're looking for a general PC or one to give to your parents. It takes up no room. I plan to mount this one under the table when I can find/fabricate a metal bracket. Maybe I'll just silicone it haha

    • isaiah247 on 21/01/2023 - 22:41

      Been having difficulty installing Win11 with Rufus. Only realised during the bootup from the USB stick that it defaults to UEFI (non-CSM) so had to disable BIOS CSM settings. Then it boots but, the Win installation keeps restarting PC over and over, each time repeating the initial parts of the install where it copies files. Any thoughts on what the issue might be?

      • JimB on 22/01/2023 - 00:18

        No idea,

        It was straight forward for me once I changed the bios to be able to boot from USB.

        Perhaps try another download of win11 or USB stick. Or windows 10 and then upgrade to win11

        • isaiah247 on 22/01/2023 - 01:32

          My rookie error. I was meant to remove the usb once it finished copying files snd started installing so that when it rebooted it would boot from the ssd instead of the usb again.

  • ihfree on 11/01/2023 - 17:03

    Mine was received in decent condition - no dust inside.

    I added an additional 8GB ram, a 1TB m.2 SSD, and 1TB 2.5" SSD.

    It seems to be running well and is reasonably quiet.

    I eventually will run Ubuntu headless with Plex, Pi-hole, and a few other services.

    • FreeFrag on 15/01/2023 - 11:56

      Which RAM did you buy? Can you give me a link?
      Also interested to know which SSDs you got.
      Thanks

  • FreeFrag on 15/01/2023 - 12:18

    @MetroCom does it support 32GB of ram (i.e. 2x 16GB)?

    • MarketingMetroCom @ metrocom on 15/01/2023 - 12:58

      Yes, max is 32gb.

  • The Quote Train on 17/01/2023 - 22:06

    Is this a suitable second 8GB stick to compliment the one that shipped with the device?

    https://www.amazon.com.au/Crucial-PC4-25600-SODIMM-260-Pin-M…

  • mit on 23/01/2023 - 09:54

    So just about to buy a m.2 ssd. Somebody correct me if i'm wrong but i appear to be looking at at the m.2 slot with 2 pins (nvme) rather than 3 pin (sata) slot? or does the port pins not matter?

    EDIT or am i just looking ath B M key differences?

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