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[eBay Plus, Used] Lenovo ThinkCentre M90q Tiny i5-10500T 16GB RAM 256GB SSD Win 11 Wi-Fi $498.75 Delivered @ MetroCom eBay

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[eBay Plus, Used] Lenovo ThinkCentre M90q Tiny i5-10500T 16GB RAM 256GB SSD Win 11 Wi-Fi $498.75 Delivered @ MetroCom eBay
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MarketingMetroCom @ metrocom on 10/02/2023 - 10:14 ebay.com.au (2848 clicks)
Last edited 10/02/2023 - 13:18 by 2 other users
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Hi guys finally got this little beauty in stock. They still have minimum 12 months Lenovo onsite warranty!
It has an optional Type C port as well. Inside it has an extra m.2 slot and also 2.5 inch bay for more storage.

Specs
Processor
1x 10th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-10500T vPro® Processor (Core™ i5-10500T vPro®)
Memory
2x 8GB DDR4
Operating System
Windows 11 Pro 64 (EN:English)
Hard Drive
1x 256GB PCIe NVMe
Wireless Network
1x Intel® Wireless-AC 9560 2x2 AC; Bluetooth® 5.1
Ports
1x Global Headset/Mic Audion Jack; 2x USB 3.1 (Gen1) (back); 1x TypeC+DP(back); 2x High Speed USB 3.1 Gen2 (back); 1x USB 3.1 Gen2 (SUPPORT 2.1A CHAEGER)(front); 1 USB 3.1 Gen1(Type C) (front); Ethernet; 1x integrated HDMI (back); 1x integrated Display Port; 1 DC power In
Graphics
1x Intel® UHD Graphics 630
Included Warranty
One Year Lenovo Manufacture On-site

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  • dazza826 on 10/02/2023 - 10:30
    +3

    @JimB just under $500 if your still looking.

    • JimB on 10/02/2023 - 12:17
      +4

      Thanks Dazza.. will look into it

      I reckon this is a better deal- https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/754991

      Pity the units were all snapped up but I'm sure more will come up in future.

      Cheers!

  • Homr on 10/02/2023 - 10:31

    only 2years old. How come its out so quick??

    • MaxStinge on 10/02/2023 - 10:33
      +3

      Everyone went WFH perhaps.

      I strongly suspect that there’ll be less of these kinds of devices on the second hand market in a few years time.

      • gakko on 10/02/2023 - 10:58
        +5

        Our workplace is all laptops and what more or less amounts to hotdesking now. I miss the desktops. Laptop cpus suck.

        • garage sale on 10/02/2023 - 11:10
          +1

          same at my work …. all gone laptop and we have docks in the office ……miss having a desktop in the office ….

        • mathew42 on 10/02/2023 - 11:16
          +6

          Interestingly the 5-10500T are aimed at mobile with a TDP of 35W. The motherboards are often based off mobile designs.

          Power consumption makes a huge difference when you have hundreds of these in a building, especially when you add air-conditioning costs.

          • wellzi on 10/02/2023 - 11:58

            @mathew42: The only thing I would say to this is it's not aimed at "mobile" specifically, more so where power consumption matters (such as these little guys - and with the use case you mentioned about building costs and air-conditioning offset). Mobile CPUs have their own product line and are generally soldered versus using the desktop socket. :)

        • twig on 10/02/2023 - 23:59
          +1

          Fans go nuts the moment zoom is turned on, hate it

    • RedHab on 10/02/2023 - 11:18
      +7

      Many government departments replace computers every two years.

      Your tax dollars at work.

      • chriaj2689 on 10/02/2023 - 11:38

        Is this a guess or based on experience?

        • bio on 10/02/2023 - 11:55
          +22

          Everybody knows that government departments are funded by taxes.

          • Kangal on 10/02/2023 - 12:40
            +4

            @bio: That's just a conspiracy theory.

        • gromit on 10/02/2023 - 12:53
          +2

          Most every department I have worked with replaces regularly, usually though it is 3-4 years. however often they will send stuff to the autction houses that have never even been opened as aged out before use.

          • gakko on 11/02/2023 - 10:08

            @gromit: sounds sensible enough to me.

      • dyziplen on 10/02/2023 - 12:25

        Laptops I get, people can be very rough with their machines.

        Desktops? Just flash a new imagine and its brand new again.

        • magic8ballgag on 10/02/2023 - 14:01

          It's more about having machines they are actively covered by a warranty, so that downtime is minimised if there is a hardware failure.

          Also, I think the replacement period would be more around the 3-4 year mark.

          • Godgodgod on 10/02/2023 - 22:38

            @magic8ballgag: That's a fallacy. Downtimes are still there even with new hardware. Takes forever to get parts

            • magic8ballgag on 11/02/2023 - 07:53

              @Godgodgod: Part availability is dependant on the manufacturer, I manage thousands of end user devices and have no issues with next business day support.

              Also, those with competent IT support teams will carry spare hardware, so downtime is reduced even further.

              • mathew42 on 11/02/2023 - 12:14
                +1

                @magic8ballgag:

                Also, those with competent IT support teams will carry spare hardware, so downtime is reduced even further.

                Which means you don't really need warranty support for end-user devices. Just a cupboard of spares with the current image and good backups.

                • Godgodgod on 11/02/2023 - 12:47

                  @mathew42: true that. from my experience there is always 2-3 days of downtime with Dell if something goes wrong. something as small as storage or ram devices I have to wait for few days which i could buy by simply walking 200m to a local computer store and get up and running in no time.

                • magic8ballgag on 11/02/2023 - 14:22

                  @mathew42:

                  Which means you don't really need warranty support for end-user devices. Just a cupboard of spares with the current image and good backups.

                  Of course you do, as it's not viable to have a large stockpile of spare devices in the event of a minor hardware failure.

                  • mathew42 on 11/02/2023 - 17:10

                    @magic8ballgag: I think the scenario we were discussing was replacing hardware that still met requirements simply because the warranty had expired. Rather than replace the whole office, upgrade the ones where people require something faster, but to be honest so many local PCs are so tightly locked down that teams & outlook are probably the biggest local resource hogs. VMs are used for most stuff.

  • ozvictor on 10/02/2023 - 10:32
    +2

    Pls re-post it when 22% off code works :)

    • doperst on 10/02/2023 - 14:02
      +3

      Ebay automatically offers me a code that brings the price down to $465
      It's not 22%, but still better than the price in title.

  • lachhelix on 10/02/2023 - 10:41

    Damn - bargain!

  • slackme on 10/02/2023 - 10:42
    -1

    The PC I bought from different deal, different compay has a Micron 250GB SSD, only 4% life left so be aware and you may need to replace the SSD very soon.
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/723346

    • ReaperX22 on 10/02/2023 - 11:08
      +2

      Also an 8th gen vs 10th gen. So less likely to be an issue for this deal.

      • garage sale on 10/02/2023 - 11:17

        for the deals we've seen for Gen 8 compared to this gen10, if people are worried by SSD in the Gen 8 you'd save enough on the Gen 8 to buy a new SSD if it's an issue, and bigger than the 256GB machines from the market that these machines were made for , office. In an office you usually got small drives as most of your data is stored in a storage system / drive share / OneDrive so that if machine fails essential data isn't lost.

      • bargaino on 10/02/2023 - 11:45
        +4

        10th gen intel is a marginal improvement over 8th. You won't notice 15% single core gain. Same GPU.

        So yes, gen 8 with new SSD, and RAM upgrade if desired, makes sense.

    • bobokingdom on 10/02/2023 - 11:59

      This one has warranty, maybe get Lenovo to replace the SSD if it craps out.

      • garage sale on 10/02/2023 - 13:06

        or crap it out and get them to replace if it’s so close to end of life ….

    • Grish on 11/02/2023 - 04:06

      How can you get the % life left of an SSD? I don't think smart showed that…?

      • slackme on 11/02/2023 - 10:01
        +1

        You need to install manufacture SSD software. Every vendor has different software.

  • ihfree on 10/02/2023 - 10:48

    1x TypeC+DP(back)

    Does that mean USB-C alt mode?

    • Clear on 10/02/2023 - 11:39
      +2

      Yes. It already has DP + HDMI integrated and from the manual:

      Optional port 1 (one of VGA / 2nd DisplayPort / 2nd HDMI / serial / USB-C 3.2 Gen 1 with DisplayPort function)

      • ihfree on 10/02/2023 - 11:42

        Awesome, thank you for confirming

  • mathew42 on 10/02/2023 - 11:05
    +1

    Will these support 3 * 4K monitors?

  • eraser215 on 10/02/2023 - 11:14
    +5

    6 cores, 12 threads. Brilliant for a homelab, and only 35W TDP.

    • tmr3 on 10/02/2023 - 11:42
      +4

      Will heartily agree with this - I've got an older M720q with an i7-8700T (basically identical to this CPU, just slightly higher clocks and lower memory speed support) and they're great machines for homelab use.

      Small, quite low power, enough cores and threads to be useful, excellent for Plex with hardware transcoding through QuickSync, and these Lenovo Tiny boxes can support a single PCIe x8 slot using a riser card (at the expense of removing the 2.5" drive bracket). Unfortunately it's a proprietary connector on the motherboard side, and the bracket on the back is also non-standard, but I believe this is something that's a bit unique in this form factor and allows the use of single-slot low-power GPUs or a multi-port/high-speed NIC for example.

      The biggest advantage IMO of an M9x over an M7x is the presence of the second M.2 slot, which opens up a lot of possibilities. Mirror your boot drives for redundancy, add additional storage for more VMs, add in an M.2 TPU accelerator, frankenstein together an external GPU/HBA…

      If I didn't already have my M720q, I'd probably be jumping at this.

      • Clear on 10/02/2023 - 11:45
        +1

        Using a riser someone was able to fit an RX6400 into their Lenovo M920 I'm tempted to do the same now.

      • lenspizza on 10/02/2023 - 11:52

        Unfortunately it's a proprietary connector on the motherboard side, and the bracket on the back is also non-standard, but I believe this is something that's a bit unique in this form factor and allows the use of single-slot low-power GPUs or a multi-port/high-speed NIC for example.

        The adapter is cheap on ebay, and you can remove the the bracket on most PCIe cards to get them to fit. A bit of electrical tape can make do as an impromptu bracket.

        As a bonus you can get a small SATA -> M.2 SATA carrier to cram in even more storage.

        • tmr3 on 10/02/2023 - 11:55

          I do recall reading something about there being a couple of models of riser, and one of them has some compatibility quirks, so it's worth doing your research to make sure you know which of the risers you're getting.

          Tons of options with these machines though if you're a tinkerer - great little boxes.

        • O O on 10/02/2023 - 12:12

          I found a PCIe card adaptor for M920x Tiny, $54.87 on eBay, not that cheap, IMO. I wonder if it will work on M90q Tiny?

          • lenspizza on 10/02/2023 - 14:41
            +1

            @O O: Looks like you'll need a different riser. You can get the Mx20q adapter for $30-$40 if you look around.

            5C50W00877 for the gen in this deal.

  • Broos on 10/02/2023 - 12:29

    Would this be suitable for Blue Iris running 9+ 2k CCTV cameras?
    My Dahua NVR only does ‘smart AI detection’ on three cameras. I want it on all cameras.

    • boretentsu on 10/02/2023 - 13:19

      I just started looking at frigate NVR. The AI detection is hugely better. I have 12000 detections in one month from Reolink even with masking which doesn't actually work. Looking forward to running stats on frigate to see how well it performs

      • Broos on 10/02/2023 - 14:32

        Oh, that seems interesting. It does appear a tad complicated for me but I’ll look into it further.

  • gromit on 10/02/2023 - 13:00

    Really hate seeing this. trying to save some money for new house, but this with a new SSD would be a perfect replacements for the now very old lenovo Tiny PC's have at my brothers and mothers houses (they are 3rd and 4th gen and starting to show their age).

    • eraser215 on 10/02/2023 - 13:21

      They can pay for the upgrades since you are doing all the maintenance that they benefit from?

      • gromit on 10/02/2023 - 13:55

        Ahhh I wish. It is more I will benefit from less support pain. With these models I can put win 11 on them and intune manage them remotely much more seamlessly.

  • AU1 on 10/02/2023 - 13:44

    Cpu is upgradable too. I have the i3-10100t version and dropped a full i5 cpu in, and it’s been running great dual booting Windows as a work PC and Linux as a personal pc.

  • repeat on 10/02/2023 - 14:40
    +3

    The Beelink Mini PC with the AMD 5500U for $349 USD (shipped around $520-540), 16GB/500GB is brand new and at least look to be competitive with this.

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2RHXLDK

    https://versus.com/en/amd-ryzen-5-5500u-vs-intel-core-i5-105…

  • jaqoozi on 10/02/2023 - 18:31

    For those interested, probably able to hackintosh this…

    • ozpopo on 10/02/2023 - 18:50
      +4

      Why? You can buy a brand new 2023 M2 Mac Mini (with a Student discount) for 795$

      • silenthillrocks on 11/02/2023 - 07:57
        +1

        Base model only 8gb ram and upgrades are expensive

        • ozpopo on 11/02/2023 - 10:40
          +1

          Even for Mac mini M2 with 8GB of RAM, CPU and GPU benchmarks scores several times higher and you also get 10 years of Original MacOS upgrades.

  • Grish on 10/02/2023 - 20:24
    +1

    This sounds almost identical to the dell 7060 which has an 8500T, but not sure it's worth the extra $200 for the 10500T.

    Btw by extra m.2 slot do we mean it's got 3 (1 for the SSD, 1 for the Intel wifi module and 1 spare??)

    • Homr on 10/02/2023 - 20:40

      It was dell 7070 which was $350 and it has 9500T

      https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/754985

      • sclyde2 on 10/02/2023 - 21:34
        +2

        homr, i think Grish was referring to an earlier deal, such as:
        https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/751847
        which ended up about $285 with the 16gb ram upgrade (if ebay plus), so about $200 cheaper than this.

        Grish, yes the specs on this does seem not a whole lot different to that deal, the main diff being the CPU. as stated above, the 10500T is quite similar to the 8700T, the main upgrade above the 8500T being the hyperthreading, double the threads. might be useful to some. someone above mentioned blue iris - IIRC, apps like that would benefit from the 12 threads on the 10500T vs the 6 on the 8500T. otherwise, yeah, the ~$200 is a bit of a jump, probably making the 8500T a fair bit better value for most use cases.

  • sudodik on 11/02/2023 - 02:18

    I got a pretty old ATX tower, which due for replacement, with 1x 240gb SSD and 5 hard drives (2x 1tb, 2tb, 4tb and 10tb) in it. I use it for light office work, watch movies and my kid to play stream. I am planning to get 2x 27’ 4k monitors in the future, to replace my current 25’ FHD.
    Is it possible to take out the mobo from this small PC and install it to my tower?

    • mathew42 on 11/02/2023 - 12:18

      It is doubtful the small PC motherboard would have SATA ports for the hard drives.

      A better option might be to use the ATX tower as a file server and use this (or similar) as your main PC.

      • sudodik on 11/02/2023 - 13:07

        Thanks for the response. Never thought about the SATA ports in a mini built.

        I always have a thinking that a file server (or a NAS or something similar) will increase power consumption, especially if it run 16hr-24hr/7days. Is this right? Do you know how many watt usually a file server or a NAS is?

        • mathew42 on 11/02/2023 - 13:43

          As always the answer is it depends, especially on what you choose to optimise for out of power consumption, cost and performance.

          My personal preference would be buy this and install Linux on the old computer. For simplicity you could install a NAS distribution, e.g. OpenMediaVault.

          Power consumption will depend on your old computer and what power saving features you enable (e.g. spin down hard drives). A NAS doesn't need to run 24/7 if you are prepared to turn it on and wait. If the motherboard supports wake-on-lan (WoL), you can remotely boot the desktop.

          • sudodik on 12/02/2023 - 02:44

            @mathew42: Thank you for your help.

            • pinkybrain on 12/02/2023 - 07:49

              @sudodik: it is better to build a new pc, if you are due for the one.
              this won't be able to play much steam games due the internal gpu

              also having two pc turn ON at the same time (one NAS pc) will double energy usage and increase cost.

              Is it possible to take out the mobo from this small PC and install it to my tower?

              even if it was possible, what is the point of doing this?
              it will still be the same spec (+ limited sata ports for storage) but now just in a bigger case

  • angyp on 11/02/2023 - 08:53

    Does this really have the optional port (USB-C 3.2 Gen 1 with DisplayPort function) on the back? Would love to see a photo.

  • Fatfat on 11/02/2023 - 14:09
    +2

    Thank you. Brought one. I had $60 off voucher and it turned out to be $465.

    • mathew42 on 11/02/2023 - 17:11

      Same. eBay seems to love emailing a discount voucher if you browse a product and then don't buy.

  • labyrinthinecities on 11/02/2023 - 18:18

    Ohh I've got a voucher that would bring it down to $465. I've been thinking about getting a mini pc to use as a home server for jellyfin (mostly music, with light video streaming use), file storage, and eventually home assistant. The original plan was just to grab a home assistant yellow, but the lack of raspberry pis and the shipping delays stayed my hand from pre-ordering. This seems like it might be overkill though… Anyone with more experience have any advice to offer?

    • mathew42 on 12/02/2023 - 15:11

      The low power usage means this is perfect for a 24/7 server. You could run either virtualbox or docker for Jellyfin & Home Assistant.

      It may struggle with file storage beyond a few terabytes without out adding an external drive.

      At this price it is hard to think of something better without spending twice as much.

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