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Extremely cheap pc for less than $50, all time low for this model. 38 in stock. Good for servers and other projects. Has an optical disk drive (CD).
One year warranty.
[Refurb] HP EliteDesk 800 G2 SFF i5-6500 3.20GHz 8GB RAM 500GB HDD Win 10 $46.75 ($45.65 eBay Plus) Delivered @ ACT eBay
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No but it will play Durade - Sandstorm
Don’t you mean Sondstarm?
I take it I'll need to download Winamp for that?!
Sure can. It really whips the llamas ass!
"…Are you not entertained?"
Robbie, Is that you?!
These guys provide excellent service and warranty.
This would do the trick for a single 1080p on plex, right? Thinking of retiring my old laptop
Probably, but the Optiplex post right before this would be much better for not that much more money because of the CPU upgrade.
Listings like this (old PCs) should include an idea of how much power they use, both at idle and under workload. That would make it easy to decide how much you're paying for electricity to use it as a server
I’m actually quite interested in this topic as I’ve often wondered how much my computer uses. What sort of money per year is an average PC drain. Not being a gamer.
You might want to look at Idle power draw as well - suspect it would be much less than 200w.
You can give GPT the specific model of the PC and it'll go and lookup the internals and do some calculations.
The HP EliteDesk 800 G2 SFF has an 80+ Bronze certified power supply. The typical power consumption for a system like this with an Intel i5 6500 (4 cores at 3.20GHz), 8GB of RAM, and a 500GB HDD, running basic tasks, is around 60 to 80 watts during regular usage.
Under load (e.g., running more intensive applications), the system might consume up to 120 watts, but idle power usage is typically lower.
For simplicity, let’s assume an average power draw of 70 watts during typical usage.
Annual energy consumption: 204.4 kWh/year
Estimated annual cost (at $0.12 per kWh): $24.53Yeah that sounds high. My experience is closer to that of other comments, 20-50W when idle
Get an energy monitoring smart plug like this
https://www.amazon.com.au/TP-Link-Tapo-Protection-Monitoring…
My 'Mid Range gaming PC' - Basically built for 1440p gaming, uses about 75W doing web tasks. 100W doing media tasks, and about 450W gaming.
It all depends on what you're doing with them.
I have just tested my 800 G1 SFF with an older I5 4670, 16 GB RAM, 256 SSD and 4TB WD red on windows 10 Pro. 60W at boot up, 30-50 on app start, page loads on Chrome, but once stable drops down to 22 idle. Youtube videos goes up to 35, 1080P x265 playback 26 to 35W.
I do turn mine off if not used for extended periods. Sleep mode with Chrome opened is 2W !!!
Not too bad for an old unit. I use it for office stuff, web browsing, and occasionally maximise the CPU converting videos using Handbrake!
I think it's probably going to run forever.
This is a bargain though you need to add 8 GB RAM and switch out to SSD. Measurements done with smartplug.
My 800 G1 SFF is about the same in terms of power consumption. Runs Xpenology, 2x 3.5 inches HDD, 1x 2.5 inches HDD, 8GB RAM. Idle power draw is about 35 Watts
This is an incredible deal for an ultra-budget office PC. I've eaten lunch at places that costed more than this.
i5-6500 still holds its ground in 2024 with a 3300 multi-core Geekbench score. For reference, the i3 9100 found in this deal gets 3600: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/869689
I've eaten lunch at places that costed more than this.
I don't care about anything else, but hand in your ozbargain badge and leave this site immediately lol
It was in some rich area in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs IM SORRYY :/
Edit: You made me curious what I bought now so I just checked. It was literally fish and chips at a place in Palm Beach. Can't believe I spent $45 for fish and chips. It tasted like any $8 fish and chips down my side too, that's why I still remember it LOL
5 upvotes and I'll name and shame…
Barrenjoey house?
Jonah's?
The Joey?
is costed a new OZB word?
Yuh, keep up Nilfunds or it could costed your OZB badge (montorola can do the honours while he removes mine away from me too)
Those had better be half priced lunches and you brought your own flask!
I have one of these and they're excellent as a torrent box. I use it to store & play all of my…acquired…content. ACT are always super easy to deal with as well.
Extremely cheap. Ideal for a small server.
Just a note that Windows 10 updates run out in less a year, so these wouldn't be a good idea for general PC use.
perfectly fine for general use using ubuntu
Damn this is tempting to buy but I have 0 use for another pc. Will leave for someone to buy that actually needs it.
I'm so glad this is out of stock. I likely would have bought one for something even though I have no current use for the last mini PC I bought.
I don't regret buying the other mini PC, it's a fast little bugga.
I believe these SFF G2's can fit 2 x 3.5" HDDs which makes them ideal for small NAS builds.
Plus 1 x 2.5" HDD/SSD though there are only 3 SATA ports. Though need to sacrifice the DVD ROM, which uses one SATA port
You might also be able to use a PCIe NVMe card, not sure.
Any downsides running Plex from this?
H265 8bit is the max supported if you need hardware transcoding.
7th gen and above supported 10bit.
Genuine noob question. Is this PC using HDD fast enough for general office usage for mum and dad? or do I really need SSD? Also is this Windows 11 supported? Thx
Win 11 not officially supported.
An ssd would make a hell of a difference for not a lot of moneyThank you. Damn that was sold quick
heaps of other related products in the same price range, just slightly more expensive. Go for those to be compatible with windows 11 after October 2025. If you arent sure which CPU you need, just ask
Define "general office usage". An SSD is recommended, and you can buy one for under $20, so just upgrade it. You can still keep the HDD for storing big files.
Officially Windows 11 is not supported, but there might be ways to install it.
Edit: It's sold out, but visit their eBay store. There are a lot of similar deals there: https://www.ebay.com.au/str/australiancomputertraders
HDD's are always slow no matter what, nobody boots their OS off a spinning rust drive anymore.
This PC doesn't support Windows 11 officially, you might be able to install it but Microsoft could block the system from getting more updates or continually bug you to upgrade the PC.
Honestly consider this, as I've just been through it with my parents.
Consider moving them to a 'friendly' distro of Linux, like Mint.
It's shocking how much nagware 'regular users' (as in, us, who use windows regularly) get used to, and how little most 'parents' do that is offline (usually near zero these days).Things us regular users are used to seeing and dismissing was a huge point of concern for the oldies.
* USB plugged in? "Do you want to autorun?"
* Network connected? "Do you want your PC to be discoverable?"
* Open a carefully setup 'safe' browser? "Do you want to try EDGE?"
* Open a document? "Create a Microsoft Account!"
* Lets just pray to god they don't accidentially say yes to a website being allowed to send notification toasts……
People like us are just so used to these things being a non-event, that people who aren't so used to them, pause and have no idea what they did "wrong" to invoke extra questions.I moved my parents to Mint - with literally ZERO Linux knowledge on their side.
* Still has a 'Start Menu'
* Still has a 'File Explorer'
* Automounts USB sticks to the desktop
* Printers work with no added drivers
* OpenOffice with no online 'account' component
* Firefox with no nags whatsoever
* 'Virus Proof' (as far as they use it). etc.This isn't a "Windows bad, Linux good" thing
Simply a 'Right tool, for the right job' observation.My parents only did 6 major thigns: Photos, Internet, Webmail, Office, Printing, Social media.
And with it all 100% functional out of the box, and literally zero nags (plus the promise they're effectively virus proof), they've never been more comfortable.I think more and more people are going to be doing this. Windows 11 is weird anyway so why not just go Linux instead I reckon.
sold out a few minutes after I paid for one, damn that was quick.
cheaper than raspberry pi
Would this be fine for light gaming and can you upgrade the CPU?
Would be fine for older games, not worth to upgrade tho, for instance i7 - 7700 easily $80+ in ebay, roughly 20-25% gain but might get a risk of bios incompatible with motherboard.
Will I be able to run Crysis with this bad boy?