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- Dec 14, 2010
Hello all, I'm not really certain where to put this thread/topic but I have a question and General Hardware seemed a reasonable place to start. So, I hope you'll forgive me if this is in the wrong section.
I'm looking for a good, reputable retailer/seller of refurbished or used PC's in my area (say Springfield or Dayton Ohio region, or willing/able to ship). Trying to find a good source for some older computers for my employer.
Trying to find a retailer offering something in the price range of $40-100, with Windows 10 installed and activated (trying to get away from and/or upgrade from Windows 7 or older).
Thus far, I've been coming up with relatively few results. Found several deals for around $60-90 per PC that seemed good on first inspection, but upon reading the fine print I found out that most either don't have hard drives or the drives have been wiped and they come with no OS installed and/or no product key and since a legitimate Win 10 OEM key is $100 last I checked that wouldn't be a workable solution as my employer is wanting to spend less than $100 per PC if at all possible. Then tried searching ebay, found most refurbished PC's like what I'm looking for (sold in lots of 5-15) are in the $150-300 range per PC with a few outliers around $115-125.
These PC's are only going to be used for basic data entry, so something fast isn't really needed. Something with a dual core CPU (something like an i3 with 2C or 2C/4T, or even a C2D (though I'd like to get away from the really old LGA775 platform, I'd rather not paint myself (and by extension the company) into a corner by continuing to use a really old platform), 4GB of memory, an 80-250GB drive, and VGA or DVI out is essentially what I'm after (Most of the monitors I deal with use VGA, but I can convert from DVI to VGA with adapters or purchase DVI cables.).
I'm looking for a good, reputable retailer/seller of refurbished or used PC's in my area (say Springfield or Dayton Ohio region, or willing/able to ship). Trying to find a good source for some older computers for my employer.
Trying to find a retailer offering something in the price range of $40-100, with Windows 10 installed and activated (trying to get away from and/or upgrade from Windows 7 or older).
Thus far, I've been coming up with relatively few results. Found several deals for around $60-90 per PC that seemed good on first inspection, but upon reading the fine print I found out that most either don't have hard drives or the drives have been wiped and they come with no OS installed and/or no product key and since a legitimate Win 10 OEM key is $100 last I checked that wouldn't be a workable solution as my employer is wanting to spend less than $100 per PC if at all possible. Then tried searching ebay, found most refurbished PC's like what I'm looking for (sold in lots of 5-15) are in the $150-300 range per PC with a few outliers around $115-125.
These PC's are only going to be used for basic data entry, so something fast isn't really needed. Something with a dual core CPU (something like an i3 with 2C or 2C/4T, or even a C2D (though I'd like to get away from the really old LGA775 platform, I'd rather not paint myself (and by extension the company) into a corner by continuing to use a really old platform), 4GB of memory, an 80-250GB drive, and VGA or DVI out is essentially what I'm after (Most of the monitors I deal with use VGA, but I can convert from DVI to VGA with adapters or purchase DVI cables.).
