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    Refurbished? Xeon?

    Looks like I may be in the market for a new(another) desktop quickly and by frugal means. The one I am looking at is refurbed with a Xeon processor. Any advice or commentary on a refurbed machine with a Xeon?

    Thanks.

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    Re: Refurbished? Xeon?

    The Xeon is used in servers more than desktops due to support for ECC and sustained load. It does not have a GPU like the modern i3/5/7, so if you don't have a graphics card, that can be a factor. If the PC was designed with Xeon in mind it is possibly built to be more robust.

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      Re: Refurbished? Xeon?

      Thanks Gordon.

      For me, now the question of "to buy refurb or not to buy refurb?"

      The units in question are at NewEgg. I've had success with NewEgg, but haven't tried a refurb. Any one with experience there?

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        Re: Refurbished? Xeon?

        Scott,

        Curious as to what you ended up buying.

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          Originally posted by eldon99 View Post
          Scott,

          Curious as to what you ended up buying.
          I didn't. I ended up replacing the failing hard drive with an SSD. It was a logical place to start. Start with a small part in cost. Turned out to be the better cost effective decision. And drive is very fast.

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            Re: Refurbished? Xeon?

            Scott,

            We've bought a few of the refurbed "business" machines from NewEgg (Dells) and they've performed no worse/better than any new machine we've bought. And were so inexpensive we couldn't build a machine for less.

            Just retired the last one a few weeks ago after 4 years of service.

            Only caution I'd forward is make sure the box isn't full of one-off ditties, like unique fan shrouds/cooling systems. Can make repair an adventure. Nice thing about business machines and servers is there are people who specialize in salvaged parts.

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              Re: Refurbished? Xeon?

              Cool. Good tip as well. We have a big used computer place locally with everything under the sun (including Sun Microsystems). :-)

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