Black Friday PC tower finds?

[hamerhead]

A buddy who never uses a computer had his Windows 8 machine finally die and needs the dirt-cheapest Windows tower available. It'll be used primarily for minimal internet stuff.

Let me know you see any good deals! Thanks!

[gorch]

For this purpose I’d buy the cheapest notebook around. In Hamer words, a two digit from the bay or CL.

[DaveL]

I just bought a mini desktop (Lenovo) on eBay.  Believe it was a factory refurb but they gave you a choice to configure it. Plenty of usb ports.   I got 4tb and 32gb ram for $250 Delivered with a good 30 day return policy where they send you a shipping label.   Got a nice open box monitor on amazon.    It works great.     Edit.  Just went back and checked. 500gb hard drive and 8gb ram is like $125 Del.   1 year warranty.   
 

  I had also bought an all in one but I decided it wasn’t upgradable enough and returned it (they provided a label and refunded me the day they recieved it)  it was a nice pc   They both looked brand new to me.   
 

   I can get you links to the sellers if need be.       Edit. Added    
 

I got this one   It’s working great and looked new to me.    I suspect these might be mfg overstock rather than refurbs.   

https://www.ebay.com/itm/286065129757

 

This seller I returned the item but they were good to deal with 

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/156278765337?epid=6069198558&itmmeta=01JDQ2ENQ3QRPRTVPEXB4P1KZ0&hash=item2462f0b719:g:GwgAAOSw-bJmfzMo
 

 

 

 

[hamerhead]

A link would be great! The price is right, for sure.

 

ETA: Thanks, Dave!

ETA2: Jumped on the one for $75. That'll be perfect for him.

[HSB0531]

A new desktop or tower computer will be cheaper than a new laptop if you compare features.

In the used market I wouldn't buy a laptop as they don't usually hold up as well.

I wouldn't get anything less than 16gig of memory if it's going to have windows 10 or 11 installed.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-pavilion-desktop-amd-ryzen-7-16gb-memory-1tb-ssd-natural-silver/6477687.p?skuId=6477687

[velorush]

I'm running around a dozen of these in various configurations at work, home and church. Really great options.

Amazon.com : nuc pc

[DaveL]

3 hours ago, hamerhead said:

A link would be great! The price is right, for sure.

 

ETA: Thanks, Dave!

ETA2: Jumped on the one for $75. That'll be perfect for him.

cool.   I was happy with that seller.   Also.  Test it out.  If it’s too slow I think you have 30 days and they give you a free return label.    Can’t beat that.  Even Best Buy is like. 15% restock.   

[gorch]

These do the trick too:

https://www.raspberrypi.com/