I think this is a very good deal and a bargain price for a Core i3 PC.
The processor is a Core i3-2120 which is a few years old but performs well. Note that these are refurb (ex-education & Grade A2).
From recent searches, you are looking at spending at least twice this amount for a new Celeron and that will not be as quick as this.
I have bought 2 of these so far and so far very impressed.
You can instantly upgrade to Windows 10 via the current free offer from MS.
These have loads of ports including Firewire and many USB. 4GB Ram supplied but can also be cheaply upgraded to 8GB.
Spec claims DVD-Rom but both of mine have arrived with Multi-Burners.
To get it for this price, use Discount Code: MED66 for 10% off which makes the total £78.94 including courier delivery.
Finally, note that this does not have a VGA port (instead it has the superior DVI) so if you want to use an older monitor, you will need to buy a VGA->DVI converter from somewhere.
They can be purchased for 99p from Ebay :)
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dezontk
5 Nov 154#51
what about those of us arriving even later?
anthony69
5 Nov 153#46
Phew, too late so £80 quid back in my pocket. That was close!
mercutio98uk to friedchimp
5 Nov 153#37
Yup, while that's excellent at it's purpose (uber small physical size) it's a rather low specced affair. This would not only be a pretty decent upgrade but from shots of the internals in previous RM pc's they look to use a standard m-ATX mainboard (1 full pcie, 2 or 3 PCI/1xPCIe) so transplanting it over to a proper case and you can throw standard parts at it like full sized graphics cards*
I think It's also a Sandy bridge i3 (S1155) so will take anything up to an i7-3770K, assuming a regular heatsink can be fitted (and there's a bios update available for the mainboard it uses).
It's definitely worthy at it's current price but it's possibly got a LOT of potential too. As a minor point - S1155 motherboards are getting increasing rare. This as parts could well fetch over the £78 asking if you can be bothered to mess around stripping and selling.
I'm trying to talk myself out of buying one. Without my good lady to reason the purchase decision with I'd likely already have one on it's way :stuck_out_tongue:
*I'm speculating, educated guess/deduction though
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micnur
5 Nov 15#1
Good find, cheers. Thinking of buying one
alexq
5 Nov 15#2
Nice find :smiley: .. you'll need to add P+P - for one PC it is an additional £6.99
dalipsinghno1
5 Nov 15#3
not bad for the price... with Warranty: 3 Months
Stiffy1231
5 Nov 151#4
I already added the P+P.
Total DELIVERED is £78.94
(Be sure to use the discount code MED66)
alexq
5 Nov 15#5
You're right - I apologise!! :smiley:
Stiffy1231
5 Nov 15#6
Not a problem - I just like sharing the bargains :smiley:
maddogb
5 Nov 15#7
do these use a standard layout mainboard mate? interested in moving the contents to a nice htpc case..
Stiffy1231 to maddogb
5 Nov 15#8
I would say 'Yes' - Would you like a photo of the guts of the thing?
k1ngchr15
5 Nov 15#9
Don't need one, don't know if I want one.
But dang it my current only has a g860 cpu....
Bought 2!?
I hate HUKD sometimes.
Heat begrudgingly given, fantastic deal if the pc lasts a bit longer than the warranty :smiley:
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Opening post
The processor is a Core i3-2120 which is a few years old but performs well. Note that these are refurb (ex-education & Grade A2).
From recent searches, you are looking at spending at least twice this amount for a new Celeron and that will not be as quick as this.
I have bought 2 of these so far and so far very impressed.
You can instantly upgrade to Windows 10 via the current free offer from MS.
These have loads of ports including Firewire and many USB. 4GB Ram supplied but can also be cheaply upgraded to 8GB.
Spec claims DVD-Rom but both of mine have arrived with Multi-Burners.
To get it for this price, use Discount Code: MED66 for 10% off which makes the total £78.94 including courier delivery.
Finally, note that this does not have a VGA port (instead it has the superior DVI) so if you want to use an older monitor, you will need to buy a VGA->DVI converter from somewhere.
They can be purchased for 99p from Ebay :)
Top comments
I think It's also a Sandy bridge i3 (S1155) so will take anything up to an i7-3770K, assuming a regular heatsink can be fitted (and there's a bios update available for the mainboard it uses).
It's definitely worthy at it's current price but it's possibly got a LOT of potential too. As a minor point - S1155 motherboards are getting increasing rare. This as parts could well fetch over the £78 asking if you can be bothered to mess around stripping and selling.
I'm trying to talk myself out of buying one. Without my good lady to reason the purchase decision with I'd likely already have one on it's way :stuck_out_tongue:
*I'm speculating, educated guess/deduction though
All comments (60)
Total DELIVERED is £78.94
(Be sure to use the discount code MED66)
But dang it my current only has a g860 cpu....
Bought 2!?
I hate HUKD sometimes.
Heat begrudgingly given, fantastic deal if the pc lasts a bit longer than the warranty :smiley: