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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Before Trevor castigates me for
recommending Dell desktops again... the small-form-factor desktops
do NOT use a standard ATX power supply.<br>
Even the regular-sized desktops ship with a not-quite-ATX power
supply, but most of the full-sized Optiplexes will accomodate a
regular ATX PSU with a little bit of fiddling.<br>
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The Dell PSUs are of at least average quality overall, so it's not
necessarily something you'll ever have to replace, but do keep it
in mind. DFS does offer an optional 1-year warranty, and Optiplex
PSUs are readily available on eBay, but particularly the
small-form-factor PSUs can be expensive to replace... to the point
where after the warranty expires, it will sometimes be cheaper
just to buy a new computer.<br>
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YMMV.<br>
-Adam<br>
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On 14-02-08 09:06 AM, Kevin McGregor wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Something like this looks appropriate:
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<div>Core 2 Duo 3.0 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 160 GB HD, DVDRW, $193
(+tax+shipping, ~$252). Nice-looking case. I might replace the
HD with a TRIM-enabled SSD to give them a better Win7
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 9:27 PM, Robert
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<div class="">--- Kevin McGregor wrote:<br>
> Is it possible to find a reasonably-priced used
machine to replace the<br>
above with a Core 2 Duo (or better, or AMD equivalent)?
That is, if it's<br>
$400 for a used machine, I might as well spend a few bucks
more and get<br>
something new.<br>
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I have something. Depends what you want.
Motherboard/CPU/memory, or a<br>
complete tower with case, power supply, optical and hard
drives? One<br>
motherboard set is Core2 Duo, the other is i5 quad core.<br>
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