I was fortunate to find an eBay seller that does the same level of refurbishing that you described, and purchased an OptiPlex 7010 SFF late last year (Oct' 22). It's my current project computer and I've been having a lot of fun upgrading it.
I put a used/refurbished DELL 7070 on order. When I received it, I was surprised when it was absolutely clean inside out and came with no damage what so ever, and it had the fresh smell of something clearly brand new. It had turned out that despite the supplier saying refurbished units were in stock, at this time they were not, and so things were delayed a bit while the supposedly used but refurbished version I had ordered was replaced with a brand new untouched unit. Anyhow, it came with an i5-8500 CPU, 16 GB DDR4 ram, WiFi/Blu-Ray, and Win10 on a 1T HDD. After upgrading from Win10 to Win11, I added a Samsung 980 Pro 500GB PCIe 4.0 MVMe SSD and transferred the HDD contents on over. The 1T HDD was then disconnected but is available to provide OS backup in mere minutes if the OS on the Samsung 980 Pro is at some point being corrupted. I also upgraded the system via adding a PowerColor Radeon RX 6400 4GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 Low Profile Video Card. So far, so good.
These are great PCs for regular everyday applications and the company that did the refurbishment cleaned it up to pretty much brand new. I was very pleasantly surprised.
@@ThatPaulGuy the video was great,I was looking for smth cheap and reliable,I'm going to use this mainly for net browsing, downloading movies,and for my kid for things at school ,I'm not a gamer ,last game I played on a PC was command and conquer: general 😂😂 no one knew the game even then it was pretty old. For my budget the money is perfect, I paid , 5,500 MKD = 94.08$ 2 years warranty,14 days return if I'm not satisfied.and they said they'll send me cabels everything I need, so I'll think it will be good,I didn't want just to throw money at smth,and not be able to do basic stuff...There's a saying here "money's are expensive" 🤣🤣
@@ThatPaulGuy Litle upd. i got this some time ago, practicaly new not a scratch on it ,I can't open it to see inside it have a sticker because of the warranty (2 years for a refurbished it's great i think) doesn't matter for now coz i didn't planned upgrade it for now,i got one hdd i'll keep it for storing outside for now. From what i can see its pretty clean inside its got the same big cooler on the cpu that supposed to be > i5 4570 but is i5 4590< practicaly the same. I tried some games everything is ok. Thanks for the video when i ugrade it i'll know what gpu to put, the prices on gpu are crazy,and i dont have much choice here,and i'm not some gamer so it doesn't matter much, it's great for my kid for school work etc... ПОЗДРАВ
@@mitedupev7956 glad to hear you are happy with it. Two years for a warranty is great, especially for something that is a refurbished product! I hope it you and your family get a lot of good use from it. Congrats.
I got a 100 dollar 9010 sff dell optiplex with the third gen i5 but at the time since this was before the chip shortage I got it for 100 bucks but the thing I forgot to see is that I didn’t realize it had a ssd and 16gb of ram
@@ThatPaulGuy i threw a xeon into a i5 2400 optiplex and it was very good 4 cores 8 threads at 3.8ghz played fortnite great. 15 bucks for the xeon and i sold the i5 for 25 cant beat it
With Windows 10 support winding down next year, I would like to see a video about 8th and 9th gen refurbished deals. I think it is time to let the 4th, 5th, and 6th gen be relegated to Linux boxes.
I've been looking and I think a lot of people have the same idea. I'm keeping my eye open for deals on everything from 8th gen up (including ones I may be able to fix), but it seems to be cheaper at the moment buying brand new 10th gen stuff.
@@ThatPaulGuy I'm looking at a Ryzen 5 4500 and a B450 mobo as my upgrade path I think. My 6th Gen optiplex still runs fine, I'm a little annoyed that Microsoft is going to send a couple hundred million computers to the scrap heap rather then extend security updates for Windows 10.
I got mine and all of a sudden the power button was blinking (with no fan going). I called DELL and they said the computer was a federal government computer and that I need to transfer ownership before they can assist. 🙄
Dell has a list of different things that may be the problem based on number of flashes here: www.dell.com/community/Optiplex-Desktops/Optiplex-9010-Does-not-turn-on-Blinking-orange-light/td-p/6128509 Hope it helps.
The description said it was DX12, but its actually referring to the integrated graphics having DX12 instructions on it. I was trying to make sure I didn't get a randome core2duo or something.
@@ThatPaulGuy well if you have any old gpu's you dont need let me know, i need one for my 7010 3rd generation, and the one i really want is way too expensive.
Could this cpu, paired with 16 gb ddr4 ram, 256 gb ssd m.2 and a 1650 gtx be enought to do: web design, use photoshop and ilustrator and run some electric and electronic circuit simulation apps? I am on a budget
You would probably have to use the CPU in a different build to add the 1650 (keep in mind that its only 4GB VRAM). I think that CPU is also a bit old to take advantage of M.2 and DDR4 memory but a Sata SSD works fine. You probably want to be looking for a sixth or seventh gen i5 or i7 set up to take advantage of DDR4 and M.2 . eBay or maybe Ali Express should have some options instead of this one. This set up is also much cheaper on Amazon in January '24.
@@ThatPaulGuy if it was the i5 6500 or i7 6700 Will be enough to do the things that i have described in My post, plus In addition to that I also plan to use it for PCB and PCL design (simple things for a university student), use of control and automation systems apps (also simple things for a university student), project management applications and a little of programming with arduino and assembly language. Thank's
@@carlosalbertomunozgiron6089 Those will be plenty to handle what you are trying to do. The main reason for going with a sixth gen is that you had said you wanted to use DDR4 and m.2 that were only supported from sixth gen and after.
I'm not a gamer but I tend to assume if a computer will run all these hi-def multiplayer games it'll do what I need. I play with photoshop and Fl.Studio (a DAW). I know the specs (RAM & so on) meet the system requirements of my music production software but so have the last two (r.i.p). So, is my assumption incorrect? Should I upgrade the sound card on this? Any advice?
You might, if you want true fidelity type reproduction for recording but size will be a concern because of the width of the case. There is no HDMI for an external DAK, so unless you are okay with USB, a low profile sound card might be in order. I didn't test a lot of the sound settings, unfortunately, because I was getting sound through the HDMI with the video card.
I am about to get a refurbished Computer Set PC Core i3 DELL HP Desktop SFF 8GB RAM 500GB HDD WINDOWS10 TFT WiFi To use for home school and to run my new small at home business. Can this computer be used for that or is this just for gaming?
@@ThatPaulGuy okay. I'm looking at this now also to get, do you think this would be better HP - 24" Touch-Screen All-In-One - AMD Ryzen 5 - 8GB Memory - 1TB SSD Was $900 now on sale at Best Buy for $700
@@keephiscommandmentsandlive9860 overall, they're not bad computers, but with a bit of patience, you may be able to find as good or a better deal on a desktop, or even a laptop.
@@ThatPaulGuy okay thanks, do you know where I could look to find a better deal on a desk top combo? I see the the $100 dell lots of people are saying they don't work
@@ThatPaulGuy we are already maxed out on 25k in credit cards and the only way to get the Best Buy computer is applying for another card😵💫. World you take a chance with the ebay $100 computer? I'm just worried I'll waste $130 that I could have put to the best buy computer🤔 can you give me your opinion please?
Undoing a hard reset is tough navigating. I'd love to be able to tell you an easy way, but to be very honest and transparent, the best way to do it, I've found, is M$'s forums and help pages. Its not unthinkable for someone to "forget" their password or login and M$ has suggestions for that.
@@ThatPaulGuy we have not yet fully reset it but at the point of putting in the new users name. I thougt of doing a Windows Repair with the OS Disk. and trying to recover files with "Recuva". Thank you
i bought a better pc than this pc in this video for about 60$ from lazada thailand it have i5 gen 4 (i5-4460) 8gb DDR3 SD-Ram 1066, SSD Hikvision E100 120gb and chinese GeForce GT 610
Prices for these have come down considerably in the U.S. over the past year, as well. The latest one I picked up had an i5 6500 listed as 'not working' for $42 from ebay.
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I was fortunate to find an eBay seller that does the same level of refurbishing that you described, and purchased an OptiPlex 7010 SFF late last year (Oct' 22). It's my current project computer and I've been having a lot of fun upgrading it.
Its a rabbit hole. Lol. I've now purchased a Xeon then a new Dell mobo, then a new B85 mobo........... Its a fun and cheap project.
I put a used/refurbished DELL 7070 on order. When I received it, I was surprised when it was absolutely clean inside out and came with no damage what so ever, and it had the fresh smell of something clearly brand new. It had turned out that despite the supplier saying refurbished units were in stock, at this time they were not, and so things were delayed a bit while the supposedly used but refurbished version I had ordered was replaced with a brand new untouched unit. Anyhow, it came with an i5-8500 CPU, 16 GB DDR4 ram, WiFi/Blu-Ray, and Win10 on a 1T HDD. After upgrading from Win10 to Win11, I added a Samsung 980 Pro 500GB PCIe 4.0 MVMe SSD and transferred the HDD contents on over. The 1T HDD was then disconnected but is available to provide OS backup in mere minutes if the OS on the Samsung 980 Pro is at some point being corrupted. I also upgraded the system via adding a PowerColor Radeon RX 6400 4GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 Low Profile Video Card. So far, so good.
Sounds like a great deal! If you don't mind my asking, how much was the 7070?
Nice video the charisma is flowing
Thank you
Thanks for the vid ,looking to get a duel screen 3040 on amazon, only looking to do office work
These are great PCs for regular everyday applications and the company that did the refurbishment cleaned it up to pretty much brand new. I was very pleasantly surprised.
I just order today one of these today ,refurbished with 2 year warranty... 256 ssd , 8gb ram , i5...
It worked well, for what its designed to do. Trying to upgrade it presented a few challenges, but overall, it was worth it for me.
@@ThatPaulGuy the video was great,I was looking for smth cheap and reliable,I'm going to use this mainly for net browsing, downloading movies,and for my kid for things at school ,I'm not a gamer ,last game I played on a PC was command and conquer: general 😂😂 no one knew the game even then it was pretty old. For my budget the money is perfect, I paid , 5,500 MKD = 94.08$ 2 years warranty,14 days return if I'm not satisfied.and they said they'll send me cabels everything I need, so I'll think it will be good,I didn't want just to throw money at smth,and not be able to do basic stuff...There's a saying here "money's are expensive" 🤣🤣
@@mitedupev7956 sounds like a great deal and the perfect use case. Nice!
@@ThatPaulGuy Litle upd. i got this some time ago, practicaly new not a scratch on it ,I can't open it to see inside it have a sticker because of the warranty (2 years for a refurbished it's great i think) doesn't matter for now coz i didn't planned upgrade it for now,i got one hdd i'll keep it for storing outside for now. From what i can see its pretty clean inside its got the same big cooler on the cpu that supposed to be > i5 4570 but is i5 4590< practicaly the same. I tried some games everything is ok. Thanks for the video when i ugrade it i'll know what gpu to put, the prices on gpu are crazy,and i dont have much choice here,and i'm not some gamer so it doesn't matter much, it's great for my kid for school work etc... ПОЗДРАВ
@@mitedupev7956 glad to hear you are happy with it. Two years for a warranty is great, especially for something that is a refurbished product! I hope it you and your family get a lot of good use from it. Congrats.
Im about to get Dell Optiplex 7020 sff for £155 with an i7 quad core cpu and 16 gb of ram i cant wait
I've ordered a new processor to drop in here. It should be interesting.
@@ThatPaulGuy This Dell just came with an I790 8 core lol not bad but the vga to hdmi adapter doesn't work so im using an old plasma tv
I got a 100 dollar 9010 sff dell optiplex with the third gen i5 but at the time since this was before the chip shortage I got it for 100 bucks but the thing I forgot to see is that I didn’t realize it had a ssd and 16gb of ram
That's a pretty sweet deal then, even with the older i5. Is it a full size so you can add a regular sized GPU, or a Small Form Factor?
put the guts in a full size case and add a zeon wam bam gaming pc
Actually have a xeon E31271v3 I did some testing with, but a different mobo on the way to make a new build out of it.
@@ThatPaulGuy i threw a xeon into a i5 2400 optiplex and it was very good 4 cores 8 threads at 3.8ghz played fortnite great. 15 bucks for the xeon and i sold the i5 for 25 cant beat it
@@riebread13 I ended up getting the xeon for 28 and the mobo for 16. It should be fun to try out.
With Windows 10 support winding down next year, I would like to see a video about 8th and 9th gen refurbished deals. I think it is time to let the 4th, 5th, and 6th gen be relegated to Linux boxes.
I've been looking and I think a lot of people have the same idea. I'm keeping my eye open for deals on everything from 8th gen up (including ones I may be able to fix), but it seems to be cheaper at the moment buying brand new 10th gen stuff.
@@ThatPaulGuy I'm looking at a Ryzen 5 4500 and a B450 mobo as my upgrade path I think. My 6th Gen optiplex still runs fine, I'm a little annoyed that Microsoft is going to send a couple hundred million computers to the scrap heap rather then extend security updates for Windows 10.
@@tlstechtalk if there was ever a time for Linux Distros to take advantage, I would have to think the next 18 months would be the sweet spot.
I got mine and all of a sudden the power button was blinking (with no fan going). I called DELL and they said the computer was a federal government computer and that I need to transfer ownership before they can assist. 🙄
Dell has a list of different things that may be the problem based on number of flashes here: www.dell.com/community/Optiplex-Desktops/Optiplex-9010-Does-not-turn-on-Blinking-orange-light/td-p/6128509
Hope it helps.
I actually have a msi gtx1650 LP video card. Im saving for a new pc with a 3060. So when the time comes, ill sell my gpu for like 150-200 dollars.
If this market doesnt correct itself, you may be able to sell it for quite a bit more.
But I'd definitely be a buyer at that price.
@@ThatPaulGuy That’s true. Tbh when the time comes, I’d most likely sell it to you.
@@DeepDownInTheOcean sounds like a plan. Please keep in touch.
@@ThatPaulGuy I will. Have a good day!
you need to share at least 2-3 gigs of system ram to the igpu........
I ended up putting 16 gb in it.
get a lp 750Ti, bout £40 - 60 here in UK..
It ended up with a rx6400, but at one point I also tested with a gt1030 and rx560
I am curious, how do you determine which computers are DirectX 12 capable?
The description said it was DX12, but its actually referring to the integrated graphics having DX12 instructions on it.
I was trying to make sure I didn't get a randome core2duo or something.
you got ripped off. i bought my dell optiplex on ebay for 80 bucks. its an i5 as well but it's a 3rd generation.mine came with free shipping too.
@@archangelmusic13 lol, this was actually a while back. Since then I've scored multiple PCs for forty or fifty bucks.
@@ThatPaulGuy well if you have any old gpu's you dont need let me know, i need one for my 7010 3rd generation, and the one i really want is way too expensive.
Could this cpu, paired with 16 gb ddr4 ram, 256 gb ssd m.2 and a 1650 gtx be enought to do: web design, use photoshop and ilustrator and run some electric and electronic circuit simulation apps? I am on a budget
You would probably have to use the CPU in a different build to add the 1650 (keep in mind that its only 4GB VRAM). I think that CPU is also a bit old to take advantage of M.2 and DDR4 memory but a Sata SSD works fine. You probably want to be looking for a sixth or seventh gen i5 or i7 set up to take advantage of DDR4 and M.2 . eBay or maybe Ali Express should have some options instead of this one. This set up is also much cheaper on Amazon in January '24.
@@ThatPaulGuy thank's
@@ThatPaulGuy if it was the i5 6500 or i7 6700 Will be enough to do the things that i have described in My post, plus In addition to that I also plan to use it for PCB and PCL design (simple things for a university student), use of control and automation systems apps (also simple things for a university student), project management applications and a little of programming with arduino and assembly language. Thank's
@@carlosalbertomunozgiron6089 Those will be plenty to handle what you are trying to do. The main reason for going with a sixth gen is that you had said you wanted to use DDR4 and m.2 that were only supported from sixth gen and after.
I'm not a gamer but I tend to assume if a computer will run all these hi-def multiplayer games it'll do what I need. I play with photoshop and Fl.Studio (a DAW). I know the specs (RAM & so on) meet the system requirements of my music production software but so have the last two (r.i.p). So, is my assumption incorrect? Should I upgrade the sound card on this? Any advice?
You might, if you want true fidelity type reproduction for recording but size will be a concern because of the width of the case. There is no HDMI for an external DAK, so unless you are okay with USB, a low profile sound card might be in order. I didn't test a lot of the sound settings, unfortunately, because I was getting sound through the HDMI with the video card.
I am about to get a refurbished Computer Set PC Core i3 DELL HP Desktop SFF 8GB RAM 500GB HDD WINDOWS10 TFT WiFi
To use for home school and to run my new small at home business. Can this computer be used for that or is this just for gaming?
It's actually better suited for regular tasks and office work than for gaming. It should work pretty well for you.
@@ThatPaulGuy okay. I'm looking at this now also to get, do you think this would be better
HP - 24" Touch-Screen All-In-One - AMD Ryzen 5 - 8GB Memory - 1TB SSD
Was $900 now on sale at Best Buy for $700
@@keephiscommandmentsandlive9860 overall, they're not bad computers, but with a bit of patience, you may be able to find as good or a better deal on a desktop, or even a laptop.
@@ThatPaulGuy okay thanks, do you know where I could look to find a better deal on a desk top combo? I see the the $100 dell lots of people are saying they don't work
@@ThatPaulGuy we are already maxed out on 25k in credit cards and the only way to get the Best Buy computer is applying for another card😵💫. World you take a chance with the ebay $100 computer? I'm just worried I'll waste $130 that I could have put to the best buy computer🤔 can you give me your opinion please?
is there anyway the reverse a Windows 7 reset? Also can i reset a Hard drive password?
Undoing a hard reset is tough navigating.
I'd love to be able to tell you an easy way, but to be very honest and transparent, the best way to do it, I've found, is M$'s forums and help pages.
Its not unthinkable for someone to "forget" their password or login and M$ has suggestions for that.
@@ThatPaulGuy we have not yet fully reset it but at the point of putting in the new users name. I thougt of doing a Windows Repair with the OS Disk. and trying to recover files with "Recuva". Thank you
@@btrentrps5818 I'm glad it ended up working out. Good to hear.
i bought a better pc than this pc in this video for about 60$ from lazada thailand it have i5 gen 4 (i5-4460) 8gb DDR3 SD-Ram 1066, SSD Hikvision E100 120gb and chinese GeForce GT 610
Prices for these have come down considerably in the U.S. over the past year, as well. The latest one I picked up had an i5 6500 listed as 'not working' for $42 from ebay.