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Nate the great · 05-17-2008, 09:23 PM

My answer isn't going to help Bob, but it might help someone.

I decided to forever give up buying a new desktop last fall. That's when I first came across Microcenter's refurbished computers. For under $250 you can find some powerful, slightly out of date PCs with XP installed.

I was originally looking to assemble a high end multi core computer for a couple long running jobs. Then I realized that I could nearly the same performance from 2 $250 machines that I would have gotten from a $1500 machine.

05-17-2008, 09:23 PM	#5
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	My answer isn't going to help Bob, but it might help someone. I decided to forever give up buying a new desktop last fall. That's when I first came across Microcenter's refurbished computers. For under $250 you can find some powerful, slightly out of date PCs with XP installed. I was originally looking to assemble a high end multi core computer for a couple long running jobs. Then I realized that I could nearly the same performance from 2 $250 machines that I would have gotten from a $1500 machine.