Now there are a lot of ways to get Windows for less-than-retail, this system set us back just $110 with a Windows Pro license included. 500GB Hard Disk Drive (Seagate Barracuda).It’s a Lenovo ThinkCentre M83, which is a small form-factor desktop with these high-level specs: Here’s the PC I selected to start our project. In this case, I sorted the refurb PC section by price and stopped as soon as I found a system that looked promising. They have a number of third-party resellers that are rated and offer at least a brief warranty on the gear they sell. I poked around all of these, but couldn’t find anything low-cost enough that met our requirements of s system that had a reasonable spec sheet and Windows license.
Amazon and Best Buy both have refurb bins as well. Most major vendors like Dell have outlets, where older or refurbished systems are frequently on sale. There is a bevy of options when it comes to searching for cheap PCs. The point being, if we can drive adequate performance from a small budget, the opportunities are pretty great. Businesses may just need a simple system for task workers or others who spend much of their time online. Families may need a starter computer for kids, perhaps mom or dad need a dedicated system for email and web apps. While there are obviously a ton of free Linux distros that would work for a budget PC, we’re looking at specific use cases. Read More – 2-Bay NAS with SSD Boot and 10GbE for under $200 So we went diving into refurb PC builds to see how much performance we could drive from a $150 budget PC with an SSD and most importantly, a Windows license. This kind of drive has a firm focus on budget PC builds, primarily as a hard drive replacement. Typically the NQ100 would not be an SSD we’d get super excited about, but after testing the drive, we came out impressed. The Lexar NQ100 is a SATA SSD that starts at about $30 and tops out at 960GB. But last week the most basic SSD showed up on the doorstep and caused us to re-think our focus for a few days. In our lab, we tend to get wrapped up in the biggest and fastest solutions.
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