Best value dell refurbished workstation?
Anyone have any experience with the refurbished Dell Desktops in eBay?
Why are used Dell workstation towers so cheap?
Help needed, want to buy refurbished DELL PRECISION 5540 for $890. Is that a good price?
I'm looking for a solid machine that I can use for homelab, dual/triple booting operating systems, and running virtual machines.
I could of course build something from scratch but I think I could get much better value looking at older refurbished workstations. I'm not a big gamer but some of these systems include pro quadro cards anyway which would be more than adequate and better than most new budget graphics cards.
So far I think the Precision 5820 looks like a possible option and I've seen some for fairly cheap prices. It seems to be new enough that it has all the important features like support for M.2, USB 3.1, and ddr4. I really like the flex bay design that allows for four hot swap drives. Is the Linux support good? What is the repairability and noise like?
Are there any other models worth considering?