My wife is looking for an inexpensive desktop for her side gig. She found a refurbished HP 8200 at Wally World for around $140. They proudly state that the seller is one of the only Microsoft authorized refurbishers. It has an Intel I5 core, 1TB hd, 8 gigs of ram and a fresh version of Windows 10 Pro. The Bluetooth and WiFi are apparently done with a usb adapter. Anyone with any experience going this route? I haven’t done anything with desktops since like 2003. And again this is just for a little home based side gig. Thanks in advance!
[Edit: This got sold out, rather quickly. But this seller has had them listed at this price from time to time over the last few months. The seller seems to deal with a variety of retail return items. There will probably be another batch listed in a few weeks if anyone is shopping for something in this price range at that time]
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Refurbished-HP-Pavilion-Gaming-R5-1650-Super-8GB-256GB-Gaming-Desktop-Tower/828808485
Ryzen 5 3500 (6 core, 6 threads)
1650 Super
8 gb RAM (8gb x1, motherboard has 2 slots)
256 gb NVME SSD
400 W Proprietary HP 80 plus Platinum PSU
The seller on Walmart.com is VIPOUTLET. These are likely recent retail returns since Walmart sells the new units of this model for $600 in stores and online. VIP Outlet has these $500 refurbished units from time to time.
This unit has its limitations, but given the price of parts, I think these are a solid value. What do you think?