pentium 4 processor. is the pent 4 still good or should I avoid it? it will be used the email, web surfing, office... (2 gig ram isnt much, wonder if I can add more in this system?)
Dell Optiplex 520 Windows 7 Home Premium Refurbished Desktop PC, 2GB | Staples®
thinking of getting this for my brother. his pc is 9 yrs old... this one has to be faster/better than what he has now. he's got a inspiron 531/dell....
Looks like a decent deal to me and as you say, it HAS to be better/faster than what he already has. According to Crucial you'll max out at 4 gigs of RAM so you can add 2 more.
Computer memory upgrades for Dell OptiPlex GX520 Desktop/PC from Crucial.com
nice thanks. 4 gb ram would be fine for what hes doing. I may give him a shout about this one. :)
The Inspiron 531 is circa 2006-7 I think. Tough to compare to anything else because there were a bunch of models of it that varied considerably in price and performance.
So, more details needed, but the GX 520 is at least 4 or 5 years old. With only 2 GB of RAM, it might be a marginal improvement, but I'd keep my expectations quite low.
The processor in that particular GX 520 scores 361 on a Passmark benchmark. Quite low.
Anything you can find with a "Intel Core 2 Duo" processor would be significantly faster and probably not much more expensive. For instance, a Core 2 Duo E 6600 scores 1551 on the same benchmark.
hes needs a newer pc but price is a problem. I'm worried the pent 4 may be too slow... I may hunt around for the Intel Core 2 Duo... and windows 7... thanks.
HP DC7900 160GB Refurb Desktop PC with Intel Core 2 Duo processor (2.33 GHz) | Staples®
HP DC7900 160GB Refurbished Desktop PC with Intel Core 2 Duo processor (2.4 GHz) | Staples®
above 2 are quite similar; the more expensive one has a slightly more powerful processor.
Both have Windows 7 home premium and 4 gb of RAM.
If you plan to move to Windows 8 or 8.1 then be sure to check the processor to make sure that it will support Windows 8, etc. new hardware requirements.
this looks decent also. faster processor than the pent 4 I think? 80 gb hd is sort of small though.
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I plan on sticking with win7 as long as I can.
You can always get a bigger hard drive
And you can always get a 32 or 64 GB flash drive for storage.
very true. and more ram. I like this one and the price. never bought a refurb before but I guess its safe.
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