I had an HP small form factor tower and I wouldn't go near another one. The motherboard ate power supplies and then died itself.
I personally think refurbed laptops can be a great way to go. That's why I do them. But you do have to be careful. A lot of sellers are not completely honest about the condition.
Win Pro v. Home shouldn't make any diff with performance issues.
Have Magic Micro build you a computer to your specs. I got an I7, 16 GB ram, 2 1TB WD Black HDDS, W7 Pro for 1200.00. Works perfectly. I use it for music creation. They can build you a much cheaper one if you're on a budget. Why get refurbished when you can get a new one for a bargain price?
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Well I agree with the others this machine will likely have very poor ventilation and run hot,
Eventually you will need to do this,
Although I did this finally after 6 years of use,
I'm not a fan of H-P
Modifing old desktop machine in new case
Thanks for the HP info, it's now off the table. What do you think of this? Lenovo Thinkcentre M58 Ultra Small Form Factor Desktop - Core 2 Duo E7400 2.8Ghz - 4GB RAM - 160GB HDD - DVDRW - Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Installed - Newegg.com
This would be my choice. I own 2 of them and have sold at least a dozen to my clients.
Refurbished: ThinkCentre Desktop Computer M58P Core 2 Duo E8400 (3.00 GHz) 4 GB DDR3 320 GB HDD Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit - Newegg.com
Just uninstall the preinstalled junk.
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UPDATE: I came very close to purchasing the Thinkcentre M58P referenced above until I realized that the three previous pc's that I purchased and had problems with were Win 7 PROFESSIONAL. Instead, I bought the Win 7 HOME PREMIUM Lenovo Thinkcentre M58 Ultra Small Form Factor Desktop - Newegg.com. I've only had it for about a week, but so far, so good. It runs like a new Win 7 pc. I now wonder if Win 7 PROFESSIONAL had problems, in general, that are not present in Home Premium.
Hi,
Home premium is a more simplistic version
Not a lot of bloat and usually just works,
Pro version well if you need group policy that's the one to get a single user would not need pro.
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Those m58's are workhorses. But I am not a fan of the small form factors from ANY mfg.Instead, I bought the Win 7 HOME PREMIUM Lenovo Thinkcentre M58 Ultra Small Form Factor Desktop
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