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Can anyone suggest a desktop for $200 or less?

Dec 9, 2012 4:54 PM

Trying to help a friend of mine locate two decent desktops for a total of $400 or less. Her price point, not mine. Frankly, I'm out of the loop when it comes to desktops, much more knowledgeable about laptops.

Primary purpose is home machines, suitable for school work, some light gaming (Minecraft), etc. I'm going to go ahead and say price point is for bare tower - I've got keyboards, mice, power cords, etc. Monitors - well, I figure it's going to be hard enough to get the desktop at that price point, unless she goes used or refurb.

National sellers OK, Microcenter is local. EBay is a possibility. I did some poking and didn't find anything satisfactory.

My comparison is that for that price I could assemble a decent Dell Latitude E6400 with faster core 2 duo, 4 GB RAM, 250+ HDD, webcam, etc. off eBay, so trying to beat that in a desktop.

75grandville 75grandville

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See if this is at all helpful. Beyond that, I'd check places like Staples or Best Buy. They should have decent enough machines pre-built. They also sometimes have clearance computers. Not always on display, but it's worth a shot to ask what's in back.

thedogma thedogma
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I'd try something like this; $200 is really hard to make work well.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7526529&CatId=332

If they can make it work, I'd really suggest they put the $400 to one computer instead of two so they have a computer which will run better and in all likelyhood last much longer.

thiney49 thiney49
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You can try Refurbished machines...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_tlc.asp?CatId=2628&cm_re=Desktops-_-Spot%2005-_-Refurbished

hobbitss hobbitss
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I hate to be a pessimist, but it will be hard to find a worthwhile laptop at that price. I was looking for one for my son this Christmas and my requirements were pretty basic. He doesn't need to game or anything, just get to the Internet and do schoolwork. The cheapest one I could find that I considered worth buying was $388.

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