Lenovo H430 Desktop: Core i5 3330 3GHz, 8GB DDR3, 1TB HDD, DVD Burner, Windows 8 $400 + Free Shipping (expired)

Staples has the Lenovo H430 57311430 Intel Core i5-3330 Quad-Core Ivy Bridge Desktop Computer [staples.com] for a low $399.99 + tax after $100 off coupon for desktops and laptops over $399.

Intel Core i5-3330 3GHz Quad-Core Ivy Bridge; 8GB RAM; 1TB HDD; DVD burner; 802.11n wifi; Windows 8; HDMI; 1yr warranty;

This is not for gaming, probably after GPU upgrade, but very decent family desktop with powerful i5 and 8 GB RAM

Sounds like a good deal but I still have my 6 year old Dell Core2 Quad 6600 that works great! Think I'll pass for now! But thumbs up anyways.

Why can't you take 20% off as well?

Edit: My bad. 20% will not work on computers.

20% off not valid on desktop or laptop computers.

Nice find!

Crucial seems to indicate a couple of possible limitations - they have the H430 as having 2 memory slots, only 4 gb to a slot (8gb total). That's usually more than enough for anybody - I have 8gb in my main desktop machine - but there are some scenarios where you want more.

H430 Datasheet is here (warning, PDF)
http://www.lenovo.com/products/us...asheet.pdf

Quote from dealcatcher123 : Intel Core i5-3330 3GHz Quad-Core Ivy Bridge; 8GB RAM; 1TB HDD; DVD burner; 802.11n wifi; Windows 8; HDMI; 1yr warranty; This is not for gaming, probably after GPU upgrade, but very decent family desktop with powerful i5 and 8 GB RAM

You probably could get a radeon 7750 or geforce 650 in there, and then you'll probably be able to play any pre-2010 game except perhaps Crysis. Otherwise, you'll need to upgrade both the GPU and PSU.

Has anyone verified the $100 coupon works in store? A few months back I tried to redeem the $100 coupon for the $399 Lenovo i3 PC in store and got denied.

This looks like a very good deal.

Quote from BitterBrian : Has anyone verified the $100 coupon works in store? A few months back I tried to redeem the $100 coupon for the $399 Lenovo i3 PC in store and got denied.

I got one this morning, $100 coupon went through without any problem or manager intervention.

Actually bought this yesterday for $25 more and they adjusted the price down to new (w/ coupon) price no problem.

Quote from BitterBrian : Has anyone verified the $100 coupon works in store? A few months back I tried to redeem the $100 coupon for the $399 Lenovo i3 PC in store and got denied.

Can we upgrade this machine with SSD? How easy to upgrade this? Any thoughts

Quote from dealcatcher123 : Can we upgrade this machine with SSD? How easy to upgrade this? Any thoughts

I don't see why not - it's just another hard drive, and the motherboard should have at least two sata ports.

That being said, crucial seems to indicate that the sata ports are only sata II ports, not sata III ports.

edit: Crucial seems to indicate that the motherboard uses the H61 chipset, but the H430 line also includes sandy bridge chips as well as the ivy bridges. I am not sure if they use a different chipset when it has an ivy bridge chip in it.

Quote from dealcatcher123 : Can we upgrade this machine with SSD? How easy to upgrade this? Any thoughts

The motherboard has 4 SATA connectors, so yes, prob just need a 2.5" - 3.5" adapter, which a lot of SSD's come with nowadays.

If you want to add a dedicated video card to this machine, you'll likely need a new PSU of at least 400 watts, I think this one is 280