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Acer Aspire XC Desktop: i3-10105, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Win 10 (Certified Refurb)

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Acer via eBay has Acer Aspire XC Desktop (Certified Refurbished, XC-1660G-UW92 / DT.BH7AA.003) on sale for $202.39 after automatic Extra 12% Off discount applied at checkout (price shown in cart). Shipping is free.

Acer via eBay has Acer Aspire XC Desktop (Certified Refurbished, XC-1660G-UW92 / DT.BH7AA.001) on sale for $202.39 after automatic Extra 12% Off discount applied at checkout (price shown in cart). Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member BabyBubba for finding this deal.

Condition:
  • This item is Certified Refurbished. It has been professionally restored by an Acer approved vendor. Units are usually cosmetically indistinguishable from New products, but some may show signs of light use. Functionally, these units are equivalent to New. Certified Refurbished units will be shipped in a New Brown Box
Specs (source):
  • 10th Gen Intel Core i3-10105 4-Core / 8-Thread 3.70 GHz (4.4 GHz Turbo) 14nm 65W Processor
  • 8GB (1x 8GB) DDR4-SDRAM (two DIMM slots total / max. 32GB supported)
  • 256GB PCIe Solid State Drive
  • Intel UHD Graphics 630
  • 802.11ax WiFi 6 | Bluetooth 5.0
  • Optical Drive Type: DVD-RW Optical Drive
  • Windows 10 Home 64-Bit
  • 300W Power Supply
  • Includes USB wired keyboard & mouse
  • Ports:
    • 4x USB 2.0 Type A
    • 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type A
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type A
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type C
    • 2x HDMI
    • 1x Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps)

Editor's Notes

Written by powerfuldoppler | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This price is $247.60 lower (55% savings) than the list price of $449.99.
  • About this product:
    • 2-Year Allstate Warranty
  • About this store:
    • 30 days return. Seller pays for return shipping
    • Seller at eBay - Acer - is a Top Rated Plus seller
  • Please read the Forum Thread for more deal discussion.

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Written by BabyBubba
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Acer via eBay has Acer Aspire XC Desktop (Certified Refurbished, XC-1660G-UW92 / DT.BH7AA.003) on sale for $202.39 after automatic Extra 12% Off discount applied at checkout (price shown in cart). Shipping is free.

Acer via eBay has Acer Aspire XC Desktop (Certified Refurbished, XC-1660G-UW92 / DT.BH7AA.001) on sale for $202.39 after automatic Extra 12% Off discount applied at checkout (price shown in cart). Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member BabyBubba for finding this deal.

Condition:
  • This item is Certified Refurbished. It has been professionally restored by an Acer approved vendor. Units are usually cosmetically indistinguishable from New products, but some may show signs of light use. Functionally, these units are equivalent to New. Certified Refurbished units will be shipped in a New Brown Box
Specs (source):
  • 10th Gen Intel Core i3-10105 4-Core / 8-Thread 3.70 GHz (4.4 GHz Turbo) 14nm 65W Processor
  • 8GB (1x 8GB) DDR4-SDRAM (two DIMM slots total / max. 32GB supported)
  • 256GB PCIe Solid State Drive
  • Intel UHD Graphics 630
  • 802.11ax WiFi 6 | Bluetooth 5.0
  • Optical Drive Type: DVD-RW Optical Drive
  • Windows 10 Home 64-Bit
  • 300W Power Supply
  • Includes USB wired keyboard & mouse
  • Ports:
    • 4x USB 2.0 Type A
    • 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type A
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type A
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type C
    • 2x HDMI
    • 1x Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps)

Editor's Notes

Written by powerfuldoppler | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This price is $247.60 lower (55% savings) than the list price of $449.99.
  • About this product:
    • 2-Year Allstate Warranty
  • About this store:
    • 30 days return. Seller pays for return shipping
    • Seller at eBay - Acer - is a Top Rated Plus seller
  • Please read the Forum Thread for more deal discussion.

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BabyBubba
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There are deals popping up on eBay all the time for 6th and 7th generation Intel CPU desktops with SSD and Windows 10 for less than $100. Seller sent me an offer on eBay item number 394187094679 (search sold items) today for $94.70 shipped, just because I viewed his listing, although it sold since then. It's an Optiplex 5050 SFF, i5-6500, 8GB, 128GB SSD, fresh load of Windows 11.

Check in at eBay regularly and set your search criteria for:

Desktop Computer
Price: less than $100
Sort by: newly listed

Your deal will show up sooner than later. I recently picked up a Dell 3040 SFF ready to go for $60 shipped, and it's a wonderful little machine. Looks brand new as well. And has native 4K HDMI output for my 4K monitor. Good times.
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this CPU is MUCH BETTER than the 88 dollar PC....

https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Com...5vsm444211

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Aug 19, 2022 03:19 PM
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Aug 19, 2022 03:19 PM
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Quote from BuyMoreChuck :
Most likely I would use external USB drives. Not sure if Plex is smart enough to know a USB drive has been swapped, if it does - fantastic, if not, I need a large external drive. Haven't explored Plex yet.

Again, thanks for all your help.
It won't. When you tell Plex where your media libraries are (TV shows vs. movies vs. music), it will map that location. If you change it out, the media will be considered "offline". So you'll be dealing with "halvsies" -- half content online/half content offline if you're doing drive swaps.

Either use multiple USB external drives simultaneously or opt for a consolidated larger single drive.
Aug 19, 2022 04:02 PM
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J.treehornAug 19, 2022 04:02 PM
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just scooped up the last $88 acer, starting a collection Smilie
Pro
Aug 19, 2022 04:03 PM
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Aug 19, 2022 04:03 PM
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Bought this back in July and primarily have it connected to my HDTV for streaming Netflix, Youtube TV, Hulu, Disney etc... Works great and is quick and responsive. My old Asus i5 notebook from 2012 was showing signs of age and having trouble handling the streams as of recent years.
Aug 19, 2022 04:10 PM
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OnThruTheChompersAug 19, 2022 04:10 PM
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Quote from RuinationDay :
Mine came in like new condition and is a great value. I replaced the CPU fan and it is now silent.
Yes curious about what you replaced it with. I tried a Noctua and it didn't go well.
Aug 19, 2022 04:14 PM
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NDmanAug 19, 2022 04:14 PM
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Quote from OnThruTheChompers :
Yes curious about what you replaced it with. I tried a Noctua and it didn't go well.
Bought this on the previous deal and bought the fan from ebay that was suggested in the thread. It's worked very well. (see post #181)

https://slickdeals.net/f/15751309-acer-aspire-xc-refurb-desktop-intel-core-i5-11400-2-60ghz-8gb-ram-512gb-ssd-w10h-299-19-at-acer-via-ebay?v=1&p=154887391&src=SiteSearch#post154887391
Aug 19, 2022 04:17 PM
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fbuellerAug 19, 2022 04:17 PM
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Quote from TheEdge :
It won't. When you tell Plex where your media libraries are (TV shows vs. movies vs. music), it will map that location. If you change it out, the media will be considered "offline". So you'll be dealing with "halvsies" -- half content online/half content offline if you're doing drive swaps.

Either use multiple USB external drives simultaneously or opt for a consolidated larger single drive.
It will work, actually, it only maps the drive letter and folder. If he shuts down Plex, pops in a replacement drive, maps the drive to the same drive letter with the same folder structure, and then restarts Plex it'll be fine. Plex won't notice the difference and will just work as if nothing happened, won't even rescan.
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TheEdge
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Aug 19, 2022 04:22 PM
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Quote from fbueller :
It will work, actually, it only maps the drive letter and folder. If he shuts down Plex, pops in a replacement drive, maps the drive to the same drive letter with the same folder structure, and then restarts Plex it'll be fine. Plex won't notice the difference and will just work as if nothing happened, won't even rescan.
I understand how it maps it.

If Movie A is on Drive 1 and mapped to P:/Movies

Then he pulls that drive and pluggs in another one that is mapped to that same letter...

With Movie B on Drive 2 in the folder P:/Movies

When he has Drive 1 connected, Movie B will appear offline if he tries to play it and vice-versa.

Which is why I commented about it being "halvsies" and the media showing offline for the titles that aren't available

So can he still do it? Sure. Is it optimal? No, not really.

I mean, if he wants it to be a guessing game as to which titles are currently accessible and which ones aren't based on which drive is connected, sure...that'll work. But when you get to the point where you have hundreds of titles in your library and (assuming they're evenly distributed) that you want to play 50/50 shot as to whether a particular title will play based on what drive is connected... that's not fun.

Which is why he'd be better off using multiple USB ports and keeping them mapped to different drives.

EDIT: My "it won't" comment from above was in reference to his question of "will it be smart enough to know if the drives have been swapped". Which is correct. It won't. If two separate USB drives are mapped to the same letter, it won't automatically detect that it's a different drive and therefore look at a different path (which you probably wouldn't want to do anyway).
Last edited by TheEdge August 19, 2022 at 09:26 AM.

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Aug 19, 2022 04:26 PM
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SteveA7911Aug 19, 2022 04:26 PM
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Quote from Neil1985 :
I bought the refurb Optiplex 5040 and sent it back. The product description states it comes with 8gb DDR4 ram. It does not. It comes with DDR3 RAM. Dell did not make a 5040 with DDR4 RAM. I contacted Amazon and encouraged them to adjust their listing description.

I ended up buying a refurb Acer Aspire with an i5 11400 and 8gb ddr4 ram for $300. the processor upgrade was worth it, as the machine is going to handle 8 security cams with deepstack AI.
Yes. the 7040 does come with ddr4 though.
Aug 19, 2022 04:38 PM
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Pyronic120Aug 19, 2022 04:38 PM
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Quote from Mundosold :
they have the $300 one with the i5 11400 too. No sign of the 88 celeron though.
link please?
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fbuellerAug 19, 2022 04:39 PM
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Quote from TheEdge :
I understand how it maps it.

If Movie A is on Drive 1 and mapped to P:/Movies

Then he pulls that drive and pluggs in another one that is mapped to that same letter...

With Movie B on Drive 2 in the folder P:/Movies

When he has Drive 1 connected, Movie B will appear offline if he tries to play it and vice-versa.

Which is why I commented about it being "halvsies" and the media showing offline for the titles that aren't available

So can he still do it? Sure. Is it optimal? No, not really.

I mean, if he wants it to be a guessing game as to which titles are currently accessible and which ones aren't based on which drive is connected, sure...that'll work. But when you get to the point where you have hundreds of titles in your library and (assuming they're evenly distributed) that you want to play 50/50 shot as to whether a particular title will play based on what drive is connected... that's not fun.

Which is why he'd be better off using multiple USB ports and keeping them mapped to different drives.

EDIT: My "it won't" comment from above was in reference to his question of "will it be smart enough to know if the drives have been swapped". Which is correct. It won't. If two separate USB drives are mapped to the same letter, it won't automatically detect that it's a different drive and therefore look at a different path (which you probably wouldn't want to do anyway).
That's all true, but I was answering agnostically without referring to his specific use case.
Aug 19, 2022 04:39 PM
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MaKlounkeeAug 19, 2022 04:39 PM
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double the RAM for about $25, here's a couple options...

$25 [amazon.com]

$25.50 [newegg.com]
Aug 19, 2022 04:49 PM
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mojohnnybravoAug 19, 2022 04:49 PM
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its been this price for ages now
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F-ZeroAug 19, 2022 05:00 PM
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Can this run the Yuzu emulator?
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zhalieAug 19, 2022 05:04 PM
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I'm very happy with my $88 ACER. I have beast machines and I only use it as lower power "NAS".

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SlickonthisAug 19, 2022 06:24 PM
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Quote from Mundosold :
they have the $300 one with the i5 11400 too. No sign of the 88 celeron though.
Celeron? LMAO
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