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180 W Gold efficiency power supply!Probably it has weird shape.So if the psu stopped working, say goodbye to the computer.
It's got a 2 year guarantee. After that, you'll probably be able to find cheap used or third party replacements. It's not like this is an obscure brand.
This seems like a good deal, until you look a little closer. It probably only has two DIMM slots, which means you'll want to purchase a pair of 8 GB DIMMS (I'd probably go for 2 x 16GB); but at least it's DDR4 so pretty cheap. Figure another 50 bucks for 32GB if you buy on eBay. And the video output is only HDMI 1.4 or VGA, which means you'll want to add a video card (nothing too fancy, there won't be enough room or power) to get a Displayport or HDMI 2.x output if you want to drive a 4K monitor. The 1TB hard drive is basically a throwaway. The CPU is 4 years old but reasonably powerful, even by today's standards. But after you've paid for the add-ons, it's hard to argue for this over a new mini PC at around the same price.
This seems like a good deal, until you look a little closer. It probably only has two DIMM slots, which means you'll want to purchase a pair of 8 GB DIMMS (I'd probably go for 2 x 16GB); but at least it's DDR4 so pretty cheap. Figure another 50 bucks for 32GB if you buy on eBay. And the video output is only HDMI 1.4 or VGA, which means you'll want to add a video card (nothing too fancy, there won't be enough room or power) to get a Displayport or HDMI 2.x output if you want to drive a 4K monitor. The 1TB hard drive is basically a throwaway. The CPU is 4 years old but reasonably powerful, even by today's standards. But after you've paid for the add-ons, it's hard to argue for this over a new mini PC at around the same price.
Exactly, I just bought a Ryzen 7 7840hs with 32gb and 1T SSD for $368 .. pretty hard to beat some of the mini pc's
It's got a 2 year guarantee. After that, you'll probably be able to find cheap used or third party replacements. It's not like this is an obscure brand.
Its going to be very limited options, proprietary parts. I had an HP Pavilion with a RX 580, they are hard to find replacements and they are way more expensive then they're worth. *that was a few years ago, prices could have changed*
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Probably it has weird shape.
So if the psu stopped working, say goodbye to the computer.
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Exactly, I just bought a Ryzen 7 7840hs with 32gb and 1T SSD for $368 .. pretty hard to beat some of the mini pc's
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