Bought three for our businesses...for roughly under the cost of 1 new comparable machine. POSITIVE: They all started fine, run FAST, and so far are working perfectly. They have LOTS of USBs on the front and back, and as the specs show 16 GB of RAM and 2 TB hard drive. Big upgrade from the computers we're
replacing. Thrilled with all of that. Negative: The keyboard and mouse that came with them were flimsy, but those are easy to replace if you don't have a quality keyboard and mouse on hand. Also, the specs say these computers come loaded with Windows 7 Pro, but actually came loaded with Win 10 Pro. They're down-gradable to Win 7 Pro, but we chose to use them with Win 10 Pro. No problem activating with the new Windows Key stickers on the cases. Only "extra" software on it was Libre Office (FREE opensource version of MS Office), which works fine. So far we're extremely pleased with these computers.
BUY NOWDell Optiplex 7010 Desktop. Fast and Furious
For the past decade I look for Dell Optiplex's for home network servers, daily surfing, specialty machines, whatever. These are business class, small footprint, fast, reliable, easy to work on, no glitz.
This 7010 was a great find, max RAM (16gb), 2TB high speed (7200 rpm) hdd, graphics for Display Port (2), HDMI, plus standard VGA, DVD/RW, and Intel I5 quad core @ 3.4ghz. Short story: an excellent machine, great performance, great price. Hardware supports Windows 7-10.
Case is Small Form Factor, SFF; still offers 4 expansion slots for PCI-e cards, advanced graphic adapter.
Refurbished by S J Computers LLC, solid job, machine was immaculate inside and out, and ready to run out of the box. They included new kybd/mouse, power cord, and Windows recovery disc, Excellent shipping.
Good Value for the Money
The only caution: make SURE you read BOTH sides of the paper that comes with this computer saying "Read This First." It will save you a phone call to tech support. I read the front of the paper, but did not realize there was a back, so I had to call tech support. They were very helpful and had me up and running within minutes, but I could have done it myself if I had read the back of the paper.
Good machine for the money
Works GREAT and good value (the price I paid) for the CPU inside. Although I did replace the HD with an SSD I had laying around. Too small inside for me to use both the SSD and HD as I'd hoped... but it shouldn't be an issue in my case. If you plan to add an SSD, keep in mind you may not be able to get both the SDD and HD working at the same time, unless you pull the optical or something. Also keep in mind that you can't put the SSD on a PCI mount (as the slots are micro PCI and it won't fit).
Great Value vs Brand New
The computer works great. It was a little used but that was to be expected. I had a minor problem with the CD/DVD drive but the seller corrected it immediately no questions asked. This desktop configuration is very good in terms of RAM, processor and hard drive size. It would have cost me three to four times as much if I had bought it new. The only minor complaint with configuration was that the WIFI was a USB not built it and there was no Bluetooth. When I asked the seller about the Bluetooth they sent me a USB one for free. If Bluetooth is not listed in your configuration then contact seller offline they may throw it in. Either way they are relatively cheap. The WIFI and USB took up two USB ports. I think there are 5 USB ports in the back and four in front so this was not a big deal. This is also a great way to effectively recycle these machines, by adding in some modern parts and putting on a new operating system.
Makes for a great dedicated security system
I researched far and wide for a low cost used computer that had a small footprint, sufficient CPU, memory and disk to be dedicated to operating our security cameras. I'll admit a certain amount of reservation when I order this machine but I am absolutely happy with the results. I currently have 4 HD cameras running at 1080p, using BlueIris software and the utilization on THIS machine is under 5% without the console which adds another 15% utilization when it's running. Doing simple math, this means I could add another 60 cameras, well past my home network capacity, before I run out of CPU capacity. I may encounter disk limitations somewhere along the way if I chose that many cameras (which I won't) but bottom line, this machine is exactly what I needed; it was exactly as described, down to the CPU identity which varied on this model from the mfg. I did add a 4TB external disk from my old system and this machine had the proper connections (USB3) allowing me to reduce demand on the internal system disk. to I am very happy with the refurb/reseller of this computer as they had upgraded the OS to Win10 Pro. Very happy customer here.
Better than anticipated.
Admittedly, I had expected a slower and dated system. This system has exceeded my expectations in every detail. I believe the key to satisfaction to this system is to not unfairly compare this system to a a newer generation. This is a solid working system for multitasking but I would not expect this to be used as a gaming system, but a budget graphics card could play most games on decent settings.
LOOKS AND WORKS GREAT, PACKAGING IS FANTASTIC AND SHOCK PROOF...
Fantastic workhorse, hums a bit, new PCs and new laptops also do, trust me, am a pro on this. Tech support is not great but you would not need it. I did not and I bought about 50. Connect this pc to the internet before powering on to ensure you do not have issues with Windows and you re fine. If your Windows refuses to come on, create a booting disc on the Microsoft website, insert it, turn on your desktop, press F8 immediately, pick option to repair your Windows or Computer and follow other options from there. Remember your system username and password though, write it somewhere. If your Windows is not working and my explanations here are clumsy, do not send your system back, support told me to send one or 2 back,, do not get frustrated, google sending Windows to recovery mode, you would be fine.
That was interesting...
Purchased this as a Christmas gift for someone, but ran into problems while setting it up. System specs were decent enough, but graphics seemed to low so I got a cheap add on card. Still ran into issues so contacted the company for a resolution. They actually responded on Christmas Eve, and even offered to cross-ship a replacement which was more than I expected.
Luckily I was able to resolve the problem on my own by blowing away and reinstalling the software I had installed on the system and that seems to have resolved things.
This system is identical to several others I have, none of which have issues or required an additional graphics card, and which have the same software, so not sure what went bad. However all is well, and they had great customer service, so the review will be a 5 for now.
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