Decide between refurbished computers pls

[Aaron_Blue01]

My brother can't decide which one of these two computers he should get. Which one would you pick? Thanks.

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5HA7RJ5139

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=9SIA5YV6NX9741

[Wh0_Am_1]

That depends, do you plan to upgrade them?

[Aaron_Blue01]

10 minutes ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

That depends, do you plan to upgrade them?

I don't think he has plans to perform any major upgrades on them at the moment. At least, not immediately after he potentially gets one. 

Edited September 8, 2018 by Aaron_Blue01

[Fasauceome]

I think the first one has better value.

[Snipergod87]

Second one has better processor, is a full sized case if you want to upgrade GPU in the future, and 8x the RAM.  Much better value. if you wanted to get the first one to those specs it would cost much more than the ~30 price difference.

[Aaron_Blue01]

9 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

I think the first one has better value.

Understandable. What's your reasoning?

[Fasauceome]

4 minutes ago, Aaron_Blue01 said:

Understandable. What's your reasoning?

The socket supports more consumer CPUs (from what I can tell) and small form factor is pretty useful for desk real estate. Both have quad core CPUs so there won't be much performance difference.

[Wh0_Am_1]

8 hours ago, Snipergod87 said:

Second one has better processor, is a full sized case if you want to upgrade GPU in the future, and 8x the RAM.  Much better value. if you wanted to get the first one to those specs it would cost much more than the ~30 price difference.

It's a close call, but according to my research the i5 2400 is faster.

[Wh0_Am_1]

8 hours ago, Aaron_Blue01 said:

I don't think he has plans to perform any major upgrades on them at the moment. At least, not immediately after he potentially gets one. 

Ok, do note he will certainly want more than 1GB of RAM, so that should be factored into the prices.

[Fasauceome]

1 hour ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

Ok, do note he will certainly want more than 1GB of RAM, so that should be factored into the prices.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Corsair-XMS3-8GB-2x4GB-DDR3-1333MHZ-Desktop-Ram-CMX4GX3M1A1333C9-Grade-A/273448193613?hash=item3faac84e4d%3Ag%3Auv4AAOSwKqlbkqXc%3Asc%3AUSPSFirstClass!60008!US!-1&LH_BIN=1

I would get something like this, or 4 gb. easy to find.

Not sure why it has 32 bit windows installed, but you should make a windows install disk and put 64 bit on there instead. easy and free.

[Aaron_Blue01]

Thanks for the help!