Refurbished Desktop PCs—The Best Way to Get an Awesome PC for Less–PERIOD.
Everyone is wary of a refurbished PC. But listen: we wouldn’t sell them if they didn’t work. While you may want to shell out the extra bucks for a new computer, a refurb is the best way to get a powerful, full-featured PC on a budget. You can get the perfect tower for a gaming rig build. You can make an amazing future-forward multimedia PC that controls everything from your television programs to your DVR. (Your Tivo gets you. That’s why you should lock it up in your computer tower. What are those creepy antennae, anyway?) And if you’re just looking for another PC for yourself, your office, or even your kid, then you owe it to your checkbook to check out our refurbished PCs.
It would be exceedingly odd if I were to exhort the value of these twice-around PCs and then told you I don’t know where you can get one. But I do! Right here from TigerDirect, of course. I’ve got a triple threat (sorry.) of refurbs that will have you asking your pals: “You didn’t buy that new, did you?â€
First up in my little showcase here is the Gateway GT5449E Refurbished Desktop PC. While it functions fine as a stand alone, ready to go PC, it is an ideal choice for building your own gaming rig. Why start from scratch when you can let Gateway start to put it together for you? (and thus let them incur all the scratches. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, then you’ve never stuck your hand inside a PC case.) Aside from Running Windows Vista Home Premium, this PC comes with an Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8Ghz dual core CPU. You will need this to tear through the 64-bit architectures you’re going to encounter in the near future, trust me.
The Gateway GT5449E has a PCI-express x16 slot unencumbered so you can install one of those ultra-fast DirectX 10 cards you’ve been dreaming about. It comes with 2GB of DDR2 memory, and has space for another 2GB. This means (in layman’s terms) that you can outfit this machine to conquer some of the most intensive games on the market, and it will cost thousands less than the average PC designed just for Halo Heads. On top of all that stuff, there’s a flash media reader, dual layer DVD burner, and connectivity for everything from a removable USB hard drive to FireWire.
Don’t Game? Don’t Worry! There are still plenty of reasons for you to equip yourself with a powerful Desktop PC. Like music and movies for instance! Windows Media Center is an undeniable hit, and the uses for this amazing piece of software are limitless. You’ll want to have the Gateway GM5483E Refurbished Desktop PC, of course. Media Center allows your computer to function as a DVR. A DVR is exactly like the service you get from such iconic brands as Tivo, except in this case it won’t cost you much over the cost of the PC itself.
You’ll be able to play, pause, and record live TV to your heart’s content. There’s a host of Television-friendly components on the back of the tower itself, including S-Video, Component, and Analog Antenna thanks to an AverMedia M791 NTSC/ATSC TV Tuner. The GM5483E has room for a big PCI-e x16 graphics card, as well. There are composite inputs on the front of the tower for your camera or video camcorder. Rounding out this multimedia powerhouse is a 15-in-1 flash card reader and a 320GB hard drive, so you can store and transport all the music, movies, and television programs you can think of.
But what if your computing tastes are more pedestrian? There’s a refurb for you as well, my friend. Without sacrificing anything you won’t need for basic web browsing, office management, and correspondence between friends, business associates, and more, the eMachines T5088 Refurbished Desktop Computer is the perfect (and price-concious) way to go. This Intel-powered desktop has 512MB of DDR2 memory, 160GB hard drive, and a dual layer DVD burner, amongst many other things.
It comes running Windows Vista home Basic, which lacks the Aero interface of it’s big brothers Vista Home Premium and Vista Ultimate. But that won’t stop you from doing what you need to do. Far from it: the T5088 has a Intel Pentium 3.2 GHz processor, a comprehensive flash card bay, the ability to burn 8.5GB of data to a single dual layer DVD disc, and space inside for whatever upgrades you choose to bestow upon it.
These are just a few of the refurb PCs that we have available. I tried to select a trio that all fall under 500 dollars US, and the eMachines T5088 is substantially less than that benchmark. If you still feel nervous about refurbished equipment, just check out our warrantees that are offered when you buy one. If you’re interested in any of these three PCs, just follow the links below.
Related Links: Gateway GT5449E Refurbished Desktop PC, Gateway GM5483E Refurbished Desktop PC, eMachines T5088 Refurbished Desktop PC
[..YouTube..] no, not nice :P
[..YouTube..] a gamermachine, at 512mb ram? rofl
[..YouTube..] Come on Logan you can’t call Home Basic a “bonus”
[..YouTube..] ya not nice as all
[..YouTube..] im not sure if this can run windows 95 :D
[..YouTube..] i know :D I wonder how much money they got from emachines to say it XD
[..YouTube..] lol, I’d ask for a decent amount to say that
[..YouTube..] shit pc mine is 2 years old and shits all over that
[..YouTube..] god… i have a emachine W3609 … its basically the same thing… only my one is running a cenron D (h/e u spell it) though that fan looks kinda good
[..YouTube..] not having aero is a bonus?! 0_0″
integrated graphics?!
single core cpu?!
i didnt even know vista could run with 512… it struggled to run on my old old old old old 1gb piece of crap PC i threw out like 3 months ago
[..YouTube..] no firewire??? WTF
[..YouTube..] I will never ever get a eMachine again!
[..YouTube..] logan says no problem at least 4 times in most of his videos
[..YouTube..] logan is good at making things seem better than they are. Pc enthusiasts, such as myself, can determine a POS and a decent PC. most people just trust what salesmaqn like logan say.
[..YouTube..] But of course he’s gonna say everything is good, its his job to sell it.
[..YouTube..] vista home premium can run by 512 mb ddr depend on the clock speed of the memory..
[..YouTube..] are you serious? EMACHINES.
[..YouTube..] Crap desktop PC.
[..YouTube..] haha yea :D I wouldn’t say it, i have some respect left for myself… I don’t wanna loose it XD
[..YouTube..] Aaaaaha… of course, they don’t have Aero XD
Thats why! But still a crappy computer :P
[..YouTube..] Don’t a PC , build one ( Thanks for the videos Logan )
[..YouTube..] He is a good salesman I can agree, but he does make it sound better than it really is but what he says is all true, 1 more thing for 250 dollars? not a bad deal at all
[..YouTube..] why does every one hate it when people say “First11!!!1!1″
Oh by the way
FIRST!!!!!
[..YouTube..] meh its alright could do with more RAM, and the rest
[..YouTube..] put another gig of ram in there and a XFX 8600 GTS XXX and that will be quite a monster.
[..YouTube..] FOURTH!!
[..YouTube..] whats the difference between : 3ghz Pentium D 2mb cache 800mhz and the new pentium d 2ghz 1mb cache 800mhz is theyre any speed diff with the new pentium d’s
[..YouTube..] Pentium D’s used to be built on inefficient 90nm now some of them probably are now built on 65 nm (just like Core 2)
it is a dual core yes….but you are better off with a core 2
2 vs 1 MB L2 Cache—I would go with the 2MB L2 Cache is CPU cache that it uses before accessing RAM. if you had to choose between these two processors
[..YouTube..] Gateways aren’t very reliable.
[..YouTube..] first
[..YouTube..] lol
[..YouTube..] Cool Computer!
Seems very, “modern”
[..YouTube..] tigerdirectblog already put this video like a month ago what a crap
[..YouTube..] That’s Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005… Doesn’t it come with Vista?
[..YouTube..] lol
[..YouTube..] only gateway usb drives fit into this machine. crap!
[..YouTube..] really?
not true
they’re very reliable
but their optical mouse fail
[..YouTube..] that comp is pure bullshit
[..YouTube..] I’ve had My gateway computer for a whole year leaving it turned on all day almost everyday and hasn’t given me Not one problem, I have that keyboard and mouse by the way.
[..YouTube..] GlamEliteRockSinger, Your power bill musta been really high lol
[..YouTube..] i have an eMachine 307 it has intel p4 3.2 ghz with ht, vista,1 gb ram, and a pny 8600gt i did not know much bout pc’s when i bought it but i am getting a brand new system late dec by saving my pay and getting a good pc on sale the stupid part is my eMachine is not 1 year old.
[..YouTube..] Its cheap whit power.. I mean here in sweden it costs like 1 dollar a month to have the computer on
[..YouTube..] Mean 10 dollars a month
[..YouTube..] good computer for average computer need not a gaming rig
[..YouTube..] Before criticizing listen to what he says. It doesn’t look that bad for the price.
[..YouTube..] I recommend a duo-core processor for Vista. My Vista runs freakin slow with a one core Celeron D and 512mb ram.
[..YouTube..] This system is gonna give up and run slow on. 512mb ram is slow as crap, especially with Windows Vista. I recommend 2048mb ram.
[..YouTube..] yea 512mb is slow as hell. i had it. then i added 1 gb and its so much faster. but im plannin on removin my my 512mb and replace it with another 1 gb. i run windows xp home edition sp2
[..YouTube..] If XP was on that it’d be fine. NO Vista version can run properly on 512mb RAM.
[..YouTube..] i know i got 1gb and still dont work properly
[..YouTube..] works awsome with only 1 gb, so stop bashing it. get a new computer and you’ll see the difference
[..YouTube..] for some reason it worked great until like december or until i got mugen again,but now it keeps saying “blah blah blah stoped working windows is restarting blah blah blah” help please dont got money
[..YouTube..] ROFL
[..YouTube..] HEY IM PUNY WRIGLY
[..YouTube..] not impressed
[..YouTube..] oh wow your actually wanting people to buy shit emachine is shit i have one of those it wont even turn on :D so i threw it out my 2nd story window
[..YouTube..] well dah, that pc is old, get at least 2GB of ram to be able to run half decently
and even the processor is lacking
you can’t expect the latest stuff to run well on old hardware (2 or more years old)
[..YouTube..] i have a emachines…it came with vista….the bad thing is it came with 512 of ram…but i put a stick of 1 gigin it and it runs great!! i havent had any problems!
[..YouTube..] LOL
[..YouTube..] This guys face kinda reminds me of Bam Margera.
[..YouTube..] my emachines has an amd
[..YouTube..] well sorry to say people the life span of an e machines is a 4 year life span cause the mother bored fries an the only thing that left working with no damage is the hard drive sooo dont buy one and one morning it wont even power up so good luck people|.
Hey,
Anyone that is wirry of a refurbished PC or any electronics STOP!! I have purchased 4 PCs myself and several Laptops,monitors,speakers and printers for others as well.Not one complaint or problem!! I had an issue where the slide jammed an cracked for the CD-Rom,back in 2002,Tiger Direct sent me a check for the price I paid for the PC! I replaced the CD-Rom myself and I still use the PC(HP The Best)as my main in a network of three PCs.I made money from the deal!! This is why I spent every sent back at Tiger Direct purchasing wireless mice,keyboarda,surround speakers,more Ram,webcams and the last item I just purchased from them was an External HD with 255 GB for less than $60.00.Beat that anywhere!You can’t!I looked for months before buying the one from Tiger Direct!! They have given me great support before even though they don’t do it.But thet did!!Tiger Direct is the very best place to by any and all electronics and almost anything in that line of products.
A Proud Buyer of Them,
Phil Whisenant
[..YouTube..] lol vista on 512 i pitty anybody who buys this you need 512 to run xp 2g to run vista properly
[..YouTube..] I have a question: For Emachines T3882 what is the Max memory for Video Card?
[..YouTube..] my hot videos get removed and hers don’t?
[..YouTube..] If you own a computer for more than 4 years your pathetic!
[..YouTube..] MSG ME ON MSN MESSENGR !!! ID IS jane24belle
[..YouTube..] true that
[..YouTube..] i think its 128mb…idunno tho go to the emachines website
[..YouTube..] thats cuz he has a beard like him
[..YouTube..] gateway sucks, i¨m buy one and the waranty it´s a fucking nigthmare, plase don¨t buy this brand
[..YouTube..] i have and emachines i put 2GB ram in it and how do i make it fast agen and is 2.93ghz good ??
[..YouTube..] my neice had a gateway and it broke after 6 days!(GT4010)
[..YouTube..] 512mb can hardly even run XP
[..YouTube..] pshhh i’d rather build my own rig
[..YouTube..] i own a t5088 can i use a biostar 512mb graphics card?
[..YouTube..] hi im a noob i see that there r pentium watever it may be that run at 2.8 or 3 ghz but so do the duo core 2 which one is better ?
[..YouTube..] this shit man says that anything is good even thow its a peace of crap i have this shit pc right know its junk never buy an emachines never its crap
[..YouTube..] i beg to differ i have this exact one and i put 2 gigs of ram and a 512md grafics card into it and it is fast prety good gaming machine and only cost me 200$ computer,40$ ram, 60$ video card, so 300$ for good computer
[..YouTube..] PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS!!!!!!
i got it a month ago, its already broken
[..YouTube..] eMachines suck balls
[..YouTube..] simple answer: take the dualcore maybe the e8400 or the e8200 this for around 150/200 euro
cause the pentiums have realy old tech. runs hot and are slow ;(
[..YouTube..] i like this setup, its so dreamy! I wish i didn’t live in California where Extra Money doesn’t exist.
Please check out my EVGA 9800GTX+ Setup. Thank you
[..YouTube..] why wud u buy P4 pc nowadays??
[..YouTube..] Yeah it can.
[..YouTube..] even worse it has vista
[..YouTube..] just being curiouse what graphics card did you get thats only $60.
I ordered pc equipment twice in the last 2 weeks, And my order,s both only took about a day and a half each.Now that’s what you call excelent service.And every item i received from them was probably at least 40 to 50% cheaper than i could find it anywhwere. THANK’S TIGER DIRECT
[..YouTube..] that suxs i have 10.ghz & 1tb HDD loser
[..YouTube..] that suxs i have 10.ghz & 1tb HDD loser
[..YouTube..] yea it will run well make sure you have at least 2gb of ram,
[..YouTube..] thx
[..YouTube..] PROTIP:
YOu do not add the cores together of a multi core CPU.
YOur 2.5GHz quad core, is still only 2.5GHz, not 10GHz.
[..YouTube..] My Pentium III is faster than that thing.
[..YouTube..] Are you kidding me? I’m fine running Windows Vista on 1.5gb but I have 3gb
[..YouTube..] But it’s pretty dumb that this comes with 1gb, that won’t do much multitasking..
[..YouTube..] Every time he point something from the PC( The air sound was annoying)
[..YouTube..] I found a t2825 yesterday/
Nice system but this is better.
I also found a t3000 the same day.
T5000s are next
[..YouTube..] ROFL Their speakers bundled suck ass.
[..YouTube..] ROFL Their speakers bundled suck ass.
[..YouTube..] i sue to run xp on 256mb and i could play gtasa…
it runs well now im on 2gb
[..YouTube..] 5 Bucks says the Caps blew up.
I bought mine today and that same shit happened.
[..YouTube..] Hey Russnack.
You must hate your keyboard, Because I don’t think any of your punctuation keys work. -.-
[..YouTube..] Actually the main problem is because they run hot.
The speed isn’t bad but it’s not as fast as a Dual Core 2 or Faster proccessor.
[..YouTube..] heh Gateway builds Decent computer monitors but their computers are made to Die.
Same with Acer if you have one of their laptops they Don’t last longer then a couple years or so.
So gateway and Acer=Crap.
Dell/Sony/Mac/etc= Coolio
While Custom made Computers just kick everyones ass.
[..YouTube..] Whats the FPS on Crysis?
[..YouTube..] my keyboard and mouse does not works