Saw this while browsing on craigslist for $550
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=234589
Was thinking of buying it for my brother and then popping a Rx 460/470 or 1050/1050ti into it like what @wendell did in the Curing Consolitis.
Does anyone have any experience with this computer? If so, is it very proprietary(PSU, Motherboard)? Is it even possible to throw in another graphics card or transfer it to another case? Is it worth the $550(I think it is)?
Look for a lenovo TS140. If it has a xeon like mine its a great machine and they're really cheap.
maybe, but how much do the xeons normally go for? I checked amazon and the xeons go for $440 and the i3's go for $230. Does the used market xeon ts140's go for $250-300
Is the single thread on the xeons performance better than the 6700?
The plan with the machine was to see if I could transfer the motherboard and cpu to another case and use another power supply. The main benefit of the $550 system was that it was local and the only other thing I would need to get is a gpu and powersupply
If I couldn't transfer the motherboard and cpu to another case/power supply, I would just buy a 1050ti/rx460/rx560 and run the power off of the motherboard
My bro was planning on a ryzen 5-1600 with a Rx 480/580. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jfTgjc
Hahaha well I see them for 200 easy. Could be higher. Only reason I recommend it (its a 1225V3 in mine btw) is that you can do almost everything with it except 60FPS streaming to twitch. Does everything else amazingly well. I have also transfered the mobo and use an RX580 with it. Full boar, 16GB ram, greatest system I'll own till I get my PowerPC dream machine.