HP ProDesk 600 G1 SFF Slim Business Desktop Computer, Intel i5-4570 up to 3.60 GHz, DVD, USB 3.0, Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit (Renewed) (8GB RAM | 500GB HDD) (Renewed)

My stepdad-- who is not at all tech savvy -- needed a basic computer for checking his e-mail. He had been using an old laptop his sister had given him, growing more frustrated with its poor performance and overall lack of versatility, so I suggested he upgrade to something better. He did not need, nor was he interested, in a state of the art, hi-tech computer with all the bells/whistles, so I checked out the refurbished computers here on Amazon. This was my first time ordering a renewed PC and I took a leap of faith-- given my outstanding, years-long experiences buying from Amazon as well as the 90-day $$ back guarantee -- and ordered this HP ProDesk. Took it over to his house yesterday and set it up for him--WAHWAHWEEEWAH, I was blown away by how nice it was, especially for the price. It looked brand new. I had ordered a separate 27" monitor (will review that as well). Unboxing everything and setting it up took probably 15-20 minutes and consisted of mostly plugging in cables and cords. Although I still gave it 5 stars, it wasn't all peachy, however, so please be aware of the following: 1. The power cord is really short-- I think it was 24"? (I wish I had measured it), and we had to move his desk a significant distance to be closer to the wall outlet -- okay, an extension cord would have helped but stepdad just didn't have one on hand. 2. There was no HDMI port to connect the monitor to the computer -- we tried every port on the PC, to no avail. We figured out that the only way to connect monitor to PC was through a VGA cord-- not included with either the monitor or the PC. This necessitated a run to Best Buy where thankfully they had such a cord (you guys are the best!), $14.99 and yes, it worked perfectly. When that monitor screen lit up and displayed the Windows logo we both let out a whoop of joy, that's how good it looked. I went ahead and set up the starting questions for him and we connected the PC with the ethernet cable to his router (or was it the modem? not sure, but it worked) and he was in business. Absolutely fabulous, despite the 2 snafus we encountered with the short power cord and the lack of HDMI port on PC. Totally worth it, and I'm even considering chucking my old PC here at home -- which I purchased new, cost over $1000-- and "upgrading" to a computer exactly like this one. On an amusing side note-- the box that the computer came in is the perfect size for an adult cat to sleep in. As soon as I took the PC out and into the home office, within 5 minutes, Fluffy was in that box sound asleep, on top of the packing materials. Highly recommend this product! Even if you don't have a cat! :)

I have been building/buying computers for forty years, starting with an Altair back in the day. My previous purchase in 2006 was a 64-bit Compaq/HP unit running XP, which I modified to a dual-boot XP/Win 7 machine. Though slow, it worked OK and I didn't give up on it until the BIOS failed recently, and it can't run Win 10. This guy is 4-12 times as fast (see Passmark CPU), with USB 3.0, four 6 GPS SATA ports and, last but not least, a virgin Win 10 (with its COA sticker on the side) which will be needed as Win 7 goes unsupported next year. An encouraging side note: Win 10 backs off a bit from the smartphone-like Win 8 interface -- though that's still lurking when you hit Start -- resembling Win 7 more than Win 8 did. You would pay over half the price of this machine just to purchase Win 10 alone.Mine came with a 500 GB HDD and a SATA DVD reader, which I need to load my legacy software and photo discs. Two of the four RAM slots are stuffed to make 8 GB of memory. I'm not a gamer, but the Intel i5-4590 is quite competent; with more RAM, a video card in an open slot and an SSD in the empty drive bay, it should do fine. A new puter like this would run over twice as much. This one? Hard to tell that it's not new, it's that clean. And quiet. Since it was a business machine, it lacks two small but important touches: a WiFi connection and an XD card reader, which are cheap. I have two USB WiFi dongles already, and what with four USBs on the front (two are USB 3.0) and six on the back, there's plenty of ports. The HDMI outputs use HP's proprietary connector, so you'll need a special cable/adapter if they are used. There is also a VGA video OUT (won't see those much longer), which I use for my display as I'm already using its HDMI IN for DirecTV. (1920x1080 is the highest resolution supported by the integrated Intel graphics.)In short: If you need an inexpensive, powerful and flexible Win 10 desktop to replace your old one, this is it.