@kylewood He is a computer. Admit it, @phatmass. If you don't, I'll prove you made a logic error and smoke will come out of your head. DOES NOT COMPUTE. DOES NOT COMPUTE. ILLOGICAL.
Please, I'm still using my HP...with XP...from like 7 years ago...or maybe it's older than that, I don't remember. I'm not giving this dinosaur up until it literally doesn't turn on!
I found out how to build one better for less! Brand: Same as your last computer Case: Taken from last computer, $0 MOBO: Taken from last computer, $0 Proc: Taken from last computer, $0 RAM: Taken from last computer, $0 Graphics: Taken from last computer, $0 CPU: Taken from last computer, $0 PSU: Taken from last computer, $0 OS: Windows 7 like a boss, $0 Anything else: Meh.
@jc283 Pretty much this. Almost every tech support job I've ever done has been on a shitty low-end HP computer purchased from Walmart. Something is always failing somewhere. A refurbished HP? Not even gonna touch this with a 10-foot pole.
This might make the record for the least number of sales. One hour in 1 sold 3171 viewed, 828 clicked meh, 99.97% didn't bite. Might as well round to 100% didn't buy based on earlier conversations about $0.99 and $1. Guess we will be seeing this item in a lot of future sales.
@SSteve 8 hours and 45 min only 2 sold…. OMG we are gong to see this over and over and over forever. Two for Tuesdays, 5 on Thursdays. I hope they only bought 10 of these to sell. Best to donate them to a school and increase their Karma!!
This doesn't come with an operating system, which will set you back another $80+, so this seems like a pretty sweet deal.
I didn't include a mouse and keyboard too, but it's not like the crappy stock peripherals they include are anything to scream about.
So the price is competitive, but is it worth the money? Honestly, I'd say this isn't a bad build. Invest in a decent SSD (128gb for ~$70) and you've got yourself a respectable PC for general computer use.
If you're looking to game on this, you might be tempted to throw a decent GPU in it, but unfortunately the 300W PSU might need replaced. You might be better off with another build.
@betaRepeating youre better off spending the time to install your own OS right with a custom built rig rather than try to fix HP's horrible spaghetti bloatware...
I don't understand the whole "great for web browsing" for low spec computers. I play games, use CAD programs, Graphic design, photo editing, run VMs and Emulators, you name it. None of that slows my computer down at all. My web browsing brings it to a halt though. I'm not saying that the gratuitous use of flash and video content in today's web combined to having 100's of tabs open and fx *STILL* not fixing the memory leak doesn't have anything to do with it, but it is still the most intensive thing I do on my computer.
@Fen_Star yeah it's weird, I do pretty much all that stuff too, everything runs fine, but open up 10 tabs in Chrome and suddenly everything slows to a crawl... :/
@Al_Coholic I think it depends on your computer, I have 41 tabs open in Chrome, a couple pdfs that are 3-4 MB each, a graphics editing program, Libre Office writter, Libre Office calc, scanning software and a couple of other minor programs and see no slow down at all. My PC is a Lenovo quad i7 laptop with 8 gigs of ddr3 ram running win 8.1. It also stays cool. My old HP AMD laptop would've been choking running 1/4 of this and the cooling fan would've been screaming like a jet engine trying to cool it down. I have purchase AMD products only for over 10 years, but after getting this i7 rig, I'm sold on Intel.
@Kyser_Soze Well of course you would love Intel after getting an i7! They're the best of the best (minus some of the Intel xeons, but they're more for servers). But for anyone who is budget-conscious, getting an i7 processor that costs more than this entire computer is a little out of the question. Performance per dollar, AMD is always better. Once you get past AMD's FX-6300 or 8320, you start paying double to triple the price for only a 10-20% boost in performance from an i5 or i7.
@beokabatukaba I see the i7 chips going for $300+, but I only paid $769 for my laptop and it has the 17" true HD screen. I know some will say 17" is too big but this is my main PC at home, I have smaller units for traveling. A friend bought a 17" non HD HP AMD A6 laptop and paid about the same as I did, so I think I got a great deal. I do agree that most of the time AMD usually has better bang for your buck, and I've been an AMD guy for years because of it, but I love my i7!
It's only getting easier to build a computer. IRQ/DMA settings are a thing of the past. CPUs come with thermal paste pre-applied. Drive bays and expansion slots are typically snap-in, screwless designs. Power supplies are increasingly modular, which means there's much less clutter and "where does this cable go?". Cases are designed to be opened without tools nowadays.
Plus, once you've hooked it all together, the BIOS experience is completely different than it was just a few years ago, with graphical, mouse-enabled configuration.
If you can't use PC Part Picker, put stuff together like legos, and "acquire" an operating system (Dear lawyers, I was clearly referring to a free and open source OS such as GNU/Linux) then god help you out there.
I can't work on my car beyond changing the oil, I can't work on my own home repairs, and I can barely untangle my earbuds, but I can certainly build a PC.
I think you'd have better luck if you printed flyers and handed them out. Anyone who has a computer that can open the meh website already has a better computer than that HP-POS.
Doesn't seem like that bad a machine for the price, to me, and I like the idea of Meh selling stuff like this... But it's just not something I need right now.
You should know by now that the people that frequent this site are cheap. High ticket items will not sell well. Some are so tight you couldn't pull a toothpick out of their assholes with tractor.
@xEBRONx I mean what are the chances it's random. By my calculation this is 1 vmp buyer + 1 vmp buyer in Texas with sales tax. (Therefore evolution is disproven!)
I'm gonna be honest guys, I actually think this is a really good deal. Of course it's on the low end, but think about it. You could buy two of these for the price of most computers with an Intel i5 or i7. Trash talk HP and AMD all you want, but you can't beat their performance per dollar (assuming you get a machine that doesn't fall apart right after the warranty. The 90-day warranty is the main drawback of this deal as far as I'm concerned).
I've had my HP desktop for 3-4 years and have had very few issues with it. This A8-6500 actually benchmarks higher than my A10-5700, and that processor has done beautifully in anything I throw at it--including mid-to-high level gaming and a bit of video editing. Granted, I did add in a GTX 750 ti shortly after those beauties came out, but this thing is still amazingly cheap and has comparable if not better specs than mine (except for the GPU and PSU).
If it sells out at 3, will meh be happy? Maybe this is just a way for them to recycle their old office PCs without having to send them to that place in Colorado.
@YoDad they have sold three 12.5 hours later and it doesn't say sold out sucker yet. Heaven help us if they bought several hundred. We will then be seeing this weekly.
... that's actually not too bad. My current PC specs are rather similar (overclocked a 3.2ghz to 3.6), and I think I built it for about this price. 2 years ago. But finding an 8GB pre-built at this price is kinda ridiculous -- 8GB component is about $80, 1TB drive is about $60, and the Radeon 8570 looks actually pretty damn good for a built-into-motherboard-option. Certainly beats the AMD 3000 that I've got on mine, although it's been using Nvidia hardware ever since it was purchased (currently a GTX 750Ti)
Still meh, because I have no need for another PC at the moment.
@snapster MEH should do an over-under on number units sold by tonight. Over-Under bet on 10 units. 7 more hours to go! Winners get free VMP for a month!
Specs
Condition - Factory Refurbished
Warranty - 90 Day HP
Ships Via - FedEx SmartPost
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$379.99 at Newegg (Refurbished)
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Warranty
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aint no one got money for that
Of all the people who clicked meh, I think I clicked meh the fastest.
meh
@upen meh^2
Meh!
@Stallion I clicked harder.
@stomakmonkee Giggity.
@stomakmonkee Ha ha You know this deal was real crap when people are debating who clicked Meh harder:) Mehx10000000000
good job, no one bought one yet guys
No thanks, I'm still using my refurb Woot HP desktop from five years ago
@khunjeff Me too. And I still hate it.
@heartny hmm, I actually like mine
I'm a Mac user… not only is this meh - it is irrelevant...
@Kidsandliz Mehc user?
@username better than using what is for sale...
If you didn't build it yourself, its not a computer, its an electronic turd. Meh.
No thanks, I don't use computers.
@phatmass How did you post this comment, special power?
@Emitsu with telekinetic powers??
@phatmass Library computer?
@kylewood He is a computer. Admit it, @phatmass. If you don't, I'll prove you made a logic error and smoke will come out of your head. DOES NOT COMPUTE. DOES NOT COMPUTE. ILLOGICAL.
@phatmass he will'd it
@Emitsu His phone or tablet (which, I hate to break it to you is a computer).
Dear Meh,
Refurbished Surface Pro 3.
That is all.
Thanks.
Sincerely,
Rico
@RicoSuave Do you mean NFL "iPad"?
@bradraburn Yes, as long as it's a Surface Pro 3.
Please, I'm still using my HP...with XP...from like 7 years ago...or maybe it's older than that, I don't remember. I'm not giving this dinosaur up until it literally doesn't turn on!
@SavvySapphire Isn't it too late then?
@SavvySapphire better than nothing for updates: http://www.zdnet.com/registry-hack-enables-continued-updates-for-windows-xp-7000029851/
Aaaaaaaaannnnnddd another one bites the dust.. 1st one of the day. Way to go, sucker.
I found out how to build one better for less!
Brand: Same as your last computer
Case: Taken from last computer, $0
MOBO: Taken from last computer, $0
Proc: Taken from last computer, $0
RAM: Taken from last computer, $0
Graphics: Taken from last computer, $0
CPU: Taken from last computer, $0
PSU: Taken from last computer, $0
OS: Windows 7 like a boss, $0
Anything else: Meh.
@zonedabone If all of that is taken from your last computer...isn't it your last computer?
@Kyser_Soze thatsthejoke.jpg
Only thing worse than a budget HP is a refurb budget HP.
@jc283 Pretty much this. Almost every tech support job I've ever done has been on a shitty low-end HP computer purchased from Walmart. Something is always failing somewhere. A refurbished HP? Not even gonna touch this with a 10-foot pole.
@Dankk HEY! I resent that remark.. A ten foot Pole? Why dont'cha pick on a German for a change!!!
HP computer really sucks!!
I'll pass this deal up.
My laptop went completely kaput an hour ago, I just might have to do this
@WilhelmScreamer you must be the one responsible for sale #2…, of which so far there have only been 2 sold (8:45 EST).
@Kidsandliz not yet, still tryingto fix and be sure
Jovan says "will this mocking never end?" Cuecat FTW.
I might have bought it in case this package included 27" LED monitor.
This might make the record for the least number of sales. One hour in 1 sold 3171 viewed, 828 clicked meh, 99.97% didn't bite. Might as well round to 100% didn't buy based on earlier conversations about $0.99 and $1. Guess we will be seeing this item in a lot of future sales.
@Kidsandliz HP Pavilion Sunday, Speaker Doc Friday.
@Kidsandliz 3.5 hours and still only sold one.
@SSteve 8 hours and 45 min only 2 sold…. OMG we are gong to see this over and over and over forever. Two for Tuesdays, 5 on Thursdays. I hope they only bought 10 of these to sell. Best to donate them to a school and increase their Karma!!
@Kidsandliz 2 sold @ $320 = 666? Is meh THE ANTICHRIST!?
Can I use this as a speaker dock?
@eeterrific with the right cord I bet you coud
Alright, here's the inevitable competing DIY Build:
[url=http://pcpartpicker.com/p/yJLxTW]PCPartPicker part list[/url] / [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/p/yJLxTW/by_merchant/]Price breakdown by merchant[/url]
Total: $297.34
This doesn't come with an operating system, which will set you back another $80+, so this seems like a pretty sweet deal.
I didn't include a mouse and keyboard too, but it's not like the crappy stock peripherals they include are anything to scream about.
So the price is competitive, but is it worth the money? Honestly, I'd say this isn't a bad build. Invest in a decent SSD (128gb for ~$70) and you've got yourself a respectable PC for general computer use.
If you're looking to game on this, you might be tempted to throw a decent GPU in it, but unfortunately the 300W PSU might need replaced. You might be better off with another build.
@betaRepeating youre better off spending the time to install your own OS right with a custom built rig rather than try to fix HP's horrible spaghetti bloatware...
@betaRepeating This analysis is great for people who need a computer with these specs. Based on the sales rate, that market is saturated.
@Nemesis158 PC Decrapifyer has never lead me astray, but it does take a certain level of knowledge to use effectively.
I don't understand the whole "great for web browsing" for low spec computers. I play games, use CAD programs, Graphic design, photo editing, run VMs and Emulators, you name it. None of that slows my computer down at all. My web browsing brings it to a halt though. I'm not saying that the gratuitous use of flash and video content in today's web combined to having 100's of tabs open and fx *STILL* not fixing the memory leak doesn't have anything to do with it, but it is still the most intensive thing I do on my computer.
@Fen_Star Classic Chrome
@Fen_Star yeah it's weird, I do pretty much all that stuff too, everything runs fine, but open up 10 tabs in Chrome and suddenly everything slows to a crawl... :/
@Al_Coholic I think it depends on your computer, I have 41 tabs open in Chrome, a couple pdfs that are 3-4 MB each, a graphics editing program, Libre Office writter, Libre Office calc, scanning software and a couple of other minor programs and see no slow down at all. My PC is a Lenovo quad i7 laptop with 8 gigs of ddr3 ram running win 8.1. It also stays cool. My old HP AMD laptop would've been choking running 1/4 of this and the cooling fan would've been screaming like a jet engine trying to cool it down. I have purchase AMD products only for over 10 years, but after getting this i7 rig, I'm sold on Intel.
@Kyser_Soze Well of course you would love Intel after getting an i7! They're the best of the best (minus some of the Intel xeons, but they're more for servers). But for anyone who is budget-conscious, getting an i7 processor that costs more than this entire computer is a little out of the question. Performance per dollar, AMD is always better. Once you get past AMD's FX-6300 or 8320, you start paying double to triple the price for only a 10-20% boost in performance from an i5 or i7.
@beokabatukaba I see the i7 chips going for $300+, but I only paid $769 for my laptop and it has the 17" true HD screen. I know some will say 17" is too big but this is my main PC at home, I have smaller units for traveling. A friend bought a 17" non HD HP AMD A6 laptop and paid about the same as I did, so I think I got a great deal. I do agree that most of the time AMD usually has better bang for your buck, and I've been an AMD guy for years because of it, but I love my i7!
It's only getting easier to build a computer. IRQ/DMA settings are a thing of the past. CPUs come with thermal paste pre-applied. Drive bays and expansion slots are typically snap-in, screwless designs. Power supplies are increasingly modular, which means there's much less clutter and "where does this cable go?". Cases are designed to be opened without tools nowadays.
Plus, once you've hooked it all together, the BIOS experience is completely different than it was just a few years ago, with graphical, mouse-enabled configuration.
If you can't use PC Part Picker, put stuff together like legos, and "acquire" an operating system (Dear lawyers, I was clearly referring to a free and open source OS such as GNU/Linux) then god help you out there.
I can't work on my car beyond changing the oil, I can't work on my own home repairs, and I can barely untangle my earbuds, but I can certainly build a PC.
2/10 I replied.
I think you'd have better luck if you printed flyers and handed them out. Anyone who has a computer that can open the meh website already has a better computer than that HP-POS.
I really hope this sale is still an experiment, and this computer is hypothetical.
@KDemo Seriously - 9:54pm and only 9 sold. Not a good kind of record.
Doesn't seem like that bad a machine for the price, to me, and I like the idea of Meh selling stuff like this... But it's just not something I need right now.
You should know by now that the people that frequent this site are cheap. High ticket items will not sell well. Some are so tight you couldn't pull a toothpick out of their assholes with tractor.
@Dopepeddler HEY! I resent that remark.. Pull a toothpick out of their assholes with (a) tractor? Why dont'cha pick on a backhoe for a change!!!
@unkabob Ha ha ha...backhoe!
@Kyser_Soze Sounded more approiate although a tractor would 'grate' a bit.
This is so much fun... Needlin' the needlers.. Sorta like on my job.. goofin' off watchin' others goof off.
This is NOT a meh deal!
Let it fly for $160
Would it be awesome if the lack of sales caused them to put these in a fukubukuro?
bad deal~
ITA, it's more of a "move the junk that didn't sell in the mega-store at the same price on my woot site for the fools" price.
Come on meh-an! Price it like it belongs here, not the yuppie sell out site!
HAHAHAHAHAHA 2! you sold 2!
@RedHot second purchase totally ruined my Highlander joke 😭😭
I might get one for my mom's part time office work. It seems custom built for that.
2 sold, $666 it's a sign
@xEBRONx I mean what are the chances it's random. By my calculation this is 1 vmp buyer + 1 vmp buyer in Texas with sales tax. (Therefore evolution is disproven!)
This might be worse than the speaker docks.
@thebrowncoat Speaker docks are better because they take up less space.
I'm gonna be honest guys, I actually think this is a really good deal. Of course it's on the low end, but think about it. You could buy two of these for the price of most computers with an Intel i5 or i7. Trash talk HP and AMD all you want, but you can't beat their performance per dollar (assuming you get a machine that doesn't fall apart right after the warranty. The 90-day warranty is the main drawback of this deal as far as I'm concerned).
I've had my HP desktop for 3-4 years and have had very few issues with it. This A8-6500 actually benchmarks higher than my A10-5700, and that processor has done beautifully in anything I throw at it--including mid-to-high level gaming and a bit of video editing. Granted, I did add in a GTX 750 ti shortly after those beauties came out, but this thing is still amazingly cheap and has comparable if not better specs than mine (except for the GPU and PSU).
@beokabatukaba let me translate. "This Yugo is just as nice as mine...after I installed a new engine".
Still a Yugo
If it sells out at 3, will meh be happy? Maybe this is just a way for them to recycle their old office PCs without having to send them to that place in Colorado.
@YoDad they have sold three 12.5 hours later and it doesn't say sold out sucker yet. Heaven help us if they bought several hundred. We will then be seeing this weekly.
Truly Meh. This would make a great fukaburro add since the case could be reused!
@mydrivec and they should make it fit in a 10x10x10 box.
@RicoSuave sledge hammer would make it fit. Then it can be passed off as a 3D puzzle.
Sledge-dehmelition?
... that's actually not too bad. My current PC specs are rather similar (overclocked a 3.2ghz to 3.6), and I think I built it for about this price. 2 years ago. But finding an 8GB pre-built at this price is kinda ridiculous -- 8GB component is about $80, 1TB drive is about $60, and the Radeon 8570 looks actually pretty damn good for a built-into-motherboard-option. Certainly beats the AMD 3000 that I've got on mine, although it's been using Nvidia hardware ever since it was purchased (currently a GTX 750Ti)
Still meh, because I have no need for another PC at the moment.
No Georgia Red. . . for that alone, meh.
Total meh. How about nifty gadgets for us instead of products for just 7 meh-sters (current number sold).
@hammi99 eight! muahahahah
@snapster MEH should do an over-under on number units sold by tonight. Over-Under bet on 10 units. 7 more hours to go! Winners get free VMP for a month!
@hammi99 and losers pay double?
lets do a comment for each unit sold
sold 8 now
at least it's not an all-in-one
Sold 9 right now. You guys aren't having a good day :(
@Fej gunning for double digits!
Number of times suckers clicked "Buy It."
This is so meh it makes me itchy.
45 states are holding strong in saying "meh" to this fine offer
@khunjeff ...and now georgia has succumbed to peer pressure from arizona and brought the number of holdouts down to 44
100!!
@somf69 don't you mean 10 sold?
@Kidsandliz Yeah 10 is more like it. What a waste of a good Meh day!
@Kidsandliz no, I was the 100th post in the thread, I was bored
I have a feeling I know what everyone will be getting in their FUKU bags.
Last lol