If one goes into this not seeing it as an inexpensive source of a machine to actually be used for full on gaming, but instead see it as a reasonably priced general use home computer with much more hard drive than you should need, and possibly a somewhat beat up case, then this shouldn’t be a ad deal.
Well, yeah… except for that little thing there in the title where they call it a “Gaming PC”… If you want a reasonable priced, general purpose home computer, you can get a Dell on the mothership for a hundred bucks (give or take). That’s what I did when I needed a pc for my shop. Does what’s needed, but no one would ever confuse it for a gaming pc! 
I still game on a 1050ti, I even do VR on it (Quest 2 over wifi). I don’t know if the price is the best, but the machine is fine.
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Soooo what you are saying is my 14 yo who plays gta and mine craft will know something is not right ?
Is it more of a cosmetic thing or functional. ?
Thanks in advance.
Don’t do it, this machine is not the one. You can get a Ryzen 5 with a 3050ti for around $500, which is much better than this one.
Also this cpu is from 2013.
Don’t do it! So many things wrong here:
this is 4770 not a 4770K, 4770K is still fine up to low end RTX 3000 series, but NON K is throttled too much
The OEM MB in this is absolute garbage and won’t take any faster RAM and the RAM in this is probably at 1333
The 1050ti is one step up from a potato and yet is probably still the most valuable component in here.
I buy these used without the 1050ti for under $100 ALL THE TIME! go look on FB,CL
Current used prices:
CPU: <$50
MB: <$50(and you get a real MB)
RAM: $25
1050ti: $70(for $100 you can get a 1660 ti)
used drives and SSD: worthless buy a chead 500gb ssd for $35
Used case(Good one): $50
used PSU(Good one): $50
so there you go for 300 dollars you can build a better version of this with upgrade options. Honestly much better off buying from FB or CL just make sure they work. The biggest issue with these is they really aren’t easily upgradeable.
Don’t get me wrong this is a nice starter PC for 100-150 not for 400.
This is amazon unloading a crap load of recycled old office PCs they can’t sell to anyone.
Two words: Capacitor failures. These machines are OLD. You will start seeing a significantly higher number of capacitor failures which completely disables the motherboard. Your computer will be a brick. You can take some of the components out (e.g., video card, hard drive), but the rest of it is either proprietary Dell (case, motherboard, power supply) or specific for this 4th gen Intel processor range and can’t be used in modern computers.
Capacitor failures applied to much older machines. Like around 2005 or so.
It seemed to peak with devices produced during 2004/2005, but anything produced between 1999 and 2007 are suspect.
Yes, there are higher component failures as devices age, but it’s usually not a concern until you start talking in the 20 to 30+ year range. I would not hesitate to power on 10 year old machine (*), but I might be a little more careful turning on a Commodore 64 which I do not know when was last used. I would especially be careful of anything made during the “Capacitorgate” era.
Edit (*) - Ok, I might hesitate a bit. I would at the very least open the case and give a cursory glance at the board to make sure there weren’t any components bulging or leaking.
Hard Pass… This processor is not supported on Win 11.
People bought more than one?? yikes.
The cpu & gpu combo reviews on youtube aren’t terrible but also aren’t great. It’s mostly old games. The best review pegged the price at $300- six months ago. If it were $150 I’d buy it for my grandma or as an ubuntu replacement for one of my dumb tv’s. But trying to game modern games on this I think would be too frustrating and disappointing.
I’ve dealt with monitors up until 2009 with power supply capacitor failures. The off brand was cheaper for a reason!
Desktop computers and motherboards, 2007 was the major cutoff where the failures pushed manufacturers to solid caps instead – Dell included. Basically, it’s the Pentium 4, Pentium D, and early Core 2 Duo era (along with equivalent AMD CPUs) that are the biggest culprits.
Across the PC industry, I don’t see capacitor failures as a concern for any computer made since the first generation Intel Core series – and I’ve been dealing with PCs since Reagan was in office.
(Note that I am not staff. I just volunteer to help out on the forums.)
Might be good as a general use PC, but as someone else said, these won’t support Windows 11. That means they won’t be usable (in a supported state) past October 2025.
https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Optiplex-7010-SFF-Desktop/dp/B013RG6DE0
This is one, but there are several on there using these search parameters
Hang on, you’re suggesting a SFF (Small Form Factor) machine, which will not accept a full-height GPU card.
Not arguing the main point that the Woot offering is not a good deal, but what you’re suggesting would be even worse (although cheaper, for sure).
Do your research, this CPU is lacking in everyway. What happened to WOOT? This used to be a fun site to waste money now it’s just @#@!#!@#