But it’s eligible for upgrade per description…
So… Shall we declare it a steal?
Seems cheap for what it does…
My inlaws were on a lookout for a new PC, and this seems like the price is right… but is it too good to be true, or am I missing something?
Is there a catch? Anyone?
Not a bad price, at Newe** it’s 599.99.
Brand lenovo
Series IdeaCentre
Model K230(5359-3AU)
Recommended Usage Home / Home Office
Processor Intel Core 2 Duo E7400(2.8GHz)
Processor Main Features 64 bit Dual Core Processor
Cache Per Processor 3MB L2 Cache
Memory 6GB DDR2 667
Hard Drive 640GB 7200RPM
Optical Drive 1 DVD±RW
Graphics Intel GMA 3100
Audio Sound card - Integrated
Ethernet Gigabit LAN
Keyboard PS2 Antibacterial Keyboard
Mouse USB Wheel Mouse
Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit
Motherboard
Chipset Intel G33
CPU
CPU Type Core 2 Duo
Installed Qty 1
CPU FSB 1066MHz
CPU Speed E7400(2.80GHz)
L2 Cache Per CPU 3MB
CPU Socket Type LGA 775
CPU Main Features 64 bit Dual Core Processor
Graphics
GPU/VPU Type Intel GMA 3100
Graphics Interface Integrated video
Memory
Memory Capacity 6GB DDR2
Memory Speed DDR2 667
Form Factor DIMM 240-pin
Memory Slot (Total) 4
Maximum Memory Supported 8GB
Hard Drive
HDD Capacity 640GB
HDD RPM 7200rpm
Optical Drive
Optical Drive Type DVD±RW
Audio
Audio Chipset Integrated
Communications
LAN Chipset Integrated
LAN Speed 10/100/1000Mbps
Front Panel Ports
Front USB 2
Card Reader 16-in-1 Card reader
Back Panel Ports
Rear USB 4
Mouse
Mouse Type USB Mouse
Keyboard
Keyboard Type PS/2 Keyboard
Physical Spec
Dimensions 17.00" x 15.00" x 7.10"
Weight 21.50 lbs.
Decent machine, good for office work. Dual core and 3 gigs of ddr2 is pretty quick for excel, word, outlook etc. If you are looking for a gaming machine, you would be looking to increase the memory at least to 4 gigs of ram and a better graphics card.
Looks like there are Intel GMA 3100 drivers available for OSX…I may have to consider this.
YES Via a PCI Card!
It’s actually a decent deal for its price.
If you’d call it a catch, it’s that it’s a low-end computer. But it’ll serve you well.
A good question would be - can it in fact be downgraded to XP? I know there are new computers these days, that just don’t have XP drivers available for some of the hw…
Vista is obviously not a way to go, but deciding between a more or less stable XP vs new but promising 7 may be tough…
You can’t spell Lenovo without Ol’ Oven either.
It doesn’t have a video card…integrated, VGA video. It does, however, have a PCI-E slot, so you could add a card.
Check lenovo’s site, see if they have XP drivers for it. I wouldn’t downgrade though windows 7 doesn’t have as much background services as vista does.
Well, my inlaws would not play RPGs on it for sure… Getting online and typing up a few letters is about all they need… Oh… and an absolute requirement - IT MUST BE POWERFUL ENOUGH TO RUN SOLITAIRE!!!
I just checked the link to the free Windows 7 upgrade from Lenovo and it actually will cost $17.95 for shipping the Windows 7 upgrade. Could be an issue for some. Not quite free.
its probably about 3 times faster than the old clunker computer I am using right now… LOL
not for me. Last thing I need is another desktop.
Thanks,
Technically it would require a PCI-E card. PCI is the older parallel standard, whereas PCI-E uses serialized links, ganged from 1x to 16x wide, each independently clocked which avoids skew problems as clocks get faster and faster.
Seriously considering purchasing, but I do have a few questions for anyone who would know better than me as I haven’t bothered upgrading video cards on anything in the last 8 years lol. Would the 280w psu be good enough to upgrade to a mid-range graphics card? Any suggestions for a good card? Not looking to upgrade to the best of the best, just something good enough to play games at a decent framerate and preferably HDCP compliant for potential future bd-rom. If you would recommend a power supply upgrade, any suggestions as far as a particular spec to look for or any specific psus? Thanks for suggestions.
I am very happy… I got woot!'s tweet at 1:01 eastern!!! Hmm… that is insane… normally it is at least 1:15. Did woot! replace their previous twitterer??? 
You should be able to fun XP on it just fine. All the drivers are available from Lenovo’s support site:
http://consumersupport.lenovo.com/en/DriversDownloads/drivers_list.aspx?CategoryID=46
However, Home Premium doesn’t include downgrade rights. This means that you must already have a license of XP available for use.
Additionally, try out Windows 7 first. It really is an amazing improvement.
Anyone know how many optical/HDDs this thing can hold? It doesn’t look like it can hold another optical drive. That’d be a deal breaker for me. Dois it have IDE connections?
We’ve been working on getting them out more quickly. Glad to hear it’s working!