[CQ-Contest] Contest PCs

[Zack Widup]

I hope Dell has improved the Optiplex desktops. I had two GX-270's and a
GX-280 and they evidently used cheap, underrated electrolytics in those
models. The caps would fail and render the motherboard useless. This
happened on all three I had.

73, Zack W9SZ


On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw at verizon.net>
wrote:

> Tom,
>
> Prices for the Dell Optiplex 755 & 760's on eBay have been dropping.  I've
> gotten some for myself, family & for another ham for under $100 per unit
> (including shipping and sales tax) direct from Dell Financial Services,
> Dell's leasing arm, so they come with a factory warranty as well.
>
> Last one I got came with Win 7, 2 GB RAM, and an 80 GB hard drive.  And it
> works just fine.  (I'm typing this email on it!)
>
> The point is, anyone who needs a new system, look around.  You can find a
> lot of really good used systems for not a lot of money these days.  (Which
> put an end to my little side business of refurbing & reselling older
> systems, but that's another story!)
>
> 73, ron w3wn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Tom
> Osborne
> Sent: Friday, May 08, 2015 7:36 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Contest PCs
>
> I have an Optiplex 755 that I got from a guy on eBay for $115. The guys
> user name is 'computerbase'.  Not affiliated, just a happy customer.
> It's a dual core, 2.8mhz with 2 gig ram and W7.  Use if for CW, SSB, and
> RTTY.    Been really happy with it.  73
> Tom W7WHY
>
>
> On 5/8/2015 2:16 PM, aa6dx at arrl.net wrote:
> > HI .. I have two of the `puters like Gerry has, got them on sale @
> > Newegg for less than $80 per... With Windows 7 Pro!  Can't hardly get
> > the OS for that price!  They work swell, no RFI probs.  I did add DVD
> > burners, as they come with readers.  $14 each.  Video not great, but
> > for what I use them for .. perfect!
> > Worky worky!  73  Mark ..AA6DX
>
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