HP Compaq dc5850 MT Refurbished - Is it a good deal or not?

[vkatsarelias]

As I was searching for computers (preferably 2008-2009 towers), I found a website that offers refurbished PCs. While searching for a budget PC, I found a HP Compaq dc5850 Microtower from 2009 at 54,90€ (approx. 64$ US/49£ GBP).

Specs:

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  CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000B @ 2.60 GHz, 1MB Cache
  RAM: 4GB DDR2 (Max 8GB, I'm going to install another 1GB in order to make it 5GB)
  Hard drive: HDD 160GB
  Graphics: ATI Radeon 3100 Graphics (If this is underwhelming, I have a Point of View GeForce
  9400 GT 1024MB DDR2(R-VGA150915-P) PCI-E 2.0 card that might fit)
  USB Ports: 10 (it's a business-oriented PC)
  OS: FreeDOS (I'm going to install Windows 8.1 & Linux Mint) (If you are wondering about Windows 10, I'm not a huge fan. I really miss the full screen Start menu and apps and the Metro style. Plus, Windows 10 got some feature updates which really slowed down some parts of the OS and interface. This happened to the family laptop that I'm typing from right now, which has Windows 10 installed.)
  Warranty: 1 year

If you are wondering about Windows 10 (again), there is a 2nd version of this PC (the same one, just the OS installed is Windows 10 rather than FreeDOS). However, it's more expensive by 20€ (approx. 23$ US/18£ GBP). Also, they say that this(the FreeDOS & the Windows 10 version) is a Grade A product.

Some [strike]will[/strike] are going to say "You should get a PC with the newest motherboard, Intel Core i5/i7 Skylake/Kabylake, 4-6GB+ graphics, 16GB RAM" etc. But this is overkill for me. I'll say it again: overkill. I'm okay with 3-5 GB RAM, 1-2 GB graphics and an Athlon 64 X2(Dual core). The only things that I'm going to do are VirtualBox, development, surfing the Web etc. Something more intensive than the basic stuff (Web, document editing), but definitely not gaming, 3D rendering and the list goes on.

So, is it a good deal or not?

The link is here, in case you want to see it too, but the website is in Greek. Try to find a good translator (not Google Translate! 😀). If you have any difficulties reading the website, let me know.

 

[Rogue Leader]

I realize its overkill for you, but my concern with a nearly 10 year old system is trusting that old hard drive. They generally aren't that reliable. That and for like twice the price you can get something eons faster. I think you will find this system to be a slow dog even for what you need. Just my two cents.