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Message started by Lonely Raven on 02/23/19 at 23:07:49

Title: Budget Mini Computer Sale! $75 shipped!
Post by Lonely Raven on 02/23/19 at 23:07:49

Hey all!

I'm trying to purge a bunch of stuff and clear out my house a bit.
I may possibly have a job opportunity that will cause me to move, and I'm panicking at how much stuff I have in this house...so this is prompting me to get off my butt and sell stuff I keep meaning to post for sale. :) More stuff to be posted as I get to it! (tubes, speaker wire, etc)

These are older PCs that I was using to build my original Lonely Raven audiophile PCs. When I find a good deal, I buy a bunch!

Anyways, these are off lease, out of warranty Tiny Form Factor business grade PCs. Tiny (like 8" x "8 x 1"), durable, and using standard Intel i5 processor, hard dive and ram. These are *not* built up with Windows 10 and all the audiophile software and all that. These are just the hardware that I bought to build said PCs.

Here is what you get:
Tiny PC with Power supply
i5 Intel Processor
4GB RAM
300 GB Hard Drive
No CD Rom or WiFi though you can easily add that those via USB

I will fully test every USB port, network port, video port and features to make sure they work, then ship them to you for only $75 each.

These are 100% Roon ROCK compatible, as I used one myself for over a year. Can be a great End Point for audio using Windows, or Linux or any custom PC based audiophile OS. It's up to you.

If nothing else, it's a good, inexpensive computer for your kids. :)

Hit me up, as I'm looking to move these quickly. First come first served.

Note: can of mead for size reference only, not included in sale. ;)

Title: Re: Budget Mini Computer Sale! $75 shipped!
Post by Jeff of Arabica on 02/23/19 at 23:50:03

Pardon me Lonely Raven... Is that mead autumnal?

In all seriousness, great deal on those PC's based on the parts list. For someone on a budget that wants to stream Roon or even Audirvana, can't beat the price.

Title: Re: Budget Mini Computer Sale! $75 shipped!
Post by HockessinKid on 02/24/19 at 00:09:34

Good luck with both sales LR. I have a message out to a local computer guru to see if he's interested in the PC's.

Has anyone used the 8AWG cable you also listed for DIY power cord builds?

HK

Title: Re: Budget Mini Computer Sale! $75 shipped!
Post by Dana on 02/24/19 at 20:09:40

Quick question. Are these fanless?
What is the other port on the back that isn't USB. ESata?

Title: Re: Budget Mini Computer Sale! $75 shipped!
Post by armstdav on 02/24/19 at 20:44:29

The non-USB port is a DisplayPort, used for video out.

Title: Re: Budget Mini Computer Sale! $75 shipped!
Post by MarioEd on 02/25/19 at 17:27:15

Hi,

I'm interested in buying one of your mini pc's. A couple of quick questions, what generation i5 cpu's do these have and do these have an hdmi out?

Regards,
Mario

Title: Re: Budget Mini Computer Sale! $75 shipped!
Post by Colin B on 02/26/19 at 01:40:49

Not the OP, but while they do not have HDMI you can use a DisplayPort to HDMI adapter to handle the conversion (DisplayPort can ship HDMI, just the wiring is different). If you want to use HDMI audio over DP I believe that's entirely possible, but I don't have any experience there.

Title: Re: Budget Mini Computer Sale! $75 shipped!
Post by Lonely Raven on 02/26/19 at 18:32:31

Quote:

Quick question. Are these fanless?
What is the other port on the back that isn't USB. ESata?

They do have a small fan over the processor, but the only time I've ever had it come on loud enough to be heard, is when a customer asked me to put a high end i7 processor in the little box. Stock format, it is almost perfectly quiet.

Title: Re: Budget Mini Computer Sale! $75 shipped!
Post by Lonely Raven on 02/26/19 at 18:35:02

Quote:

Has anyone used the 8AWG cable you also listed for DIY power cord builds?

I've made multiple power cords from it. In fact my current setup has a 9' power cord going to my P10, since I moved my gear far away from where I originally put my dedicated outlet. I typically loosely braid the 3 strands, and use rhodium plated "audiophile" plugs that have solid connections.

Title: Re: Budget Mini Computer Sale! $75 shipped!
Post by Lonely Raven on 02/27/19 at 17:12:50

I have two of these PCs left, (possibly a 3rd, I still have to install a hard drive and test before I'm conformable selling).

Message me if you're interest, but I have two ready to ship right now!

Title: Re: Budget Mini Computer Sale! $75 shipped!
Post by JohnnyB on 02/28/19 at 13:11:51

PM sent.

Title: Re: Budget Mini Computer Sale! $75 shipped!
Post by Lonely Raven on 03/07/19 at 15:09:33

Last of these budget PCs is is on hold awaiting payment!

I'm going to go through the stuff in the closet and see if I have any more machines that are worthy of selling to Decware friends. I know I have a laptop or two that just needed hard drives (and full testing), and I may have some of the newer tiny desktops that I didn't sell because of a bad WiFi or something else that can easily be replaced. So I may have a few more computers up soon, but for now, consider this batch all sold!