I think it's amazing what you can get these days in terms of used desktops. I've been down that route many times. In fact, all my machines are workstations wor

I think it's amazing what you can get these days in terms of used desktops. I've been down that route many times. In fact, all my machines are workstations work was throwing out each refresh cycle. So I didn't even pay. Just had to get myself an SSD. If you have the money and expect to use it as a reliable primary machine, I'd personally spend the extra $500 and build a new machine. Life is better with faster USB ports and CPU fans that don't rattle :] But used machines are great for testing and tinkering.