If your not a gamer & don't have to have the latest and greatest, while staying relatively current, these refurbs are the way to go. I've been using refurbs for years - and rarely have any issues with them. (Last issue was a dead memory module on a 25 yr old unit).I've been using this unit for about 60 days so far.No complaints, (The KB & Mouse, although nice to have didn't make it to the desk.. )Did have 1 glitch - when someone bumped my desk, the computer restarted, the problem was a bad power cord. Just used the one from the old unit and everything's golden....