The internal speakers on this model are beyond terrible. And external speakers were not being recognized so after sleuthing, I removed the realtek internal sound driver and updated Windows 10.  Thankfully after the update, the external speakers were operable. According to Google, this model was first released 2013. Online description says HDMI, but it has VGA. I got renewed last year and it looked fairly new. I had to find a monitor with VGA (thankfully some still available). So for the money, it's ok. Definitely affordable.