Right now it's the chipocalypse out there, and for alot of different reasons, building computers is out. Deals like this soften the blow a little bit. My mother was suprisingly techy in the 90's and carried that thru to today, but due to circumstances, when her ten year old computer died, she just did not have the resources to repair or replace it. Thankfully I was. Now a refurb like this isn't for everyone. The processor is a bit long in the tooth, if solid, and with no video card you're going to be severly limited gaming wise, however...For my Mom's use case this was a fantastic buy. The processor was still SEVERAL generations newer than her old one, and with 16 gigs of ram and a ssd, it's going to run base applications snappily. Not just that, but while it's not a gaming pc per se, the onboard graphics are enough for my mom to play the few low impact games she does like. Mostly Hidden Item Mystery games by big fish.It's not visually impressive, but it's got some solid stats for a solid price, and if I really needed to I could shove a small video card in there. If you're a power gamer, this may not be for you, but if you're working from home, play pretty old or low impact games, or fancy grabbing a low profile video card off ebay, this could be for you.