I know that refurbished electronics are a bit of a gamble. Even if the people who do the cleaning and refit have checked all the boxes, who knows what abuses the machine suffered in its former life. All that said, my expectations were well tempered. Yours should be too! This is used merchandise, so be prepared to contact customer service if something isn’t right, and don’t make a fuss unless they fail to make it right. If that doesn’t sound like fun to you, then buy a new machine.In my case, the computer I received was immaculate inside and out. I suspect it had pretty low hours before it was refurbished. It boots quickly and runs almost silent (you won’t hear it unless there’s nothing else in the room that makes a sound). No issues with the fresh windows install (don’t throw out the papers in the box! You’ll need them to get started). Unlike many of the refurb PC’s in this price range, this has actual, built-in wifi instead of one of those useless USB dongles. The included usb keyboard and mouse were HP branded and appeared to be new. A lot of reviews on other machines complain about super-cheap generic peripherals, so this was a nice surprise. There was also a display port to hdmi converter included, so you’d only need a standard hdmi cable to connect. I opted to buy a display to hdmi cable instead, so I didn’t end up using it.It’s not a new computer, and it’s definitely not a gaming PC (I’m using it as a light duty steam machine, but not running anything with high processing or graphics demand), but it’s exactly the product that was described. Mine was perfect out of the box, but if it wasn’t, I’m confident the seller would have made it right!