ASUS Desktop PC Essentio CM5571-BR003 Pentium E5400 (2.70GHz) 6GB DDR3 750GB HDD Intel GMA X4500 Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Pros: Great price.

Cons: Even for a refurbished system, the computer arrived very dirty. The mouse in particular was covered in grime. The hard drive was not plugged in and I had to open the case to connect it. After setting up Windows, I discovered that a copy of the previous owner's hard drive, in its entirety, was stored on a separate partition of the hard drive! I can't believe that the individuals in charge of refurbishing the system would be so careless as to leave the other guy's data on the disk. Needless to say, I deleted the files immediately.

Overall Review: If I had known that the computer would arrive in this condition, I would have spent an extra $100 or $200 and bought a new system. Very disappointing.

Pros: Very nice looking and running!! Not having to delete unwanted software is most exciting.

Cons: Had to do a full reinstall of OS and drivers. The keyboard was missing. Not like i dont have a hundred laying around but would like to get what i pay for! Lets see if they send it to me!

Overall Review: I would buy another one for the price and normal quality i get from Asus. Let see how long it lasts. Think they should make it a year warranty instead of 90 days!

Pros: ZERO bloatware! Lots of RAM and snappy computer. Cheap, great deal.

Cons: I got two and both needed the Windows 7 key re-entered. Activation was successful.

Overall Review: I assume the two I got received new motherboards because of the activation problem i had. Dont forget to make restoration disks.

Pros: Good price for what you get when it works

Cons: This was not referbished very well. Mine came with the wrong power cord. I have many extra so it did not matter to me. Then within two months the haard drive died. I am not happy

Pros: Seems to be a good PC for the price.

Cons: Came preloaded with Best Buy crapware. PC was purchased through Newegg.

Pros: None

Cons: No Good out of the box.

Pros: This PC is great! It hase 4 ram slots, comes with 3 2gig chips in it. DDR to boot. What more could you ask for. At some point I may think about upgrading the Processor, but this 64 duel core works just fine. I added a power supply and 9600 gt graphics card, and the performance is awsome. I also had to add and extra fan to help keep the heat down. I will be overclocking this baby as soon as i hit 1000 hours, which is probably pretty close.

Cons: A few sata cables werent hooked up when it arrived, but I was changing components anyway. also the packaging could be better, but the tower looks great. The mother board could use better mounting. when I was adding components the board was tweaking a bit, but no damage done.

Overall Review: I was about to buy new parts to upgrade my old pc, and saw this deal. You can't beat this packeage. the HD and the chipset alone is a value of over 400 dollars. recertified is the way to go.

Pros: 1TB hd, 6g ddr3, Asus. Was in perfect condition with all accesories (yes we bought refurbished). The keyboard and mouse were brand new (and still are because they both stayed in their plastic and went into the closet).

Cons: Older CPU Socket type restricts upgrades.

Overall Review: We had a total computer melt down that coincided with SC2 release so we we looking for a new computer that was decent but didn't cost a ton of money and this has fit the bill perfectly. We put a Radeon 5770 video card in and it's done super well. We had to get a new power supply because the card he chose needed two connectors but you can get the same card that only needs one. This system isn't meant to be a gaming rig or anything but it had performed well as one with the simple addition of a budget friendly video card. 5 eggs because it may not be amazing, but it actually exceeded our expectations from it. You'll be hard pressed to find another computer with this big of a hard drive and 6g ddr3 (if you don't already know on this, ddr3 in general is going to kick the b*tt [yes, it really blocks that word] of all ddr2 memory) for this price.