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9-21-17 Core I7-3770 8300 Elite SFF $269.99 at Newegg
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA7RB5TE1089&cm_re=HP_Compaq_Elite_8300_SFF%2fCore_i7-3770-_-1VK-001E-0BR67-_-Product
9-8-17 Current deal on I7-3770 8300 Elite 12 GB of Ram for only $325 at Newegg.com
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6YC6883933
You can see all the various configurations here:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=-1&IsNodeId=1&Description=Elite 8300 i7-3770&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=36
8-21-17 Latest 8300 Elite Guide :
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...orking-and-easily-affordable-customac.224812/
8-17-16 : Here's a new guide specifically for the UEFI installation of El Capitan on the Elite 8300/3770 system from HP.
http://tonymacx86.com/threads/pastrychefs-testing-machine-hp-elite-8300-sff-i7-3770-gt-630.199712/
This guide uses a low profile GT630 GPU and not the integrated graphics (HD4000)
Directions for the HD4000 installation will be added later on. You would use either a DP to DP cable
or a DP to HDMI cable to use the HD 4000 integrated graphics. VGA is not supported and will not work.
7-23-17 Here's the current best deal on this model at Newegg.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIADT25UW3524&cm_re=i7-3770_hp_8300-_-1VK-001E-0CFR5-_-Product
$249.95 shipped and includes 4GB of ram and a 500 GB HDD.
Original Post:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0106M9CGY/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
There are 50 of these available as of today 5/28 Sells for $299.99 on Amazon. These have on-chip
HD4000 Intel graphics so you can even run OS X on it without a discrete graphics card. Nice deal !
If you want discrete graphics get the low profile 750 Ti by either Gigabyte or MSI.
They are available on Newegg or Amazon for a little over $110 when on sale.
Install El Capitan UEFI and you've got a very nice SFF system with some power.
Should be in excellent condition as it's certified refurbished. For 300 USD you
are really only paying for the CPU and getting the PC and Windows for free. Any
3770 in new or good used condition sells for 250 to 300 dollars these days.
Compare this to the current 2014 Mac Mini refurbished with a 1.4GHz dual core laptop processor
and a price tag at least 100 dollars more than this. The mini gives you no chance to upgrade
to 32 GB of ram or a discrete low profile graphics card either. Just think, HP turned Woz
down 5 times when he wanted them to build the first Apple computer. Now they make laptops
and iMac clones that look just like Apple products. But they still can't install OS X on them and sell them
to the public, only the mediocre Windows 10.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA7RB5TE1089&cm_re=HP_Compaq_Elite_8300_SFF%2fCore_i7-3770-_-1VK-001E-0BR67-_-Product
9-8-17 Current deal on I7-3770 8300 Elite 12 GB of Ram for only $325 at Newegg.com
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6YC6883933
You can see all the various configurations here:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=-1&IsNodeId=1&Description=Elite 8300 i7-3770&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=36
8-21-17 Latest 8300 Elite Guide :
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...orking-and-easily-affordable-customac.224812/
8-17-16 : Here's a new guide specifically for the UEFI installation of El Capitan on the Elite 8300/3770 system from HP.
http://tonymacx86.com/threads/pastrychefs-testing-machine-hp-elite-8300-sff-i7-3770-gt-630.199712/
This guide uses a low profile GT630 GPU and not the integrated graphics (HD4000)
Directions for the HD4000 installation will be added later on. You would use either a DP to DP cable
or a DP to HDMI cable to use the HD 4000 integrated graphics. VGA is not supported and will not work.
7-23-17 Here's the current best deal on this model at Newegg.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIADT25UW3524&cm_re=i7-3770_hp_8300-_-1VK-001E-0CFR5-_-Product
$249.95 shipped and includes 4GB of ram and a 500 GB HDD.
Original Post:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0106M9CGY/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
There are 50 of these available as of today 5/28 Sells for $299.99 on Amazon. These have on-chip
HD4000 Intel graphics so you can even run OS X on it without a discrete graphics card. Nice deal !
If you want discrete graphics get the low profile 750 Ti by either Gigabyte or MSI.
They are available on Newegg or Amazon for a little over $110 when on sale.
Install El Capitan UEFI and you've got a very nice SFF system with some power.
Should be in excellent condition as it's certified refurbished. For 300 USD you
are really only paying for the CPU and getting the PC and Windows for free. Any
3770 in new or good used condition sells for 250 to 300 dollars these days.
Compare this to the current 2014 Mac Mini refurbished with a 1.4GHz dual core laptop processor
and a price tag at least 100 dollars more than this. The mini gives you no chance to upgrade
to 32 GB of ram or a discrete low profile graphics card either. Just think, HP turned Woz
down 5 times when he wanted them to build the first Apple computer. Now they make laptops
and iMac clones that look just like Apple products. But they still can't install OS X on them and sell them
to the public, only the mediocre Windows 10.
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