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[innerspaceboy]

Originally Posted by Plankton

That sounds like a good match...

I’m curious, Plankton - my current setup is bothersome, with the sluggish mouse movement due to frame drop on the secondary display over the 25-ft cable, and my having to power off the docking station every time I want to do anything with video or audio playback. And with the dock I don’t have enough outlets in the room to connect my external disks so I can’t access any of my archived media.

I’m trying to determine how quickly I need to act on this particular potential investment. My current PC was released in October of 2012 and the refurbished HP Z240 I’m considering was released in mid-2016. It’s by no means new, but based on my Linux usage I don’t need anything more powerful than that.

I see that the offer is from a third-party seller on NewEgg so supplies are likely limited. Do you think I’ll be able to find a similar deal on a full-size tower with no SSD, HDD, or OS, 8GB of DDR4, 2 DP ports, and a 3.2GHz quad core or better processor any day of the week? I was planning on waiting to order until my vacation in November so I’d have time to troubleshoot the new setup before I have my next day working from home. But if you think this particular find warrants action, I might jump on it.

What are your thoughts? I really appreciate your input!