[geeks] Refurbished PC Components

[Michael C. Vergallen]

Jon Gilbert wrote:
> My boss is having me put together some mobo/CPU combos for upgrading 
> some photo kiosks. He wants me to use refurbished components from 
> Evertek.com. Given that these machines see extremely heavy usage and 
> the reliability of them is fairly critical, is it really a good idea 
> to go with 90-day-warranty refurbs? I don't even understand how a CPU 
> can be refurbed. This just seems like a good way to make crash-prone, 
> unreliable computers. Am I just being paranoid?
>
>
This does not make sence to me unless they need to have a certain 
mobo/cpu combo for the software they run,even then is it worth it using 
refurbished  parts if one can still purchase the parts  new.

Michael