Desktop Deals - Desktop Packages and PC Deals

Badger Auctions via eBay offers the factory-refurbished Vizio Intel Ivy Bridge Core i7 2.3GHz 24" All-In-One Desktop PC, model no. CA24-A2, for $699.99 with free shipping. That's $619 under the lowest total price we could find for a new unit. (For further comparison, we saw a new unit 24" Vizio AIO PC with a Core i5 CPU, no SSD or graphics card, and half the RAM for $50 less last winter.) Features include an Intel Core i7-3610QM 2.3GHz Ivy Bridge quad-core processor, 24" 1920x1080 (1080p) LED-backlit LCD, 8GB RAM, 1TB hard drive with 32GB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE 1GB video card, 802.11n wireless, Bluetooth 4.0, webcam, and Windows 7 Home Premium. A 90-day Vizio warranty applies. Deal ends July 18 at 2 pm ET.

Dell Small Business offers the Dell Precision T1650 Intel Ivy Bridge Core i3 3.3GHz Desktop PC (no monitor) for $499 with free shipping. That's tied with last month's mention as the lowest total price we've seen for any Dell Precision T1650 desktop. It features an Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Ivy Bridge dual-core processor, 2GB RAM, 250GB 7200 rpm hard drive, DVD burner, Gigabit Ethernet, and Windows 7 Professional 64-bit.