Desktop Deals - Free Shipping Desktop Packages and PC Deals

Dell Financial Services discounts refurbished items sitewide via coupons, as listed below. Plus, many items receive free shipping; otherwise it adds $17.99. That's among the strongest discounts we've seen on these models from Dell this year, although it took 30% off sitewide last month. Dell refurbished systems are covered by a 100-day Dell warranty. Deal ends May 30.

• $125 off any refurbished Dell laptop of $300 or more via code "DELL$125LAP"
• $100 off any refurbished Dell desktop of $225 or more via code "DELL$100DESK"
• 25% off sitewide via code "DELL25ANY"

Dell Home offers its Dell Inspiron 660s Intel Ivy Bridge Core i5 2.7GHz Desktop PC (no monitor) for $529.99. Coupon code "V52RJ5XGR9XFCW" cuts it to $489.99. With free shipping, that's $10 under our March mention and the lowest total price we could find. Features include an Intel Core i5-3330s 2.7GHz quad-core Ivy Bridge processor, 8GB RAM, 1TB 7200 rpm hard drive, DVD burner, 802.11n wireless, media card reader, and Windows 8 64-bit. Deal ends May 31 at 7 am ET.

Dell Home offers its Dell XPS 8500 Intel Ivy Bridge Core i7 3.4GHz Desktop PC (no monitor) for $729.99. Coupon code "0H9Q3PQ6L3744C" cuts it to $679.99. With free shipping, that's $50 off and the lowest total price we could find, although we saw a similarly configured XPS 8500 (with an AMD Radeon 1GB video card) for $20 less last week (since expired). It features an Intel Core i7-3770 3.4GHz Ivy Bridge quad-core processor, 8GB RAM, 1TB 7200 rpm hard drive, DVD burner, NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 1GB graphics card, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11n wireless, Bluetooth 4.0+LE, media card reader, and Windows 8 64-bit.

HP Home & Home Office cuts up to 40% off select items as part of its Memorial Day Sale. Even better, get an extra $10 off orders of $50 or more via coupon code "HONOR13", or $20 off $100 or more via coupon code "DEALNEWS20". Plus, all items are eligible for free shipping with no minimum purchase required. Combined, that beats our mention from last month which took up to 33% off with a coupon for $15 off orders of $75, and is one of the best sales we've seen from HP Home & Home Office this year. Deal ends June 1.

Dell Small Business offers the Dell Vostro 270s Intel Ivy Bridge Core i3 3.3GHz Desktop PC (no monitor) for $449. Coupon code "88KSR26X$74PFT" cuts it to $399. With free shipping, that's tied with our mention from two weeks ago and the lowest total price we've seen for a Vostro 270s with Windows 8 Professional. It features an Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Ivy Bridge dual-core processor, 4GB RAM, 500GB 7200 rpm hard drive, DVD burner, 802.11n wireless, media card reader, and Windows 8 Professional 64-bit. Deal ends May 31.

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.

MOBILESHARK via eBay again offers the refurbished Dell XPS 8500 Intel Ivy Bridge Core i7 3.4GHz Desktop PC for $699.99 with free shipping. That ties last week's mention of a refurbished unit as the lowest total price we've seen for any Dell XPS with 16GB RAM and a 2TB hard drive. (It's a current price low for a refurb by $200.) It features an Intel Core i7-3770 3.4GHz Ivy Bridge quad-core processor, 16GB RAM, 2TB 7200 rpm hard drive, NVIDIA Geforce GT620 1GB graphics card, DVD burner, 802.11n wireless, Bluetooth 4.0, Gigabit Ethernet, media card reader, keyboard, mouse, and Windows 8 64-bit. Deal ends June 16 at 7 pm ET.

Note: A 90-day warranty applies, although it's unclear who supports it.

Dell Home offers the Dell XPS 8500 Intel Ivy Bridge Core i7 3.4GHz Desktop PC in Black (no monitor) for $799.99. Coupon code "0H9Q3PQ6L3744C" cuts it to $749.99. With free shipping, that's the second lowest total price we've seen for a Dell XPS 8500 with 12GB RAM and a 1TB hard drive since Black Friday week, when we saw a similar configuration (with a Blu-ray drive) for $20 less. (We saw this same configuration for $10 less last month.) This desktop features an Intel Core i7-3770 3.4GHz Ivy Bridge quad-core processor, 12GB RAM, 1TB 7200 rpm hard drive, AMD Radeon HD 7570 1GB graphics card, DVD burner drive, 802.11n wireless, Bluetooth 4.0+LE, Gigabit Ethernet, media card reader, and Windows 8 64-bit. Deal ends May 30.

MacMall offers the Samsung Series 3 XE300M22 Intel Celeron 1.9GHz Chromebox (no monitor), model no. XE300M22-B01US, for $274.99 with free shipping. (Amazon sells it for the same price.) That's $5 under last week's mention and the lowest total price we could find in any color by $6. It features an Intel Celeron B840 1.9GHz dual-core processor, 4GB RAM, 16GB SSD, 802.11a/n wireless, and Google Chrome OS.

Acer via eBay offers the refurbished Gateway AMD E1 1.4GHz Desktop PC (no monitor), model no. SX2110G-UW318, for $179.99 with free shipping. That's tied with our mention of a refurb from a week ago and $20 under the lowest total price we could find for a refurb today. It features an AMD E1-1200 1.4GHz dual-core processor, 4GB RAM, 500GB 7200 rpm hard drive, AMD Radeon HD 7310 graphics, DVD burner, , and Windows 8 64-bit.

A 90-day warranty applies, although it's unclear who supports it.