Deal Alert: $170 Core System (strings attached)

[admin_old]

If you’re a risk lover, this one may be barking right up your tree (or something like that). Did I mention that this is a refurb and has only a two month warranty? Considering you would still need to shell out $100 for the overpriced hard drive, you would probably be better off just [...]

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[NJAsmodeus]

All out of warrenty repairs, no matter what it is costs $99 at Microsoft. But I don't know if they would touch it if it had been cracked open by another company/person.