Having just received a Refurbished Prebuilt PC, I'm curious what the basic check list of things to do is?
For example, checking if the various ports work is as simple as trying to use them, but how can I check if everything if perfect with stuff like the HDD, SSD, RAM, CPU and so on?
I assume it's possible to have minor defects that won't prevent the machine from working, so is it possible for me to do a "check up" on these individual components, and if so, how would I do that?
Another example is I'm pretty sure it will come with a bunch of bloatware installed, not to mention the risk (albeit very slight) that whoever was in contact with the machine could have put some shady stuff on it, so should I be formatting the entire thing up front and clean installing windows?
Aside from those things, is there anything else I should be doing before I consider the machine fine, because I only have a 90 day warranty for it atm and just want to make sure it has a "clean bill of health" while that warranty is still active.
As for the PC itself, I picked this up for about $600 total:
https://www.cnet.com/products/asus-g11cd-b13-core-i5-6400-2-7-ghz-16-gb-1-512-tb/specs/Thanks for any help guys.
This post was edited by Shinigami on Feb 12 2018 10:54pm