HP 800 G2 Tower Desktop (Intel i5-6500, GTX 1660 Super)

Of all the refurbished gaming desktops in our range, this HP EliteDesk 800 G2 tower stands out for one reason: it’s paired with a genuinely capable GTX 1660 Super, a real step up from the entry-level GTX 1050 Ti and RX 550 cards found in most budget refurbished builds, giving you solidly playable 1080p gaming in current titles.

Key Features

• Intel Core i5-6500 Processor — A quad-core Skylake-generation CPU boosting up to 3.60GHz, still capable for gaming and everyday computing.
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super (6GB) — A genuine mid-range Turing-architecture graphics card with 6GB of GDDR6 memory — noticeably more powerful than the entry-level cards typically found in refurbished gaming PCs at this price point.
• 16GB DDR4 Memory — Ample RAM for smooth multitasking and modern gaming.
• 1TB SSD — A full terabyte of fast solid-state storage, meaning quick boot times and fast game loading across your whole library, not just a small system drive.
• Full Tower Case — Good airflow and space for the GTX 1660 Super to run cool, with room for future upgrades.
• Windows 11 Professional — Genuine, pre-installed and ready to use.
• Professionally Refurbished — Fully tested and inspected before sale.
• Ports & Connectivity — Full-size HP business I/O including multiple USB 3.0 ports, DisplayPort video output, and Gigabit Ethernet for a stable, low-latency wired connection during online play.

A Genuine Step Up: Real 1080p Gaming Performance

The GTX 1660 Super is a meaningfully more capable card than the GTX 1050 Ti and RX 550 that appear elsewhere in budget refurbished gaming PCs — it’s a card that was still being recommended as a strong 1080p gaming option well after its 2019 release. With 6GB of GDDR6 memory, it comfortably handles the vast majority of current and recent AAA titles at 1080p on medium-to-high settings with smooth frame rates, and it will fly through esports titles at high settings and high frame rates. It doesn’t support ray tracing or DLSS the way NVIDIA’s RTX cards do, so if the newest titles lean heavily on those features you’ll want to keep settings conventional rather than expecting ray-traced visuals, but for straightforward rasterized gaming performance, this is a genuinely satisfying card that outperforms most GPUs found in this price bracket.

The quad-core i5-6500 behind it is an older chip, so in a small number of heavily CPU-bound titles it may be the limiting factor rather than the graphics card, but for the vast majority of games the GTX 1660 Super is doing the heavy lifting and delivering results well above what you’d expect at this price. As a refurbished unit, some light cosmetic wear is possible, but every system is functionally tested before it ships, and the full-size 1TB SSD means your whole library loads fast — not just your primary game. If you’re after the best gaming performance-per-pound in our budget refurbished range, this is it.

Who it’s for: this is the pick in our budget refurbished range for gamers who want genuine current-title performance rather than esports-only capability — think shooters, open-world games, and recent releases at 1080p medium-to-high settings, not just older or lightweight titles. It suits gamers upgrading from an entry-level GPU who want a noticeable, tangible performance jump without paying for a brand-new system.

Every machine we sell has already been unboxed, cleaned, inspected and functionally tested by a technician before it’s approved for listing, so the usual risk of buying secondhand computer hardware has already been handled on your behalf. We’d rather be straightforward about exactly what this graphics card delivers than talk it up beyond what it can actually achieve, because that honesty is what keeps customers coming back to us for their next upgrade.

Specifications

• Processor: Intel Core i5-6500, 4 cores / 4 threads, up to 3.60GHz
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super, 6GB GDDR6
• Memory: 16GB DDR4
• Storage: 1TB SSD
• Operating System: Windows 11 Professional
• Form Factor: HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Tower
• Condition: Professionally refurbished and tested
• Connectivity: USB 3.0, DisplayPort, Gigabit Ethernet