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Oh, and one other thing I forgot to mention: one advantage of having a barebones instead of a refurb besides not being stuck with a business-range model with limited performance options for the refurb is it comes with a brand-new fan already installed.

I just changed the default cpu-heatsink and fan on a refurb mobo that I bought last year for a larger version with more heat dissipation capability, -and the power supply now immediately shuts itself off after the initial powerup. *sigh* Looks like some kind of short, probably the mobo but I will not know for sure until I install a replacement cpu and swap the fan.

Do not count on refurb mobos being able to handle the physical stress of changing the heatsink clips and fan swap as a given.