Dell optiplex good idea or bad?

[AhhBisto]

So my daily "driver" a 13 year old dell optiplex 755 with a amd 7770 as it's only upgrade has decided that it's psu needed a few less caps and quite literally ignited in my face. I'm sure some parts (hopefully the storage) are sill operating fine as I had all my work on there.

So I was thinking about getting a Dell Optiplex 9010/7010 which can be found on cex for around £170/250 with a i7 3770 or i7 4790 and just running that as my work horse. I know they give 12 months warranty on their items and to be fair the prices aren't bad at all on the dell units as they seem to be overstocked on them.

I'll check to see if it's a tower unit (ideal) so I can upgrade to a sensible bronze standard or above atx psu. And dump some gpu in it that could probably run farming simulator lol.

Anyone else gone down the same route, I know a few youtubers such as linus have used these cheap off lease units for budget gaming pc videos?

 

[Quartz]

Dells often take non-standard PSUs.

But you're on the right lines CPU-wise, though your budget may be a little optimistic.

 

[AhhBisto]

Dells often take non-standard PSUs.

But you're on the right lines CPU-wise, though your budget may be a little optimistic.

These pc's from cex are already coming with the 3770 and 4790 as standard which is good since they sell the cpu on their own for £90-130. And some coming with 16gb ram and an ssd

Here's one I looked at https://uk.webuy.com/product-detail...i7-3770-4gb-ram-128gb-ssd-dvd-rw-windows-10-b

https://uk.webuy.com/product-detail...7-4790-16gb-ram-500gb-hdd-dvd-rw-windows-10-b

 

[Quartz]

16 GB and a SSD is good.

Personally, I'd go to a store with one of them in stock and wave some cash in front of them, offering well below the sale price but above the buy price.

 

[AhhBisto]

16 GB and a SSD is good.

Personally, I'd go to a store with one of them in stock and wave some cash in front of them, offering well below the sale price but above the buy price.

I got an original ps4 and couple bits to trade in anyways and actually there trade in values aint bad considering console prices in the used market have dropped considerably.

I will ask if they can transfer it to our closest store which is around 25 miles away to inspect. (rural wales for you ) if it isn't there already of course.

 

[los]

I got an original ps4 and couple bits to trade in anyways and actually there trade in values aint bad considering console prices in the used market have dropped considerably.

I will ask if they can transfer it to our closest store which is around 25 miles away to inspect. (rural wales for you ) if it isn't there already of course.

You can just buy it, hav it sent to your house and if your not happy for whatever reason return it, think you have about 10 days. I have asked about transfering nd they wont do it. Also I believe its 24 month warranty

 

[AhhBisto]

You can just buy it, hav it sent to your house and if your not happy for whatever reason return it, think you have about 10 days. I have asked about transfering nd they wont do it. Also I believe its 24 month warranty

10 days and 24 month warranty even better. I did get it in writing actually that its down to store discretion but that doesn't matter if they give you 10 days to return. Better then saving £10 on ebay and risking losing every penny

 

[demonix]

Dells often take non-standard PSUs.

But you're on the right lines CPU-wise, though your budget may be a little optimistic.

The motherboards on dell systems from at least socket 1150 use a proprietary connector in place of the 24 pin ATX power connector, but there are adapters are available cheaply that will allow a standard PSU to be used however it's always best to check pictures of the motherboard to see if it has the regular ATX connector or a proprietary connector.