Refurbished Dell Optiplex 990
Core i5-2400 3.1GHz
8GB DDR3 RAM
3Years Warranty for NEW 240G/480G SSD
Win10Pro
10xUSB Ports (6xUSB2.0 Rear, 4xUSB2.0 Front)
Display Port
VGA
DVDRW
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It can give out FHD to your tv you dont need a video card.
You can get an andiord box too cheaper to buy and cheaper to run(consume much less power)
hmmmm I do have a few android boxes in the house and might give that a go.
being an i5-2400 - these CPUs are already about 8 years old.
Totally agree, 2nd gen i5 is a long way from the 4th gen refurbs seen recently.
For a little over $200 a 4th gen machine can be purchased.
I'd pass on this.
No HDMI port, so you will probably need DisplayPort to HDMI converter or cable. VGA doesn't carry sound.
I would avoid this as its a sandy bridge.
Ivybridge and Haswells are going for similar or lower prices.
and these are pretty loud compared to the ivy and haswells
Anyone got a link for a cheap 1050ti low profile card to go in this?
This processor would probably be a slow point for a half decent card.
If you know rubbish bin well, you may find lots of this kind of scrap metals (without SSD) inside with Windows license sticker (can be freely upgrade to Windows 10 Pro)….
how many years old are these machines?
the i5-2400 is about 8 years old.. they machines may not be that old.. but the tech is not new. That said, my desktop is an i5-2400 with 16GB RAM, SSD HDD and GTX 1060 6GB video card.. runs 1080p games quite nicely.
Is it capable of playing 4K in a 65 inch TV?
On its own? No chance. You need a graphics card to go with it.
TV size doesn’t matter either
Edit: thought you meant gaming. Ignore me ;)
From what I gather, no.
The processor needs to be a 4th Generation or higher for the iGPU to support local 4K playback.
But, you can purchase and install a GTX 1030 Low Profile GPU, and it'll play local 4K media just fine. A GTX 1050 Low Profile would be significantly more helpful when encoding or decoding 4K content.
Very old and no USB3. Consider paying slightly more for a 9010 or 9020.
Can't you just buy and add a USB3 PCIe card to make it support USB3?. It does have some PCIe expansion slots.
This is all you should need at a $35 outlay.
https://www.pccasegear.com/products/41786/orico-usb-3-0-4-po…
but you could buy a newer CPU and system with USB 3.0 as cheap or cheaper. There are lots of desktop i5-4xxx and later CPU series desktops being thrown out by offices.
SFF - will probably need a smaller USB3 PCIe card.
No a SFF case still takes ordinary sized PCIe cards as in takes a standard size face plate. Except for huge long graphics cards it will have issues with that.
This is where the refurb shops buy these machines in Adelaide:
https://www.mgs.net.au/auction/preliminarylisting.html?a=834…
Your state will almost certainly have a similar disposal auction house for government fleet machines, which is what these will mostly be.
Buy an i5 4th gen. They routinely sell for around the $200 mark at auction.
You take a bit of a risk, given there's no warranty, but remember that if you're buying one of fleet, the chances are very high that just last week that machine was on a desk in an office working fine. Also remember that government and other fleet purchasers generally don't hold onto broken machines to sell with the rest of the fleet, they get them fixed under warranty.
Anyone know the Vic equivalent?
Almost worth a neg vote given eBay offerings.
Shiny new 240G SSD won't save this.
Issues are:
* Processor came out Q4 2010 - that's an old processor.
* No USB 3.0 - have fun transferring files.
* Dell 990 - old machine, which means old power supply, which means bigger lottery than usual.
Note can get HDMI easily via $10 DP-HDMI adaptor.
People are throwing these out for hard rubbish collection - get a 9010/9020 with 4th gen processor for a few dollar more.
The Phantom
Still awesome
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I want to pull the trigger as my current Acer is getting slower after 10 years.
I have the Acer hooked up to a 50" TV and use that to stream you-tube and daily internet browsing.
will this connect via HDMI and gives me high definition output onto a TV?
Do I need a sound card or video card?