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[Refurb] Dell OptiPlex 7050 SFF i5 7500 3.4GHz 8GB 256GB SSD W10P PC $189 (First App Order Only) + Delivery @ Reboot IT MyDeal

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For long-term storage of your files, a 256GB Solid State hard drive offers ample space to store your data. If you want to connect with storage drives or other peripherals, such as printers, memory card readers, optical drives, and more, the OptiPlex 7050 features one USB 3.0 Type-C port, five USB 3.0 Type-A ports, four USB 2.0 Type-A ports, two PS/2 ports, and one serial port. The integrated Intel HD Graphics 630 chipset delivers a sharp, clear picture while allowing for a wide range of monitors to be used via its two DisplayPort 1.2 and one HDMI 1.4 outputs. Two expansion slots, one half-height PCIe x16 slot and one half-height PCIe x4 slot, allow you to add compatible peripherals. There is also one internal M.2 slot for additional PCIe or SATA SSD storage, as well as a drive bay that can accommodate one 3.5" drive or two 2.5" drives.

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  • PandaInPants on 23/09/2022 - 17:04
    +2

    OptiPlex 7050 SFF Desktop Computer from Dell is powered by a 3.4 GHz Intel Core i5-7500 Quad-Core processor that will allow you to run multiple applications simultaneously. If you need more power, the 5th-generation SkyLake CPU can achieve speeds up to 3.6 GHz

    Im confused

    • th3brad on 23/09/2022 - 17:06

      The funny thing is: I'd have attributed the "3.6Ghz" to turbo frequency, however the turbo frequency on the 7500 is 3.8Ghz.

    • Noddy Doldrums on 23/09/2022 - 17:07

      Turbo boost :-)

      • Mitch889 on 23/09/2022 - 17:18

        The confusion is the i5-7500 is 7th gen Kaby Lake, not 5th gen Skylake.

        Assuming the Skylake part is a copy paste error.

        • Void on 23/09/2022 - 17:42
          +1

          Isn't Broadwell 5th gen?

          • ssfps on 26/09/2022 - 03:01

            @Void: Yeah, skylake is 6th.

  • battler on 23/09/2022 - 17:04
    +1

    $26 delivery to sydney

  • Homr on 23/09/2022 - 17:15
    +2

    any 8th gen?

    • ssfps on 26/09/2022 - 03:03

      It's surprising how slow the 8th gen are to come.
      7th gen optiplexes were common and fairly cheap in the market 2-3 years ago, but 8th gen still seems less common and pricier.

  • Morien on 23/09/2022 - 17:44

    I want to build a headless Plex server with hardware transcoding (Intel Quicksync). Would it be worth buying this and putting it into a larger case?

    I have 8x 3.5" drives, so would be looking at a case like the Fractal Design Node 804.

    I'd need a PCIe Sata controller for the extra drives, yeah?

    Would that be a good idea, or am I better going new?

    • Aureus on 23/09/2022 - 17:53
      +2

      The motherboard and PSU probably won't fit in to a normal case without some modifications. I wouldn't bother.

      • Morien on 23/09/2022 - 18:10

        Damn. You're right! Looked at a photo of the motherboard and the front IO is a part of the board.

        • Nom on 23/09/2022 - 18:19
          +5

          Wait until you see the shape of the power supply 😁

        • WazzaP on 23/09/2022 - 19:37
          +1

          There's also no PCIe slot, no power supply connectors and the power supply would be nowhere near powerful enough for extra drives anyway - it's also a laptop style power brick so you can't swap it out, you'd need an extra PSU to power the drives only.
          In general with dell PCs a tower style PC will usually use standard components, SFF will have a custom PSU and non-standard pinouts but you can get a converter to use a normal PSU, and MFF is a laptop inside a tiny desktop case, so you can only swap drives and add RAM, not add extra drives etc.

          • hambeet on 23/09/2022 - 20:41

            @WazzaP: Yep +1 this.

            I've put a Dell optiplex 9010 SFF in a normal matx case and I had to mess around with pin outs for power, front USB and source an adapter for a normal PSU to the Dell mobo 12 pin power connectors to the board. While it works well now, and it was free from work, there's no way I could be bothered going through all that again.

          • Kangal on 23/09/2022 - 22:14
            +1

            @WazzaP: It does have a Pcie Slot.
            There's two, one short and one long. The 9010 had the long on the bottom, so it was painless to plug in a dGPU. Since then, they've swapped places with the two slots, so that you can't fit a dual-height card, only single-height which are cards like the GT 1040… absolutely piss weak.

            Even if you could put in a Low Profile card that is dual-height, the fastest option out there is the Gigabyte GTX 1650-LP. The AMD RX-6400 won't run, as it needs the new Pcie format. And technically the fastest card is the Nvidia A2000. It's an RTX 3050 in disguise as a Quadro card. And it works great in a OptiPlex but it's stupidly expensive.

            So that brings us back to the GTX 1650-LP, which is still suffering from the 2020-2022 problems, costing USD $200 or AUD $300, which is 150% of what it should be. It makes these OptiPlex's as not a viable platform anymore outside of regular computing. Plus those 4-cores are not enough, you'll need to be looking for a 6-core version which are rare.

            In conclusion, no more cheap and fast HTPC. There was a brief period when they were great. Now they're either too slow, or too expensive, or both. You're better served using an AMD r7-6800h based Mini PC instead, but none can be had for AUD $600 and they're more like AUD $1100. For the true professional, the best option is to buy a broken laptop and use it as a HTPC. That's where the bang-for-buck is these days.

            • [Deactivated] on 24/09/2022 - 02:04

              @Kangal: Why not a simple NUC? I got an 11th gen one for a few hundred plus a SSD and RAM, manages HDR 4k quite okay. Sure, it won't transcode, but I don't need it to. Is a perfect little HTPC.

              • misu p on 24/09/2022 - 11:00

                @[Deactivated]: your NUC It will transcode just fine. The 8 HDDs that the OP wants will be a problem.

            • misu p on 24/09/2022 - 10:24

              @Kangal: Your conclusion is right but for the wrong reasons.

              The point of the 7th gen processor is that he may not need a GPU to do hardware transcoding. So no need for a PCIe slot at all unless he has a lot of clients that play togehter + transcoding too. The CPU can transcode 2 or 3 steams already to 1080p.

              GT 1040 does not exist, there is a GT 1030 but you cannot really use it for Plex as it lacks NVENC not because it is weak, it is still miles better than the GPU from the i5-7500, yet the i5-7500 would act a lot better for Plex because it has quicksink.

              The CPU is not weak, it is fine, I just made a test now with my i7 7700 that is not very far off, and even with transcoding to 1080p, the CPU never goes above 20%. I also run a lot more things compared to just Plex, 10 containers etc.

              So it depends a lot on what quality he has and what he is transcoding to and how many devices will need transcoding. For 1 household it should be fine.

              The issue that OP will have is fitting 8 HDDs in it…

              • Kangal on 24/09/2022 - 13:22
                +1

                @misu p: Sorry, there's some confusion between you and I.

                I was focusing on it as a "console". That's what I've done in the past. Thought it was obvious from my post focusing on the graphical options. As a HTPC that is strictly for playing video content, it should be fine. As a Plex server, it is generally fine, but has caveats. And for regular things like light web browsing, word processing, documents, etc it will do those great. As a storage holder it can handle it, but it's a bit clunky, won't be internal.

                There's the Apple M1 Mac Mini, but macOS may not be everyone's needs. The Intel NUCs are just, shouldn't exist, not in the current price bracket.

                The best value I've found for both a HTPC and Console, was to buy a laptop. Helped a friend a while back with one smashed badly (screen, speakers, keyboard, touchpad). Weirdly the webcam, mic, battery survived. Taped it to the back of his TV, and hooked it straight to his Media Centre. It's running an AMD r7-4800H and GTX 1660Ti, so it's slightly slower than a PS5. But overall great specs for $600.

                PS: GT 1030 was a typo, can't edit it.

                • misu p on 25/09/2022 - 14:51

                  @Kangal: oh, I was focusing on the headless Plex server from the initial post. I agree a laptop with a broken screen makes a very good HTPC. It should be quite quiet too.

                  • Kangal on 25/09/2022 - 21:40

                    @misu p: It has lower fan volume but higher pitch, simply because the fans are smaller radius. So it's decent loudness, but not too annoying, and zero problem with the sound system he has (my old Yamaha).

                    We still have a few modifications to make. It's got a single-RAM that's soldered and it's 16GB. But there's a free bay to put in another DDR4-16GB module. Also want to upgrade the 256GB SSD to a 1TB one. He's got an external 2TB HDD for additional storage, but it's kinda slow.

                    The last upgrade was to position the laptop a bit better. Wanted to make a separation for better thermal dissipation. And to place the top of the display so that the Webcam sticks out, and can be used for Teams/Zoom/Skype from the TV. The laptops microphone works but it's too quiet from a distance. The fix is to use the PS5 microphone which works really good, but currently only works when wired. Community Developers are working on it, so it will get implemented sooner or later. It's such a great controller, vibration and gyro is superb, while the touchpad works well as a Mouse Input.

    • Nom on 23/09/2022 - 18:19

      These are not ATX machines, the internals won't fit a normal case 👍

    • Nom on 23/09/2022 - 18:27
      +2

      I want to build a headless Plex server with hardware transcoding (Intel Quicksync).

      You can do this with a simple USB drive enclosure - no need to re-case the hardware.

      Just plug in a https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MD2LNYX and you're good to go.

      • Morien on 23/09/2022 - 19:18

        That’ll make it pretty slow though, no?

        • hambeet on 23/09/2022 - 20:43

          If you're just reading movies / shows off the external drives for Plex, USB 3.0 is plenty fast.

          • Morien on 23/09/2022 - 21:11

            @hambeet: True, but looks like I can build a for purpose system for the same price as this desktop and that case.

            Thanks though.

    • Andre1973 on 23/09/2022 - 18:38

      just buy the icybox 8bay usb enclosure !

    • c64 on 23/09/2022 - 18:47

      dell is all proprietary components. don't buy if you want to modify it

      • Morien on 23/09/2022 - 19:47

        Thanks

    • misu p on 24/09/2022 - 10:42

      Depends on how many clients you need and transcoding from what to what. If it is just for 1 house I would:

      1) Buy a combo that is Intel i5 or up on the 7th gen or up.
      2) get the node 804 or a cheap atx case that has room for all the HDDs. There are some older ones that will support 8 HDDs. The point of a headless server is that it is not seen anyway so who cares how big the case is.
      3) get the cheapest PSU you can find, probably you will need some Molex to Sata adaptors
      4) Motherboards with 8 SATA ports I cannot remember seeing (I am probably wrong), you can get something like this https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/133687906133 that will allow you to add 8 more SATA drives to the 4-6 from the motherboard. If you get unraid you can run it from a USB stick so it does not take out any SATA ports
      6) get some cheap RAM: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/394228098672. Go for 2x16 at least as they are already cheap.
      5) Get FreeNAS or Unraid. Unraid is great. Install Plex in a container and make sure you enable HW transcoding (google how to do that on Unraid or FreeNAS. On Unraid it is possible). I am sure that FreeNAS is great too.

      If you already have the drives it should cost you I would say around $500-$600.

    • Rygar707 on 23/09/2022 - 19:52

      That looks like a good deal for s HTPC?

  • asa79 on 23/09/2022 - 18:39

    Any micro specials

  • Eeples on 23/09/2022 - 20:47

    Will this run/fit a GTX 1650 LP card? (75watts bus powered).

    I suppose I’m really asking how big is the power supply?

    EDIT: looks like 180w power supply. So not enough juice it seems.

    • Homr on 23/09/2022 - 22:07

      It will run it no problems

    • misu p on 24/09/2022 - 11:05
      +1

      No, you cannot use it because it will not fit inside, not because it does not have enough power. Your GPU is LP but dual slot. This PC has the full-length PCIe slot at the bottom, so your card will physically not fit. You can cut the top slot to make it fit, but you will run your GPU at 2x instead of 8x, I would pass on this.

      • Eeples on 24/09/2022 - 17:14

        Thanks.

  • sternocleido on 23/09/2022 - 20:50

    As far as I can tell this should be able to do 2160p h265 via hardware decoding correct? Have an 8th 3.5inch drive I want to slap in for my htpc setup (GPU on old one died)

    • Tollery on 23/09/2022 - 21:28

      Not sure about 2160p but does support HEVC 10bit.

  • JPerez on 24/09/2022 - 05:55
    +1

    Please use bullet points when listing specs/features. It's better formatting than having a wall of text.

  • wazzawinner on 24/09/2022 - 08:31

    I am needing help. I need a computer that is vr ready so my grandchildren can hook up to there oculus quest 2 to play games from computer. Would this computer suit? It says needs to be intel i5-4590/AMD Ryzen 5 1500X or greater but I don't understand. Please see this to help me.
    https://wwwdotmetadotcom/en-gb/help/quest/articles/headsets-… TIA.

    • bobsburger on 24/09/2022 - 10:35

      This will not suit, need a PC that can take a good GPU for VR

    • ssfps on 26/09/2022 - 03:08

      AFAIK you'll be laying down more like ~$1k-$1.5k for a decent VR PC with a mid range graphics card.

  • ultraviolet on 24/09/2022 - 11:03

    Nice deal to reduce ewaste.

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