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Looks to be a cheap desktop machine; probably want to add an ssd as a boot drive but otherwise perfect for office work or the oldies
[Refurb,eBay Plus] Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF: i5 6500 3.2GHz, 8GB RAM, 500GB HDD $123.24 Shipped @ Australian Computer Traders eBay
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barge-in hunter on 29/10/2022 - 21:26 ebay.com.au (2639 clicks)
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Banned from OzBargain for asking for a price increase.
I only want to pay half-price: $69.420c
So close to greatness
Agreed, $123.45
Or could have made it 21c
I'd pay the extra $40 odd bucks and get one with a ssd. SSD makes these so much faster and more usable
Agree on the ssd part - but why pay $40 for a second hand small ssd when you can buy a larger new one for the same price, and keep the 500gb hdd as a data drive?
Dell Optiplex 7040 Micro Intel i5 6500T 2.5Ghz 8GB RAM 256GB SSD - $156.00
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/183391944506?hash=item2ab302ff3a…
Thanks
I went with an HP EliteDesk 800 G2 ($124.02) when looking for something like this for my Proxmox cluster as it has more PCIe slots. Downside is no M.2.
Will it fit two GPU? (cover off and some angle grinding is okay)
Two-Slot GPU won't fit… and even most Low-Profile dGPU won't fit.
They used to fit on the older Dell OptiPlex 9010, which can go as high as the Intel i7-3770. But since then, Dell moved the PCIe Slot to prevent people from making their own upgrades. HP was ahead of the curve on this crappy practice.
You can still use the half-pcie slot, which is a max x4 speed, and it is noticeable. The fastest dGPU you can fit; the GTX 1650-LP, will behave more like a GTX 1050Ti. And that's too expensive and too slow for today's standards. There is also the Nvidia A2000 RTX, which is basically a rebadged RTX-3600 with Quadro features, and it is very efficient and in Low-Profile size…. but it costs $900 alone.
So yeah, the dream of refurbishing (SFF) Office PCs into Gaming Consoles is dead, long live the king. You can still buy the Mid-Tower units, and if you're thrifty, transplant them into a ATX case, PSU, and then throw in the dGPU. But you may run into BIOS issues because some units have Planned Obsolesce baked-in (won't post without certain plugs or signals).
I had an older 9020 (I think) had to do a lot of mucking around to fit the card…..which didnt work
(profanity) that
not only that all the newer SFF from HP/Dell uses 180W PSU… not enough to power GTX1650 LP…
@Lionmaru-G: Really?
I know their old SFF units weren't great but they were like 300W rating. I would've thought they kept it like that, because the chipsets from the Intel 6th-gen simply got more and more power hungry.So I guess my initial assessment still stands, despite the negs.
Probably but they'd have to be low profile and one would have to be either single slot or PCIe x1. See the picture of the motherboard here.
Not sure why you'd want to do that though, and it'd be risky as to whether it'd run into other issues.
I brought up the PCIe slots with things like network cards, TV tuners, external HBAs, etc. in mind.
Got mine this week from the same seller.
It's working fine. Thinking of upgrading the RAM to 16GB 3200Mhz……..
Why ?? you would be wasting your money it can't get near those speeds and what for ??
Ah i see. Thanks for the advice.
I didn't know.
16GB is still an upgrade if you’re a heavy Chrome/Firefox tab user / multitasking. Just wouldn’t worry about aiming for high frequency RAM.
These systems are fine in 16GB/250GB+ SSD configs
Hey.
How many watts is the power supply ?
Good budget gaming PC?
Limited psu and room for a card…
That's right. It'll end up costing more than its worth.
I got one of these and a GT1030 for 60 bucks off ebay, works pretty well but obviously don't expect high settings and 100s of fps.
@whey4000: There are two different types of GT1030s - one with much worse performance than others. Wish I knew before I bought the weaker one.
Looking to get one for my parents. I assume these come with Win10 installed right? The SSD version should be fast enough just for internet, FB and card games I would assume. Any comments?
Yeah. That would be fine.
I'm looking at one for myself!
My current PC is coming up to 5yo. It has been an absolute tank, but at this age it could drop dead at any minute. Prefer the SSD version listed above, and I could try and insert the HDD from my current PC into it perhaps? I really have NFI.
Er, these Dell 7040 machines are about 7 years old.
Okay, good to know. I don't think this would be widely known.
They have an embedded/digital licence for Windows 10.
It is easily fast enough for that, I have the Micro version of the same system and it seems to work really well.
how much more for ssd?
Any suggestions between these two?
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/183391944506?hash=item2ab302ff3a…
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/195227306572?_trkparms=amclksrc%…
Depends if you value space or the slight performance increase and added modularity of the SFF.
Win11 support?
Not officially but you can easily bypass the requirement and install W11 regardless.
Use Rufus to make the bootable iso or download a pre modded installer
What are you all using these systems for? I got one years ago and I've ran game servers from it and now it is a NAS. I'm merely curious
Are these any good for setting up as a media server? Haven't done it before and want to try
I only have movies that are about 2gb in size (don't have huge rips)
Easily. These are many times more powerful than my current plex server.
It has 3 internal SATA ports, e.g. 2x2.5" plus optical drive, as well as an M2 SSD socket. So many TB capacity.
I'm bemused by all the clamour for adding an SSD in order to use Internet - my current laptop (on which I'm now typing) is twelve years old - I don't think SSDs were even a ting then. It starts up almost as soon as I open the lid. I only reboot it when an update requires it and even then it just takes a couple of minutes - I'll take a break, make a cuppa.
By contrast I bought an i7 16GB Lenovo last year and it takes about ten seconds to even start waking up whenever I open the lid. It then takes another minute to fail to recognise my face.Having said all that, I'm looking for a cheap, energy efficient device to act as a media server for a Firestick - just to load it with video and audio files for playback on TV.
Do people think this would do the job?theres no right or wrong hey, its just preference right? hdd still fine for many cases, but then i cant think of anything in the last decade that has the order of magnitude difference in performance a hdd-ssd upgrade gives, and that pleases me on a nerdy level, plus theres moments where i do appreciate the snappiness and the ability to use the machine while the drive is busy, depends what you need/like i guess?
for energy efficient media playback, id look for these dells in 'micro' format. like this, https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/733219 , the micros use lower power parts, dont perform as well but that may be the right balance for some. micros have less space for hdds though
a 7040, 3050, 7050 will be cheaper being earlier gen. 3050s with a lower power version of the i5 6500t are ballpark 150 and 250 on ebay i think, though a 7500t may be better for playback being kabylake. my search term is just 'dell 6500t' or 'lenovo 7500t' etc. seems to distill it down to the micros . good luck with the search
Thanks, I appreciate the reply.
would this be good as a nas / torrent / media server machine? (hopefully fan not too noisy? my current hp proliant is noisy af)
I have one, its whisper quiet, at about 20% load, which it shouldnt cross if all its doing is file hosting and torrenting.
thanks for your feedback
What about at full load? How noisy does it get?
Hey mate, haven't tested it at full load but I can't imagine it makes much noise. It probably isn't completely silent but it's one of the quieter desktops I've heard.
Where can get a cheap good monitor?
Used.
Where?
FB Marketplace, Gumtree. I managed to get a 24" 16:10 1080p IPS for $50.
A lot of people don't know what their stuff is worth.
@Void: @Void I agree … so many people don’t know what their stuff is worth … especially monitors. I saw so many “decent” WFH monitors get sold for nothing (just before the 2nd lockdown in Melb … which was ironic)
I got a 27” TN FHD for $20. Also got a 24” + 22” for $50 (seller wouldn’t split) cause the stand of the 24” was cracked and didn’t know one can change it to whatever VESA mount. But that wasn’t the crazy part … I listed the 22” (720p TN) for $40 and I was inundated with people wanting to buy it #shrugs
Can this PC run Windows 11?
Already answered.
Has anyone used these as a PCNVR for CCTV? looking to replace my old PCNVR which is on its last legs.
Does this machine has wireless connectivity? or you need to add a wifi card? any recommendation?
According to the US site .. it does
https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-au/optiplex-7040-des…
But that doesn’t mean this one would.
As for recommendations …
- Wifi: it depends on how your house setup is (where’s the router, wall types, etc) but most are good these days
- Powerline adapter: which transfers signals through electricity cables … which sometimes has its own cons.The answer is 'not necessarily', and in my experience, 'probably not'. WiFi isn't built into them by default so it'll only be present if the original fleet purchaser ordered WiFi.
USB WiFi dongle is good enough for most uses, cost you about $15 from your local MSY.
Is this good as a Plex server?
Servicable, but ideally you'd upgrade to a Kaby Lake CPU for the improved Quick Sync.
Do you get a windows key with these in case you need to re-install?
The simple answer is that the Windows licence is attached to the motherboard - after you do your installation, when you connect to the Internet Windows will ping the Microsoft server and verify the licence automatically.
I see. That's good to know. Thanks.
I'd prefer them sans storage (I can supply my own)
That 500GB is probably $5 for them.
Looking at this again - would this come with the special sata power cable required? Having just purchased one of these without that particular part, it turns out that it's a complete pain to get one in Australia.
Should have made it 45c