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[Refurb] Dell OptiPlex 3070 SFF Desktop PC i5 9500 16GB RAM 512GB SSD GeForce GT 730 W11 $368 Delivered @ UN Tech

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[Refurb] Dell OptiPlex 3070 SFF Desktop PC i5 9500 16GB RAM 512GB SSD GeForce GT 730 W11 $368 Delivered @ UN Tech
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Associateduntech on 30/05/2023 - 12:06 untech.com.au (2165 clicks)
Last edited 18/06/2023 - 00:23

Hi Everyone,

We have got some 3070 SFF PCs. Clean units inside and out. Not much use on them. All of them are with GeForce GT 730.

You can downgrade to 256GB SSD to bring the price to $348, however we think it's better value with 512GB SSD

Specifications

Make & Model - Dell Optiplex 3070

Form Factor - Small Form Factor

Processor -Intel Core i5 9th Gen, 9500 3.0GHz Processor

RAM - 16 GB

Storage - 256GB/512GB/1TB

Storage Type - SSD (Solid State Drive)

I/o Ports - 4x USB-A 3.0, 4 x USB-A 2.0, 1 x Display Port, 1x HDMI

GPU - NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 2GB (2 x Display Ports)

Features - WIFI USB, Built-in Speakers

Connectivity - HDMI, USB 3.0, USB 2.0, DisplayPort, Ethernet

Operating System - Windows 11 Home

Computing Computer Dell Desktop Computer

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  • SnowDragon on 30/05/2023 - 12:15
    +46

    I read 3070 and got excited for a second.

    • lilchonk on 30/05/2023 - 13:00
      +2

      I saw that too and was like damn, I'm going to get nothing for my 3070

    • DBW on 30/05/2023 - 13:21

      That model name is just so confusing……

  • buffalo bill on 30/05/2023 - 12:19

    GT730… recession gaming special

    • edgar28 on 30/05/2023 - 14:01
      +3

      Inbuilt GPU could be faster than the GT730?

    • ColonialBoy on 30/05/2023 - 21:29

      I have an old GTX 750ti that I got on Aliexpress.

      Next PC will be a mini PC as I only do light gaming, there's lots of bang for the buck with new mini PCs. I've been building tower PCs since 2000 and I've built my last one.

  • Azif on 30/05/2023 - 12:24

    Price without ram and drive?

  • pinkybrain on 30/05/2023 - 12:41
    -6

    few more hundreds can get a techfast pc which is heaps more better than these older pcs

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/deals/techfast.com.au

    • mit on 30/05/2023 - 12:43
      +31

      and a few more millions could get a ferrari which is heaps more better than those older pcs

      • Lonewolf1983 on 30/05/2023 - 14:42
        +12

        What advantages does this have over say a train, which i could also afford?

        • Brianqpr on 30/05/2023 - 14:52

          Don't have to park a train either.

        • mit on 30/05/2023 - 17:54

          Might I also turn your attention to a private jet? Sort of a combination fo both form and function. Now you just have to spend your spare change on a bunch of private runways so you can land at your local woolies and servo

    • mikokik5 on 30/05/2023 - 12:54
      +1

      Obviously, the deal is not for you..

        • juzza87 on 30/05/2023 - 13:25
          +7

          Mystery motherboard manufacturer and "bomb has been planted" power supply don't bode well for me. The Optiplex 3070 SFF would make a great emulation box or Plex/NVR server, not everyone wants to play the latest games on their computer.

          • opt on 30/05/2023 - 16:44

            @juzza87:

            not everyone wants to play the latest games on their computer.

            +1

            that techfast PC is a waste of money for anyone who doesn’t want a gaming PC. And IMHO this DELL will probably outlast that techfast PC built with bargain bin parts.

        • Coops1 on 30/05/2023 - 13:25

          Will candy crush work better on the $799 machine?

        • Eeples on 30/05/2023 - 13:30
          +3

          Not everyone here has an extra $400+ they can just whip up. This isn't whirlpool.

        • Brianqpr on 30/05/2023 - 14:54
          +3

          You are literally talking about spending more than double the cost, of course you would expect something better.

          Clearly not aimed at those who want to spend $800.

        • geekboy on 30/05/2023 - 21:18

          Lol. Just Pinky today then….

    • Brianqpr on 30/05/2023 - 14:52
      +2

      Spending much more money in buying higher specced equipment shock!

      Great insights here.

  • LibreFish on 30/05/2023 - 12:59

    They are good as just an office work PC or web browsing. You can't upgrade these or pull the mobo out as they're proprietary. You cant swap out the PSU and there's no room for a decent graphics card.

    Be careful before buying but it's price is not bad.

    • pinkybrain on 30/05/2023 - 13:14
      -4

      this is only good value if you need DELL and SFF..
      and only good deal if comparing it to the same DELL model + spec on ebay etc.

      comparing it the prebuilt PC,
      these are not good value and as you noted has no good upgrade option

      Gaming PC + Ryzen 5 5500, RTX 3060Ti 8GB = $799
      https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/776685

      • Eeples on 30/05/2023 - 13:32

        This is good value if you only have $400 for a 'new' computer.
        A $799 computer is of no value at all.

      • harro112 on 30/05/2023 - 14:58
        +4

        dude no one is deciding between a $360 used dell and an $800 brand new gaming machine.

      • mitt on 30/05/2023 - 17:25
        +4

        The dell is a much better option if I am outfitting a small office on a budget. My clients are using excel, word & chrome, they aren't gaming or editing video/photos. I have saved clients thousands of dollars by outfitting them with an office full of 8th gen+ refurbished machines. They are cheap enough that I can buy a spare & have it sitting in a cupboard so if they ever need another station/have one die I can swap out a replacement machine I keep on hand in 30 seconds instead of ordering a new one.

        This sff & a pre-built are two completely different products for completely different use cases.

        • pinkybrain on 30/05/2023 - 23:38

          if you can 8th gen in the $2xx is much better deal.

          There is hardly any difference between 9th and 8th in benchmark tests
          The point is the price is getting close to $400 range which is pointless for what gain?

          If people only doing excel, word & chrome, you can even do it on 65xx, 75xx
          which are are heaps cheaper,
          Some 65xx deals were like $1XX price range.

          • mitt on 31/05/2023 - 17:55

            @pinkybrain: Yeah 8th gen is a much better deal than the 9th gen machines, I usually get them. I do have some 6th & 7th gen machines in offices too but I usually only buy them when they are on an especially good deal. The performance/efficiency jump moving up to 8th gen is worth the price difference unless there is a good special going. There is enough overhead on 8th gen that I can be sure they wont be too slow 3-5 years down the line.

            Hell I have some 3rd & 4th gen SFF machines going & they do fine with enough ram & a SSD.

  • robtheman on 30/05/2023 - 13:28

    Any idea what wattage the PSUs are in these? Would it take a low profile 1050ti?

  • kungfuman on 30/05/2023 - 13:29

    Put a capture card in this and you can make this a dedicated capture machine for you gaming pc :D or anything else you wanna capture.

  • Homr on 30/05/2023 - 13:35
    +1

    pair this up with a RTX a2000 small profile video card and you will have a 1440p capable gaming machine

    • Naigrabzo on 30/05/2023 - 13:52

      How much?

      • Homr on 30/05/2023 - 13:52

        not much, only $719

        https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/graphics-cards/workstati…

        • Naigrabzo on 30/05/2023 - 13:53

          Hmm.. I'd rather go techfast in that case and take my chances.

        • JerraJones on 30/05/2023 - 18:57

          Not much, just the cost of an entire prebuilt that's runs miles around the sff pc. Not like you're going to be hauling the pc everywhere otherwise you'd get a gaming laptop instead. Refurb sff pcs only hold their value as a general daily task machine, far less value if you want to turn them into gaming machines especially since low power/profile gpus are dead in this day and age.

    • Eeples on 30/05/2023 - 13:52

      Depends on the power supply. It is most likely 200W.

      The existing GT730 is 38W and the a2000 is 70W.

      So, it would make this a lottery.

    • Wonderfool on 30/05/2023 - 15:22

      I don't get why a2000 has to be so rare, nvidia. We've been begging for this tier of gpu for half a decade now.

      • Homr on 30/05/2023 - 15:25
        +2

        yes I know :(, it's what the 3050 low profile should've been but we never got it

        • Wonderfool on 30/05/2023 - 15:27

          It just sucks cause amd gave up on it too.

          I really hope Intel battle master gpus gets decent, they do have an lp line.

          • Homr on 30/05/2023 - 15:33
            +3

            @Wonderfool: It also shows that it was possible to have a much more powerful card using only 75w but Nvidia held back on it.

            If they can produce laptops with rtx 4070 performance, why can't they do for low profiles?

    • Whomastadon on 30/05/2023 - 16:56
      +1

      Hook this up to a Tesla rocket and you'll have a Tesla rocket with a small PC attached to it

  • Gravy on 30/05/2023 - 13:42

    Processor released 2018, GPU released 2014. Seems an odd mismatch of parts.

    Guessing they may have swapped the original GPU out for the GT 730? Or did Dell actually release this with those components?

    Edit: Or seems like it may have had no GPU and just the UHD 630 onboard chipset and the GT 730 was added as an extra? UHD630 seems to perform better than the GT 730 though anyway so discrete GPU might be a waste of time?

    • Homr on 30/05/2023 - 13:50
      +2

      the GT730 was added in as extra. Not many brands include a Small profile GPU into their SFF

    • PhilsComputerLab on 30/05/2023 - 14:04
      +1

      Yea the GT 730 is sort of a bonus. But the Intel onboard graphics already quite capable. Will do 4K60 and has capable QuickSync for decoding/accelerating.

    • edgar28 on 30/05/2023 - 14:24

      Dell is famous for salvaging old stock…. A lot of their usb 2 is using the usb 1 connector. Very annoying

  • Save Medicare on 30/05/2023 - 13:50

    What's the difference between this and Optiplex 7070 SFF?
    I got a 7070 SFF for the same price, same processor, but 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, and no GPU
    Is there actually any benefit for 7070 vs 3070?

    • mit on 30/05/2023 - 13:58

      I'm no expert but generally you want 8th gen and higher CPU for better video transcoding blah blah blah something something. I guess this 3070 deal gets past that with a dedicated GPU but the 7070 is newer and you can just upgrade ram and ssd as you need. power consumption would be less on the newer models too usually.

      • 5kbjvb3o on 30/05/2023 - 18:26
        +2

        Intel Quick Sync Video is available as far back as second generation (Sandy Bridge). The 8th gen is what supports Windows 11.

        • holisticboy on 03/06/2023 - 13:17

          That's true, but the actual Quicksync component has many changes between 2nd gen and 9th gen. The real reason why 8th gen onwards is so popular and called out for in terms of transcoding is that the Quicksync in the 8th/9th gen processors support hardware decode/encode of H265 10bit, whereas in previous gens it didn't (noting 7th gen did have decode, but limited encode and no 10bit) and anything less than that was even worse.

          It matters a lot if you are going to be doing some Plex/Jellyfin/Tdarr stuff!

          • 5kbjvb3o on 03/06/2023 - 16:36
            +1

            @holisticboy: Thanks heaps for that info! As an HEVC enjoyer looking into USFF PCs, that's very useful.

    • Homr on 30/05/2023 - 14:00
      +2

      7070 has more I/O ports and 4 ram slots
      3070 only has 2 ram slots

  • QuickToThePointless on 30/05/2023 - 14:11
    +5

    i reckon sweet spot on these dell SFF is the Optiplex 7060 with i5 8500 /16GB RAM /256GB NvME is around $250 ( ~$230 with codes) on ebay

    • taki on 30/05/2023 - 14:26

      Link?

      • QuickToThePointless on 30/05/2023 - 14:28

        just keep your eye on ebay and make some offers mate

    • jcon on 30/05/2023 - 15:11
      +1

      Spot on. Optiplex boxes are awesome as a $200 office workstation, but I wouldn't spend more than about that on one of them.

      • megadeth on 31/05/2023 - 07:42

        I was able to find 7070 for $330 over the weekend on eBay. $250 is a little ambitious (unless it's missing CPU etc)!

        • QuickToThePointless on 31/05/2023 - 15:53

          i bouhgt one a few weeks back - got a few sellers down to under $275 inc shipping. ebay pretty much always has a code for around $20 off $200 spend. i jagged one for $220 in mint cometic condition with around 2000 hours on the NvME drive + a cheap graphics card and 3 month warranty too boot!

  • TheFreaK on 30/05/2023 - 14:20

    Does anyone know how many 3.5" slots are in the chassis?

    • Associateduntech @ UN Tech on 30/05/2023 - 14:20
      +2

      one

  • DingoBlue on 30/05/2023 - 15:02
    +2

    I probably have my intel timeline and decades all mixed up again, should I be surprised a 9th gen doesn’t have USB-C?

    • bio on 30/05/2023 - 15:52

      This is the cheapest Optiplex. 5070 and 7070 have USB-C port(s).

      I have a 7070 Micro with i5-9500 and it has a front USB-C (also supports a second one with DisplayPort mode as an option).

      • garage sale on 30/05/2023 - 16:28

        no usb-c kills it for me ……

        • bio on 30/05/2023 - 16:30

          If you don't mind the micro form factor these are fantastic ($395 with eBay plus):

          https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/195582338787

          • lakers1222 on 30/05/2023 - 21:41

            @bio: F this seller. Sold i5-9500, and provided the slower i5-9500T. Then says there no stock of i5-9500 left. Couple days later, he's selling the i5-9500 again.

            https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/13737057/redir

            • bio on 30/05/2023 - 21:55

              @lakers1222: Yeah, that's misleading. I bought it from the same deal and got the i5-9500.

              They probably replenish their stock with ex-government computers from time to time. Their customer support is responsive, though. I would contact them if you are still interested in buying one.

        • jcon on 30/05/2023 - 17:29

          I'm curious to know what you'd use USB-C for in this type of desktop computer that you can't achieve with the available ports and an adapter.

        • Nom on 30/05/2023 - 22:17

          no usb-c kills it for me ……

          For what use case ? If you want to connect external drives then the USB 3 ports are just fine for that purpose.

  • vash12 on 30/05/2023 - 15:36
    +2

    The chances are if you work in a corporate medium/large company. Your IT department is probably throwing these out to e-waste bin or donating to 3rd party. I got a few dell 9020 sff a couple of years back from our IT guys. Doesn't hurt to ask.

    • browser on 30/05/2023 - 17:59
      +1

      Most are leased, no matter the age they have to return them. It's not up to the IT guys to give them away, unless they are willing to report them as lost and to deal with the security incidents that come with them. Don't think any IT guys would risk it to do you a favour. Larger the organisation the more processes around end of lease equipment.

      Cables and peripherals may go to the e-waste bins. Not PCs and laptops.

  • browser on 30/05/2023 - 16:24

    Finally some Gen 9 CPUs coming through.

    • bargaino on 30/05/2023 - 18:10

      Don't get excited. Trivial increment on 8th only. Worth $5 more maybe :-)

      • pinkybrain on 30/05/2023 - 21:31

        they both offer similar results in the tests
        what was the point of the 9th gen?

        might as well check if there is cheaper 8500T listings

  • RADICALIST on 30/05/2023 - 17:08
    +1

    Good as a plex machine?

  • hitch on 30/05/2023 - 18:20

    @untech any more Micros coming on the market any time soon?

  • helnandez on 30/05/2023 - 18:46

    Thanks, triggered

  • Jonc on 30/05/2023 - 23:10

    Any upgrade price to Win11 Pro ?

    • Associateduntech @ UN Tech on 31/05/2023 - 09:57
      +1

      Send chat a message and they can arrange a pro license windows.

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