Why so many used Optiplex micro PC?

[Walter]

Are they from BPOs that closed? … Or regularly imported? … are these still good units? … is it easy to upgrade the RAM and SSD? … can these drive 1440p resolution monitor? (not for gaming) …

Thinking of getting one … saw Optiplex 3000 12th gen 12500 i5 selling for 16,500 … this seems to be the highest spec … which model would you recommend? … what should we look out for? …

[oj88]

I know most of them came from offices that closed down or have shifted to WFH. Others came from resellers and maybe distributers who saw very low demand. We're one such company that sells them and during around the last quarter, the owners decided to sell them to employees at a subsidized cost. I bought three Optiplex 3070 MFF (CPU, keyboard, mouse, monitor, and webcam), each for 10k, new in box. These were excess stocks. Gave one to my dad, the 2nd one got donated to church, and the last unit is being used by my daughter.

But I also heard through the grapevine (HR) that there's apparently an ongoing MO wherein employees that's been issued computer equipment by their company for WFH would resign or AWOL and not return the equipment. Many have been recovered but some of those that weren't recovered left old, wrong, or vague addresses/contact info in their paperwork.

[donski]

Dito rin sa Qatar and dami mga pinag lumaan sa offices.

#1 - Dell desktops
#2 - HP desktops
#3 - Lenovo - mostly the thinkpad models

I bought dell desktop then I installed google flex OS ang bilis

Specs: Dell Optiplex 3010 4GB/ i5 3rd Gen

Note: HDD pa yan paano na kung SSD

[xwangbu]

Dito sa ofc HP prodeak ska samsung monitors binibigay sa staff. Kaso priority new joiners.
Samsung 16GB na DDR4 modules na lang kinuha ko.

[gearhead000]

Are they from BPOs that closed? … Or regularly imported? … are these still good units? … is it easy to upgrade the RAM and SSD? … can these drive 1440p resolution monitor? (not for gaming) …

Thinking of getting one … saw Optiplex 3000 12th gen 12500 i5 selling for 16,500 … this seems to be the highest spec … which model would you recommend? … what should we look out for? …

I am currently using a Dell Optiplex 3000 while my sister has the Optiplex 3080, both acquired at about the same time.
Mine has the Intel 12th gen i5-12600T while hers has the Intel 10th gen i5-10500T, both with 2x8GB RAM now.
Same price range of about 16.5k as mine is higher spec'd while hers was supposed to be brand new (kuno).

Mine came with 1x16GB but I changed it to enable dual channel mode. Hers came with 1x8GB with another 8GB added.
Both has the 256GB M.2 2230 boot drive but I added a WD 1TB HDD. I added in her original SanDisk 240GB SATA SSD.
CPU can still be upgraded to Core i7 but it's quite tricky to maintain the internal temperature due to the cramped space.
Mine is connected to a 34" widescreen monitor (3440x1440) and can drive it up to its maximum 144Hz refresh rate.


I initially built myself an AMD Ryzen gaming rig with at least 7 fans including those for CPU and GPU.
But I barely game nowadays and it's mostly being used for browsing, streaming and/or word processing.
So I decided to kinda 'downgrade' to something that would just fit said requirements.

I also have a laptop but although the CPU is still very much capable, the built-in 8GB non-upgradeable memory limits it.
It can get saturated when I have multiple browsers and tabs open, causing it to pause/freeze or slow to a crawl.


Images are of a 3070, 7000 & 7090 but the 3000 & 7000 series MFF PC layout is just about the same.

Differences may vary even within the same series. Some has the 2.5" SSD/HDD expansion slot while others are M.2.
The 3000 has a single universal 3.5" audio out, while others have individual line out and headphone out ports.
The number of DisplayPort, HDMI port, USB2.0/ USB3.0/ USB-C port varies also as BT and Wi-Fi availability.
The 7000 series can go up to Core i9 although I haven't seen one being offered locally in the 2nd hand market.

And yes, I do believe most of them came from BPOs and POGOs who may have closed down already.
There are those who do both bulk and retail, while others buy from them and resell it in the markeplace.
I think these are value for money as just the CPU, RAM and SSD already make up the cost for the offered price.

[BratPAQ]

I am currently using a Dell Optiplex 3000 while my sister has the Optiplex 3080, both acquired at about the same time.
Mine has the Intel 12th gen i5-12600T while hers has the Intel 10th gen i5-10500T, both with 2x8GB RAM now.
Same price range of about 16.5k as mine is higher spec'd while hers was supposed to be brand new (kuno).

Mine came with 1x16GB but I changed it to enable dual channel mode. Hers came with 1x8GB with another 8GB added.
Both has the 256GB M.2 2230 boot drive but I added a WD 1TB HDD. I added in her original SanDisk 240GB SATA SSD.
CPU can still be upgraded to Core i7 but it's quite tricky to maintain the internal temperature due to the cramped space.
Mine is connected to a 34" widescreen monitor (3440x1440) and can drive it up to its maximum 144Hz refresh rate.


I initially built myself an AMD Ryzen gaming rig with at least 7 fans including those for CPU and GPU.
But I barely game nowadays and it's mostly being used for browsing, streaming and/or word processing.
So I decided to kinda 'downgrade' to something that would just fit said requirements.

I also have a laptop but although the CPU is still very much capable, the built-in 8GB non-upgradeable memory limits it.
It can get saturated when I have multiple browsers and tabs open, causing it to pause/freeze or slow to a crawl.


Images are of a 3070, 7000 & 7090 but the 3000 & 7000 series MFF PC layout is just about the same.

Differences may vary even within the same series. Some has the 2.5" SSD/HDD expansion slot while others are M.2.
The 3000 has a single universal 3.5" audio out, while others have individual line out and headphone out ports.
The number of DisplayPort, HDMI port, USB2.0/ USB3.0/ USB-C port varies also as BT and Wi-Fi availability.
The 7000 series can go up to Core i9 although I haven't seen one being offered locally in the 2nd hand market.

And yes, I do believe most of them came from BPOs and POGOs who may have closed down already.
There are those who do both bulk and retail, while others buy from them and resell it in the markeplace.
I think these are value for money as just the CPU, RAM and SSD already make up the cost for the offered price.

Is this a good buy? Pre owned daw. Mura lang. I want to buy but can't think of any use for it. [emoji23]

https://shp.ee/sfbstj6

[thearsenal1205]

Is this a good buy? Pre owned daw. Mura lang. I want to buy but can't think of any use for it. [emoji23]

https://shp.ee/sfbstj6

good buy if your looking for a desktop pc that takes less space. also if your not playing games through it (can't install a graphics card). only for WFH setups that require good processing power.

[_Qwerty_]

we're using Dell Vostro

[Walter]

Thank you for the inputs ... Optiplex are now mostly 12500T ... hard to find 12600T ... most don't have WiFi ... thinking whether to install an M.2 WiFi or just use bluetooth WiFi dongle ...

Planning to connect an Optiplex 3000 12500T to a 4K TV ... most 4K TVs at the lower price scale only have HDMI inputs ... the HDMI output of the Optiplex will only send 4K * 30 Hz ... Does anyone know if a Displayport to HDMI adaptor convert 4K * 60 Hz signal properly? ...

*gearhead ... How's the performance of the 12600T vs 10500T? ...

[Walter]

good buy if your looking for a desktop pc that takes less space. also if your not playing games through it (can't install a graphics card). only for WFH setups that require good processing power.

There's a Lenovo Thinkcentre Neo 50s with 12400 that can accept GPUs ... it's SFF though and not micro sized ...

[gearhead000]

Thank you for the inputs ... Optiplex are now mostly 12500T ... hard to find 12600T ... most don't have WiFi ... thinking whether to install an M.2 WiFi or just use bluetooth WiFi dongle ...

Planning to connect an Optiplex 3000 12500T to a 4K TV ... most 4K TVs at the lower price scale only have HDMI inputs ... the HDMI output of the Optiplex will only send 4K * 30 Hz ... Does anyone know if a Displayport to HDMI adaptor convert 4K * 60 Hz signal properly? ...

*gearhead ... How's the performance of the 12600T vs 10500T? ...

My sister's Optiplex 3080 was supposed to not have built-in WiFi that's why the seller provided a USB Wifi dongle.
But when I was setting it up, I saw mayroon nang antenna input, just like yung gold color below.



Nagkataon naman na may spare antenna sila (as with the picture above) lying around from a CD-R King USB dongle before.
We tested it and WiFi and Bluetooth worked, pero since placed near the router lang naman they're using the LAN port instead.
So if you can get an M.2 wifi module I can recommend it instead of a dongle. Probably just a small price difference there.

As for the 10500T vs. the 12600T, at this time I'd say there would be not much of a difference given our usage pattern.
Pareho lang naman kasi kami na browsing/ streaming and Word/ Excel lang at the moment.
I got the higher spec'd configuration for a bit of future proofing. All else being equal except the CPU, difference is just ~3k.

Some of the key differences between the 10500T and the 12500T/12600T:
Lithography: 14nm (older gen) || 7nm (much better)
Smart Cache: 12MB || 18MB
Graphics: UHD Graphics 630 || UHD Graphics 770
Memory: DDR-2666Mhz max || DDR4-3200Mhz/ DDR5-4800Mhz
Max HDMI: 4K/30 || 4K/60
Max DisplayPort: 4K/60 || 8K/60
So you are getting a lot more for the 3K difference even as the benefits may not be as tangible at the moment.

Again, kung hindi ka naman nag-gaming this would be one of your best bet, value wise.
(Actually pwede rin siguro ang gaming as I can play CS Go in my 8th gen i5-8500U laptop with 8GB memory.
With respectable speed and gfx quality na yun. Just with a bit of lag/ slowdown kapag online multiplayer game na).
I mean, you can give me 12.5K and I will be hard pressed to come up with an all new system of comparable specs.
Baka nga Core i3 lang makukuha ko for the price and it will occupy quite a lot more space even if I go mini-ITX.

Even as 2nd hand mga Dell Optiplex na available, except for mostly no box na eh madalas minty fresh pa talaga sila.
The one I got last November has a manufacturing date of August 2022 only, with purported* warranty till August 2025.
*Purported pa lang kasi I'm not sure where or from whom I can claim said warranty. One of the risks probably.

[marky2115]

Tempting itong Dell Optiplex. I want to replace my old Intel 4690k ITX setup (using it for Pi-hole DNS for now) with an Intel NUC kasi. Maspowerful pa ang T chips ng Intel compared to U chips which NUC uses.

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[Walter]

Lenovo Thinkcentre Neo 50s SFF ... more expensive but it's not a T model and you can add graphics card ...

https://shopee.ph/product/47798349/1...YoJDVusJDqC279