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Dell OptiPlex 3060 Micro Mini PC ( Pristine Refurb / i5-8500T 6 core / upgradeable 4GB RAM + 128GB NVMe SSD / SATA / USB3.1 ) w / code

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Dell OptiPlex 3060 Micro Mini PC ( Pristine Refurb / i5-8500T 6 core / upgradeable 4GB RAM + 128GB NVMe SSD / SATA / USB3.1 ) w / code

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Use code CART5 at Checkout. This has dual SODIMM slots and an NVME M2 SSD slot which are user upgradeable. The CPU is also socketed and upgradeable.

Also has a SATA port.12 month warranty. Would make a great compact media PC or emulation machine. Also two left in stock in Excellent condition here for £113.99 with the same warranty.

Key Features

Operating System: Windows 10
Authorised Windows Refurbisher

PRODUCT GRADING

Refurbished Pristine Condition - A premium product which has light signs of use and is in excellent working order. It is fully functional and has been professionally refurbished, inspected, tested and cleaned to pristine condition.
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WHAT IS IN THE BOX

Dell OptiPlex 3060 Micro Intel Core i5-8500T 4GB RAM 128GB SSD - Black
Power Supply

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Windows 10
HDMI & DisplayPort
USB 3.1 Gen 1
USB 3.0
4GB RAM Installed, 32GB RAM Maximum
Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2

The Dell OptiPlex 3060 Micro offers a compact yet powerful computing experience with an Intel Core i5-8500T processor and 4GB of RAM. With a 128GB Solid State Drive, experience faster boot up times and quick response times with less power consumption. Its sleek black design seamlessly fits into any work environment.

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This $95 Mini PC is a STEAL! - Emulation, PC Gaming, Upgrades [ Dell OptiPlex 3060 ]

How to add RAM on Dell OptiPlex 3060 Micro

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17th May
Do not upgrade the BIOS on these under any circumstances. I did it, the fan keeps ramping up and down. It's a known issue and you cannot downgrade afterwards.
12 h, 19 m ago
I vaguely remember a youtube video where a guy bought four of these PCs which were sold as broken, and he went through each one trying to get it to work. For a couple of them i think he used a special tool to fix the bios.
17th May
Work use these pretty much extensively everywhere and honestly unless you just want to word process they are vastly underpowered and the hard drives are pointless in a 128gb format when windows will take up 20-30gb with no additional apps at all 🤦🏻‍♂️

additionally we have had several that have died for no apparent reason and some forget their bios settings completely and wouldn't boot and they were literally only a few months old at the time Dell had to send a technician out to verify it wasn't our fault and ended up replacing at least 20 units 🤦🏻‍♂️ (edited)
17th May
What does your work use them for?
17th May
got the 3050 i7 16GB for streaming to my projector, great lil unit , footprint is minimal
17th May
I thought wow it's got a (mobile) 3060 in it? But no, it's just the name of the product and has onboard graphics. What type of ram do you upgrade this with? Desktop or laptop? (edited)
17th May
SODIMM (laptop). 2 slots.
17th May
Nice little box for a few tasks. probably better than any cheap n100 mini PC.

Just thought I'd add this...

xda-developers.com/pro…cs/ (edited)
17th May
Same single core perf, lower multi core, but also much lower power consumption and with hardware accelerated AV1 decode. I would consider n97/n100 personally
13 h, 33 m ago
E waste from 2018. Wouldn't pay more than £40 for these. The comoany likely got paid to remove them from a corporate business. (edited)
9 h, 9 m ago
Lol what. They ain’t ewaste lol. And no they aren’t getting removed from corporate environment just yet coz both intel and dell support these with bios updates and security patches. Also these are quite capable machines for anything but gaming. I infact downgraded from an 10700k to this since I stopped gaming. Sure I upgraded the processor to something slightly faster and added RAM to make it 16GB but yeah.

Context: I’m into software and IT, so I do use my computer quite extensively. Not just for some random browsing.

This machine with added RAM, is enough for 97% of the population who don’t game. (edited)
17th May
Got quite a few of these Micro Form Factor PCs from Dell. They’re great for strapping to the back of displays for an “all in one” effect. Just bear in mind that many don’t come with WiFi.
17th May
Dell make a monitor stand with a slot for these PCs, look on ebay and find a used one for about £20

Makes for a neat solution, especially with Bluetooth keyboard/mouse

e.g.ebay.co.uk/itm…028
17th May
Buy some more ram which can be found pretty cheap (especially if you don't mind 2nd hand), swap out the boot drive to a bigger one.

Awesome little PC for homelab use, can use it run plex or even run openWRT on it if you buy one of those pcie to gigabit NICs from aliexpress.
17th May
These are great little PCs! Easy to upgrade RAM and other components.
Easy access to drivers and any support issues, not that I had any. Didn't miss a beat.
Can easily add a 3rd display output for around a tenner, well it was then... seems like £20-30 now...

Used one (i7-9700T) for a couple of years on a triple display for office type work with one or two memory hungry apps before getting round to upgrading 5 months ago or so.

The one I had was cheap on the electric too at 35W. Worth checking the CPU spec... (edited)
17th May
Hi,how to add the third display output plz?
23 h, 56 m ago
Guys got this even ch aper just s arch dell 3060 and use the same site and code. Not sure how but I got it
23 h, 14 m ago
You've ordered an excellent one, rather than a pristine one.....
2 h, 37 m ago
Some from other sellers with four times the ram (16GB) for only about £5 more at the moment

Like these at £119 ebay.co.uk/itm…515 (edited)
17th May
Any good for an arcade emulator machine with Batocera?
17th May

Check this video out from ETAPrime. Granted it's a 3050 he's using but i'd imagine it's similar to this machine here.
17th May
Would this be powerful enough to use as a dedicated server for something like conan exiles with 5-6 players?
17th May
Most likely.
I have used a less powerful cpu (xeon 1220 v2) to run minecraft classic and bedrock and valheim servers in docker in parallel with other applications
8 h, 30 m ago
I bought one of these a few weeks ago with 16GB ram, 256gb SSD, same cpu for £98. There was a offer on ebay, 10% off refurbs. Cracking little machine.

I bought ones of these to go with it amazon.co.uk/Wav…W4G and replaced my server with this setup!
17th May
4gb of ram wasn't enough in 2014 nevermind 2024
17th May
It's a good thing ram is upgradable on this then isn't it? (edited)
17th May
I would get the N97 Gmtec G5 instead. Comes with 12GB ram and a 256GB SSD. Smaller and more modern. gmktec.com/pro…-g5
6 h, 36 m ago
That's a belter there! Do you have one, recommended? I've seen a detailed YouTube review, looks good. I need something strictly to leave behind the TV.
17th May
Got one of these with a 9100T, makes a great emulation machine. Runs everything up to Gamecube/PS2, game dependent 720p or 1080p resolution. Looks great.
22 h, 31 m ago
eBay have 3040 and 3050 for about 70 quid (edited)
21 h, 27 m ago
With 1 year warranty ?
22 h, 29 m ago
Nah. I just bought a Lenovo ThinkCentre M720q 9400T, 16GB RAM, 256 GB SSD for £100. It even has a PCIe slot for expansion if you want. (edited)
19 h, 46 m ago
I added a quad port nic to one of these and its happily been running pfSense for the last two and a half years.

A great little machine that uses little power and its pretty much silent.
17th May
Anyone running one of these with some VMs on and some form of network attached storage? With a ram upgrade it looks like its a nice low power compute unit
17 h, 22 m ago
Yes, I do. I have 64GB RAM in mine but worth noting hyperthreading is not supported.
17th May
I'm thinking of getting one if these for dedicated music playing/streaming for the kitchen. What is the smallest monitor I could hook it up to? Or what could I use in place of a monitor?
17th May
Actually I'm not thinking if getting one of these but something similar, but the monitor question still stands
17th May
Perfect Home Assistant server
23 h, 26 m ago
Dunno. I’m running home assistant in a docker on an Android tv box running Coreelec. Seems ok so I’m not sure if a while pc setup is overkill for home assistant? I guess as raspberry pi’s are not cheap anymore a pc like in the deal is probably an option
17th May
Looking for a recommendation...
Currently using this as my home server:

I have the option to upgrade to this:
XPC slim DS20U7Fanless Slim PC with a Comet-Lake-U processor
shuttle.eu/en/…0u7

Intel Core i7-10510U (up to 4.90 GHz, 4 cores, 8 threads, 8 MB cache)
Intel UHD Graphics
Up to 64 GB of DDR4 memory
1× NVMe, 1× SATA 2.5", card reader
1× HDMI 2.0b, 1× DisplayPort 1.2, 1× VGA
Two M.2 slots (1× M.2-2280, 1× M.2-2230)
2× Gigabit Ethernet, WLAN-ready, 4G-ready
4× USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbit), 4× USB 2.0, 1× COM
Remote power-on connector, always-on jumper
Wall/VESA mount included
Optional DIN-Rail/19” mount

Is there any performance difference between the two?
Its for DLNA streaming, Torrent downloading and NAS File serving mainly.
17th May
What's the difference between "Pristine" and "Excellent", besides the obvious £9.50?
17th May
Pristine should be better than excellent?
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17th May
Forgot to mention these have socketed CPUs.
17th May
I’m so tired of seeing the same cpu
23 h, 57 m ago
I'm torn between this and an N100 (I have 2 already). It'd be for running proxmox nginx. I'm guessing it'd be better getting another n100 or similar.
20 h, 50 m ago
N300
22 h, 25 m ago
Hi All. It was understood that these PC do not come up with a back disk CD. You have to create your own back by use a pen drive. Any advice or good YOUTUBE video. Which can go through the steps for me? Cheers.
21 h, 3 m ago
I been using one of these for two years. I have 16gb of ram and a 500gb SSD. It runs some games okay too, FF7 with all the mods on for example. I guess if you really wanted you could get one of those m.2 to PCIE adaptors and even run a gfx card externally.
21 h, 3 m ago
From the title i thought this had a 3060 in there haha
19 h, 18 m ago
If only it wasn't a DELL!
10 h, 56 m ago
This is a OK value deal, on the proviso you won't need the USB-C which is on the front panel of the 70xx series if I'm not mistaken. I have the 7050 [same form factor] and the USB-C port is so crucial ... for me at least ... to conect a USB-C HUB to avail/extend ports and memory cards etc. (edited)