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We have featured these before and they have always sold out. With current pricing and discount code, they are cheaper than ever
Dell 7060 Micro
Intel i5 8500T 2.10Ghz
8Gb Ram
256Gb SSD
AC Wifi + Bluetooth
Win 11 Pro
We can also do ram upgrades to 16Gb ram if required. It's $35.10 with the eBay plus discount code. If you wish to do this, PLEASE make sure your check out at the same time.
How many 3.5" hard drive bays does it have?
Edit: Answered my own question - It only comes in a 2.5 bay.
The size of the Whole PC is about 1 and half 3.5" Hard Drive.
Keep in mind the video he's running a 65w tdp 8500, not the 35w tdp 8500t like this one being sold.
@greencomet: Performance on these is fine for average desktop stuff, I wouldn't use them for a rendering farm but they are capable little units. Ours are coming up for replacement, I think we've had maybe a couple fail over 2K+ units
This gave me a chuckle.
I grabbed this to upgrade my parents existing clunker of a desktop. This is so small and perfect for their basic needs.
Yep I did this to my parents but was a cheaper 6500T model. Replaced their aging Ivy Bridge custom build I made from spare parts.
Easier to manage/less dust etc. Works for me and them! Heh
They currently have an i3 4100 with 4GB RAM in a MicroATX, figured the 8th gen was a good buy as Windows 11 supports it out of the box and with the 16GB RAM upgrade they won't need to worry about an upgrade for a long time, not to mention the insanely tiny formfactor.
Got a few under TV's. My elderly parents with bad eyesight can do emails and an online grocery shop together easily with a wireless keyboard and mouse.
Did you install windows within Proxmox? Given the license key is in the bios and not easily obtainable, i'm wondering how i'd do a similar thing. want to avoid hypervisor
I so don't need it.
Tempted as I am.
Hahahaha
Thanks for the update.
Does it have space for a 3.5 inch hard drive?
Of course not, do you realise how small this is?
Dimensions & Weight (assuming standing position):
Width 3.6cm (1.4")
Depth 17.8cm (7.0")
Height 18.2cm (7.2")
Minimum Weight 1.18kg (2.6lb)
Think a PC but made.out of laptop parts.
These are small. Small enough.to mount behind screens in a mount or you could blutack on onto the back of a tv.
1 X 2.5inch SSD drive space only.
Small enough to go into the drawer as a back up WFH machine.
@Calmago can we get a barebones option without ram and ssd?
No sorry
If this came around because I asked here a few days ago… I appreciate it! And have finally bought one.
Ask and we shall deliver.
Desperately trying to convince myself I don't really need one…but…
Edit. Gave in, bought one.
Code(s) not working for me :(
I had picked up a Lenovo equivalent late Dec with a 6500T CPU… sigh… should have waited.
Same, I picked up a Hp Elitedesk with 6500T but it was $115 cheaper than this one
What kind of SSD?
Hopefully a m.2 NVMe and a spare 2.5" bay??
They should all be NVME
I can confirm they're not (all) NVME. 256GB Hynix M.2 SATA drive in mine, as others have said, plus a slot for a 2.5".
Bought 1 on Mon, arrived just now, mine came with a SK hynix 256gb SATA m2 drive, so yep you've got room to add your own 2.5 ssd
HDD, not SSD. It already has a fast main drive, so want to add a few TB for movies, photo library etc.
Be careful when buying a 2.5" spinning disk hdd for these, when i looked recently there was 2 different drive heights (7 and 15mm i think) and these will only hold the smaller drive height.
@Kermitall: The unofficial standard height is 9.5mm. I checked the Dell docs, and see no mention of height, so I hope that will fit.
7mm is very slim.
I've seen some large capacity drives with 3 or 4 platters, which are thicker. You could probably fit those, looking at the manual, but may have to modify the caddy.
edit: beaten by O O
Seller says "they should all be NVMe". Poster whoisthatguy says his was SATA, and posts an image that confirms that. Dell's service manual for this product gives instructions for replacing the "M.2 PCIe SSD", but says the instructions for doing that are also applicable to the M.2 SATA SSD.
The conclusion is that this model comes with an M.2 socket, but it may be for either an M.2 SATA SSD or an M.2 NVMe SSD, and its the luck of the draw which you get. Good luck.
What would be really good luck would be if the socket will take either. That if yours came with a M.2 SATA drive you can simply swap in an M.2 NVMe drive.
It would be nice if the seller of these would be open enough to tell potential buyers.
The socket is marked "M.2 PCIe/SATA4" so it should take either.
Is this good enough to run the 4k Philips monitor the same seller sold last month
Yep via DisplayPort should do 4k 60hz.
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/129941/…
Check the fine print. I have another Optiplex with same HD630 graphics. Will only do 30Hz 4K. Yes DP->DP.
Am hoping this is better.
fixed. It turns out the Philips needs settings changed to do 4k 60. So not the PCs fault.
Yes and an amazing value setup for WFH.
$425-ish for a newish machine and a 32 inch screen.
Could I run home-assistant OS on this?
That’s absolutely my plan!
Did some research and the answer is yes
yes. It'd be a powerhouse for HomeAssistant OS.
Enable Hyper-V and follow this guide: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/hass-io-on-hyper-v-ste…
Then you have pretty much the entire machine for other purposes.
I run pfSense and HA virtualised, along with other stuff on one of these with no issues.
What other stuff if you don't mind sharing, I have similar PC and running out of ideas what to run other than HA.
Suggestions:
@mkh1991 check out this list here:
https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted
but otherwise, what I have is what ifhree mentioned around Plex, sonarr, radarr, etc
Could I ask what you're using for a second nic?
and what are you running for virtualisation software?
Like I said, I'm running HyperV at the moment on Win10 Pro. I did try with VirtualBox but the performance was horrible.
I did not want to go all the way into the full on virtualised environment on my first try with pfsense so I made my best effort to keep it within the known stuff for me :)
For a second nic, although you don't really need it as it could run as "router on a stick" (google that if you want) with a few vlan configs and a proper managed switch to control the vlans, I chose this Realtek RTL8111F one
Which uses the not so recommended RTL8111F, however I took a punt and so far I've had zero issues with the drivers or performance. There are other Intel NIC that you could use but they weren't in stock when I bought mine. Like This Intel one or This dual NIC one, among many many other options.
Hopefully that helps.
Does the RAM upgrade provide us with 1x 16GB or 2x 8GB SODIMMs?
Based on Rep's Previous Comment:
It will most likley be 2 x 8Gb. Can always put a message on your order requesting it so we can lock it in for you.
Sorry mate, it could be both. Really depends on what the processing area has in supply. I can't guarantee it at the moment.
Code doesn't work for me :( just keeps saying cannot be applied to order. Any reason?
One is for eBay Plus members, the other isn’t.
Neither work, and I am a not a plus member and BTSR20 just refuses
ok I had to create a new ebay account for the code to work
It's ridiculous how fast the latest gen i7's in this form factor are. But you currently really pay for it. Still, glimpse of the future is exciting.
I've been toying with picking up something like this to mount to the back of an el-cheapo smol tv for garage duty.
Quick query on the W11 Pro licence. I'm toying with the idea of swapping in a larger (1TB) NVME I rarely use (in a usb-c enclosure). If I do this, can I reinstall (and activate) W11?
In theory it's tied to the board so should activate without issues but will let the OP confirm (unsure if any funky Dell limitations. Some OEM's do weird stuff..)
I bought the lenovo thinkcentra in the last deal. The W10 pro license is in the BIOS, so it can automatically activate when you reinstalling it.
Guess this dell should be same with the lenovo one.
Pity I missed the Lenovo deal… which model did you get?
Generally the license is embedded in the BIOS and it should just work.
You don't have to re-install and re-activate if all you're doing is upgrading to a bigger drive. Just clone the internal drive to the bigger drive plugged into a USB port, and swap. Changing drive sizes isn't something that causes de-activation.
If you do want to re-install for some reason it'll re-activate automatically, or you can go to the Microsoft web site and get a code to do it.
Anything similar in SFF form factor?
I loved the idea of moving my big server down to a few of these (bonus I can power down one without interrupting everything) but the lack of 3.5” and/or pcie cards ends up being limited for all my use cases. Bit of a shame given how neat 3-4 of these stacked up would be.
Haha of course I am hoping for similar pricing without loss of specs. For some reason I thought SFF would be cheaper than these usff/micro builds but doesn’t seem to be.
This one comes closer
DELL OPTIPLEX 7060 i5 8500, 16GB RAM, 1TB Hybrid, WIN10 PRO, 1YR WTY SFF $232.22 delivered
@O O: Great value for this, seems more powerful too. If it’s ssd I will jump on this one, but it’s hybrid drive
I grabbed one of these during the last deal. I’ve just been using it for word processing/browsing away from the work laptop, but been blown away at how good it is. Thinking about turning it into a dedicated plex box… or maybe buying this one for that lol.
this is great to hear. &plex \ media server is what I'm thinkin too! bit torn on saving for a dedicated nas but so ideal for avoiding Chromecast etc on our non smart tv
Does it have any additional sata ports in other than for the 2.5" drive slot?
Nope. There would only be room for 1 given the case size.
If you don't mind some jank, this was posted in the m700 tiny deal:
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/13190621/redir
@Calmago any possibility of Lenovo SFF deals becoming available any time soon?
Can you use this to control tv
I have a HP dock which I use for my work laptop that connects via USB-C.
It may be a silly question but could i plug the dock's USB-C cable into the front of this so I can use my existing monitor/keyboard mouse setup?
Thanks
Specs say it's a USB 3.1 Gen 2 port, so probably, but check your dock requirements.
I asked the same question to the seller
It seems it supports keyboard, mouse, webcam, ethernet etc but not video.
May possibly do power if that's a requirement.
But please get this confirmed !
Looks like there is an add-on card available that would enable USB-C alt-mode(example: here).
It is unlikely that it is installed and appears to be challenging to find. It also wouldn't be able to power the machine.
You may also want to confirm what dock you have. If it is thunderbolt, it may not support USB-C.
@Calmago are you able to confirm whether this includes that add on card?
It looks like it might based on this comment
Are you talking about the add-on for an additional Port? If so. I'm pretty sure they all have an Extra Display Port card.
Cool, thank you.
I would be interested if you do get any similar PCs in which can do display over USB-C.
dumb question but are these mobos a standard form factor like mATX or are they something proprietary?
They are tinsy winsy proprietary things. like the size of a hand, well a big hand.
something proprietary
Has space for floppy disk?
Case mod with a Dremel and I think you have a fair chance of fitting one.
Should run Plex/Jellyfin nicely with quicksync.
But instead of hanging external HDDs all off it, I would want to hook it up to my NAS via NFS/SMB.
Anyone know how Plex/Jellyfin copes with transcoding (ie. 4K 10bit h.265 to 1080p) via a local network share?
Would be fine over gigabit LAN, your restriction would be rust drives but even then it still should be ok
I can transcode up to four 4K H265 10bit UHD Blu-ray remuxes or 10+ 1080p SDR HD Blu-ray remuxes at a time with this unit via local network share. I use Proxmox on mine and have Docker installed in an LXC.
That's awesome, I probably should have picked one up, although I haven't yet needed to transcode because I have 45mbps upload, so even wan/internet can direct play everything I've got.
Hmmm awesome, I bought a HP EliteDesk 800 G2 i7-6700T August 2021, but as it's only Gen 6, it can struggle a little at times with a couple of transcodes. I'm keen to upgrade to 8th Gen or higher at some point this year - torn if I want to go with a mini unit (not fussed on Dell, Lenovo or HP), or get an SFF and maybe chuck in a Nvidia Quadro P2000 to handle the transcoding and be done with it.
I'd highly recommend going the Intel iGPU way if you can. You'll get equivalent transcoding performance, it'll be cheaper and you can do it much more efficiently. Get yourself a fast gen3 NVME boot/system disk too.
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Bought one in a previous deal. Came with genuine power supply and decent condition. Easy to pull apart and upgrade.
Arrived pretty quick too!
This deal is cheaper than previous as well, well worth it. Great for upgrading your parents aging machine(s), or for a project box. (Mine currently has proxmox on it with the idea to setup a VM with docker and setup a handful of applications to automate some items at home/run my unifi controller as well etc).