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[Refurb] Dell OptiPlex 7090 Micro PC: i5-11500T, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD $369.75 ($361.05 eBay Plus) Del @ Aust Computer Trader eBay

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[Refurb] Dell OptiPlex 7090 Micro PC: i5-11500T, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD $369.75 ($361.05 eBay Plus) Del @ Aust Computer Trader eBay
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  • Intel i5-11500T 1.50GHz CPU
  • 16GB RAM
  • 256GB SSD
  • Windows 11

Condition - Very Good - Refurbished: The item shows minimal wear. It is fully functional and has been professionally refurbished, tested, inspected and cleaned to very good condition by the eBay seller or a third party. The item includes original or new accessories and may come in generic packaging. See the seller's listing for full details. See all condition definitions.

For those looking for additional RAM and Drive. 50 available at time of posting.

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  • 3dprintdeals on 21/07/2026 - 17:27

    Perfect for minilabs in 10" 3D printed racks.

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    • bleeder on 21/07/2026 - 17:54

      Can confirm, I have a cluster with 2 of these and a HP Elite Book (which doesn't fit in the 10" rack)

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      • spasticspeaker on 21/07/2026 - 18:32

        Do these use SODIMM? If I wanted to get more RAM in each, would that be difficult these days?

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        • 3dprintdeals on 21/07/2026 - 19:01

          They have two DIMM slots.

          The unit will come with 1x16gb

          https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-au/optiplex-7090-mic…

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        • Johnsnu on 21/07/2026 - 19:05

          Yes, they use SODIMM. It has 2 slots. If it's just 1 16GB stick, easier to upgrade. If it comes with 2 x 8GB sticks, going to bit more difficult.

          I managed to get a 16GB off FB Marketplace, same brand and speed as the one already inside, for $55. Brand new, more in the range of ~$130.

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          • Badger2066 on 21/07/2026 - 20:18

            @Johnsnu: You sure they're SODIMM and not just DIMM? SODIMM is for laptops usually.

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            • 3dprintdeals on 21/07/2026 - 20:18

              @Badger2066: Yes, SODIMM it's 1L formfactor

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            • cski on 22/07/2026 - 09:04

              @Badger2066: These micro format pcs are almost certainly laptop components, often mobile cpu and chipset chips due the high density tight airflow, youll see inside they are the thickness of most full size laptops

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        • bleeder on 22/07/2026 - 08:44

          SODIMM

          More difficult on trying to purchase? It's just as annoyingly overpriced as DIMM I guess… It's much of a muchness, just buy SODIMM for it instead of DIMM.

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    • B-Moose on 21/07/2026 - 20:56

      Any link to the best mini rack option? Any ready made to buy? Otherwise can find someone to print.

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      • 3dprintdeals on 21/07/2026 - 21:17

        Start LabRax and go from there

        DM for printing info. I'm not in Melbourne but can send you some contacts.

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    • kiitos on 21/07/2026 - 21:27

      What a clever idea!

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    • iDroid on 22/07/2026 - 11:10

      They are but their price have gone up so much. I was buying these at action for closer to $50 - $120 a pop, >$300 seems insane.

      They are absolutely reliable, solid and efficient machines for home server / home lab stuff.

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  • sloshie on 21/07/2026 - 17:33

    There's also the 10th gen 10500T model for $331 (ebayPlus) (although only 2 available) or there was a 512Gb SSD 11th Gen 11500T model for $20 more than the one linked in this deal, but appeared to be only 1 of those available (and now none by the time I posted this).

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    • macmanluke on 21/07/2026 - 18:37

      Its interesting how well these hold there value
      I have a few 24inch Dell AIOs with 10500 8GB 512GB SSD win11 which im trying to move after accidentally winning more than i need at a local auction and cant seem to get any interest even well under $300

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      • jonathonsunshine on 21/07/2026 - 18:47

        Might be the monitor holding it back, I think most people who buys this on OzBargain are connecting to their TV or it's gonna sit in a cupboard without a monitor attached at all, IE, JellyFin and the Arrs.

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        • dontpanic on 22/07/2026 - 00:23

          This is absolutely it. These are popular because they tick every box - cheap, small, energy efficient and powerful enough to run a headless Proxmox homelab.

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      • 3dprintdeals on 21/07/2026 - 18:59

        These 1L units are sought after for homelab

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        • carrawa on 21/07/2026 - 22:08

          What is a 1L?

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          • 60beetle60 on 21/07/2026 - 22:09

            @carrawa: 1 Litre, volume of case. Very small PC's

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            • carrawa on 21/07/2026 - 22:11

              @60beetle60: Thanks. I would never have associated it with 1L.

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          • 3dprintdeals on 21/07/2026 - 22:11

            @carrawa: The volume

            • Dell OptiPlex Micro
            • Lenovo ThinkCentre Tiny
            • HP EliteDesk Mini
            • HP ProDesk Mini
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      • Jazza2400 on 22/07/2026 - 07:35

        I had 13/14th Gen AIOs and no local market for them in Brisbane. Getting offers of $300, Ebay went for $900 but is about $100 to ship.

        Would agree it's the monitor holding them back and makes it a Pita for shipping. The minis easily ship.

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      • JimB on 22/07/2026 - 09:30

        If it was 27inch, you may get more interest.

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  • adrianhughes1998 on 21/07/2026 - 18:04

    Wonder if this would be good to be a NAS, instead of buying an actual NAS?

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    • tonyjzx on 21/07/2026 - 18:08

      at most you have one nmve and one sata so if you want to buy a das it would be ok but you can use a vastly cheaper usff pc to do the same… even something like 4th gen and sub $100 would be fine

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      • adrianhughes1998 on 21/07/2026 - 20:09

        Thank you, yeh thinking about a small always on setup cos NAS is expensive. Well moreso the hard drives that go in..

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    • Larsson on 21/07/2026 - 18:35

      Pcie lanes are the issue. Depending on the array you are planning, it is at best inconvenient. But doable, there are plenty of 3D printed enclosures just to do that.

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    • drsmithy on 22/07/2026 - 08:16

      Assuming you just want it for media, get a couple of these (or similar - just make sure it supports UASP) and plug in drives as you need. I use SnapRAID but something like UnRAID would work as well. These little PCs come with a Windows license so you can just use that for the OS.

      Alternatively, don't use any sort of RAID & get a Backblaze subscription (if you keep stuff that's hard to find) or be prepared to re-download in the case of a drive failure.

      Not the prettiest thing in the world (does it matter if it's hidden in a cupboard?), but functional and convenient.

      https://www.mwave.com.au/products/volans-vlds30s-dual-bay-us…

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    • RedHab on 22/07/2026 - 12:47

      I hacked one of these 1L mini-PC motherboards into my old HP N36L for a very nice NAS/other use box.

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      • bUrd on 22/07/2026 - 20:33

        Ooooooh I'm keen to learn more. My N36L is really struggling these days and getting frustrating with it taking time to do things. It's also struggling to serve media to VLC on the TV.

        The motherboards in the micro pcs don't have SATA slots, how do you attach more drives to it in the N36L case?

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        • RedHab on 23/07/2026 - 05:25

          To just serve media, put in an old video card to do the video decoding. I put in a GT 1030 2GB, cost around $50, and does h265 at 4k.

          The N36L backplane uses SFF-8087 plugs, so get one of these:
          https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006026982407.html

          Otherwise, if you want 9 SATA lanes there are cards available for that, too.

          Look on Youtube, there are a few people who have gone overboard with upgrading the N36/40/54 chassis.
          Mine was a simple hack with a 1L mobo, that replaced the HP one. You can also just plonk a NUC in the optical drive bay:

          https://hackaday.io/project/194917-drive-bay-n100-mini-pc-hp…

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  • Ashh77 on 21/07/2026 - 18:10

    Is this overkill to run HA, plex server? If I need more storage do I need to purchase additional ssd?

    Absolutely new to media servers and HA however would love to learn.

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    • tonyjzx on 21/07/2026 - 18:17

      unless you can fit all your shit on 256gb then of course you need HDDs or an array

      this thing is fast enough for a HA and plex except perhaps on video but i think onboard is quite good

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      • LuckyLuke on 21/07/2026 - 18:19

        I have an NVIDIA shield pro with a external Samsung T7 portable SSD plugged in for storage. It works perfectly. It takes a little bit of setting up and some learning to be able to remotely put content on the drive, but it works great and sits behind the tv, so you wouldn't know it was there.

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        • sparx971 on 21/07/2026 - 19:26

          Do you have a link explaining how to remotely put content on the drive? I have the same setup and would love to be able to do that. Do you use Plex?

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          • 3dprintdeals on 21/07/2026 - 19:32

            @sparx971: Just set up an SMB share

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          • cski on 22/07/2026 - 09:07

            @sparx971: Use network storage array, nas or windiws machine with windows shares
            Then in plex you can instruct it to use one or more of those to participate in that library.
            Plex is rarely implemented on internal disks because many 10s of TB often do not fit in many computer cases anymore

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      • Ashh77 on 21/07/2026 - 18:28

        Thank you!

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    • loksmack on 21/07/2026 - 18:28

      256gb is fine for the OS and apps.

      Your media will live on external drives probably in a DAS enclosure.

      The alternative route is to buy a NAS and run Plex Server and HA directly on it.

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      • Ashh77 on 21/07/2026 - 18:43

        Makes sense! Overall goal is a bit of learning accross networking, HA and managing a media server. Will look into additional storage down the line.

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      • hollykryten on 21/07/2026 - 18:48

        Yes it is as it's only an office PC. I don't think anyone's going to be using this for gaming so no need for a large internal storage.

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    • willyroo on 21/07/2026 - 18:37

      Running a pretty decent HA setup on a 7070. Includes 700+ line yaml for solar, batteries, pool, HWS, EV charging etc.

      Plex? See above.

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    • FujinShu on 21/07/2026 - 20:02

      If you already have a nas based on old hardware, you can just buy this and save compute in your nas for storage-only tasks while this handles everything else.

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      • wisc on 21/07/2026 - 22:44

        Except for electricity having two units running 24/7

        To make round numbers, even at less than 100 watts, let's say 2kw per day, it's like 50c a day to run. (Assuming 25kw for electricity)
        Over a year its 180 a year to run…. Better off putting in extra and getting a dedicated low power unit, it will pay for itself over the life of the unit.

        Real world Idle should be far less electricity, but you get the idea..

        (Maybe 20% of that so still looking at 50 bux or so…a year to run extra hardware, if the device will run for 5 years that's still 250 bux… Better if spend on a single dedicated unit)

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        • 3dprintdeals on 21/07/2026 - 22:57

          Unless you have solar and battery

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        • pinkybrain on 21/07/2026 - 23:16

          which dedicated unit you referring to and how much it cost compared to this?

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          • wisc on 22/07/2026 - 08:11

            @pinkybrain: I just mean rather than running a seperate storage and compute PC, just buy a low power nas, with decent compute.

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            • pinkybrain on 02/08/2026 - 09:22

              @wisc:

              I just mean rather than running a seperate storage and compute PC, just buy a low power nas, with decent compute.

              any recommendations for NAS that can do HA, plex, frigate, proxmox etc..

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              • wisc on 04/08/2026 - 19:33

                @pinkybrain: I bought a gen 8 microserver, then only this year moved to a aoostar wtr max. But that's quite a bit different kettle of fish… has some serious compute… and more $$$ than we are talking here…

                What you've listed should be fairly low requirements. Depends what your after in regards to storage, wtr pro maybe?
                https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeServer/comments/1pgyfa6/has_any…

                The 5825u is a low power powerhouse as well.

                Few people reported issues (seems to be more around the intel n100/150) most seem fine.

                Ugreen also do some impressive packages

                https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005012819333113.html
                If you you want easy, it runs ugos, which will run your apps you listed. Or like you said, install proxmox

                Really need budget/how much storage you need…

                Storage costs will hurt, shouldnt need to much ram for that load

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        • FujinShu on 22/07/2026 - 01:36

          Well you can always just lower the power usage by having less programs running on your nas, which is what this should help with.

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    • cevad on 21/07/2026 - 20:56

      I use one of these (but a 12500t cpu) as a Plex server and it's amazing. I have Plexpass (have had it for years), and it transcodes multiple streams at once.

      I have all of my media on NAS set up with NFS (the Dell is running Linux).

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      • pinkybrain on 21/07/2026 - 23:17

        how much you paid for it?
        what total spec of machie?

        how it compares to 11500t ?

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        • cevad on 22/07/2026 - 20:37

          Bargain score from FB Marketplace of $450, it had 16Gb ram and 500Gb NVME.

          Basically the same as this, but a bigger NVME - https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/186327240951

          The 12500t has a newer slightly higher spec iGPU compared to the 11500t (the 10k series has the same iGPU as the 11k CPUs.).

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    • warmmilktea on 21/07/2026 - 22:10

      New to media too I was about to buy ugoos, but this seems quite good , sorry for my noobness what is HA?

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      • cevad on 21/07/2026 - 22:19

        Home Assistant

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    • scottb721 on 22/07/2026 - 04:22

      I run HA and Plex in their own virtual machines using Proxmox on one of these.

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  • paulied84 on 21/07/2026 - 18:27

    Thanks OP bought 1 to add to my Proxmox cluster.

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  • Johnsnu on 21/07/2026 - 18:59

    I've purchased 2 different refurb 7090s from past deals. One had the one 16GB stick and the other 2 8GB sticks, which made it harder to upgrade the RAM since both slots were now taken. Couldn't find a mention of it in this listing.

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  • CrushJelly on 21/07/2026 - 19:22

    Great for HA. I have my setup on a 7090.

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    • 3dprintdeals on 21/07/2026 - 19:33

      You can do a lot more than HA with one.

      Run it as a VM on Proxmox, LXCs, other VMs…

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      • paulied84 on 21/07/2026 - 20:11

        Yep 100%. I run HAOS as a VM and heaps of other lxc's.

        They're great little devices which have low power draw.

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        • pinkybrain on 21/07/2026 - 23:19

          what is the recommend storage size for proxmox machine and size for HA as a VM?

          what other VMs you got running?

          what is LXC?

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          • 3dprintdeals on 21/07/2026 - 23:24

            @pinkybrain: I have 256 in mine, and it's running:

            • Opnsense
            • HA
            • Adguard LXC
            • Ubuntu VM

            It really depends on how much you want to store on it, I store everything on NAS.

            An LXC is a lightweight Linux VM that shares the Proxmox host’s kernel.

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            • pinkybrain on 22/07/2026 - 00:33

              @3dprintdeals:

              I have 256 in mine, and it's running:

              so no
              jellyfin or Immich on same machine?
              how you backing up your photos?

              is Adguard LXC better than pi hole?

              Do you run windows as main pc or what are you using ubuntu VM for?

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              • 3dprintdeals on 22/07/2026 - 06:58

                @pinkybrain: I don't use jellyfin, just stremio.

                I could run immich on it via docker on the Ubuntu vm but I run it on my unraid server.

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          • paulied84 on 22/07/2026 - 06:43

            @pinkybrain: I have 256 in all of mine as local storage.

            But for lxc's which may require more storage like plex etc I have network shares from my nas which the lxc's can access.

            Because I run proxmox I also run proxmox backup server as a VM on my NAS as well.

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  • koven on 21/07/2026 - 19:34

    The SFF version as opposed to the micro has 3.5" hdd and 4 ram slots

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    • 3dprintdeals on 21/07/2026 - 20:00

      SFF version doesn't fit in a 10" rack and takes up more space if making a cluster.

      Two also fit side by side in a 19" rack

      There are reasons why people want the 1L form factor.

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      • ReaperX22 on 21/07/2026 - 20:54

        Yessss. I've got a deskpi T0 with a 7080 optiplex and a 3d printed mount, ucg fiber 3d printed mount and a keystone jack both sides + another 3d mounted ubiquiti poe switch. It's so good. And so much easier to move around. Especially when we move (we rent), instead of a bajillion cables, it's basically just 2-3 now in and we're off/set back up again.

        I also bought the deeper T0 version but currently it just holds my 4 bay synology nas so it all looks more matchy matchy ha

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    • koven on 21/07/2026 - 20:18

      The SFF also has pcie slot for 2.5 or 10gbe network card

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      • ReaperX22 on 21/07/2026 - 20:49

        You can generally convert the M.2 WiFi card slots with a pcie card off aliexpress to a 2.5gb nic though (just make sure you get an Intel one)

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        • cevad on 21/07/2026 - 21:36

          this is what I've done :)

          Realek 2.5Gb pcie works fine, cheaper than an Intel one.

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          • ReaperX22 on 21/07/2026 - 21:54

            @cevad: Depends on the use case.

            Proxmox/Linux just generally works better (or at least, more consistently, with Intel nics over realtek or mediatek). Not saying realtek won't work but kind of a tried and true thing

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            • 3dprintdeals on 21/07/2026 - 22:08

              @ReaperX22: Running M.2 2.5gbe realtek nic for over a year with opnsense

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            • cevad on 21/07/2026 - 22:24

              @ReaperX22: I've not had any issues with a RTL8125 2.5GbE m.2 with Linux for a couple of years.

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        • pinkybrain on 21/07/2026 - 23:21

          got a link for aliexpress?

          so these do not have ethernet?

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      • 3dprintdeals on 21/07/2026 - 22:07

        I added a 2.5gbe nic to mine using m.2 card - realtek

        Works fine for opnsense

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    • eraser215 on 22/07/2026 - 02:07

      I have a Dell precision with the i7-12700 and it still only has 2 so-dimm slots.

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  • BenTheBargainer2013 on 21/07/2026 - 19:45

    Thanks op, bought the 7080 yesterday for much more, hopefully they let me return it (same seller)

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  • Blizzard57 on 21/07/2026 - 19:46

    Does anyone know if these come with windows 11 Pro or home?

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    • ReaperX22 on 21/07/2026 - 20:50

      Almost all of these ex office or whatever refurbs will have a pro license attached to them. Otherwise they couldn't really be fleet managed properly by whatever org had them before

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      • Blizzard57 on 22/07/2026 - 00:45

        Thanks! Asked the seller and they said it comes with variations of home or pro and will do their best to give me Pro. Best yeah, I agree, I would imagine that would mostly come with pro as they are ex office.

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  • tanksinatra on 21/07/2026 - 19:53

    Just be aware that these use T series CPU's which are capped at 35W. That can limit performance under sustained workloads.

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    • 3dprintdeals on 21/07/2026 - 20:00

      The 10500 listing is also available.

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    • sclyde2 on 23/07/2026 - 20:15

      Not sure what you are implying - do you think the non-T CPUs can perform "sustained" workloads better than the T processors?
      Looking at reviews of Optiplex micros with the higher power non-T 65w processors, such as those on servethehome, seem to suggest that the (non optimised cooling) design of dell's optiplex micros are more suited to the lower power 35W T processors. They seem to fairly consistently (across multiple generations) get the non-T CPUs to thermally throttle pretty quickly, like in a minute or two of full CPU utilisation. They suggest that the competitors (lenovo, HP) have more venting, might run the 65w CPUs better.

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  • bashar20 on 21/07/2026 - 20:03

    what is the integrated GPU on these?

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    • cevad on 21/07/2026 - 20:58

      Intel UHD Graphics 750

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  • iluvweetbix on 21/07/2026 - 20:05

    Wanted one for the mum so I can get my laptop back but no HDMI port? Seems weird.

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    • 3dprintdeals on 21/07/2026 - 20:08

      Display port to HDMI adaptor

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      • cevad on 21/07/2026 - 20:59

        Or Display port to HDMI cable - I find these easier to use than a cable with an adapter

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