I thought this was a great deal if you need a PC that does not have to have completely modern specs. I bought it to run an Opnsense firewall on a home network. It is overpowered for that, but it allows some flexibility to also run a fileserver (NAS), game server (Minecraft, say) or media server etc.
Despite its age, I think the PC would be fine for the average person's office use - running a desktop on Linux or Windows 10 and doing office stuff, surfing the web and so on. I am not sure about Windows 11 capability, but I think I saw TPM in the BIOS.
The PC was in great condition - especially for the price. The fact that it came with a 250GB SSD was icing on the cake. With only a spinning hard disk, it would probably seem slower when using it for office work.
My only problem was a very tiny one and not so significant to affect the rating. Here, I found that the BIOS was locked with a password. Ten minutes on Google and I found how to unlock it from the Dell owners' manual (there is a jumper switch on the motherboard to reset it) so it wasn't much of a hassle.
I guess anybody with the technical knowledge to want to change the BIOS would probably know that there would be a workaround for the password, but an A4 printed page with some instructions in the box could help some people.
As I say, that's a really small gripe and the PC was otherwise excellent.
Edited 27/1/22: Since writing this review, the PC is now £30 more than I paid for it. I paid around £56(ish) and it is now £88. I think the price is still fair, but I wouldn't enthuse quite so much about it being in great condition for the price. It is still a good price and probably still better than ebay, but I would check there too.....
| Brand | Dell |
|---|---|
| Package Dimensions | 56.1 x 44.1 x 23 cm; 5.68 kg |
| Manufacturer | Dell Computers |
| Series | Optiplex |
| Colour | Black |
| Form Factor | Small Form Factor |
| Processor Brand | Intel |
| Processor Type | Core i3 |
| Processor Speed | 3.4 GHz |
| Processor Socket | LGA 1150 |
| Processor Count | 1 |
| RAM Size | 8 GB |
| Memory Technology | DDR3 |
| Computer Memory Type | DDR3 SDRAM |
| Maximum Memory Supported | 32 GB |
| Hard Drive Size | 256 GB |
| Hard Disk Description | SSD |
| Hard Drive Interface | Solid State |
| Graphics Chipset Brand | Intel |
| Graphics Card Description | Integrated |
| Graphics Card Interface | Integrated |
| Hardware Platform | PC |
| Operating System | Windows 10 Pro |
| Item Weight | 5.68 kg |
| Guaranteed software updates until | unknown |
