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Dell Vostro desktop 3681 Intel Core i3-10100 $299

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$499 - $200 off coupon: DBPRDT7 = $299

Good for general home and office work as well to stream media. Not for heavy gaming and not expandable at all since it uses a proprietary motherboard, power supply, and case. (but standard drives, ram, and CPU)

The only type of video card you could ever use would be a low profile PCIe bus powered card like a GTX 1650. (but if you want to game, go look at the other more expensive deals)

Personally I would add a cheap NVMe drive to boot and load apps off of, and another 4GB stick of ram.

10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10100 processor(4-Core, 6M Cache, 3.6GHz to 4.3GHz)
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit English
Intel® UHD Graphics 630 with shared graphics memory
4GB, 4Gx1, DDR4, 2666MHz
3.5" 1TB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive

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02-21-2021 at 09:48 AM.
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Do we know if Dell require OEM ram?
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02-21-2021 at 02:04 PM.
02-21-2021 at 02:04 PM.
Quote from tome275 :
Do we know if Dell require OEM ram?
My Dell desktops use industry-standard unregistered non-ecc ddr4 ram that you commonly see posted on sale here for desktop PC. And since you cannot overclock it ,no reason to get the higher speeds, just whatever is 2666 or higher on sale.
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02-21-2021 at 03:29 PM.
02-21-2021 at 03:29 PM.
Quote from jehoey :
My Dell desktops use industry-standard unregistered non-ecc ddr4 ram that you commonly see posted on sale here for desktop PC. And since you cannot overclock it ,no reason to get the higher speeds, just whatever is 2666 or higher on sale.

You can't set timings in the bios, so make sure you get 2666 default RAM or it will be stuck at 2166
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Jalsien
02-21-2021 at 03:35 PM.
02-21-2021 at 03:35 PM.
I3 have come a long way, probably as fast as an i7 7700
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02-21-2021 at 04:03 PM.
02-21-2021 at 04:03 PM.
I got in on the 3880 deal the other week for $299 which had same processor but also had 8gb RAM and 256gb SSD. Computer is super fast and great for normal use. If you can hold out for a deal like that to come around again, I'd recommend it as here you're getting half the ram and a HDD for same price.
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02-21-2021 at 05:12 PM.

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02-21-2021 at 05:12 PM.
Just some info: 2x SATA ports, 1x m.2 2230/2280 for SSD, 1x m.2 2230 for WLAN, 1x PCIe x1, 1x PCIe x16, 2x DIMM slots, 1x 3.5'' HDD slot, 1x optical drive (slim) slot, 2x USB 2.0 Type-A & 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports in the front, SD 4.0 card reader (SD, SDHC, SDXC), 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type A & 2x USB 2.0 Type-A (with Smart Power On, whatever that means ) on the back, HDMI 1.4b and as someone already mentioned non-standard MBO and PSU (200w bronze, FYI). RAM speeds are 2666 and in service manual it says 2933 is supported with i7-10700.

Not sure about CPU upgrade path, but MBO chipset is B460, and supplied CPU i3-10100 is 65w as are others, starting from i5-10400/10400f all the way up to i7-10700/i7-10700f. So, in theory you could eventually uprade the CPU, but dont hold me on that one. You never know with OEMs, but since wattages are the same (unlike for models with 58w Pentiums), it should be possible. In Parts List, only SSDs and RAM are listed, no CPUs tho. As for the GPU, in the manual theres a section about installing GPU, and in the graphic some sort of ultra thin Radeon is depicted, so Im guessing anything bigger than that is a no-go. In Owners Manual a single discreet GPU option is mentioned, NVIDIA GeForce GT730.

Anyways, good deal. Especially since original price is somewhat absurd (712$). Repped.
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02-21-2021 at 05:46 PM.
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Add 10 more bucks and upgrade to the i5, surprised that wasn't posted on original post.
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02-21-2021 at 06:36 PM.
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Quote from davidallen1 :
Add 10 more bucks and upgrade to the i5, surprised that wasn't posted on original post.

$10 more for a 10400 vs 10100 and 8gb ram vs 4gb. That's a much better deal.
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02-21-2021 at 06:42 PM.
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Quote from wandering_soul :
$10 more for a 10400 vs 10100 and 8gb ram vs 4gb. That's a much better deal.

Can't get the code "DBPRDT7" to work with the upgraded i5/8GB config. Were you able to?
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02-21-2021 at 06:42 PM.
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Need Solid state drive..
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I wish I could find one that can run VR games with the headsets I have for a small arcade.
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