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Sep 8, 2023 8:25 PM

Dell OptiPlex 3060 MFF Desktop (Grade A Refurb): i5-8500T, 8GB RAM, 500GB HDD

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Dell Refurbished has Dell OptiPlex 3060 MFF Desktop (Grade A Refurbished) for $259 - $129.50 w/ promo code OHYEA3060 = $129.50. Shipping is free.

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Specs
  • Intel Core i5-8500T Processor (6-Core, 2.10 GHz)
  • 8GB RAM
  • 500GB Hard Drive
  • Wireless 802.11 ac + Bluetooth
  • Windows 10 Pro

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Dell Refurbished has Dell OptiPlex 3060 MFF Desktop (Grade A Refurbished) for $259 - $129.50 w/ promo code OHYEA3060 = $129.50. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member send2dodo for finding this deal.

Specs
  • Intel Core i5-8500T Processor (6-Core, 2.10 GHz)
  • 8GB RAM
  • 500GB Hard Drive
  • Wireless 802.11 ac + Bluetooth
  • Windows 10 Pro

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spiffytexan
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8th gen Intel makes a phenomenal Plex box or home server! Mine has an 8tb ssd and is a torrent and Plex and backup server for the whole house!
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send2dodo
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So this finally worked for me to create a local account with a new Win 11 setup from scratch using a USB stick. Downloaded the Win 11 bootable copy from MS.

Disconnect LAN/wifi
Next use the steps from here to BypassNRO command

https://4sysops.com/archives/inst...t-account/

1. Start the Window 11 setup.
2. When you see the Let's connect you to a network screen with the grayed-out Next button, press Shift + F10. This launches a command prompt.
Now run the following command at the command prompt:
oobe\BypassNRO

3. After your system restarts, you need to select your region and keyboard layout once again. But this time, on the Let's connect you to a network screen, you will see a new I don't have internet option.
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Sep 10, 2023 3:11 AM
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DanielE9159Sep 10, 2023 3:11 AM
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What is the motherboard or RAM specs9
Sep 10, 2023 3:16 AM
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DanzillaSep 10, 2023 3:16 AM
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Quote from jeffricks2051 View quoted comment :
If I put in a new Drive do I have to clone the existing Drive or do I just hit some fancy button and it loads up Windows on the new Drive?
You can (clone), but probably easier to just reinstall windows from a image on thumb drive or other external bootable drive. No, there's no magic copy of windows that automatically gets installed. There's an option like that with Apple to install to a new disk over an internet connection, but as far as I know not for any windows systems.
Sep 10, 2023 3:21 AM
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sqlunixSep 10, 2023 3:21 AM
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Can this take more than 2TB in an SSD drive? According to what I am reading 2TB is max
Sep 10, 2023 3:29 AM
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DarkManBGSep 10, 2023 3:29 AM
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Quote from Danzilla View quoted comment :
Does the micro size have room for a 3.5" drive, or only the smaller 2.5 (or m.2)?

EDIT: Seems not, found references after searching elsewhere. Would probably grab a SFF if there were any left, but really need the 3.5" storage that the MFF is missing. Maybe a USB 3 external..... meh.
2.5 only and one m.2 slot on the motherboard.
Sep 10, 2023 3:33 AM
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FlinteSep 10, 2023 3:33 AM
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Quote from navidp View quoted comment :
How do you use this as Plex box? How is it accessing storage? Virtual cloud drive, network mapped drive, or USB external?
NFS or SMB
Sep 10, 2023 3:45 AM
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LukeH9333Sep 10, 2023 3:45 AM
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Great for running as a server. My digital life is 2x better after installing one. Just load up on docker containers and enjoy: look into nextcloud, immich and jellyfin to get started.
Sep 10, 2023 4:04 AM
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oloruinSep 10, 2023 4:04 AM
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Quote from Danzilla View quoted comment :
You can (clone), but probably easier to just reinstall windows from a image on thumb drive or other external bootable drive. No, there's no magic copy of windows that automatically gets installed. There's an option like that with Apple to install to a new disk over an internet connection, but as far as I know not for any windows systems.
Dell does have a cloud restore on some systems. For the other business models, you can download a Dell OS Recovery program to build out a USB installer to get a more-or-less "Factory" install. I don't recall if you have to feed the OS tool a service tag or if you can pick from a model list.

https://www.dell.com/support/home...tool/wt64a

I don't use it for my own systems, but I did have a weird support case at work, where I had to redo the system from this before Dell would allow me to ship the laptop back for service. (bad mobo, froze during windows 10/10 times, but preboot assessment diags ran flawlessly...)

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Sep 10, 2023 4:05 AM
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fejSep 10, 2023 4:05 AM
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There are also some 5490 laptops in Grade 8 with decent specs at 50% off. Just grabbed a kick around the house laptop for $150
Sep 10, 2023 4:12 AM
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02nzSep 10, 2023 4:12 AM
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Quote from Danzilla View quoted comment :
Does the micro size have room for a 3.5" drive, or only the smaller 2.5 (or m.2)?

EDIT: Seems not, found references after searching elsewhere. Would probably grab a SFF if there were any left, but really need the 3.5" storage that the MFF is missing. Maybe a USB 3 external..... meh.
Not sure why anyone wants a 3.5-inch drive these days when a 2TB m.2 NVME SSD costs $65.
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Sep 10, 2023 4:28 AM
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IgnatzSep 10, 2023 4:28 AM
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Quote from sqlunix View quoted comment :
Can this take more than 2TB in an SSD drive? According to what I am reading 2TB is max
Would like to know the same.
Sep 10, 2023 4:29 AM
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wbs3333Sep 10, 2023 4:29 AM
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Quote from 02nz View quoted comment :
Not sure why anyone wants a 3.5-inch drive these days when a 2TB m.2 NVME SSD costs $65.
Very likely he was going to use it as a file/cloud server of sorts. I have seen 14TBs for around $130 recert. Not recommending it, just taking a wild guess for a reason. Other use case would be to put an optical drive if the person was planning on using it as a media center. I know everything is streamed now a days but I still see a ton of Redbox kiosks all around, ie is not too far fetch that a person would want to put an optical drive. Just my two cents trying to see outside of the my horse blinders, but otherwise agree with you. Solid state storage prices are falling down and very cheap lately. Better performance and less power consumption.
Sep 10, 2023 4:52 AM
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RedlineSep 10, 2023 4:52 AM
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Quote from fej View quoted comment :
There are also some 5490 laptops in Grade 8 with decent specs at 50% off. Just grabbed a kick around the house laptop for $150
How can you tell they are 50% off? What promo code do you use?
Sep 10, 2023 4:54 AM
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pray4allSep 10, 2023 4:54 AM
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Any good dual/quad Intel NIC card for this to make it pfsense router?
Sep 10, 2023 4:56 AM
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tiresomesaltineSep 10, 2023 4:56 AM
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I5-8500T uses Intel UHD Graphics 630, which supports encoding/decoding H.265/HEVC Main10/10-bit : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I...Sync_Video

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Sep 10, 2023 5:12 AM
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SynicasmSep 10, 2023 5:12 AM
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Think this is dead. Cant add either to the cart...
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