Grateful for views on this PC

[Tringa]

I won't go into the details but my 10year old+ PC has died and although I have built a few in the past I don't fancy doing another just now so looked around for a base unit and saw this spec from Ebuyer for £553



Dell Optiplex 3050 MT


Processor Intel® Core i5-7500 3.4GHz 6MB Cache

Memory 8GB DDR4 2400MHz RAM

Hard Drive 1TB HDD 7200rpm

Optical Drive DVD Writer

Software Operating System: Windows 10 Pro

Graphics Intel HD Graphics

Power Supply 240W


Interfaces

8 External USB: 4 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 (2 front/2 rear)
1 RJ-45
1 DisplayPort 1.2
1 HDMI 1.4
1 Universal Audio Jack
1 Line-out


Expansion

1 M.2 connector (Wi-Fi Card)
1 full height PCIe x16
3 full height PCIe x1
1 internal 3.5" HDD
2 internal 2.5" HDD
1 internal slim ODD

I know including an SSD would add some speed but I'm not that fussed to have one, however I have a few concerns, eg no mention of the motherboard and what appears to be a low power psu (though if I recall correctly, in the past the psus in Dells were more adequate than their power spec suggested), so I would be grateful for any comments on it and/or alternative similar specced units for about the same price.

Thanks

Dave

 

[Mozthecat]

I bought two of these (identical except the processor may have been a slower I5 and downgraded to win7) A couple of years ago. The only negative is one has faulty RAM that leads to BSOD if I am having a day of image handling (e.g. Uploading lots of photos to our website). Sadly due to nature of my role it only became apparent after the warranty had expired....

The other has been rock solid.

 

[troutfisher]

How much memory will it support,it could do with an extra 8 gig but does it have enough slots?

 

[GTG]

Looks about standard price wise for the Spec from a reputable company.

It is actually a very energy efficient PC with a CPU with GPU on board ( a combo that uses very little power ) 65w max I believe.

Hard drive does not need much power, basically 240w is not as poor as it looks but stops you adding decent dedicated GPU.

DDR4 2400mhz ram is good but 16gb would be better right off the bat instead of upgrading later.

CPU has enough power.

Dell are actually very good at designing these OptiPlex PC`s in my opinion.

I have a OptiPlex 7010 USSF and OptiPlex 9020 USSF and I think they are superbly designed for tiny PC`s that are 24 cm X 24 cm X 6.5 cm

 

[Tringa]

Thanks for the comments, all.

Dave