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25 Feb, 2018
Optiplex 3020 refurb
I bought this to replace an aging living room general purpose computer which was still running Vista and running at a snails pace. Rather than risk a Windows 10 upgrade, I decided to get this, It fits the bill perfectly. I don't think its a proper refurb, jus a S/H unit with a re-imaged hard drive, because it still had clumps of dust around the case, but it was clean on the outside with a couple of barely visible scuffs on the front plate.
The only fault I could find was a mashed-in USB port on the rear but I just made sure it wasn't shorting out and I can live with that. Everything else works, its plenty fast enough, I've added a second hard disk, although I had to buy a second caddy you only get one in the box (the new ones only had one in, Dell tight-fistedness). I haven't installed any 3D games yet (it will only be older games I play, I'm not expecting super-duper 3D), I considered buying a low end 3D card but apparently the built in 3D is faster so there's not much point, I gather it will take a 1030 with no PSU upgrade necessary which will give a 5x boost but that's something for the future.
Overall I'm well happy with it, it's silent, quick for general use and has the expandability I want.