Dell CFC5C OptiPlex 3050 Micro Form Factor Desktop Computer, Intel Core i5-7500T, 8GB DDR4, 256GB Solid State Drive, Windows 10 Pro (Renewed)

Well, I have a decent experience building desktops and repairing laptops. And while my primary domain is larger and more expensive gaming systems, recently I needed a couple of small mini PC's for small office tasks - rugged, power effective and reliableAnd while OptiPlex 3050 at $600 price tag (new) might be appealing to corporate customers for retail end-points, it's a little too expensive for small home office use - so these refurbished units at sub-$100 price tag fit the bill perfectlyHardware upgradability (5/5):Tools needed: a household grade Philips head screwdriver. The whole case assembly is being held by a single Philips screw (that you can undo with your bare hands if you have a strong grip). A single push to protruding metal extension will push the outer cover away.HDD/SSD case can be removed with bare hands by pressing on two plastic latches inwards, then shifting the whole assembly. NVME card is supported as well (you'll need to use your trusty Philips head screwdriver again)The main fan assembly can be removed in the similar manner, giving access to two SODIMM DDR4 memory slots (one 8GB 2400 MHz stick will be on-board). This can be upgraded to faster 3200 MHz 2x16 GB DDR4 if one so desires (potentially more, but could be counter intuitive). While 8 GB of RAM is enough for most office tasks, your little system will feel itself better with 16 GB (a $30 upgrade)If you ever need to replace the thermal paste, radiator is once again accessible by removing 4x Philips screws to the North of the SODIMM portsPower supply (1/5):This one is bad. Refurbisher supplied 90W Dell power supply is not enough and will send the system into a throttle mode, limiting CPU power to 0.79 GHz (800 MHz). Plan to upgrade power supply to 130WLook for "130W AC Charger for Dell OptiPlex 3050" - there are options for $30. Read the comments to ensure that this resolves CPU throttling issue on OptiPlex'esNote: You can use Throttlestop to disable throttling and it _seems_ to work normally, but it depends on whether or not you have upgraded your RAM, NVME/SSD etc. I would just recommend upgrading back to nominal 130W power supplySoftware upgradability (Windows 10) (4/5):System comes with Windows 10 OEM license - however, it's activated with refurbisher bulk key. I would recommend re-activating it with original Dell key that is stored on the intact MSR partition of your laptop. Open terminal and run the following command (Win+R, cmd, Enter):# wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKeyCopy-paste original product key, go into System Settings, Activation and re-activate your copy using original Dell product keyThis shall resolve all potential problems, should in future your hard drive fail and you'll want to reinstall your systemSoftware upgradability (Windows 11) (4/5):Dell doesn't support Windows 11 on OptiPlex 3050, yet you can do it - Microsoft takes care of the drivers support. Upgrading RAM to 16 GB is strongly recommendedSoftware upgradability (Linux) (5/5):It just works. I would not recommend building source-based distributions (Gentoo, Arch) directly on OptiPlex, but anything can be done. All other modern Linux distributions shall work without any problemsThat's should be it. Giving 5 stars because even accounting for $30 power supply and additional upgrades, having such robust little machine for $130 with taxes is VERY good. Good enough so I got myself two units even though I don't actually have a use for a second one right now)

I’m very happy with this mini PC. It runs fast, doesn’t take up space, and works perfectly for both work and daily tasks. Great performance and super easy to set up. Highly recommended!

I use these for my telecommunications company. They are amazing!!

To be honest the pc was is a very good condition. Had almost no scratches and the insides where very clean. Came well packaged with mouse and keyboard. However I can't give it more than 1 star. The system during the setup was kind slow for what it is. I noticed that the cpu was running @ 0.79ghz instead of 2.70ghz. Though it was throttling but temps were around 52°c. Runned a dell system upgrade tool, updated drivers and BIOS and nothing about getting the clocks back to 2.7ghz. Turns out, this issue is caused by 1- bad ac adapter 2- bad ac plug 3- motherboard/bios. Did some research and dell has some things going on with those small form factor pcs. Tested 02 ac power adapters from my old dell laptop and same problem. Did a bios reset and same issue. Checked bios alert history and it seems this has been happening since 2020. The thing is, if you are not aware about pcs, clocks, you may thing your pc is running ok and it is kind slow because it is a "old device" but in fact this system is well capable when runing at the correct speed. So be aware. Mine is going back to seller.

Received my purchase in a timely manner, packaged in a plain box in molded packing foam for protection. Included was a power cord. Powered up fine and went thru the onscreen prompts for setup. Overall, this was a great purchase which will be used for my home arcade machine.

Llego parido, bien empacado, producto funcional con disco pci, Ram 8gb- recomendado.

They've bought computers from a business upgrading and cleaned up some of the outside. To make it look good, they put a sticker on top. The heat sink though.....they did a quick wipe over the top and didn't bother to actually remove the dust from the machine. They do wipe the machine, but they apply their own image that comes with some software of their choosing. I emailed over to RefurbNinja to get my product key and hadn't heard anything back. No worries team, I've purchased a key so I have record of it.For most folks who want to just browse the Internet, it's fine. They won't push it to a level where it needs to be cleaned up. But for what I was looking for, it could have been cleaner- physically as well on a software level.

This product seems as good as a new unit. Everything works as expected. If like me your budget is small I can recommend it. We will see if it is still running a year from now.