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February 22nd, 2013 13:00
Optiplex 170L upgrade advise
http://www.cpu-world.com/cgi-bin/CPUID.pl?CPUID=24468
CPU information^ hoping to upgrade power supply,video,memory,CPU.
Brand New Dell Optiplex 170L Replacement 480W 480 Watt Power Supply B110
Kingston Technology 1 GB DIMM Memory 333 MHz (PC 2700) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Single (Not a kit) KTD4550/1Gx2
EVGA nVidia e-GeForce 6200LE 256 MB 256-P1-N400-LR
Intel Pentium 4 3.4GHz / 1MB Cache / 800MHz FSB / Socket 478 / HyperThreading / Processor
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Mary G
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February 23rd, 2013 11:00
IMO this is a bad idea and a waste of money. Save all the money you would spend and buy a new computer. That optiplex is a budget model business computer with severe limitations-- 2gb memory, pentium 4, age of computer, etc.
rdunnill
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February 23rd, 2013 12:00
I bought a used GX620 for $67 including shipping. The GX620 has a PCI Express 16x slot, uses DDR2 memory and supports SSDs. Upgraded in that fashion my GX620 is quite comfortable with Windows 8 Professional.
The 170 would do eight years ago as entry-level, but it's quite obsolete now.
Antoine S. Finc
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February 26th, 2013 07:00
would the optiplex 745 be better than GX620?
grkochiii
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March 4th, 2013 17:00
The optiplex 745 is more recent, so it would be better for that reason. I don't think that the GX620 supports the Core 2 duo/quad processors (somebody correct me if I'm wrong, I would like to know), but the 745 can support the 65nm Core processors (I have a 745 upgraded to the core 2 quad q6600), and the 755 can support the 45nm Core processors.
A 745 or 755 combined with a recent graphics card makes for a pretty capable budget computer.
rdunnill
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March 4th, 2013 18:00
I think you're right there.
Someone here tried to install an E6300 in a GX620, and reported that it didn't work.