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Optiplex with Intel's 8th generation processors
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Is there any news about the release date Optiplex with Intel's 8th generation processors?
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Hello,
Is there any news about the release date Optiplex with Intel's 8th generation processors?
Regards;
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elpro999dell
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March 22nd, 2018 17:00
Currently, the Optiplex 7050 supports 7th gen Intel CPU and it is not likely dell will update it since there is little justification to use a different Chipset to integrate support for 8th Gen and call it a new product. As of the time, this post was written the only dell product to support 8th Gen Intel CPU is the Inspiron 5680. This is my opinion I am not a dell insider to know such information but it is my guess.
Tesla1856
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March 22nd, 2018 18:00
Hopefully OptiPlex continues to stay many months behind ... give this cutting-edge stuff some time to mature before inserting it into mission-critical work-load environments.
A client just got some new OptiPlex 5050-SFF (i5, 8gb, NVMe-SSD) and 27inch UltraSharps. They think they are awesome workstations and I would have to agree.
vgauto
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April 25th, 2018 02:00
Its taking longer than expected for dell to release 8th gen to the optiplex linup. 7th gen 5050 stock is dwindling and im starting to wonder how long i have to keep buying 4 threaded workstations. In comparison, de xps and latitude lineups are using 8th gen for quite a while now. Infact hexacore cpu's are already starting to appear in latitude's accoring to this release.
Tesla1856
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April 25th, 2018 22:00
Well, I've seen todays Intel-i3 benchmark faster than yesterdays i7's ... so there's that. Those 5050's we installed are crazy-fast, and they are just little baby computers.
Pretty sure all desktop i7's are 8-threaded now-days (and have been for some time).
Businesses can buy Precision Workstations too ... but the girls in account simply don't need that.
scottleslie
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May 7th, 2018 11:00
Big difference with 8th gen is HDCP 2.2 and HDMI 2.0b. Also they have updated the QuickSync engine. So if you are into Video, it's a must!
Tesla1856
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May 7th, 2018 14:00
Nice. But I didn't know people were buying OptiPlexes to edit and render video with on-board graphics. Isn't that what Precision Workstations (with dedicated video-cards) are for?
Can I get an OptiPlex with a big Power-Supply and a Liquid-Cooler?
elpro999dell
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May 16th, 2018 18:00
Yes if you add it like I did: