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bradthetechnut
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July 20th, 2022 17:00
Previous Optiplex 755:
I didn't like all of the flat black. So besides painting the front bezel, the gray top was for a GX620. Only had to cut 1 tab to make it fit. The 2-tone effect with the black back latch was neat. I originally tried painting the black top, but the spray paint I just bought was bad and difficult to sand; and it wasn't the 97¢ stuff.
You'll be able to tell by my wiring I hadn't yet discovered a power rail with multiple SATA outlets that's more like an outlet strip. Blue l.e.d. fans had 4-pin molex connections and were plugged in with splitters and adapters. If I remember right, the USB 3.0 card also plugged into power via molex 4-pin. And it all worked.
That was the largest heatsink Dell ever put in an Optiplex.
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July 19th, 2022 13:00
Hi @Dell-Jordan,
Hopefully I'm replying in the right place.
Optiplex 7010:
Everything you see is hooked together and centers around music. Technics tape deck is hooked to the PC. Though rare now, I can use studio recording software (nothing too fancy) to record off of the tape deck. From there, I can turn the recorded songs into .wav, mp3, etc.
On top of the tape deck is an FM transmitter. When I use it, I can play music through another stereo in my apt. Signal easily reaches my truck outside.
I'd prefer to have a bigger main stereo, or at least blast the one I have on occasion which packs a punch for it's size (nice bass), but I live in an apt. I use BT headphones when I want my music louder.
A couple of previous photos:
I didn't like only 2 screws lining up for the fan, so it's lightly super-glued in place. You might notice they're gone in the 2nd photo.
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July 19th, 2022 23:00
Optiplex 9020 SFF i7-4790 16gb 320gb hdd AMD Radeon HD8570 dvd RW
This may be the last high end optiplex model business pc to use microATX motherboard
Dell 20” LCD monitor Dell keyboard mouse
bradthetechnut
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July 20th, 2022 11:00
I also have an Optiplex 790 DT; Win 7 32-bit; i3-2100; 250 GB HDD; 4GB RAM. Also a Dell 20" monitor, and the monitor I use on the 7010 is a Dell 20".
I use it for some backup and to run older 32-bt software that 64-bit Win10 (Pro) doesn't run.