My five year old OptiPlex 7010 MT has served me well. Purchased new on eBay, and upgraded with SSD drive, additional HDD, video card, etc.

Recently, the power button would flash orange when powering on. This happened twice, and I was able to disconnect and reconnect the AC cord to power on. From this forum, I understand that it can mean a power supply problem. Replacing the power supply is beyond my technical skill. Instead I have replaced the motherboard's CMOS battery as suggested here.

I am considering replacing the 7010 with another one. Installing the components and upgrades on the new one would be straight forward. However, I wonder if there are other (newer) OptiPlex models, or other desktop models, I should consider. Performance wise, the 7010 is fine for my needs.

Thanks.