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  • Lum
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    Ahh, we mostly use Optiplexes. I've long kept away from Dell's consumer stuff, but I figured stuff like drives would be the same and bought in bulk, easier to assemble that way.

    Oh well, always useful to learn new stuff.

    It's still dead easy to replace a hard drive, even without rails. 4 screws and it slides out, and the cables only go in one way.
  • John_Gray
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    +1 for Optiplexes, cheaper second-hand!
  • motorguy
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    John_Gray wrote: »
    +1 for Optiplexes, cheaper second-hand!

    +1

    I've an old optiplex thats at lease 8 years old now. I bought it on ebay 2 years ago for £80. Put my own 500GB hard disk in it and upped the ram and its genuinely been running night and day ever since (i never switch it off)

    Great little machine.
  • Lum
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    John_Gray wrote: »
    +1 for Optiplexes, cheaper second-hand!

    Just steer away from the GX280 and GX620 unless you're good at soldering and don't mind getting electrolytic capacitor gunge on your fingers.
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