Who has the best Optiplex build?

DrQuickDroqqed · October 22, 2019

Looking for the best optiplex builds. I'm going to build one soon myself. All posts will be liked :)(Unless they are unrelated ofc). Post em below with specs and pictures(if possible!). This should also be helpful to other gamers who are looking for cheap and good performance rigs.

TomvanWijnen · October 22, 2019

A while ago I got an Optiplex 775 (given to me) with an Intel Core 2 Duo E6420, no GPU, and some amount of 0.5 and/or 1 GB sticks of RAM. I plopped in 4x2GB (already had those from older builds), a Q6600 (already had that for a while, gotta love chipsets on LGA 755), and a GT 220 (for free from a friend). This was the pc my friend used for years when he came over.

Not that long ago I got two more old Optiplexes, and decided get the best from both and make it our TV-PC. The result was a core 2 duo E7400, 2x2 GB RAM (only 2 slots on each mobo), and it needed the GT 220 from the 775. I then got an HD 6570 (twice as fast) so the GT 220 could go to the TV-PC.

Then I suddenly got gifted an Optiplex 990 with an i5 2400. The HD 6750 went to there, and the Optiplex 775 went (without a GPU) to my dad upstairs.

I have two more Optiplexes that aren't being used at the moment, more PCs than uses.