Dell Inspiron Desktop i5-8400, 8GB DDR4, 16GB Optane + 1TB, Win 10 $429 @ Staples

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VirtualLarry

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Item #: 24330663 | Model #: I3670-5368BLK

https://brickseek.com/staples-inventory-checker?sku=24330663


I posted a deal a week or two ago, with the equivalent Acer machine, but it was $499 on sale. This is quite a deal on this Dell!

I have a desire to test out Optane, as configured by a major OEM PC builder, on a Coffee Lake-based PC.

This would be right up my alley, to test out, but... I don't have room for another PC, and I still need to sell my HP Power Gaming Desktop (i5-7400, 8GB DDR4, 1TB HDD, GTX 1060 3GB). That was only $499, last BF or so, at Walmart, and it's a bona-fide gaming rig. (Though, Coffee Lake i5-8400 is a six-core, and then there's the Optane cherry on top.)

How hard would it be to turn this into a Gaming PC? Can you throw in a GTX 1050 ti? Or upgrade to an aftermarket PSU? Inquiring minds want to know.

Edit: The Acer PCs at Newegg, had USB 3.1 Gen2 on the front-panel ports, this Dell appears to be just Gen1 / USB3.0. Not that there is a large proliferation of USB3.1 Gen2 external portable HDDs, or USB flash drives, anyways. (Just Pricey external SSDs, mostly.)

Edit: I must be getting rusty, I'm having trouble eye-balling the back picture on this Dell, is that a standard ATX layout of the screw holes? Could this PC be using a non-proprietary PSU connection? (Maybe a more-or-less standard ATX PSU connection on an OEM H310 mobo?)

Edit: When you click on "Special Buy", it seems to indicate that the $170 off, is only good when you ALSO buy a Dell Monitor?

Can you confirm that people have been buying the PC ONLY at this price? Or is this a special price, for a bundle deal, and somehow listed on their web site as a separate SKU? (Newegg does that, and sometimes, things can only be "ordered in a combo".)

Here's an 8th-Gen i5, with 12GB of DDR4-2666, but no Optane, for $449:

https://www.staples.com/hp-pavilion-desktop-590-p0066/product_24330670#product-reviews
 
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ibex333

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new deal: Link removed

Acer Aspire Desktop: i5-7400, 12GB DDR4, 2TB HDD, Win 10


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PrinceXizor

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Can you confirm that people have been buying the PC ONLY at this price? Or is this a special price, for a bundle deal, and somehow listed on their web site as a separate SKU? (Newegg does that, and sometimes, things can only be "ordered in a combo".)
Click to expand...
Just placed my order. Went through just fine. No monitor required.
 
PrinceXizor

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Received mine yesterday.
1. One M.2 WLAN and One M.2 PciE (with 16GB Optane in it).
2. Only 2 DIMM slots.
3. Looks like there are two additional free SATA connectors on the MB.
4. 290W PSU (Dell Model AC290AM)
5. Looks like a non-standard ATX connector to my eyes. Only 8 pins and the separate 4 pin SATA power feed. Not a 20+4.

Edit: But, it does look like a standard ATX size PSU that could be swapped out and an adaptor used to power the MB.
 
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