Dell OptiPlex 5050 MT

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Size of OptiPlex 5050 is small compact, with 35cm height only can be easily. Since the set on the desk, this host does not use multiple arguments. Component of the plastic fiber and metal compound frames, quality near 8kg too well heavy quality and sure.

Front of the simple machine, click on the mask and the strip masking Dell. On the previous, the source in the node and the DVD R / W, user has only 4 port USB and audio plug and in 3.5mm.

Move on total, OptiPlex 5050 is many many port connection. Server has a total port 6 port USB 3.1 gen 1 (2 at the front, 4 at the back), 4 port USB 2.0 (2 front, 2 back), 4 port output (VGA, HDMI, 2 port DisplayPort), port Gigabit LAN, 2 port PS / 2 for keys and mouse, even even with Serial port to connect the old device.

The exterior of the OptiPlex 5050 is not so prominent, the internal design of the machine is very reasonable and easy to upgrade. The cassette is designed for easy removal and installation and almost just by hand.

Instead of just opening the lid like a regular computer, the OptiPlex 5050 also has a swivel hinge to open the hinge, allowing easy access to the motherboard. This design makes it easy to upgrade or clean the machine, whether it is for an individual user or an IT professional, this is also a bonus.

In the default configuration, except for the CPU, the user can upgrade the RAM, add graphics card, hard drive or SSD because the motherboard and the machine cover are plenty of space. Up to two 2.5 inch hard drives, one M.2 SSD, three RAM slots, a graphics card and three external PCI-e cards can be added.

The mouse is moderately sized, handy and suitable for both right and left handed people. The shell of the mouse also uses the same material as the keys, perhaps for a long time will be less “sharp” than the plastic material.

Performance, temperature and power consumption

In the configuration of this machine, the most valuable point is the Intel Core i5-7500 Kaby Lake relatively powerful, with 4 cores 4 channels and 3.4GHz base clock, accelerated turbo boost up to 3.8GHz. This chip can handle quite heavy tasks such as editing, rendering, and also rated as good game processing.

This machine is pre-installed operating system Ubuntu version 16.04LTS. If you need just surfing the Web, working on the office or watching movies, listening to music, Ubuntu also meet, but to exploit the maximum power users can still install Windows operating system. To assess the performance of the machine, we installed Windows 10 the latest version 1709 (Windows 10 has an update 1803, but not released at the time of evaluation).

If the need is just ordinary office applications, low-tabbed browsing, or even a single image processing or image rendering in Lightroom, then the power of the OptiPlex 5050 is “superfluous.” For software that’s a familiar CPU performance like the Cinebench R15 or Geekbench 4, the score of the i5-7500 is impressive, especially at multi-core performance.

However, only 4GB RAM will be a significant limitation to the multitasking capabilities of the machine. When opening about 10 tabs on the Chrome browser, the machine starts to slow down. Similarly, when browsing images and editing a large number of images on the Lightroom, the amount of RAM also slowed the response speed.

1 TB of hard drive space to store office data, even if it contains more games, music, pictures are not too big problem. However, despite the 7200 RPM drive, the hard drive is not fast enough to provide fast response and is a bottleneck that makes the machine less impressive, especially when it comes to 100% Full Disk status on Windows 10. So a 2.5-inch SATA SSD or M.2 drive is one of the first points to upgrade.

The graphics processing task on this computer belongs to the Intel HD Graphics 630 integrated graphics chip. In fact, the graphics chip is sufficient for some games with graphics requirements not too high – when playing Pro Evolution Soccer 2018, set to Low Graphics and Full HD resolution, the machine still reaches an average frame rate of about 30 fps, playable but not smooth. With the legendary Alliance machine enough to meet the 60 frames per second.

The whole case has only a CPU fan and an 80mm fan to push the hot air on the back, so the heat dissipation efficiency is not high either. When the system is running at full capacity with AIDA64 for 1 hour, the CPU temperature can reach 74 degrees. This temperature is not worrying, but if you want the system to run continuously, in the long run, it will need to replace the CPU cooler better. The advantage of this system is very quiet operation, even when running at full capacity is not noisy.

Summary

The Dell OptiPlex 5050 is a desktop model suitable for small and medium businesses or individual users looking for a compact desktop, quiet operation, and moderate performance requirements. The machine responds well to the light, basic work, can play some popular online games today. With this configuration, users have a number of options for upgrading, such as installing Windows, adding more RAM or adding SSDs to improve performance, so that they can better handle heavy tasks like image processing and movie editing.

Advantages:

+ Compact design, modern design

+ Peripheral port connectivity, diversified appearance

+ Easy to install and upgrade, supports Intel Opto SSD

+ Quiet operation

+ Performance to meet the office tasks, microprocessor Intel Core i5 7400 powerful

+ Keyboard and mouse included

Limit:

– RAM only 4GB

– No Windows installed

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