Dell’s been selling the business-oriented OptiPlex for 25 years. (Now I feel old) So along with the new Precision Mobile Workstations and Latitude 5000 Laptops, Dell has new OptiPlex lineup.
The refreshed gear includes four new all-in-one machines alongside a a mix of mini-tower, SFF, and micro-desktops. heck there is even a new OptiPlex XE3 ruggedized desktop.
Since these are business PCs, Dell is also thinking of security, the mahines include Dell Data Guardian, and Dell Endpoint Security Suite software support.
Kicking it off with the standard desktops, we have the 7060 series, the 5060 series, and the 3060 series. All three families’s desktops come in three form factors: mini-tower, small-form-factor (SFF) desktop, and micro-desktop. The machines have CPU options ranging from Pentium Gold chips on up to the Core i7-8700. All machines have storage options up to SSD-and-HDD setups. As you move up the product stack, the differences are primarily in the graphics and memory options.
Dell OptiPlex 5060 micro-desktop
The 3060 series machines use the Intel H370 chipset and are limited to 32 GB of RAM and low-end discrete graphics, topping out at AMD’s Radeon RX 550. The 5060 and the 7060 OptiPlexes support 64 GB of RAM and dual graphics cards, although the micro-desktop versions of these machines are limited to 32 GB of RAM and a single discrete graphics unit. Those series are also based on the Q370 chipset, allowing for additional remote management and security options not found on the 3060s.
Dell OptiPlex 7760 all-in-one
All-In-Ones (AIO) are very popular in today’s office. Look ma, no wires! There are four new OptiPlex all-in-one models: the 27″ OptiPlex 7760, the 23.8″ OptiPlex 7460, the 21.5″ OptiPlex 5260, and the 19.5″ OptiPlex 3050. Theses AIOs can pack CPUs up to the Core i7-8700, a pair of 16-GB DDR4 DIMMs, and a GeForce GTX 1050 at the maximum.
The displays on all AIOs are 1920×1080 IPS screens, except the 7760, which has a 3840×2160 panel as an option. the 1080p screens can come with touchsupport as an option.
Dell offers dual storage (SSD plus hard drive) options including 1-TB M.2 PCIe SSDs. You can also order them with Optane Memory caching.
Dell OptiPlex 5260 all-in-one
Returning to the traditional desktop form factors. The Optiplex XE3 is very similar to the OptiPlex 7060 series. Ok they look identical externally. The X3s only come as mini-tower and SFF cases. Dell did not share with us how these machines are more rugged than Optiplex machines. We do know they more aggressive active cooling and optional dust filters per the releases Dell gave us. Dell recommends these machines for medical, industrial, retail, and marine applications.
Dell OptiPlex XE3 mini-tower and SFF
All of the new OptiPlex hardware will be available on Dell’s website starting May 22. The all-in-one machines will begin at $869 for the OptiPlex 5260, $1069 for the 7460, and $1229 for the 7760. The updated OptiPlex desktops will start at $499 for the 3060 SFF model and go up from there. The ruggedized OptiPlex XE3 will start at $649.
