Dell Optiplex units of this era are getting much more difficult to find still new in the box, so to continue this listing, I have come up with a custom tower build with nearly identical performance of the Optiplex I previously had here.
Before buying, if you have any games you want tested, message me and let me know - if I can track down the game, I will do my best to test it.
This PC has a dual-install of Windows XP Professional and Windows 7 Professional (OS selectable upon startup). Info about this build is as follows:
Specs:-Intel DH61WW Socket 1155 Motherboard-Xeon E3-1225 v2 Processor (comparable to an i5-3470 but with 8MB of cache instead of 6)-256 GB Lexar solid state hard drive-Brand-name CD-RW/DVD-RW drive-4GB PC3, 1333 Ram-GeForce GTX 745 (Quadro k620) video card w/2GB of vRam-CD/DVD RW drive-Realtek ALC 892 HD Audio (analog) + AMD HD Audio (over DP)-6x USB 2.0 ports (4 rear, 2 front/top)-1x PS/2 Port (can be used for either keyboard or mouse)-Serial Port-Parallel Port-10/100/1000 Ethernet port-Powerman 350-watt OEM power supply-DIYPC MA08-BK Micro-ATX case
Benchmarks:3dMark03, 05, and 06 run under Windows XP at default settings. 3dMark Vantage run under Windows 7 at entry-settings.
3dMark 0348,803 Overall889 FPS - Wings of Fury389 FPS - Battle of Proxycon323 FPS - Troll's Lair329 FPS - Mother Nature
3dMark 0528,162 Overall105 FPS - Return to Proxycon77 FPS - Firefly Forest178 FPS - Canyon Flight
3dMark 0619,758 Overall68 FPS - Return to Proxycon64 FPS - Firefly Forest79 FPS - Canyon Flight96 FPS - Deep Freeze
3dMark Vantage34,600 (Entry, 1024x768)159 FPS - Jane Nash129 FPS - New Calico
19,474 (Entry, 1920x1200)67 FPS - Jane Nash56 FPS - New Calico
17,579 (Performance, 1024x768)55 FPS - Jane Nash45 FPS - New Calico
Windows Experience Index7.5 CPU7.7 Ram7.4 Graphics7.4 Gaming Graphics7.1 Primary hard disk
About this BuildMy goal with this build was to cover the entire Windows XP era as well as a few years beyond that - namely, years 2001 through 2009. With a GeForce GTX 745 (Quadro k620) video card, 4 GB of DDR3 ram, a solid state hard drive, and an Intel Xeon E3-v2 processor, this is a snappy machine that should run most games from that era.
Video Card InformationThe Quadro k620 video card is built using the same chip as the GeForce GTX 745 and installs and runs as such with a simple hardware ID tweak to two of the files in the driver setup package. Runs perfectly fine in both Windows XP and 7.
Windows XP SetupAll drivers along with Chrome v49, Firefox 52.9 ESR, K-Meleon 76, DirectX 9.0c, .Net Framework 2.0 and Visual C++ 2005 and 2008 Redistributables are installed.
Windows 7 SetupAll drivers and updates along with the most recent version of Chrome that 7 supports, DirectX 11, Microsoft Security Essentials, and the .net framework are installed, as is Classic Shell.
IncludedMain PC, power cord, and DVI to VGA adapter. Windows 7 Professional COA also included and attached to the side of the case.
