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update I went with this board ROG STRIX H270I GAMING | Motherboards | ASUS Global , and got the system up and running last night quite pleased with it so far

What kind of keyboard is that?

Everything will be kept, what isn't used will go onto my parts shelf. The psu in the optiplex is proprietary, so it will stay with the case. I was considering turning it into a little ESXi server but I will probably do that with my current system instead. One additional thing I found which...

The computer is an Optiplex 5050, so it is a small form factor case and also the pcie x16 slot butts up again the power supply so even taking the case cover off wouldn't help unless I were to remove the power supply. If I remove the p/s it would work, ugly but functional. Shame as its a nice...

Seems like you people can only talk about one thing, this thread has gotten a few hundred views since I posted message and all I'm hearing is crickets, wtf?

Does everyone on here have Asperger's?

one man's trash is another man's treasure On my way home from work yesterday I happened across a Dell Optiplex put out on the curb, and the natural scavenger/recycler in me kicked in and picked it up. Much to my delight it was fully intact check out these specs...i7-7700, 8GB (single stick with...

millennial problems

You could try restoring if you have restore points enabled. It would be quicker than a rebuild and you wouldn't lose your settings/favorites.

Sounding more like gaming PC's than anything else, for a work place I guess I'm old school. There is a reason they lack sex appeal, they are standardized, so if one part breaks you can get a replacement without modifying a standard desktop image for drivers etc. Plus they are meant to be low...

yeah, they made a film about it

@Ninen

He made another one that 'speaks' volumes too

further reference :)

if you only use wifi you can set the connection to "metered", this will stop all updates

I think expecting 10yrs might be a stretch, our servers at work are approaching 10yrs and we have failures of one kind or another constantly. Depending on how hard you push your system I think will determine its lifespan, I generally stay away from OCZ products, and Seagate drives, I have seen...