Dell OptiPlex 3020 SFF

2014 · small-form-factor

Specifications

Cpu: Intel 4th gen (Haswell): Core i5 quad, or Core i3 / Pentium / Celeron dual core
Gpu: Integrated Intel HD Graphics (HD 4600 on Core CPUs)
Ram: max: 16 GB (2 × 8 GB DDR3-1600 non-ECC UDIMM) · base: 4 GB DDR3-1600
Ports: USB 2.0 ×2 (front) · USB 3.0 ×2 (rear) · USB 2.0 ×4 (rear) · VGA · DisplayPort 1.2 · Gigabit Ethernet · Mic in + headphone (front) · Line in + line out (rear) · Serial (optional)
Storage: base: 500 GB 3.5" HDD · options: HDD up to 1 TB · SSD and hybrid drive options · Slimline DVD-RW optical bay
Os Support: latest: Windows 10 · shipped: Windows 7 Professional / Windows 8.1
Release Price: $499 (base config)

Variants

Revisions

Core i5 (quad core)Haswell quad, 84 W, HD Graphics 4600 (e.g. i5-4570, i5-4590)

Core i3 (dual core)Haswell dual, 65 W, HD Graphics 4600

Pentium (dual core)Haswell Pentium, 65 W, basic Intel HD Graphics

Celeron (dual core)Haswell Celeron, 65 W, basic Intel HD Graphics

Upgrade paths

RAM

16 GB (2 × 8 GB DDR3-1600 non-ECC UDIMM) · Two full-size DIMM slots on the H81 board, dual channel. Tool-free side panel, cheapest upgrade the machine can take.

~$20

EASY

storage

2.5" SATA SSD in the 3.5" bay · One internal 3.5" bay plus the slimline optical bay; an SSD with a bracket is the single biggest speedup. No M.2 slot on this generation.

~$30

EASY

GPU

Half-height PCIe x16 card (GT 1030 class) · One half-height PCIe 2.0 x16 slot plus one half-height x1. The 255 W PSU has no PCIe power connectors, so bus-powered low-profile cards only: GT 1030, RX 6400 and similar.

~$80

MODERATE

CPU

4th gen Core i5/i7 (LGA1150) · Socketed LGA1150; Dell shipped up to quad-core Core i5 (84 W), and community reports i7-4770/4790 working. Haswell chips only on H81.

MODERATE