Dell OptiPlex 3020M

2014 · micro

Specifications

Cpu: Intel 4th gen (Haswell) 35 W T-series, LGA1150 on H81 chipset: Core i5 quad, or Core i3 / Pentium / Celeron dual core
Gpu: Integrated Intel HD Graphics (HD 4600 on Core CPUs); no discrete option in the micro chassis
Ram: max: 16 GB (2 × 8 GB DDR3L-1600 non-ECC SO-DIMM) · base: 4 GB DDR3L-1600
Ports: USB 3.0 ×2 (1 front, 1 rear) · USB 2.0 ×4 (1 front, 3 rear) · VGA · DisplayPort 1.2 · Gigabit Ethernet · Front headset + mic jacks · Serial and PS/2 (optional)
Storage: base: 500 GB 2.5" HDD · options: HDD up to 1 TB · 2.5" SSD and hybrid drive options · External USB optical drives only (no internal bay)
Os Support: latest: Windows 10 · shipped: Windows 8.1 / Windows 7 Professional via downgrade rights
Release Price: $499 (launch promo, Pentium base config, September 2014)

Variants

Revisions

Core i5 T-series (quad core)Haswell quad, 35 W, HD Graphics 4600 (e.g. i5-4590T)

Core i3 T-series (dual core)Haswell dual, 35 W, HD Graphics 4600

Pentium / Celeron T-series (dual core)Haswell dual, 35 W, basic Intel HD Graphics (launch config was the Pentium G3240T)

Upgrade paths

RAM

16 GB (2 × 8 GB DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM) · Two laptop-style SO-DIMM slots, dual channel. Single thumbscrew opens the chassis.

~$20

EASY

storage

2.5" SATA SSD in the single internal bay · One 2.5" bay, one SATA port. The M.2 22x30 slot is wireless-only on this generation, so no NVMe: a SATA SSD is the ceiling.

~$30

EASY

CPU

4th gen Core i5/i7 T-series (35 W, LGA1150) · Socketed LGA1150 but thermally limited to 35 W T-series chips; community reports i7-4785T as the practical top end on H81.

MODERATE

On 2 shelves

@jobot+1 on private shelves