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    Dell Optiplex 755 MT - Adding 2nd Hard drive - Any system factors limiting size and/or speed

    It's an MT (mini tower), which is the biggest size physical case. I don't want an SSD drive because they don't last as long as SATA. I am looking at the Velociraptor 1 terabyte drive, and here are the specs: •Interface: SATA3 •Buffer to Host: 6 Gb/s Can my motherboard handle the 6gb/s transfer...
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    Dell Optiplex 755 MT - Adding 2nd Hard drive - Any system factors limiting size and/or speed

    Hello, I'm thinking about adding a second hard drive to my system. I want a SATA drive. I know my system takes a 3.5" size. My machine is: Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6400 (4M Cache, 3.00 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB) vPro, VT. I'm running Windows 7 Professional, with 8Gb of 800Mhz RAM. I want the...
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    Dell Optiplex 755 Minitower - Successful update of power supply

    Hi folks. I recently bought a refurbished Dell OptiPlex 755 Minitower, and I want to get into some future gaming. Everything I read said that the supplied Dell 305w power supply was not very good. So, I bought a refurbished power supply off of Amazon, and it worked great. I couldn't find a...
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    Most powerful graphics card for Dell Optiplex 755 minitower with added 500w Power Supply

    Yes, to my knowledge, the expansion slots are normal height. Thanks for the info.
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    Most powerful graphics card for Dell Optiplex 755 minitower with added 500w Power Supply

    Hello, I'm new to the forum. I recently bought a refurbished Dell OptiPlex 755 minitower, with the 305 watt power supply. I've ordered an upgraded power supply: PC Power and Cooling PPCS500D Silencer 500 Dell 12V 80+ Certified Power Supply The machine is a Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6850...