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A client is about to buy 50 Dell PCs for their office. They have two
unusual requirements: A small case which can be used horizontally or
vertically, and a real video card (not embedded). They selected Dell
Optiplex GX280 small form-factor PCs. (P4 2.8GHz, 1GB RAM, 80GB SATA disk,
128MB ATI Radeon X300 PCI-Express video, floppy, CDRW/DVD.)
The specs look good to me, except it's hard to believe a 160W power
supply is adequate. On one hand, I would like to be confident that Dell
wouldn't sell them PCs which won't work reliably. On the other hand,
Dell sold these same people a PowerEdge server and PowerVault tape backup
unit with no way to connect the two together.
Does anyone have experiences with the small form-factor GX280? Any
reassuring or cautionary words about the power supply?
A client is about to buy 50 Dell PCs for their office. They have two
unusual requirements: A small case which can be used horizontally or
vertically, and a real video card (not embedded). They selected Dell
Optiplex GX280 small form-factor PCs. (P4 2.8GHz, 1GB RAM, 80GB SATA disk,
128MB ATI Radeon X300 PCI-Express video, floppy, CDRW/DVD.)
The specs look good to me, except it's hard to believe a 160W power
supply is adequate. On one hand, I would like to be confident that Dell
wouldn't sell them PCs which won't work reliably. On the other hand,
Dell sold these same people a PowerEdge server and PowerVault tape backup
unit with no way to connect the two together.
Does anyone have experiences with the small form-factor GX280? Any
reassuring or cautionary words about the power supply?