Hello Hugh, You're a fount of wisdom !! Looked at the Dell web page you used but it's not reflective of the configuration I am planning to buy To bump the NVMe SSD to M2 2280 2TB PCIe NVMe SSD Class 40 adds $851.80 to the price. Too much for me. * * * * * * I'm going offline now, to get my VISA card fixed so VISA won't try to send me a text message when I try to pay for the tower. This ancient linux-er has only an ancient landline phone so no text messaging for me. Steve Petrie apetrie@aspetrie.net 416-233-6116 -------- Original Message -------- SUBJECT: Re: [GTALUG] Thanks For Responses -- Buying A Dell Optiplex Tower PC And A Dell Monitor. DATE: 2025-02-18 10:59 FROM: "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" <talk@gtalug.org> TO: Steve Petrie via talk <talk@gtalug.org>
From: Steve Petrie via talk <talk@gtalug.org>
The Dell tower has:
-- M.2 2230 256GB PCIe NVMe SSD Class 35 -- processor Intel(R) Core(tm) i7 14700 vPro(R) (33 MB cache, 20 cores, 28 threads, up to 5.4 GHz Turbo)
Ah, that is useful information. While 256GB is a useful capacity, choosing 1TB makes more sense in a computer like your new one. Unless Dell adds a horrible mark-up. NVMe implies PCIe circuitry with an M.2 socket. PCIe is correct but confusing. 2230 is quite an odd size for a desktop. 2280 is normal. 2230 is more common in thin-and-light laptops where space is at a premium. 2280 leaves more space for chips and for cooling. They are probably less expensive because this is the size of the vast majority of SSDs. It is quite normal for an NVMe socket to support multiple sizes. I tried to configure your machine on <https://www.dell.com/en-ca/shop/dell-desktops-workstations/optiplex-tower-plus/spd/optiplex-7020t-plus-desktop/s014do7020mtpca_vp> Odd: - Adding WiFi forced the RAM from 32 GiB to 16 GiB. What sane reason could there me for this. - this page didn't let MS Windows 11 Pro be left out. Even MS Office 365 was manditory (but it could be a 30-day trial) - there are three M.2 2230/2280 sockets for solid state drives plus one m.2 2230 for a WiFi/BlueTooth card. There's more odd stuff. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk