Design-wise, the OptiPlex GX280 is a bit of an eyesore and a pain to get inside. The gray case accents don't exactly match the silver accents of the peripherals, and while the venerable clamshell chassis is tool-less, you need to press buttons on both the top and the underside of the case to open it--remarkably inconvenient if you store the case on the floor. We will concede that the design allows for easier access to the drive bays and the expansion card slots than many removable side-panel cases, however.
Should you decide to expand the OptiPlex GX280, you'll find plenty of interior room. With three available PCI slots, two additional memory slots, an x1 PCI Express slot, three 3.5-inch bays, and a single 5.25-inch bay, you're given vast potential for adding more storage, memory, or features via an expansion card. Rear ports include six USB connectors and only a digital video port for hooking up compatible monitors (the system does ship with a DVI-to-analog dongle for use with legacy displays). Up front, you'll find two conveniently placed USB ports and a headphone connector. You can also opt for the OptiPlex GX280 in other flavors: a small desktop chassis of the old-school horizontal orientation or a small-form-factor case that takes up little desk space but offers scant room for expansion.
- Manufacturer:
- Dell, Inc.
- Part number:
- GX280sfrec
General
- Type
- Personal computer
- Product Form Factor
- Mini tower
- Width
- 7.1 in
- Depth
- 17.6 in
- Height
- 16.7 in
- System type
- Personal computer
Processor
- Type
- Intel Pentium 4 540 / 3.00 GHz
- Installed Qty
- 1
- Max processors supported
- 1
- Processor main features
- Hyper-Threading Technology
Cache Memory
- Type
- L2 cache
- Installed Size
- 1 MB
- Cache Per Processor
- 1 MB
Mainboard
- Chipset type
- Intel 915G Express
- Data bus speed
- 800 MHz
RAM
- Installed Size
- 512 MB / 4 GB (max)
- Technology
- DDR II SDRAM
- Memory speed
- 400 MHz
- Memory specification compliance
- PC2-3200
- RAM form factor
- DIMM 240-pin
- RAM features
- Two DDR channels
Storage Controller
- Type
- 1 x Serial ATA - Integrated
- Controller interface type
- Serial ATA-150
Storage Controller (2nd)
- Type
- 1 x IDE - Integrated
- (2nd) storage controller interface type
- ATA-100
Storage
- Floppy drive type
- None
- Hard Drive
- 1 x 80 GB - Standard - Serial ATA-150 - 7200 rpm
- Hard Drive (2nd)
- None x None
Optical Storage
- Type
- CD-RW - IDE
- CD / DVD read speed
- 48x (CD) / 16x (DVD)
- CD / DVD write speed
- 48x
- CD / DVD rewrite speed
- 32x
Optical Storage (2nd)
Storage Removable
Monitor
- Monitor Type
- Display - TFT active matrix
- Display (projector) diagonal size
- 17 in
- Viewable screen size
- 17 in
- Max Resolution
- 1280 x 1024
- Dot pitch
- 0.264 mm
- Response time
- 25 ms
- Image brightness
- 250
Graphics Controller
- Type
- PCI Express x16 - Plug-in card
- Graphics Processor / Vendor
- ATI Radeon X300 SE
- Video Memory
- DDR SDRAM
- Installed Size
- 64 MB
- Digital Video Standard
- Digital Visual Interface (DVI)
- Max Monitors Supported
- 2
Audio Output
- Type
- Sound card - Integrated
- Sound output mode
- Stereo
- Audio output compliant standards
- AC '97
- Speaker(s)
- None
Input Device
Audio Input
Telecom
Networking
- Networking
- Network adapter - Integrated
- Data Link Protocol
- Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet
- Remote Management Protocol
- CIM
- Features
- Remote Wakeup
Printer
Expansion / Connectivity
- Expansion Bays Total (Free)
- 2 ( 1 ) x Front accessible - 5.25", 2 ( 2 ) x Front accessible - 3.5", 2 ( 1 ) x Internal - 3.5" x 1/3H
- Expansion Slots Total (Free)
- 1 ( 0 ) x Processor - LGA775 Socket, 4 ( 2 ) x Memory - DIMM 240-pin, 1 ( 0 ) x PCI Express x16, 1 ( 1 ) x PCI Express x1 - Full-height, 3 ( 3 ) x PCI - Full-height
- Interfaces
- 8 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A, 1 x Headphones - Output - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm, 1 x Audio - Line-in - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm, 1 x Microphone - Input - Mini-phone 3.5 mm, 1 x Audio - Line-out - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm, 1 x Serial - RS-232C - 9 pin D-Sub (DB-9), 1 x Parallel - IEEE 1284 (EPP/ECP) - 25 pin D-Sub (DB-25), 1 x Network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T - RJ-45, 1 x Display / video - DVI-Analog/Digital, 1 x Display / video - S-video output
Miscellaneous
- Features
- Ownership tag, Chassis intrusion detection, Security lock slot (cable lock sold separately)
- Compliant Standards
- APM, DDC-2B, ACPI 1.0b
Power
- Power device type
- Power supply
- Voltage Required
- AC 120/230 V
Operating System / Software
- OS Provided
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
- Software type
- Drivers & Utilities
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What's in the Box?
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| Processor manufacturer: |
Intel |
| Processor model: |
Pentium 4 |
| Clock speed: |
3.0 GHz |
| RAM installed: |
512 MB |
| Hard drive size: |
80 GB |
| Graphics processor: |
ATI Radeon X300 SE |
| Graphics RAM: |
64 MB |
| Graphics card: |
ATI Radeon X300 SE |
| Case form factor: |
tower |
| Operating system: |
Windows XP Professional |
 
Black Dell Keyboard,
optical 2 button scroll mouse,
2 x power cables.
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