Dell Optiplex 5050 SFF, Core i7-6700, 16GB, 512GB SSD, GeForce GT 1030, Black

The Dell OptiPlex 5050 SFF is an aging office PC with a weak GT 1030 GPU that can't keep up with modern games. It's fine for everyday tasks and light esports, but the CAD 475 price tag is hard to justify when newer mini PCs offer better performance for similar money. Buy it only if you need a cheap, compact Windows 10 Pro box and don't care about gaming.

The i7-6700 still handles everyday multitasking fine, and 16GB of RAM means you can keep a stupid number of Chrome tabs open without crying. The 512GB SSD makes boot times snappy and apps load fast. But that GT 1030 is the bottleneck. It's a 2GB card that was entry-level when it launched in 2017. You'll run older games and esports titles like League or CS2 at low settings, but anything modern will choke. The CPU sits at the 25th percentile in our database, which is mediocre for this category. The GPU is middle of the pack at 47th, but that's only because this category includes a lot of integrated graphics. For actual gaming, this thing is underwhelming.

Stacked against something like the Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus, this OptiPlex gets embarrassed. The UM880 has a much newer Ryzen chip with integrated graphics that outperform the GT 1030, and it's smaller. The HP OmniDesk M02-0234 is another competitor that offers better port selection and newer internals. Even the Lenovo Yoga AIO F0J20012US, while a different form factor, gives you more modern hardware for not much more money. The OptiPlex's only real advantage is the Windows 10 Pro license and the fact that it's a Dell, which means decent build quality and easy part replacement. But in 2025, this hardware is just too old to compete.

At CAD 475, this is a tough sell for what you're getting. You can find newer mini PCs with better integrated graphics for around the same price. The i7-6700 and 16GB of RAM are nice, but the GT 1030 adds almost nothing over integrated graphics from the last few years. If you're buying this as a cheap office PC that can occasionally run older games, it's fine. If you're buying it as a gaming rig, you're going to be disappointed. The value proposition only works if you specifically need a small Windows 10 Pro machine and don't care about gaming performance.

The Dell OptiPlex 5050 SFF is a refurbished office workhorse trying to moonlight as a budget gaming rig. It's got an i7-6700, 16GB of DDR4, a 512GB SSD, and a GT 1030 slapped in there. On paper, that sounds like a decent little machine for the price. In practice, it's a mixed bag that leans hard on its office PC roots.

This thing was built for spreadsheets and email, not Cyberpunk. The GT 1030 is a glorified display adapter, and the CPU is showing its age. But if you need a cheap, compact Windows 10 Pro box for everyday tasks and light esports titles, it's not a terrible option. Just don't expect miracles.

Skip this if you want to play modern games, do any kind of AI or machine learning work, or need more than one display output. The GT 1030 is a dead end for gaming, the AI score of 18.8 out of 100 is one of the worst we've seen, and the single HDMI port is frustrating. If you need a machine for content creation, video editing, or anything GPU-intensive, this OptiPlex will waste your time and money.

This is a machine for someone who needs a cheap, compact Windows PC for office work, web browsing, and maybe some light esports gaming. If that's you, and you can find it for under CAD 400, it's worth a look. If you want to play anything released in the last five years, or you need to do any kind of AI or content creation work, look elsewhere. The OptiPlex 5050 SFF is a decent office PC that someone tried to turn into a gaming rig, and it shows.