DELL OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor Setup and Specifications

DELL OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor Setup and Specifications

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Set up your computer

1. Connect the keyboard and mouse.
2. Connect to your network using a cable, or connect to a wireless network.
3. Connect the display.
4. Connect the power cable
5. Press the power button.
6. Finish operating system setup.

For Ubuntu
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup. For more information about installing and configuring Ubuntu, Search in the Knowledge Base Resource at www.dell.com/support.

For Windows
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup. When setting up, Dell recommends that you: Connect to a network for Windows updates.
NOTE: If connecting to a secured wireless network, enter the password for the wireless network access when prompted.

• If connected to the internet, sign in with or create a Microsoft account. If not connected to the internet, create an offline account.
• On the Support and Protection screen, enter your contact details.
• Locate and use Dell apps from the Windows Start menu—Recommended

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NOTE: In SupportAssist, click the warranty expiry date to renew or upgrade your warranty.

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Views of OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor

Display

1. Power button
2. Hard-drive activity light
3. Universal audio port
4. USB 2.0 ports
5. USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
6. Slim optical drive (optional)

Back

1. HDMI 1.4b port
2. DisplayPort 1.4 port
3. Two USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
4. Two USB 2.0 ports with Smart Power On
5. Two expansion card slots
6. Power port
7. Power-supply diagnostics light
8. Padlock ring
9. RJ45 Ethernet port
10. External antenna slot
11. Kensington security-cable slot
12. HDMI 2.0b/DisplayPort 1.4/VGA port(optional)
13.  Service Tag label
14. Serial port (optional)

Specifications of OptiPlex 3000 Small Form
Factor

Dimensions and weight
The following table lists the height, width, depth, and weight of your OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor.

Table 2. Dimensions and weight

Weight

NOTE: The weight of your computer depends on the configuration ordered and manufacturing variability.

| ●     Minimum: 3.71 kg (8.18 lb)

●     Maximum: 5.03 kg (11.09 lb)

Processor

The following table lists the details of the processors that are supported by your OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor.

Table 3. Processor

Description| Processor type| Processor wattage| Processor core count| Processor thread count| Processor speed| Processor cache| Integrated graphics
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---
Option one| 12th Generation Intel Core i3-12100| 60 W| 4| 8| 3.30 GHz to

4.30 GHz

| 12 MB| Intel UHD Graphics 730
Option two| 12th Generation Intel Core i3-12300| 60 W| 4| 8| 3.50 GHz to

4.40 GHz

| 12 MB| Intel UHD Graphics 730
Option three| 12th Generation Intel Core i5-12400| 65 W| 6| 12| 2.50 GHz to

4.40 GHz

| 18 MB| Intel UHD Graphics 730
Option four| 12th Generation Intel Core i5-12500| 65W| 6| 12| 3.00 GHz to

4.60 GHz

| 18 MB| Intel UHD Graphics 770
Option five| 12th Generation| 65 W| 6| 12| 3.30 GHz to

4.80 GHz

| 18 MB| Intel UHD Graphics 770

Table 3. Processor (continued)

Description| Processor type| Processor wattage| Processor core count| Processor thread count| Processor speed| Processor cache| Integrated graphics
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---
Option one| 12th Generation Intel Core i3-12100| 60 W| 4| 8| 3.30 GHz to

4.30 GHz

| 12 MB| Intel UHD Graphics 730
Option two| 12th Generation Intel Core i3-12300| 60 W| 4| 8| 3.50 GHz to

4.40 GHz

| 12 MB| Intel UHD Graphics 730
Option three| 12th Generation Intel Core i5-12400| 65 W| 6| 12| 2.50 GHz to

4.40 GHz

| 18 MB| Intel UHD Graphics 730
Option four| 12th Generation Intel Core i5-12500| 65W| 6| 12| 3.00 GHz to

4.60 GHz

| 18 MB| Intel UHD Graphics 770
Option five| 12th Generation| 65 W| 6| 12| 3.30 GHz to

4.80 GHz

| 18 MB| Intel UHD Graphics 770

Chipset
The following table lists the details of the chipset supported by your OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor.

Table 4. Chipset

Operating system
Your OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor supports the following operating systems:

• Windows 11 Home, 64-bit
• Windows 11 Pro, 64-bit
• Windows 11 Downgrade (Windows 10 image)
• Windows 11 Pro National Education, 64-bit
• Windows 11 CMIT Government Edition, 64-bit (China only)
• Kylin Linux Desktop version 10.1 (China only)
• Ubuntu Linux 20.04 LTS, 64-bit

Memory
The following table lists the memory specifications of your OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor.

Table 5. Memory specifications

Table 5. Memory specifications (continued)

channel

●     8 GB, 1 x 8 GB, DDR4, 3200 MHz, single-channel

●     8 GB, 2 x 4 GB, DDR4, 3200 MHz, dual-channel

●     16 GB, 1 x 16 GB, DDR4, 3200 MHz, single-channel

●     16 GB, 2 x 8 GB, DDR4, 3200 MHz, dual-channel

●     32 GB, 1 x 32 GB, DDR4, 3200 MHz, single-channel

●     32 GB, 2 x 16 GB, DDR4, 3200 MHz, dual-channel

●     64 GB, 2 x 32 GB, DDR4, 3200 MHz, dual-channel

Memory Matrix
The following table lists the memory configurations supported on your OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor.

Table 6. Memory Matrix

channel

●     8 GB, 1 x 8 GB, DDR4, 3200 MHz, single-channel

●     8 GB, 2 x 4 GB, DDR4, 3200 MHz, dual-channel

●     16 GB, 1 x 16 GB, DDR4, 3200 MHz, single-channel

●     16 GB, 2 x 8 GB, DDR4, 3200 MHz, dual-channel

●     32 GB, 1 x 32 GB, DDR4, 3200 MHz, single-channel

●     32 GB, 2 x 16 GB, DDR4, 3200 MHz, dual-channel

●     64 GB, 2 x 32 GB, DDR4, 3200 MHz, dual-channel

External ports
The following table lists the external ports of your OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor.

Table 7. External ports

Table 7. External ports (continued)

●     Two USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (front)

●     Two USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (rear)

●     Two USB 2.0 ports with Smart Power On (rear)

Audio port| ●     One Universal audio port (front)
Video port| ●     One DisplayPort 1.4 port

●     One HDMI 1.4b port

●     One VGA/HDMI 2.0b/DisplayPort 1.4 port (optional)

NOTE: The maximum resolution supported by the HDMI ports is 1920×1080.

NOTE: Download and install the latest Intel Graphics driver from www.dell.com/support to enable multiple displays.

Media-card reader| Not supported
Power-adapter port| Not supported
Security-cable slot| ●     One Kensington lock slot

●     One Padlock ring

Internal slots
The following table lists the internal slots of your OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor.

Table 8. Internal slots

●     One Half-height Gen3 PCIe x1 slot

SATA| ●     Two SATA 3.0 slots for 3.5-inch/2.5-inch hard drive and slim optical drive
M.2| ●     One M.2 2230 slot for WiFi and Bluetooth card

●     One M.2 2230/2280 slot for SSD

NOTE: To learn more about the features of different types of M.2 cards, see the knowledge base article 000144170 at www.dell.com/support.

Ethernet
The following table lists the wired Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN) specifications of your OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor.

Table 9. Ethernet specifications

Table 9. Ethernet specifications (continued)

Wireless module
The following table lists the Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) module specifications of your OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor.

Table 10. Wireless module specifications

NOTE: The 6 GHz

frequency is supported on computers installed with Windows 11 operating system only.

| 2.4 GHz/5 GHz| 2.4 GHz/5 GHz
Wireless standards| ●       WiFi 802.11a/b/g

●     Wi-Fi 4 (WiFi 802.11n)

●     Wi-Fi 5 (WiFi 802.11ac)

●     Wi-Fi 6E (WiFi 802.11ax)

| ●       WiFi 802.11a/b/g

●     Wi-Fi 4 (WiFi 802.11n)

●     Wi-Fi 5 (WiFi 802.11ac)

●     Wi-Fi 6 (WiFi 802.11ax)

| ●       WiFi 802.11a/b/g

●     Wi-Fi 4 (WiFi 802.11n)

●     Wi-Fi 5 (WiFi 802.11ac)

Encryption| ●     64-bit and 128-bit WEP

●     128-bit AES-CCMP

●     TKIP

●     256-bit AES-GCMP

| ●     64-bit and 128-bit WEP

●     128-bit AES-CCMP

●     TKIP

| ●     64-bit and 128-bit WEP

●     128-bit AES-CCMP

●     TKIP

Bluetooth| 5.2| 5.0| 5.0

Audio
The following table lists the audio specifications of your OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor.

Table 11. Audio specifications

Storage

This section lists the storage options on your OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor.

Table 12. Storage matrix

Storage| 2.5-inch hard drive| 3.5-inch hard drive| 1 st M.2 socket (2230/2 280)| 2 nd M.2 socket via PCIe card| 1 st Bootable Device
---|---|---|---|---|---
2.5-inch hard drive| Yes| No| No| No| 2.5-inch hard drive
3.5-inch hard drive| No| Yes| No| No| 3.5-inch hard drive
M.2 solid-state| drive| | | No| No| Yes| No| 1st M.2 solid- state drive
M.2 solid-state| drive| 3.5-inch hard drive| No| Yes| Yes| No| 1st M.2 solid- state drive
M.2 solid-state| drive| 2.5-inch hard drive/solid-state drive| Yes| No| Yes| No| 1st M.2 solid- state drive
M.2 solid-state| drive| M.2 solid-state drive (expansion card)| No| No| Yes| Yes| 1st M.2 solid- state drive
M.2 solid-state| drive| M.2 solid-state drive (expansion card)| 3.5-inch hard drive| No| Yes| Yes| Yes| 1st M.2 solid- state drive
M.2 solid-state| drive| M.2 solid-state drive (expansion card)| 2.5-inch hard drive| Yes| No| Yes| Yes| 1st M.2 solid- state drive

Table 13. Storage specifications

256 GB

Table 13. Storage specifications (continued)

Up to 1 TB

RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)

For optimal performance when configuring drives as a RAID volume, Dell recommends drive models that are identical.
NOTE: RAID is not supported on Intel Optane configurations. RAID 0 (Striped, Performance) volumes benefit from higher performance when drives are matched because the data is split across multiple drives: any IO operations with block sizes larger than the stripe size will split the IO and become constrained by the slowest of the drives. For RAID 0 IO operations where block sizes are smaller than the stripe size, whichever drives the IO operation targets will determine the performance, which increases variability and results in inconsistent latencies. This variability is particularly pronounced for write operations and it can be problematic for applications that are latency sensitive. One such\ example of this is any application that performs thousands of random writes per second in very small block sizes. RAID 1 (Mirrored, Data Protection) volumes benefit from higher performance when drives are matched because the data is mirrored across multiple drives: all IO operations must be performed identically to both drives, variations in drive performance when the models are different, result in the IO operations completing only as fast as the slowest drive.

While This does not suffer the variable latency issue in small random IO operations as with RAID 0 across heterogeneous drives, the impact is nonetheless large because the higher-performing drive becomes limited in all IO types. One of the worst examples of constrained performance here is when using unbuffered IO. To ensure writes are fully committed to non-volatile regions of the RAID volume, unbuffered IO bypasses cache (for example by using the Force Unit Access bit in the NVMe protocol), and the IO operation will not complete until all the drives in the RAID volume have completed the request to commit the data. This kind of IO operation completely negates any advantage of a higher-performing drive in the volume. Care must be taken to match not only the drive vendor, capacity, and class, but also the specific model. Drives from the same vendor, with the same capacity, and even within the same class, can have very different performance characteristics for certain
types of IO operations.

Thus, matching by model ensures that the RAID volumes are comprised of a homogeneous array of drives that will deliver all the benefits of a RAID volume without incurring the additional penalties when one or more drives in the volume are lower performing. OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor supports RAID with more than one hard drive configuration.

Power ratings
The following table lists the power rating specifications of the OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor.

Table 14. Power ratings

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Input voltage| 90 VAC-264 VAC| 90 VAC-264 VAC
Input frequency| 47 Hz-63 Hz| 47 Hz-63 Hz
Input current (maximum)| 3 A| 4.2 A
Output current (continuous)| ●        12 VA/15 A

●        12 VB/14 A

Standby mode:

| ●        12 VA/18 A

●        12 VB/18 A

Standby mode:

Table 14. Power ratings (continued)

●        12 VB/3.3 A

| ●        12 VA/1.5 A

●        12 VB/3.3 A

Rated output voltage| ● +12 VA

● +12 VB

| ● +12 VA

● +12 VB

Temperature range:| |
| Operating| 5°C to 45°C (41°F to 113°F)| 5°C to 45°C (41°F to 113°F)
| Storage| -40°C to 70°C (-40°F to 158°F)| -40°C to 70°C (-40°F to 158°F)

Power supply connector
The following table lists the Power supply connector specifications of your OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor.

Table 15. Power supply connector

●        12 VB/3.3 A

| ●        12 VA/1.5 A

●        12 VB/3.3 A

Rated output voltage| ● +12 VA

● +12 VB

| ● +12 VA

● +12 VB

Temperature range:| |
| Operating| 5°C to 45°C (41°F to 113°F)| 5°C to 45°C (41°F to 113°F)
| Storage| -40°C to 70°C (-40°F to 158°F)| -40°C to 70°C (-40°F to 158°F)

GPU—Integrated
The following table lists the specifications of the integrated Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) supported by your OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor.

Table 16. GPU—Integrated

Controller| External display support| Memory size| Processor
---|---|---|---
Intel UHD Graphics 710| ●     One DisplayPort 1.4 port (rear)

●     One HDMI 1.4b port (rear)

| Shared-system memory| Intel Celeron G6900 and Intel Pentium Gold G7400 processors
Intel UHD Graphics 730| ●     One DisplayPort 1.4 port (rear)

●     One HDMI 1.4b port (rear)

| Shared-system memory| 12th Generation Intel Core i3-12100, i3-12300, and

i5-12400 processors

Intel UHD Graphics 770| ●     One DisplayPort 1.4 port (rear)

●     One HDMI 1.4b port (rear)

| Shared-system memory| 12th Generation Intel Core i5-12500 and i5-12600

processors

Multiple display support matrix
The following table provides the multiple display support matrix for discrete graphics options on your OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor.

Table 17. Multiple display support matrix

Graphics Card| Radeon RX 640| Radeon 550| Radeon 540
---|---|---|---
Memory| 4 GB| 2 GB| 1 GB
Ports| ●     2 x Mini-DP 1.4 ports

●     1 x DP 1.4 port

| ●     2 x DP 1.4 port| ●     2 x DP 1.4 port
Supported external displays with Direct Connect| 3| 2| 2
Supported external displays with DP Multi-Stream| 4| 4| 4
Supported 4K Displays| DP1.4 HBR2, 4096 x 2304

@ 60 Hz

| DP1.4 HBR2, 4096 x 2304 @ 60

Hz

| DP1.4 HBR2, 4096 x 2304 @

60 Hz

Supported 5K Displays| 5K tiled resolution (5120×2880) support on DP panels. NOTE: Needs two DP cables driven through two separate DDIs from the source, and using DP-SST (Single Stream Transport) mechanism.| 5K tiled resolution (5120×2880) support on DP panels. NOTE: Needs two DP cables driven through two separate DDIs from the source, and using DP- SST (Single Stream Transport) mechanism.| 5K tiled resolution (5120×2880) support on DP panels. NOTE: Needs two DP cables driven through two separate DDIs from the source, and using DP- SST (Single Stream Transport) mechanism.
Resolution| 5120 x 2880 @60 Hz| 5120 x 2880 @60 Hz| 5120 x 2880 @60 Hz
Total Power| 50 W| 50 W| 50 W

GPU—Discrete
The following table lists the specifications of the discrete Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) supported by your OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor.

Table 18. GPU—Discrete

Controller| External display support| Memory size| Memory type
---|---|---|---
AMD Radeon RX640| ●     Two Mini-DisplayPort 1.4 ports

●     One DisplayPort 1.4 port

| 4 GB| GDDR5
AMD Radeon 550| ●     Two Mini-DisplayPort 1.4 ports

●     One DisplayPort 1.4 port

| 2 GB| GDDR5
AMD Radeon 540| ●     Two Mini-DisplayPort 1.4 ports

●     One DisplayPort 1.4 port

| 1 GB| GDDR5

Multiple display support matrix

The following table lists the multiple display support matrix for integrated graphics options on your OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor.
Table 19. Multiple display support matrix

Intel UHD Graphics 770
Optional Module| Option card with VGA (1920×1200 @ 60 Hz)

Option card with DP1.4 (5120×3200 @60 Hz)

Option card with HDMI 2.0 (4096×2160 @ 60 Hz)

| Option card with VGA (1920×1200 @ 60 Hz) Option card with DP1.4 (5120×3200 @60 Hz) Option card with HDMI 2.0 (4096×2160 @ 60

Hz)

| Option card with VGA (1920×1200 @ 60 Hz) Option card with DP1.4 (5120×3200 @60 Hz) Option card with HDMI 2.0 (4096×2160 @ 60

Hz)

Supported 4K Displays| DP1.4 HBR2, 4096 x 2304

@ 60 Hz

| DP1.4 HBR2, 4096 x 2304 @

60 Hz

| DP1.4 HBR2, 4096 x 2304 @ 60 Hz
Supported 5K Displays| 5K tiled resolution (5120×2880) support on DP panels. NOTE: Needs two DP cables driven through two separate DDIs from the source, and using DP-SST (Single Stream Transport) mechanism.| 5K tiled resolution (5120×2880) support on DP panels. NOTE: Needs two DP cables driven through two separate DDIs from the source, and using DP-SST (Single Stream Transport) mechanism.| 5K tiled resolution (5120×2880) support on DP panels. NOTE: Needs two DP cables driven through two separate DDIs from the source,

and using DP-SST (Single Stream Transport) mechanism.

Hardware security
The following table lists the hardware security of your OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor.

Table 20. Hardware security

Hardware security

Kensington security-cable slot
Padlock ring
Chasis lock slot support
Chassis intrusion switch
Lockable cable covers
Supply chain tamper alerts
SafeID including Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0
Smart card keyboard (FIPS)
Microsoft 10 Device Guard and Credential Guard (Enterprise SKU)
Microsoft Windows Bitlocker
Local hard drive data wipe through BIOS (Secure Erase)
Self-encrypting storage drives (Opal, FIPS)

Table 20. Hardware security (continued)

Hardware security

Trusted Platform Module TPM 2.0
China TPM

Environmental
The following table lists the environmental specifications of your OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor.

Table 21. Environmental

NOTE: Wood‐based fiber packaging contains a minimum of 35% recycled content by total weight of wood‐based fiber. Packaging that contains wood‐based fiber can be claimed as Not Applicable. The anticipated required criteria for EPEAT 2018.

Regulatory compliance

The following table lists the regulatory compliance of your OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor.

Table 22. Regulatory compliance

Regulatory compliance

EPEAT registered configurations available
ENERGY STAR compliant configurations available
US CEC MEPS compliant configurations available
Australia and New Zealand MEPS compliant configurations available
CEL
WEEE
Japan Energy Law
South Korea E-standby
EU RoHS
China RoHS

Operating and storage environment
This table lists the operating and storage specifications of your OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor. Airborne contaminant level: G1 as defined by ISA-S71.04-1985

Table 23. Computer environment

33°C)
Vibration (maximum)*| 0.26 GRMS random at 5 Hz to 350 Hz| 1.37 GRMS random at 5 Hz to 350 Hz
Shock (maximum)| Bottom half-sine pulse with a change in velocity of 40.20 cm/sec (20 in./sec)| 105G half-sine pulse with a change in velocity of 105.20 cm/sec (52.5 in./sec)
Altitude range| -15.2 m to 3048 m (-49 ft to 10,000 ft)| -15.2 m to 10,668 m (-49 ft to 35,000

ft)

  CAUTION: Operating and storage temperature ranges may differ among components, so operating or storing the device outside these ranges may impact the performance of specific components.

CAUTION: Operating and storage temperature ranges may differ among components, so operating or storing
The device outside these ranges may impact the performance of specific components. Measured using a random vibration spectrum that simulates the user environment.  Measured using a 2 ms half-sine pulse.

Dell Support policy

For information on Dell’s support policy, search in the Knowledge Base Resource at www.dell.com/support

Getting help and contacting Dell
Self-help resources
You can get information and help on Dell products and services using these self-help resources:

Table 24. Self-help resources

www.dell.com
My Dell app|
Tips|
Contact Support| In Windows search, type Contact Support, and press Enter.
Online help for operating system| www.dell.com/support/windows

www.dell.com/support/linux

Access top solutions, diagnostics, drivers and downloads, and learn more about your computer through videos, manuals and documents.| Your Dell computer is uniquely identified by a Service Tag or Express Service Code. To view relevant support resources for your Dell computer, enter the Service Tag or Express Service Code at www.dell.com/support.

For more information on how to find the Service Tag for your computer, see Locate the Service Tag on your computer.

Dell knowledge base articles for a variety of computer concerns| 1.        Go to www.dell.com/support.

2.        On the menu bar at the top of the Support page, select

Support > Knowledge Base.

3.        In the Search field on the Knowledge Base page, type the keyword, topic, or model number, and then click or tap the search icon to view the related articles.

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