Sell old Dell OptiPlex PCs

We take any old Dell OptiPlex, of any age and in any condition, and erase every drive through our in-house erasure system once it's with us. That covers towers, small form factor, Micro and All-in-One machines.

We collect locally across Shropshire, Cheshire, North Wales and the West Midlands. Further afield, we collect larger loads UK-wide by courier or arranged collection, and send a prepaid box and label for smaller lots.

The OptiPlex models we take

Most offices clearing out old Dell desktops are handing over one of a short list of models. The ones offices hand over most are the 3060, 5060, 7060, 3070, 5070, 7070, 3080, 5080, 7080, 7050 and 7040, plus the 2022 range of 3000, 5000 and 7000 models. Older and less common models are welcome too.

OptiPlex desktops come in four shapes.

• Tower, tall and floor-standing.
• Small form factor, or SFF, a slim box that sits on the desk.
• Micro, about the size of a hardback book, often fixed behind a monitor on a VESA bracket, and runs from an external power brick.
• All-in-one, with the screen and the PC built into one unit.

How to tell which OptiPlex you have

The model number tells you most of what you need to know. The first digit is the tier, with 3 for entry level, 5 for mid-range and 7 for the top spec. On the four-digit models sold between 2016 and 2020, the last two digits track the Intel processor generation. A x060 model has an 8th generation Intel processor, a x070 has 9th generation and a x080 has 10th generation. A x050 model is 6th or 7th generation.

If you want to be certain, look for the Service Tag. It's a seven-character code on a label on the case, usually on the top, side or back. Dell's support site uses that code to show the machine's original spec, and it's enough for us to look the machine up ourselves. You don't need to open the case or dig out any paperwork.

Dell retired the OptiPlex name at the start of 2025 and replaced it with Dell Pro. So almost every office Dell desktop being cleared out now is an OptiPlex.

On Windows 11, the 8th, 9th and 10th generation Intel OptiPlex models, the x060, x070 and x080 machines, install Windows 11 and keep getting updates. Machines with 11th generation Intel processors or newer are on Microsoft's supported processor list. Older machines that can't take Windows 11, such as a x050 or x040, are still worth asking about.

Helpful, not essential

None of this is required before collection, but the more you can sort, the better the offer.

• Remove BIOS and hard disk passwords, or send them with your kit list.
• If the machines are registered to Intune or another MDM, or enrolled in Windows Autopilot, releasing or deregistering them stops your organisation's sign-in screen appearing for the next owner. If that's awkward, tell us and we'll work through it with you.
• Power bricks for Micro units help, if they're to hand.
• You don't need to wipe the drives first. If you'd rather pull them yourselves, that's fine too.

How we erase an OptiPlex

Every drive goes through our in-house erasure system. Every sector is overwritten and the overwrite verified, to NIST 800-88. Drive health and serial are logged, and you get a Certificate of Data Destruction for each device.

Many SFF and Micro OptiPlex machines have an M.2 SSD and a second drive bay. Every drive in the machine goes through the erasure, including the one Windows boots from. A drive that throws errors during the wipe is set aside for physical destruction and isn't resold. You can read more about how erasure and certificates work.

What we check before it's sold on

Before the wipe, we record the model, Service Tag and serial from the label and BIOS, the processor, RAM, drive type and size, and any BIOS notes on passwords, Secure Boot and TPM.

Drive health gets checked too. SMART status has to read "Good", and power-on hours are recorded against each machine.

Where the machine supports it, we install Windows 11 Pro clean, with drivers from Windows Update and Dell's own update tool, and seal it so the next owner gets a fresh first-time setup with no leftover account. Business OptiPlex machines carry a Windows licence in the firmware, so that clean install activates itself. There's no product key or licence sticker to find.

We work through a functional checklist on every machine. It covers every USB port, audio, wifi where fitted, ethernet, display at native resolution and the optical drive if there is one.

Need OptiPlex PCs? We sell these too.

This page covers OptiPlex desktops specifically. For the rest of what we take, see all the desktops and monitors we take.

OptiPlex questions

Do I need to wipe them first?

No. Send them as they are and our in-house erasure system handles every drive. If you'd rather wipe or remove the drives yourselves first, that's fine too, and we'll still check and log drive health on anything you send with the machines.

Which OptiPlex models run Windows 11?

The 8th, 9th and 10th generation Intel models, known by their x060, x070 and x080 model numbers, install Windows 11 and keep getting updates. Machines with 11th generation Intel processors or newer are on Microsoft's official supported list. Older models such as a x050 or x040 are still worth asking about.

We've pulled the hard drives out already. Do you still want them?

Yes. Send the machines as they are. If you still have the drives, send those too and they'll go through the same erasure.

Can you take the monitors as well?

Yes. Monitors, keyboards and mice from the same desks are worth including when you send us your list.

We've only got a few. Is that worth a trip?

We take one machine or a whole floor. Mixed lots are fine, so if there are other old laptops, monitors or networking kit in the cupboard, tell us what else is there and we'll cover it in the same collection.

Send us a rough list and we'll come back with an estimate.