That's why Dell motherboards are cheap - they have loads of proprietary "solutions" requiring extra expense for parts and adapters to get them working. They are a also total pain as regards firmware and drivers. In the end, taking your time into account, do you think that you actually saved anything by buying a "cheap" Dell motherboard?
Part of the motivation was to have a source of parts to keep the system running in the future. So the up-front cost (including the various parts and adapters) isn't the entire story. Although, a Dell motherboard plus all of the adapters, thermal sensor, etc. is about the same as what a used LGA1150 motherboard would cost. BIOS updates on Dell systems are pretty straightforward (DOS executables which you can run off a bootable FreeDOS USB stick.) The motherboard hardware seems to be 100% Intel, which is great for Linux compatibility. The motherboard USB3 never worked correctly on the original ASUS motherboard, but it works perfectly on the new one. Overall, I just prefer to run used junk rather than new stuff, and Optiplexes are pretty high-quality used junk :-)
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That's why Dell motherboards are cheap - they have loads of proprietary "solutions" requiring extra expense for parts and adapters to get them working. They are a also total pain as regards firmware and drivers. In the end, taking your time into account, do you think that you actually saved anything by buying a "cheap" Dell motherboard?
Part of the motivation was to have a source of parts to keep the system running in the future. So the up-front cost (including the various parts and adapters) isn't the entire story. Although, a Dell motherboard plus all of the adapters, thermal sensor, etc. is about the same as what a used LGA1150 motherboard would cost. BIOS updates on Dell systems are pretty straightforward (DOS executables which you can run off a bootable FreeDOS USB stick.) The motherboard hardware seems to be 100% Intel, which is great for Linux compatibility. The motherboard USB3 never worked correctly on the original ASUS motherboard, but it works perfectly on the new one. Overall, I just prefer to run used junk rather than new stuff, and Optiplexes are pretty high-quality used junk :-)