Optiplex Motherboard Form Factor

sleetdawg

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Unusual question, but I figure some of you might have already gone down this path or can at least tell me if I am spinning my wheels.

My BI box runs happily on a Dell Optiplex 5050 in the tower case. I'd like to move a different case that might have a little more drive bay capacity and use less than 4U on my tiny rack.

I can't find anything online that indicates if the board is a standard ATX format or any other variant. Before I crack the case open for exploratory surgery, does anyone more familiar with Dell know if Dell uses a particular standard complaint form factor, and/or if they screw with it enough to make it practically useless in another case?
 

NoloC

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Dell motherboards are proprietary, unfortunately.
 

dryfly

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Dell motherboards are proprietary, unfortunately.
Future buyers might want to keep that in mind when lured by the alleged ultra low prices of Dell machines.
 

fenderman

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Future buyers might want to keep that in mind when lured by the alleged ultra low prices of Dell machines.
the low prices are not alleged...they are fact...if you buy the correct machine you wont need to swap the board or the cases...
 
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