Does any know specs on the Dell Inspiron 5676 Desktop motherboards

My sister needs a brand new PC for office productivity and likes Dell. I think (nearly positive) I should just build her one instead...

The Inspiron 5676 does feature a very acceptable Ryzen 2700X processor, but their specifications say nothing about the quality of the MB. Some older comments on the Dell Customer forum state that the DRM's are crappy and have NO heat sinks on them - so something on par then with the lowest end B350/450 boards?

Case also overheats (single 89mm case fan) with no way to add additional fans and PSU is only 480w - so I think the system is junk anyway - just looking to reinforce my argument with some facts.

https://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/inspiron-5676-gaming-desktop_setup-guide_en-us.pdf

X370 chipset. No mosfet heatsinks.

Honestly the 90mm fan and 480watt PSU should be fine. You're talking about a 95watt CPU and up to 185watt GPU in a system that probably won't allow OCing. Unless she is running renders or something silly all day at work, she probably won't have any trouble.

I've seen similar boxes on sale for dirt cheap lately with the ryzen 2xxx dumps. If she gets a good deal the pc might not be a bad choice.

If she has pets. Or lives in an older home. Or lives in a dusty region. Or...you get the point. Save yourself the mileage and her the aggravation and build her a proper rig. Dell hotboxes are junk and their proprietary parts are even worse. Especially if its out of warranty.

Sometimes cheap is just cheap.

They're alright. No heatsinks on mosfets unless you opt for water cooling option. The dell 5675 uses the same board with a different bios (which doesn't support 2nd Gen ryzen cpus). I've seen several 5675s blow psus and motherboards together (assuming psu failure took out the board). Not sure if they swapped to a new psu for the 5676, but the board has the same dell part number as the 5675. That being said, have a 5675 in operation for a client who does stock market work and it's been flawless (with a new psu).

hititnquitit said:

If she has pets. Or lives in an older home. Or lives in a dusty region. Or...you get the point. Save yourself the mileage and her the aggravation and build her a proper rig. Dell hotboxes are junk and their proprietary parts are even worse. Especially if its out of warranty.

Sometimes cheap is just cheap.

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Agree... there is no reason to go cheap on this - she can do better.

SE Texas heat & humidity + OLD house, almost no insulation, box A/C (small) and pets that shed... and dust. I clean out a fistful of cat/dog hair every year when I clean out her computer case.
New case will need fans and filtration.

Dell has always used trash for power supplies. Back in the day they had Bestec, Liteon and Delta. The former two were known to randomly explode and the latter was known for using garbage capacitors that failed.

According to various sources on the internet, it appears Dell still hasn't learned any lessons and they use AcBel, which is just as bad. It looks like they use ancient switching topology with a "stronger" 5v rail that was common in pre-P4 days and have anemic filtering with wofat brand caps.