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Dell 3060/5060/7060 Micro optional video boards

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/07/07

It was pretty hard to find any model/part-number information on optional video boards for the Dell 3060/5060/7060 Micro series (also known as Regulatory Model D10U and Regulatory Type D10U003).

These models by default had HDMI (version 1.4) and full-size DisplayPort (version 1.2) and additionally could ship with these configurations:

  • no optional video port
  • optional VGA port
  • optional HDMI 2.0b port (which unlike HDMI 1.4 or DisplayPort 1.2 supports HDR10)
  • optional DisplayPort 1.2 port
  • optional USB–Type C Alt Mode (Alternate Mode)

There was (seems not available any more) a serial port (:

Further below are some links I found, but first a ink to a good post on differences between 3060/5060/5070:

None of the pages/fragments linked here are completely correct, but combined you can depict a pretty accurate picture:

Before I add notes about the 3060/5060/7060, let me note that the only new feature introduced between the xx60 and xx70 series is support for 9th generation Coffee Lake-S (Desktop processors) as you can see when comparing these two links (both via [Wayback/Archive] Dell OptiPlex 7060M vs. Dell OptiPlex 7070M Comparison):

Which means you can run an 9900T (8 cores, 16 threads). Those models are still expensive though.

Note however that the 9700T (8 cores, 8 threads) in the 7070 might not perform faster than the 8700T (6 cores, 12 threads) in the 7060.

Summary from my notes compared to the above links:

  • 3060/5060/7060 support 64 GB of memory (2x 32GB SODIMM: I have this working in multiple machines); this might require a minimum BIOS version
  • 3060/5060/7060 can run Windows 11 (and will upgrade from Windows 10 to 11 using the built-in license)
  • 3060/5060/7060 have 2x M.2 slots: 1x 2230/2280 (Supports SATA & PCIe interface), 1x 1 – 2230 (keyed to support Integrated or Discrete WiFi,
    Support Intel CNVi or USB 2.0/PCIe)
  • 3060/5060/7060 have 1x SATA (Support Standard Revision 3.0) for a 2.5 inch drive up to at least 9.5mm height (after modification of the caddy, 15mm fits, see below)
  • 3060/5060/7060 support a variety of optional WiFi/Bluetooth adapters ranging from WiFi 2.4/5Ghz plus Bluetooth 4.1 or 4.2 but no MU-MIMO through 2.4/5Ghz MU-MIMO plus Bluetooth 5
  • 3060 has a Intel H370 chipset
  • 5060/7060 have an Intel Q370 chipset
  • 3060 has 4x USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type A SuperSpeed (2x on the front, 2x on the back) and 2x USB 2.0 Type A (on the back)
  • 5060/7060 have 1x USB 3.1 Gen 2 (with USB-C connector) on the front, 5x USB 3.1 (1x on the front, 4x on the back) and no USB 2.0
  • 3060 has 1x HDMI and 1x DisplayPort
  • 5060/7060 have 2x DisplayPort (but no HDMI)
  • 3060 is limited to M.2 PCIe x2 (I am still not sure about 5060/7060)
  • 3060 comes with a 65 Watt power supply
  • 7060 comes with a 90 or 130 Watt (if your CPU is 65 Watt) power supply
  • 5060 and 7060 can have an optional USB-C on the back

This is the 64GB memory set I have installed: [Wayback/Archive] Crucial CT4G4SFS624A 4GB Memory.: Amazon.de: Electronics & Photo (the page title lists [Wayback/Archive] Crucial 4GB DDR4-2400 SODIMM | CT4G4SFS824A | Crucial.com, but it actually is [Wayback/Archive] Crucial 64GB Kit (2 x 32GB) DDR4-3200 SODIMM | CT2K32G4SFD832A | Crucial.com)

A 2.5 inch 15mm high SATA drive fits after modifying the caddy as you can see in [Wayback/Archive] Solved: 15mm 2.5″ drive in 3060 micro – Dell Community:

Not by default but it will if you’re willing to do a bit of hardware modification.
The drive itself is too thick for the caddy as it comes, however, the case and the available space is suitable.
How do I know? Because I own a 3060, it has the same caddy and same spacing as my 7070. My 7070 currently has that exact drive installed in it with a modified caddy.
The length and width of that drive matches that of a standard 7mm laptop hard drive. Even the hole placement is aligned with the bottom equal to a standard laptop hard drive. In fact, the only thing that makes this not fit normally is the height.
My solution was to cut the top off the caddy, leaving only the two side rails. Then, so they would stay on and fit normally, I removed the pins from the rubber bumpers and replaced them with laptop HDD screws.
The result was a perfect fit. I even put some thermal pads on the top to act as sort of a brace from vibration.

All in all, I’m OK with the performance when running Prime95 and Robocopy at the same time (at the bottom of this post also a link to the CPU view of just running Prime95).

I also did some speed checks on both a 3060 and 7060 using NVMe devices using [Wayback/Archive] Download: CrystalDiskMark – Crystal Dew World [en] version 8.0.4c:

Optiplex 3060 Micro Optiplex 7060 Micro
Samsung MZ-V8P1T0CW SSD 980 PRO 1 TB Heatsink M.2 Internal NVMe SSD Samsung MZ-V7S2T0BW SSD 970 EVO Plus 2 TB M.2 Internal NVMe SSD

CrystalDiskMark speeds of a Dell Optiplex 3060 Micro with a Samsung MZ-V8P1T0CW SSD 980 PRO 1 TB Heatsink M.2 Internal NVMe SSD

CrystalDiskMark speeds of a Dell Optiplex 3060 Micro with a Samsung MZ-V8P1T0CW SSD 980 PRO 1 TB Heatsink M.2 Internal NVMe SSD

CrystalDiskMark speeds of a Dell Optiplex 3060 Micro with a Samsung MZ-V7S2T0BW SSD 970 EVO Plus 2 TB M.2 Internal NVMe SSD

CrystalDiskMark speeds of a Dell Optiplex 3060 Micro with a Samsung MZ-V7S2T0BW SSD 970 EVO Plus 2 TB M.2 Internal NVMe SSD

Yes, I know, the 7060 might benefit from a faster NVMe device, but back then I bought them for the 3060 the PRO were a much better deal than the EVO (PRO with heatsink even cheaper than PRO without heatsink). When getting the 7060 models, the PRO deals were far more expensive than the EVO deals.

The 7060 cannot fully stretch the 970 EVO Plus to its limits, so likely it would not be able to do that with the 980 PRO either.

More on CrystalDiskMark and interpreting the results in various types of devices:

On extension links

MFF (Mini, not Micro)

The serial port

Installation

  • [Wayback/Archive] Dell OptiPlex 3060 Micro Service Manual: installing optional module | Dell UK
    1. To install the optional card:
      1. Place and align the optional card to its place in the system.
        Displays the installation of optional card
      2. Replace the two (M2X3.5) screws and two screws to secure the optional card to the system chassis [1,2]
      3. Connect the optional card cable to the connector in the system board [3].
        Displays the installation of optional card
    2. Install the:
      1. Side cover
      2. 2.5 inch hard drive assembly
    3. Follow the procedure in After working inside your computer.

Queries used

Image links

–jeroen

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