Dell Optiplex 740 Motherboard

Repair Your PC with a Genuine Dell OptiPlex 740 Motherboard

This motherboard powers the OptiPlex 740 desktop PC series from Dell. It boasts onboard video via an Nvidia GeForce chipset as well as a wide range of other features. Whether you are repairing a Dell OptiPlex 740 or building a system from scratch, you'll find many pre-owned and affordable 740 boards to choose from at eBay.

The OptiPlex 740 motherboard is a Dell-branded mainboard developed by Nvidia for use by Dell in its OptiPlex desktop PC series. The board is based on an Nvidia chipset, features integrated video from Nvidia, and provides support for AMD processors. This is a Small Form Factor board, and the OptiPlex series was designed to be low-profile, so the cases where generally short and wide as opposed to tall.

On-board video can be disabled, and a video card can be installed in the available PCI-Express x16 slot. Although this is an Nvidia board, ATI video cards are also supported.

This motherboard will fit in any OptiPlex 740 case. The model numbers so that you can verify compatibility via the Dell OptiPlex 740 manual are HX340, RY469, and YP696. If you are purchasing it for a particular non-OptiPlex 740 case or if you intend to choose a case to pair with it, then note that is a Small Form Factor mainboard and that it requires a case that supports SFF. This case is not exactly standard, and it is and specific to Dell, but it should also be compatible with most Mini-ITX and Micro-ATX cases.

This mainboard was designed to work specifically with AMD Cool'n'Quiet 2.0 technology. You can find a specific list of supported model numbers in the owner's manual, but broad support includes the:

• AMD Athlon 64
• AMD Athlon 64 X2
• AMD Phenom Triple-Core
• AMD Phenom Quad-Core

The motherboard and supported processors are designed to work with DDR-2 memory modules. Dell OptiPlex 740 memory supports the following SDRAM frequencies of 533 MHz, 667 MHz, and 800 MHz. Other DDR-2 memory specs may be compatible but not directly supported. You can find a complete official support list within the owner's manual. Capacities supports are 256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB, and 2 GB, and all of these are non-ECC. These boards have four memory slots, so up to 8 GB total memory is possible.