These are fun builds! As previously mentioned in your post prior to this video, I've modded my 7060 into a Kediers C570 case. Case was $30 and was slightly damaged. Re-bent a few pieces and re-riveted it back together. Bought the 7060 for $110 a few years ago with an i7 8700, 512gb M.2, and 16gb DDR4. Upgraded to 32gb DDR4, added a Cooler Master Masterliquid ML240L, and have it paired up with an RX 5500XT that I traded a monitor for. I have the same power pins and was able to use the case power switch with it along with a jumper to avoid errors on startup. Had to get an 8 pin to 24 pin adapter and haven't had any issues with it powering the system. Keep up these kinds of builds!
@@elsonicvenezolano If you are willing to drill some new motherboard stand holes, it's most likely possible. It's what I had to do in my Kediers case. Another option would be to remove the current motherboard stands, get a thin sheet of acrylic from Lowes or Home Depot and make your own tray. That's what I did for my Cooler Master HAF XB Evo case as it was missing the motherboard tray. $10 for the case and $20 in acrylic let me save the case from the dump and learn a new skill.
I've said it in the past , been following your channel since the early days, also the Instagram. And your projects are always fun to watch , as they are the same exact type of projects I get up to. Keep them coming!
My favourite thing about optiplex models is just how all of them have similarities or look Identical, and just how easy it is to pop them open and work on them.
This was great. My household needed new general purpose computers and i ended up with two 7040s, plus a 5040 as a tinker toy. My hardware experience is limited, but this gave me a lot more confidence about an upcoming case swap. Thanks!
great video, just finished watching it never fails to impress me. how cool you're videos are. if you can find a cheap motherboard Z1 then this would be an amazing build. Also can you make a video on the dell optiplex motherboard swap as I have one and want to swap the motherboard but I dont know the issues I would face placing like the SSD and waht to do with it
Thanks for making this video, good as always, entertaining to watch on my HP Elitedesk 800 G1 that I did a case swap on. On the other side of the motherboard standoffs if they're long enough you could put washers so that they don't move or fall off.
i bought an optiplex 7050 mt too and i change the original psu 240 watts to a 360 cost me 50 bucks, i bought a 6 to 8 pin conector to use the 1660S 6Gb new. plus 4 x 16 gb ram 2400 DDR i spent almost 650
9:21 if it’s modding to fit the Dell motherboard like that I feel like some USB extensions are in order for the front I/O. It bothers me there’s just USB ports inside the case. Just get 3 Type A and 1 Type C extensions and cut them out in front of the case. At the same time, aren’t there no USB headers on the Dell board? The USB situation seems like the biggest thing to jerry rig here.
does that adapter for the power switch work on the Optiplex 7070 MT? also have you considered making a video about the 7070 MT? I'm eyeing one right now and planning to turn it into a gaming pc in the coming months
I get the reasons why you did this and give you kudos and thanks, for doing it. I come away saying to my self, that I would only use that Mobo after exhausting all reasonable possibilities of finding one suited for the i7-7700 by one of the major manufacturers.
10:15 maybe some RGB?!! I have 6 of those UpHere fans in my PC they are a yes RGB! Great value for having them all sync up without any software just wish they were quieter or had speed settings
@@DLMtechgarage that system gives ya butter fingers lol. I've been in the same situation before, dropped a 3tb HDD once and it worked but only sometimes, never figured that one out lol
Use a tap to thread the metal...drilling the correct size for that size tap...then it will start your " Standoff's " and be tight... a simple task.. 🇨🇦🤓🤟
I've done something similar, but with 24 pin adaptor, for some reason why I turn the PC off. The CPU Fan goes absolutely nuts. Did you run into that problem, and if so, how did you fix it?
Hello can i case swap dell optiplex 7070 mini tower motherboard to another pc case will my Nvidia GeForce gtx 950 ti work on dell optiplex 7070 motherboard
If you didn’t have bad luck, you wouldn’t have any luck. It’s a cool build. I want to make my kids a Roblox computer. This looks like a good (and fun) solution. See if you can figure out ‘Wake on LAN”… “Alexa, turn the computer on”.
I can't get my optipex 7050 to recognize any PCIe video cards, even my GTX 1070. I even tried a GTX 970 also. Is there a setting in the Bios I'm missing?
not sure, never had that problem, could be a power issue or the board is not sitting the card properly, if doing the swap, run the board and gpu outside the case just to confirm its not a board issue.
@@DLMtechgarage Ok, this is weird!!! If I don't connect the GPU power, the video will come up and recognize the GPU and say "connect GPU power" as soon as I shut down and connect GPU power and turn it back on the system will not boot, blank screen and the CPU fan just constantly spins. Never in my life have I seen this issue with a computer. Could it be because I updated the bios to the latest version? Is my power supply to strong @ 600 watts? I'm going to try it with a GTX 750 Ti video card that does not need extra power and see what happens.
@@DLMtechgarage So the 750 Ti GPU without onboard GPU power worked. This is telling me that the GPU's with Onboard power is supplying the motherboard with power and is not allowing the motherboard to completely shutdown on bootup during the initial reset phase.
@@DLMtechgarage My theory is correct. The cable that you recommended does not allow the Power Supply to shut off on the initial boot and reset and is allowing voltage to be constant through the GPU. This is causing the motherboard to stay on and no reset, thus not allowing boot-up. I powered on the system with my GTX 970 without the GPU power hooked up until the initial reset where the CPU fan stopped, then added the GPU power and pushed the motherboard power button on and the system came up and recognized the GPU and booted into Windows. Does your power supply shut off when you push the motherboard power button?
Someone told me my 7040 MT i7-6700 wouldn’t be able to run my GTX 1080 Ti (well the specifically mentioned 1070) due to the PCIe only putting out 35w instead of 70w. I’m not that familiar with PCIe but perhaps their GPU or PSU were faulty? I have all the parts including a 700w PSU. Trying it tomorrow!
hey i have a question, i have the same pc optiplex 7050 and it has an i7-7700 12gb ddr4 (might upgrade it to a 16gb ddr4) and 1tb hdd with a 240watt psu, and i wanted to buy a gpu without the need of buying a new psu but i cant find the right one for gaming without passing the 240watt psu and thank you for the great video
@@DLMtechgarage and will it run with no issues, like not going over the max 240watts or making my system lag, also do i need a low profile one because i cant find one that ships here i might buy the asus tuf 1650, and sorry one last thing will a zotac 1650 super or a gigabyte 1650 super work with my psu and thanks.
@@v8sw3 if its the m/t optiplex then you don't need the lp. lp is only for the sff. the super will max the psu. best one to get is the non super with no pci supplemental power.
New builder here and I have some questions if someone would be so kind enough as to help! :) This front panel error I kept hearing about, is it just an alert when you first log on to windows like when you leave the front usb 3.0 unplugged and then you could log in? And also I can’t find an adapter for my specific model which is the 7040, can I use the one for the 7059? It looks the same just that the position of the pins looks flipped upside down. Also do any cases line up for this mobo? Or will I have to do drill through the case? I have a case and I’m waiting for the mobo :) I have the cpu already and cooler. Thanks for you help!
@@DLMtechgarage omg man you just saved me a headache. I thought the video was great btw, I loved the way you do your stuff. Just feels unique and cool. Also the front panel IO error is just an alert right? It doesn’t stop you from using windows?
@@christianmino4073 yea, just an alert, everything will work fine, honestly the only point of getting rid of the error is for when you sell it to a customer so it does not seem ghetto lol...
@@DLMtechgarage in that case I’m fine lol it’s my own personal pc that I’m gon give to my dad when I’m on my next build. He needs a ox and it has integrated gpu so I can still use the gpu in another build
@@DLMtechgarage but wait it says in the description it doesn’t remove the error on startup but is t that the whole point? Can’t I run it with error at startup and just press F1?
@@christianmino4073 yea, just press f1 and its fine, the adaptor is just to power it on. on the 70 series because the front i/o is built into the board you dont have the error issues. only thing you need to do is plug in the audio, and fans for the header and your good to go. part 1 of this video shows that better.
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These are fun builds! As previously mentioned in your post prior to this video, I've modded my 7060 into a Kediers C570 case. Case was $30 and was slightly damaged. Re-bent a few pieces and re-riveted it back together. Bought the 7060 for $110 a few years ago with an i7 8700, 512gb M.2, and 16gb DDR4. Upgraded to 32gb DDR4, added a Cooler Master Masterliquid ML240L, and have it paired up with an RX 5500XT that I traded a monitor for. I have the same power pins and was able to use the case power switch with it along with a jumper to avoid errors on startup. Had to get an 8 pin to 24 pin adapter and haven't had any issues with it powering the system. Keep up these kinds of builds!
No way bro! mine is around 220$ with no gpu 4gb ram 120gb ssd. You got that for cheaper
110$? thats a steal
I have a question: Did a DELL Optiplex will work on a NZXT H510 ELITE Case?
@@elsonicvenezolano If you are willing to drill some new motherboard stand holes, it's most likely possible. It's what I had to do in my Kediers case. Another option would be to remove the current motherboard stands, get a thin sheet of acrylic from Lowes or Home Depot and make your own tray. That's what I did for my Cooler Master HAF XB Evo case as it was missing the motherboard tray. $10 for the case and $20 in acrylic let me save the case from the dump and learn a new skill.
i have optiplex 7060 i5 8600
can i change the motherboard and case?
I've said it in the past , been following your channel since the early days, also the Instagram. And your projects are always fun to watch , as they are the same exact type of projects I get up to.
Keep them coming!
Thanks bro!! Much appreicated!!
My favourite thing about optiplex models is just how all of them have similarities or look Identical, and just how easy it is to pop them open and work on them.
This was great. My household needed new general purpose computers and i ended up with two 7040s, plus a 5040 as a tinker toy.
My hardware experience is limited, but this gave me a lot more confidence about an upcoming case swap. Thanks!
great video, just finished watching it never fails to impress me.
how cool you're videos are. if you can find a cheap motherboard Z1 then this would be an amazing build.
Also can you make a video on the dell optiplex motherboard swap as I have one and want to swap the motherboard but I dont know the issues I would face placing like the SSD and waht to do with it
i got some videos on the channel for the older models.
Thanks for making this video, good as always, entertaining to watch on my HP Elitedesk 800 G1 that I did a case swap on.
On the other side of the motherboard standoffs if they're long enough you could put washers so that they don't move or fall off.
Thanks for the info!
Man this looked like a fun build. Solid video DLM
thanks!!
just got this dell Optiplex 7050 thanks for the video really helped me out on what to do next .
I usually don't notice the neighbor until you point it out. Good build, RIP the pair of video cards!
lol... thanks
Nice work, you remind me of ModsTek a bit...keep em' comin'!
Wow, thanks!
That stick of Ripjaws is flexing HARD
it really is lol..
i bought an optiplex 7050 mt too and i change the original psu 240 watts to a 360 cost me 50 bucks, i bought a 6 to 8 pin conector to use the 1660S 6Gb new. plus 4 x 16 gb ram 2400 DDR i spent almost 650
9:21 if it’s modding to fit the Dell motherboard like that I feel like some USB extensions are in order for the front I/O. It bothers me there’s just USB ports inside the case. Just get 3 Type A and 1 Type C extensions and cut them out in front of the case. At the same time, aren’t there no USB headers on the Dell board? The USB situation seems like the biggest thing to jerry rig here.
Great idea to do if you broke the front usb header after leaving a small adapter inserted when opening the case.
does that adapter for the power switch work on the Optiplex 7070 MT?
also have you considered making a video about the 7070 MT? I'm eyeing one right now and planning to turn it into a gaming pc in the coming months
not sure, havent messed with one
yes looking for adeptor suitable to swap casing
I get the reasons why you did this and give you kudos and thanks, for doing it. I come away saying to my self, that I would only use that Mobo after exhausting all reasonable possibilities of finding one suited for the i7-7700 by one of the major manufacturers.
Well said!
@@DLMtechgarage thank you sir. I wish you and the family a peaceful and joyful Thanksgiving!
@@PapaMav Thanks and same to you!!
@@DLMtechgarage TY
setup to change boot setting on bios press F2.. to be boot mode is set to: LEGACY: secure boot: OFF cus im using legacy
10:15 maybe some RGB?!! I have 6 of those UpHere fans in my PC they are a yes RGB! Great value for having them all sync up without any software just wish they were quieter or had speed settings
they really are good fans!!
@@DLMtechgarage very good value, just annoyed i spilt coffee on the control so now they’re purple forever Dx
@@HairyScrambler lol...
keep the vids coming! you are very entertaining!
Thanks, will do!
Dude, that thing is going to kill all your hardware at that rate, broken GPU's, Broken power header, broken ram stick lol.
all my fault.....
@@DLMtechgarage that system gives ya butter fingers lol. I've been in the same situation before, dropped a 3tb HDD once and it worked but only sometimes, never figured that one out lol
Has modificado una hp victus 12th con interuptor de encendido y los puertos usb delanteros
I don't like water coolers at all. I'll never use one in any build, too many opportunities for problems. cool build though.
I am not a fan of them either, just wanted to try something different.
Could you help me with a front panel for a Vostro 260S? It has a card slot and a audio slot integrated, the power button has 4 wires going to it.
not familiar with the pinout for it. I would suggest following the wires to the power button and so forth, notate it and see what works.
Use a tap to thread the metal...drilling the correct size for that size tap...then it will start your " Standoff's " and be tight... a simple task..
🇨🇦🤓🤟
I have that question who ram uses ? All 2400 or ?
I've done something similar, but with 24 pin adaptor, for some reason why I turn the PC off. The CPU Fan goes absolutely nuts. Did you run into that problem, and if so, how did you fix it?
I never had that problem
Hello can i case swap dell optiplex 7070 mini tower motherboard to another pc case will my Nvidia GeForce gtx 950 ti work on dell optiplex 7070 motherboard
yea it is the same process and yes that gpu will work since you are changing the psu
Thank you
If you didn’t have bad luck, you wouldn’t have any luck.
It’s a cool build. I want to make my kids a
Roblox computer. This looks like a good (and fun) solution.
See if you can figure out ‘Wake on LAN”… “Alexa, turn the computer on”.
lol... yea some days are better then others!!
I can't get my optipex 7050 to recognize any PCIe video cards, even my GTX 1070. I even tried a GTX 970 also. Is there a setting in the Bios I'm missing?
not sure, never had that problem, could be a power issue or the board is not sitting the card properly, if doing the swap, run the board and gpu outside the case just to confirm its not a board issue.
@@DLMtechgarage Ok, this is weird!!! If I don't connect the GPU power, the video will come up and recognize the GPU and say "connect GPU power" as soon as I shut down and connect GPU power and turn it back on the system will not boot, blank screen and the CPU fan just constantly spins. Never in my life have I seen this issue with a computer. Could it be because I updated the bios to the latest version? Is my power supply to strong @ 600 watts? I'm going to try it with a GTX 750 Ti video card that does not need extra power and see what happens.
@@DLMtechgarage So the 750 Ti GPU without onboard GPU power worked. This is telling me that the GPU's with Onboard power is supplying the motherboard with power and is not allowing the motherboard to completely shutdown on bootup during the initial reset phase.
@@DLMtechgarage My theory is correct. The cable that you recommended does not allow the Power Supply to shut off on the initial boot and reset and is allowing voltage to be constant through the GPU. This is causing the motherboard to stay on and no reset, thus not allowing boot-up. I powered on the system with my GTX 970 without the GPU power hooked up until the initial reset where the CPU fan stopped, then added the GPU power and pushed the motherboard power button on and the system came up and recognized the GPU and booted into Windows. Does your power supply shut off when you push the motherboard power button?
why do all the oems have that usb piece that juts out now?
Linus would be proud!
Someone told me my 7040 MT i7-6700 wouldn’t be able to run my GTX 1080 Ti (well the specifically mentioned 1070) due to the PCIe only putting out 35w instead of 70w. I’m not that familiar with PCIe but perhaps their GPU or PSU were faulty? I have all the parts including a 700w PSU. Trying it tomorrow!
hey bro thanks for the vid! also I make music and would be down to make backround music for ya
email me details @dlmtechgarage.com
Hi! Do you know why my fan in PSU keep spinning after switching off? I have the same motherboard and power supply through the adapter.
Thank you!
something with the adaptors, I have not been able to figure that out either.
This also affects sata powered case fans meaning you have to switch off the power supply anytime the system is off to kill power
Iam doing the same build can you please help me i need the motherboard jumper switch its not available in my place 😢
ebay??
Thanks
I have the same motherboard but i went for core i5 6th gen with 16 GB RAM and 1TB NVM SSD and RTX 2060 😄🤣 i know its a bottle neck but runs 🏃♂️
before fairing gpu do setting mode LEGACY/UEFI frist
Anyone know what Corsair case that is? Looks cool.
Corsair 780T
hey i have a question, i have the same pc optiplex 7050 and it has an i7-7700 12gb ddr4 (might upgrade it to a 16gb ddr4) and 1tb hdd with a 240watt psu, and i wanted to buy a gpu without the need of buying a new psu but i cant find the right one for gaming without passing the 240watt psu and thank you for the great video
a 1650 or rx 6400 would be the best bet, they don't have supplemental power.
@@DLMtechgarage and will it run with no issues, like not going over the max 240watts or making my system lag, also do i need a low profile one because i cant find one that ships here i might buy the asus tuf 1650, and sorry one last thing will a zotac 1650 super or a gigabyte 1650 super work with my psu and thanks.
@@v8sw3 if its the m/t optiplex then you don't need the lp. lp is only for the sff. the super will max the psu. best one to get is the non super with no pci supplemental power.
@@DLMtechgarage Hello Can I use 1050ti without upgrading PSU? If not what's psu should I buy?
@@KENNEZU0316 as long as its the non supplemental power version like the low profile
try to solder the pinout back or solder the switch to the traces lol
my soldering skills are horid!!
what if i buy a new motherboard and case ? is that gonna work too?
yea
Had a lot of oops moments😂
oops=money smh....
I need help i wanna try n swap my hp elite g5 800
I havent tried those yet.
whats the case because i wanna case swap it
corsair 780t but you can use any case.
@@DLMtechgarage where do you live if I’m close than you could do it
@@crypto6658 NC
who wears green nail polish?
chipest will destroy soon
and i am second
First to comment!!
New builder here and I have some questions if someone would be so kind enough as to help! :)
This front panel error I kept hearing about, is it just an alert when you first log on to windows like when you leave the front usb 3.0 unplugged and then you could log in? And also I can’t find an adapter for my specific model which is the 7040, can I use the one for the 7059? It looks the same just that the position of the pins looks flipped upside down. Also do any cases line up for this mobo? Or will I have to do drill through the case? I have a case and I’m waiting for the mobo :) I have the cpu already and cooler. Thanks for you help!
the adaptor are all the same, as far as the case, you will have to drill for any case.
@@DLMtechgarage omg man you just saved me a headache. I thought the video was great btw, I loved the way you do your stuff. Just feels unique and cool.
Also the front panel IO error is just an alert right? It doesn’t stop you from using windows?
@@christianmino4073 yea, just an alert, everything will work fine, honestly the only point of getting rid of the error is for when you sell it to a customer so it does not seem ghetto lol...
@@DLMtechgarage in that case I’m fine lol it’s my own personal pc that I’m gon give to my dad when I’m on my next build. He needs a ox and it has integrated gpu so I can still use the gpu in another build
I bought a mobo for a 7040 can someone pls tell me what adapter to buy? I can’t find one for the 7040
store.harbinrepairs.com/index.php/product/dell-5-6-pin-power-button-led-panel-adapter/
Your the best!
@@DLMtechgarage but wait it says in the description it doesn’t remove the error on startup but is t that the whole point? Can’t I run it with error at startup and just press F1?
@@christianmino4073 yea, just press f1 and its fine, the adaptor is just to power it on. on the 70 series because the front i/o is built into the board you dont have the error issues. only thing you need to do is plug in the audio, and fans for the header and your good to go. part 1 of this video shows that better.
@@DLMtechgarage unfortunately my fam is a 3 pin or molec so I’m going to have the fan alert. That’s the same thing right f1 and move on?