Thanks so much for making this video. The PCIe slot is 4x, not 1x as you had stated. It's possible to fit a low profile graphics card on this 4x instead of the 16x since some are too think and the power supply would get in the way. This would lead to 5-10% loss in processing power (not much). The NVMe port does not steal a SATA port. :)
The M.2 SSD slot, can be used together with other drives. It does not steal any SATA ports. The chipset has enough SATA ports to run everything connected at the same time. Helpful video. I am thinking getting some Dell Optiplex 3040 and 7050 possibly, and that was a nice overview of internals. Other options is using these PCIe slots for SSD storage, or 10Gbps NIC (about 30$). Would make an interesting homelab storage server.
These deffinitely make for good special purpose machines, in spite of the fact all anyone seems to want to do is try(mostly in vain) to turn them into hack job gaming machines
Many motherboards and their m.2 slot(s) have the ability to run either NVMe (m key, uses PCIe lanes) or SATA (b+m key usually, uses a SATA lane)... Motherboards I've dealt with will automatically disable a specific physical SATA port when a SATA m.2 drive is installed.
Hi, thanks for the teardown. Would you say this PC is ideal as a DIY NAS? I am not keen on the pre-built NAS or external drives out there that have encryption, so that if they fail you are screwed. Thus I would like to put 2x 3TB 2.5" HDD and configure them in RAID 0 using open source program
With the 1050 ti would you need to run the Low profile one or no? I was looking to get the rx 6400 lp. I just picked up a 7040 sff with a i7 6700 gen 6 .... gonna do the gpu, ram and m.2. I'll upgrade later per your suggestion with a z1 or z2 motherboard and do a different case, psu etc.
Could an internal wifi card be used in the smaller black card slot beside the larger blue one? What type of slot is the black one? I know USB wifi could be used but harder for user to remove internal one :)
I'm almost positive the machine does have one slot intended for an SSD and one intended for a wireless card, it's been a while since I had one of these in front of me though, I used to buy and sell this kind of stuff weekly, but switched entirely to custom gaming builds
Hey! I have one of these kicking around my house from my job, I know you mentioned that I can buy some products and new case and create a high end gaming PC. Do you know how I can go about doing that?
What processor does the machine have? I would probably not recommend spending the money on the parts if it is not at least an i5 6500 or higher, and preferably an i7 6700
@@dragonsystems5973 hey sorry, I’m honestly a PC novice. Been using Apple all my life lol. But I double checked & it’s actually an Optiplex 3020 with an i5 4090. Is it even worth my time trying to upgrade it? I also have an old HP Compaq pro 6300 SFF sitting around my house as well.
@@dragonsystems5973 would love to be able to use it to stream & game. I am assuming my processor is crap for that. Just wanted to know if I could use any of the parts in my old desktops towards a new gaming PC so I don’t spend the money on parts I already have that are decent.
I saw another video of a 7040 sff teardown and there weren't any similarities in the construction. The power module was in a different location and the part that housed drives swung out on a hinge.
The several different sizes of a given dell series will share hardware similarities, but physical construction can vary pretty dramatically between the specific sizes
I mean, where there is a will there is always a way, but realistically no, and even you could the lack of expansion options would make the project a complete waste of time, you would be better off to buy a cheap board of ebay and just gut the parts
is there will be any difference in performance between installing gtx 1050 ti in pci x4 and pci x16 and as you know the space between the x16 slot and the power supply is too small , so even the card fit in .. it will be so hot i saw many people install the card in pci x4 but no one speaks about the performance
Hello Dragon Systems, Thanks for your system overview of this PC. I have the same PC and I would like to install a NVMe on it. I see that you have a screw in your NVMe "emplacement" to fix a potential NVMe in it. In mine, I don't have one. Do you know where I can get a screw that is compatible with the NVMe "emplacement" of this Dell Optiplex ? Thank you !
I got one of these recently and plan on installing a low profile 1050ti in it. At the end of the video you mentioned the PSU is 180W, will it be able to run that 1050ti LP card with that stock PSU? Thanks
@@dragonsystems5973 Thanks for the quick reply, I appreciate it! I don't really plan to game on this, but I am using a 4K monitor with it and I notice that it often struggles even when playing 2K videos on RUclips for example, hence I thought a dedicated GPU might fix that. Thoughts?
@@akm9238 I guess you most likely will already have made your decision, but: I know people who use low profile GT1030, GTX1050TI and GTX1650 and all of them use them for 4K playback without any problems. The i7 6700 has a TDP of 65 W and the GTX1050TI and GTX1650 have a TDP of 75 W (unless you use highly overclocked ones that need additional power connectors), so with these two components you already use 140 W. The power supply units in these computers are high quality ones. My 7040 SFF has a 180 W 80plus platinum unit. Another option, as mentioned above, is to get a Z170 or Z270 board and transfer the CPU and RAM.
I have one of these, and it's a great computer. We use it in the living room attached to a large flat screen TV for monitor. Streaming, RUclips, hubs likes to surf and it's been a great computer over all. No gaming, just internet. Hoping you can answer a ques I have: I think I need to replace the NIC card since it suddenly is no longer connecting to the internet, yet other computers are. Where is it located, and what brand of NIC card does it take. Thank you.
Are you still working on this problem? You could try a Plugable USB to 2.5G Gigabit Ethernet Adapter into the back of the machine. If you want to get fancy, I recommend a 2.5G Ethernet PCIe 1X card with a low profile bracket and a RJ-45 connector. 2.5G Ethernet means it'll keep up for years to come, and the RJ-45 connector is just the telephone-wire-but-not-looking hole that you plug your internet cable into. In the video, when he talks about a video card, he's pointing to a "16X slot" to put the video card in. Next to that, a little further away from the power box, is a smaller slot. That's where this new NIC would go. You'll remove a little skinny metal plate on the back of the machine; that's where you install your low-profile bracket that you'll attach to the NIC. This will give you the RJ-45 connector sticking out the back of the computer, waiting for internet. Cheers!
@@LesCalvin3 than you for your reply. Figured out it wasn't the computer or NIC card at all. Something was interfering with the internet for that box. But I'll save your comment for future reference.🙏
Hi thank you for the great video, very detailed! Do you have any cheap vga recommendation? for dell optilex 7040 the same type as in you video, I want to make it dual monitor, but I don't know which vga to buy, thanks!
Nice video! I have a 7040 i7 6700 here and I've upgraded his ram with 2x 3200 Mhz 8 Gb but it can't reach those 3200 Mhz, it got stuck into 2133 MHz, is there a way to make it work properly?
Its really not a performance system, I highly doubt it has any sort of XMP capability, in fact I would be very much surprised if it did, keep in mind these are really reliability oriented, ability to enable XMP would probably introduce a source of decreased reliability
Today I tried installing Ubuntu server software with NVME drive for trying my own cloud storage. I think NVME drive is not compatible with any Linux. I hope I can change to a sata ssd in the M2 connector.
The card you have in the top PCIe slot is a 1X card, and doesn't fill the entire slot. The top slot is a 4X (not a 1X as you stated) with an open end for longer cards, as long as they can work 4X electrically. That said, your recommendation of a 1050 wouldn't be recommended as those are double-height cards, and would have to slot into the 4X slot. While it would fit, and likely work, the 1050 does utilize 8X electrically, and would likely suffer in performance due to the restricted PCIe bandwidth. A GTX 1030 (get GDDR5, not DDR3) would be a better fit, and could slot into the bottom 16X slot as those are mostly single-height cards.
Hi! I know this is old, but I'm trying to learn more about my "new" computer, and computers in general. That 16X slot, does it actually run at 16X? And does it compete for PCIe lanes with the 4X or with NVMe storage? Thanks!
@@LesCalvin3 Sorry for the late reply, YT wasn't sending me notifications. OEMs like HP/Dell, etc tend to only use the slots that it is electrically capable of doing. Otherwise, they use an open-ended socket like the top slot here. It's cheaper to do it that way, and allows more components in a tight space. The 16x should be present as it is typically determined by the CPU, and only needs the circuitry and the socket on the motherboard to connect it to the CPU. But the position of it in relation to the PSU makes it difficult to use with common cards that would/could utilize anything beyond the 4x slot above it. Bad design IMHO, but not unexpected. Hope that helps.
I got the 7040 and it’s goes on then turns back off and it won’t connect to my monitor I think it has somethin to do wit inside of the pc like the cords not all in d right spot anybody know wut I should do?
I had a question. I'm trying to} put 2 sata hard drives in one but it doesn't look like it has the room any suggestions besides taking out the optical drive because I still use that
I dont think there is any reasonable way to put in a second 3.5 drive, however, if it is a 2.5 drive I believe you might be able to set it on top of the power supply or something like that
@@dragonsystems5973 ok thank you for the reply guess I'll have to watch a video on how to clone the drive on the bigger drive and just switch the drives out
I'm looking for getting same size 7040 for my brother. M2 should be from PCE-E x4 line not the SATA line can you confirm that? Also i can see that one single slot video can be added which is big downside from my end :(
I dont know for sure on the PCI E, I dont usually get that far in depth with these, they are really intended mostly as physical hardware teardowns, and I have never actually sold one with an M2 installed because I usually market them as dirt cheap i7s for like 300 or less. as far as the video car, yeah, I think you are limited to an actual true single slot low profile with only minimal space for overhang as far as the cooler is concerned
Depends on how you do it. It has a single 3.5 bay which can be adapted to two 2.5 bays. It also has an M.2 slot as well, so you do either an M.2 SSD and a single 3.5 hard drive or a 2.5 SSD and a 2.5 Hard drice or any other similar combination
For a graphics card, you'll need a low profile one slot deal. I have a Dell Optiplex 5060 SFF and it's similar in case size to the 7040 shown here. I would, however, advise getting at least an Optiplex 5060 that has a i7-8700k 8th gen cpu as that is one of the three requirement to upgrade to Windows 11. It also has Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 module, two other requirements to upgrade to Windows 11. The Optiplex 7040 only has the i7-6700 6th gen cpu which is not compatible with Windows 11. Something to think about anyways.
I've been hoping to find more videos on the dell - 40 series, though i'm looking for a full case and not the SFF. It's pretty mad that you can get one of these mobos for ~$20 right now directly from Dell refurbished- I think the blue SATA is an 8x, and coupled with the 6x USB 3.0s with a possible 2 more that can be added and this machine has more ports that some full ATX machines I've seen. I do have some questions- I've been thinking of putting one together as a cheap build, and the power supply is the major limitation with both it's SIZE AND supply, since it easily takes up a 1/5th the internal volume for all of 150 watts. It seems however, that a supply like the FSP Group Mini ITX Solution off Amazon or the "GEEEK Custom Flex ATX Modular PSU" would open up for more space- do you think that would be viable for this case? And finally, if you were going to make one into a cheap gaming system what processor would you try for? I've been spoiled by AMD's simple naming schemes; most of these seem to be 1151 skylake so I was hoping for a 3570 but that's a 1150 socket instead. Thanks!
I mean, where there is a will, there is a way, however, that being said, I think that the price on boards is low enough right now that you really might be better off buying a decent micro atx or mini itx board and gutting the dell for parts, it might be a little more expensive, but I think the extra capabilities you would gain by doing so would far outweigh the money spent, and honestly I suspect that if you shopped really carefully you might be able to do it for under $100 additional spent
I have a Dell Optiplex 7040 bought back in Dec 2017 using Windows 7 Pro 1 TB 2.5 inch HDD and a AMD Radeon video card. I wanted to upgrade the HDD to a SSD. Dell said a SSD won't work with Windows 7. Is this true? They said install the Windows 10 Pro Media Recovery first, but that wipes the HDD and it does a clean install. Is there any way to set up a SSD on this Windows 7 Pro 7040 SFF I have?
I guess it is possible there is something weird that prevents it... I would be more inclined to suspect it just wont work with the M.2 slot, Im pretty sure a 2.5 SATA SSD is treated the same as a hard drive by windows
@@dragonsystems5973 I don't think my system has a M.2 SSD slot. I guess I could clone the SSD and install it and see if it boots. Del tech told me I will have problems with Windows 7 Pro on a SSD they said install Windows 10 then install the SSD. Just a question, Dell is so proprietary how to you remove the 2.5 inch HDD from the plastic mount? Do you have to pull it out like you did in the video?
I mean, could you fit it in? Maybe. I think the dimensions would be wrong, but I built a custom machine with a Flex a few months ago, and my opinion on Flex ATX is... HELL NO!! they are freaking jet engines. There are things you can do to quiet them down, but unless you have a place for it where noise does not matter, I would not.
I think you could replace the optical drive with a 2.5 bay and put a 3.5 in the regular bay. The easiest option though would be 2 2.5 drives since dell sells a dual 2.5 caddy. Or you could go with an m.2 in the m.2 slot and either a 2.5 or 3.5 in the hard drive bay
@@TheGuptfauj You know, they do make large 2.5 drives, I think 4 tb is readily available, usually they are thicker than standard 2.5 drives, but it might not matter in the desktop like it does on the laptop
Hi - does anyone if the ram can be over locked on these? Have some SK Hynix 2x8gb at 2133mhz. Another question I have a SK Hynix 1x4gb hanging around is it worth banging it in the 3rd slot? Thanks
I did not look, but under idle they are pretty low... like several 10s of watts, under really heavy load I would bet a couple hundred watts, maybe slightly less
Well... im sure their engineers would give you a long winded answer that would technically be correct... but honestly I think they want the systems to be as difficult as possible to upgrade without making it TECHNICALLY impossible to upgrade
Dragon Systems cool. I’ve been having problems finding parts for it because it’s so low profile, so I would really appreciate that! Keep up the good work!
I have no idea, but there is nothing special about the specific parts used as far as I know... any short sata cables and any power splitter should work.
I have similar dell optiplex 7040 SFF and I want to install a dedicated graphics card but I don’t know which one is suitable for this machine and it shouldn’t hinder the performance of this machine.
I don't think this would be a good gaming platform. There are better options. Can you even get it to support three monitors (may be for a secondary home office machine)?
Sorry to say but there Six things you missed. 1: The Ethernet Port 2: The Green PS/2 Port for the Mouse 3: The Purple PS/2 Port for the Keyboard 4: The Serial Port 5: The mSATA Port 6: The Green Audio Out Jack
@@dragonsystems5973 sir i want to put graphic card but issue is my power supply unit is 180 watt so should i upgrade psu as well ? Or after that this system can run high performance graphic card ?
@@dragonsystems5973 ok got it. i found gt 710 2gb 64bit low profile card i will put this into system with a psu of 180 watt i hope so it will work fine
I dont remember the exact specs either, im guessing it was an i7 because my source always provides its, but beyond that its been too long and I don't keep lists on the machines
But exactly why would you want to do that?? If the board dies just go pick up a free case and power supply off craigslist and a cheap standard board off ebay and make it custom for the same price
you would probably need to remove it, when you get it torn down as far as I do in the video, it should be pretty obvious how to get at it, Dell systems are usually pretty modular
@@arshadhusain7620 I'm not sure what you mean by directly... it might make a mess, bit I'm thinking compressed air might be the best option in this situation
@@dragonsystems5973I mean I just want to remove the fan and the heat sink to clean the dust because my pc is overheating. I don’t want to tear down the whole pc
The CPU shroud seems pointless. I think it would be better to remove that. Then the CPU cooling and the ventilation of the case might be better. It would be worth testing how the CPU temperature is lower.
These Optiplexes are powerful rigs and with the right graphics card, yes, you can game on it easily. Doom should be okay to run. I have an Optiplex 5060 with a i7-8700 8th gen cpu, 32GB of 2666mhz Corsair Vengence RAM and use a XFX Speedster SWFT105 Radeon RX 6400 Gaming Graphics Card with 4GB GDDR6 and it runs games great with the proper settings. You have to test your game settings and see how they run. Ooops! Forgot to mention upgrade your drive to an nvme ssd. There's a M.2 slot for it. I put in a Samsung 980 Pro SSD 1 terabyte. You'll need that to speed up your computer for gaming and other regular stuff.
I am the owner of a Dell Optiplex 7040 i7 6700 model. Unfortunately the pc can't handle anything higher than Gt 710 or in the 900 range. Because of the PSU which is very low180W
I mean... it was never intended as a gaming machine. That being said, I've worked with some newer cards that are quite a bit lower power draw that should work, I've got some radeon embedded 9360s or something like that which should run fine
@@dragonsystems5973 The machine was fine for the last 2 years that I haveit. Now bought a Asus PRIME Z270-AR board. I'll add the i7 6700 cpu from the Dell into that with the 32GB memory that I have on the Dell and put that in a new ATX case with a 850 PSU along with a my RTX 3090. Thanks for your clip was really helpfull taking the Dell apart (LOL)
@marctesson3367 generally this is what I suggest to people asking about upgrades. Boards are cheap enough now, buy a basic like h110 or something like that, watch for a cheap case on craigslist, and just swap all the transferable stuff into that, it's a waste of effort to try to upgrade the dell
I actually just rewatched thru my video. Honestly it is not set up for what you are trying to do. A quick glance at available models would seem to indicate that they are mostly double slot designs, and thick ones at that. Even if you could find a single slot model, it would be a pretty bad idea because of the fact that you are going to be pushing that card really hard, in an already insufficient space, if you do find a model that is true single slot, they will have already comprised cooling to make that happen, which, combined with it being right against the power supply it will definitely be running hot all the time if not regularly overheating... im no saying where there is a will there is not a way but it is a bad idea to say the least. Your best bet would be spend $40 on a cheap case, $50 on a cheap board, and $40 on a cheap power supply and just drop all the parts into a custom system.
I dont have the unit in front of me.. however, when I receive these they typically have an optical drive and two 2.5 hard drives. the way the drives are both connected is with a 1x pci e power to 2x pci e power splitter, so I believe there might actually be only one normal pci e plug with one mini pci e power plug for the optical drive
@@dragonsystems5973 I found a photo of the motherboard and I see one blue, one black and one white SATA connectors. But I don’t know what it means, I don’t understand ((
@@VladimirKazan The color of the individual sata ports for your purposes should not matter, they are interchangeable, I think dell installs devices to specific ports, but I dont think it will have any bearing on function for you
I did game test this with Fortnite with the 6th gen integrated graphics on the i7 6700..... I thought MAYBE it would be good enough to hit low settings, 1080p, 60FPS, boy was I wrong.... it was soo bad it was not worth making a video... with settings turned all the way down, and the resolution turned down to just under 720p it could barely hold like 20FPS
GREAT VIDEO!! subb/liked...My questions please...how much RAM can be integrally-installed on the O7040SSF, please? The most-amount of RAM? Thanks a terabyte! I'm an old CAD-guy, who uses ActCAD, and that software's pretty-light on PC-resources. 2D-CAD Planwork is like that :-) I'm looking to buy this little PC for my CAD-work. No weird lighted fans needed, for that! hahahaaa.
Hi can this system support a combo WiFi Bluetooth PCIe card such as www.amazon.com/dp/B089FCX3C3/ More specifically does it have an internal USB header on the motherboard to plug the Bluetooth cable?
Hello friend ... I hope you are very well, I send you a greeting from Mexico and I hope you can help me to resolve a question regarding the dell 7040 ... I have a couple of them and I can't solve why when I connect the 20-pin usb 3.0 to the motherboard the port doesn't work, and I feel like I'm omitting some of the bios settings but I don't know how to do them ... if you have the solution to me problem I leave my email for you to help me ... Thanks a lot
Make sure you have it plugged in to the right port, I believe they are color coded, however, in spite of the color coding I think some of the plugs will physicly plug into more than one location, also, yes, I do believe you can disable ports on the bios.. try just resetting it to default
That is why I made this video, once a business is done with them, they typically care very little about the hardware and how people like me and you may value it
@@dragonsystems5973 Just letting everyone know as well... they had SSD (liteon l8h-256v2g-hp SSD) Installed that was buried inside... all 3 of them. So that's three i7-6700 and three SSDs.... lmao thanks again for the video Dragon
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Thanks so much for making this video. The PCIe slot is 4x, not 1x as you had stated. It's possible to fit a low profile graphics card on this 4x instead of the 16x since some are too think and the power supply would get in the way. This would lead to 5-10% loss in processing power (not much).
The NVMe port does not steal a SATA port. :)
Exactly what I needed to see before buying, thank you for the video!
yup :)
Great video. good info. I was looking at getting the 9020 but noticed the 7040 is much better for slightly more.
The M.2 SSD slot, can be used together with other drives. It does not steal any SATA ports. The chipset has enough SATA ports to run everything connected at the same time.
Helpful video. I am thinking getting some Dell Optiplex 3040 and 7050 possibly, and that was a nice overview of internals.
Other options is using these PCIe slots for SSD storage, or 10Gbps NIC (about 30$). Would make an interesting homelab storage server.
These deffinitely make for good special purpose machines, in spite of the fact all anyone seems to want to do is try(mostly in vain) to turn them into hack job gaming machines
Here's the best thing about it it has the ability to boot from an nvme drive
Many motherboards and their m.2 slot(s) have the ability to run either NVMe (m key, uses PCIe lanes) or SATA (b+m key usually, uses a SATA lane)... Motherboards I've dealt with will automatically disable a specific physical SATA port when a SATA m.2 drive is installed.
Hi, thanks for the teardown. Would you say this PC is ideal as a DIY NAS? I am not keen on the pre-built NAS or external drives out there that have encryption, so that if they fail you are screwed. Thus I would like to put 2x 3TB 2.5" HDD and configure them in RAID 0 using open source program
I would say it would be ideal for a use such as that... you should be able to find an adapter that will allow you to install 2 2.5 drives in a 3.5 bay
With the 1050 ti would you need to run the Low profile one or no? I was looking to get the rx 6400 lp. I just picked up a 7040 sff with a i7 6700 gen 6 .... gonna do the gpu, ram and m.2. I'll upgrade later per your suggestion with a z1 or z2 motherboard and do a different case, psu etc.
Could an internal wifi card be used in the smaller black card slot beside the larger blue one? What type of slot is the black one? I know USB wifi could be used but harder for user to remove internal one :)
I'm almost positive the machine does have one slot intended for an SSD and one intended for a wireless card, it's been a while since I had one of these in front of me though, I used to buy and sell this kind of stuff weekly, but switched entirely to custom gaming builds
Hey! I have one of these kicking around my house from my job, I know you mentioned that I can buy some products and new case and create a high end gaming PC. Do you know how I can go about doing that?
What processor does the machine have? I would probably not recommend spending the money on the parts if it is not at least an i5 6500 or higher, and preferably an i7 6700
@@dragonsystems5973 hey sorry, I’m honestly a PC novice. Been using Apple all my life lol. But I double checked & it’s actually an Optiplex 3020 with an i5 4090. Is it even worth my time trying to upgrade it? I also have an old HP Compaq pro 6300 SFF sitting around my house as well.
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@@CassandraPres it depends, what are you hoping to use tbe final upgraded machine for?
@@dragonsystems5973 would love to be able to use it to stream & game. I am assuming my processor is crap for that. Just wanted to know if I could use any of the parts in my old desktops towards a new gaming PC so I don’t spend the money on parts I already have that are decent.
I saw another video of a 7040 sff teardown and there weren't any similarities in the construction. The power module was in a different location and the part that housed drives swung out on a hinge.
The several different sizes of a given dell series will share hardware similarities, but physical construction can vary pretty dramatically between the specific sizes
Thank you! I just bought this. Getting a Gigabyte RX 6400 D6 LP. Might have to do some physical adjustments.
Would that hold on wit a arc A380 elf? ( PSU wise)
Nice video.
Can you transplant the motherboard into a normal case, or is the internal connectors specific to Dell?
I mean, where there is a will there is always a way, but realistically no, and even you could the lack of expansion options would make the project a complete waste of time, you would be better off to buy a cheap board of ebay and just gut the parts
is there will be any difference in performance between installing gtx 1050 ti in pci x4 and pci x16
and as you know the space between the x16 slot and the power supply is too small , so even the card fit in .. it will be so hot
i saw many people install the card in pci x4 but no one speaks about the performance
I cant answer that as I've never done it
@@dragonsystems5973 thx for your replay 🙂
difference = 3-5% less power in pci x4 thats all!
Hello Dragon Systems, Thanks for your system overview of this PC. I have the same PC and I would like to install a NVMe on it. I see that you have a screw in your NVMe "emplacement" to fix a potential NVMe in it. In mine, I don't have one. Do you know where I can get a screw that is compatible with the NVMe "emplacement" of this Dell Optiplex ? Thank you !
I got one of these recently and plan on installing a low profile 1050ti in it. At the end of the video you mentioned the PSU is 180W, will it be able to run that 1050ti LP card with that stock PSU? Thanks
it will be fine, but cooling may be sufficient with how close the fans for the video card will be to the power supply
@@dragonsystems5973 Thanks for the quick reply, I appreciate it! I don't really plan to game on this, but I am using a 4K monitor with it and I notice that it often struggles even when playing 2K videos on RUclips for example, hence I thought a dedicated GPU might fix that. Thoughts?
@@akm9238 I guess you most likely will already have made your decision, but:
I know people who use low profile GT1030, GTX1050TI and GTX1650 and all of them use them for 4K playback without any problems. The i7 6700 has a TDP of 65 W and the GTX1050TI and GTX1650 have a TDP of 75 W (unless you use highly overclocked ones that need additional power connectors), so with these two components you already use 140 W. The power supply units in these computers are high quality ones. My 7040 SFF has a 180 W 80plus platinum unit.
Another option, as mentioned above, is to get a Z170 or Z270 board and transfer the CPU and RAM.
Hi! Nice video. I have one question... Is it possible to boot from the M.2 slot? Thank you.
I assume so, I think its just a dell modded Q170 or something like that
I have one The "M.2 22x80 socket3" is PCIe 3.0 x4 and will support drive speeds up to 32Gb/s!
I have one of these, and it's a great computer. We use it in the living room attached to a large flat screen TV for monitor. Streaming, RUclips, hubs likes to surf and it's been a great computer over all. No gaming, just internet. Hoping you can answer a ques I have: I think I need to replace the NIC card since it suddenly is no longer connecting to the internet, yet other computers are. Where is it located, and what brand of NIC card does it take. Thank you.
Are you still working on this problem?
You could try a Plugable USB to 2.5G Gigabit Ethernet Adapter into the back of the machine.
If you want to get fancy, I recommend a 2.5G Ethernet PCIe 1X card with a low profile bracket and a RJ-45 connector.
2.5G Ethernet means it'll keep up for years to come, and the RJ-45 connector is just the telephone-wire-but-not-looking hole that you plug your internet cable into.
In the video, when he talks about a video card, he's pointing to a "16X slot" to put the video card in. Next to that, a little further away from the power box, is a smaller slot. That's where this new NIC would go. You'll remove a little skinny metal plate on the back of the machine; that's where you install your low-profile bracket that you'll attach to the NIC. This will give you the RJ-45 connector sticking out the back of the computer, waiting for internet.
Cheers!
@@LesCalvin3 than you for your reply. Figured out it wasn't the computer or NIC card at all. Something was interfering with the internet for that box. But I'll save your comment for future reference.🙏
Hi thank you for the great video, very detailed!
Do you have any cheap vga recommendation?
for dell optilex 7040 the same type as in you video, I want to make it dual monitor, but I don't know which vga to buy, thanks!
I would start with the integrated video, im pretty sure it can already double, maybe even triple display
can the NVME m.2 SSD slot on the motherboard can be used as the bootable drive right?
I believe so, but I no longer have the machine
Nice video!
I have a 7040 i7 6700 here and I've upgraded his ram with 2x 3200 Mhz 8 Gb but it can't reach those 3200 Mhz, it got stuck into 2133 MHz, is there a way to make it work properly?
Its really not a performance system, I highly doubt it has any sort of XMP capability, in fact I would be very much surprised if it did, keep in mind these are really reliability oriented, ability to enable XMP would probably introduce a source of decreased reliability
hi, gr8 video... indeed coming of leases.. gr8 bargains ---
but do you know if the M.2 2280 is NvME And is bootable in the BIOS ?
Whre is the video card?
Today I tried installing Ubuntu server software with NVME drive for trying my own cloud storage. I think
NVME drive is not compatible with any Linux. I hope I can change to a sata ssd in the M2 connector.
Make a video on how to clean it pls
The card you have in the top PCIe slot is a 1X card, and doesn't fill the entire slot. The top slot is a 4X (not a 1X as you stated) with an open end for longer cards, as long as they can work 4X electrically. That said, your recommendation of a 1050 wouldn't be recommended as those are double-height cards, and would have to slot into the 4X slot. While it would fit, and likely work, the 1050 does utilize 8X electrically, and would likely suffer in performance due to the restricted PCIe bandwidth. A GTX 1030 (get GDDR5, not DDR3) would be a better fit, and could slot into the bottom 16X slot as those are mostly single-height cards.
Hi! I know this is old, but I'm trying to learn more about my "new" computer, and computers in general.
That 16X slot, does it actually run at 16X? And does it compete for PCIe lanes with the 4X or with NVMe storage? Thanks!
@@LesCalvin3
Sorry for the late reply, YT wasn't sending me notifications. OEMs like HP/Dell, etc tend to only use the slots that it is electrically capable of doing. Otherwise, they use an open-ended socket like the top slot here. It's cheaper to do it that way, and allows more components in a tight space.
The 16x should be present as it is typically determined by the CPU, and only needs the circuitry and the socket on the motherboard to connect it to the CPU. But the position of it in relation to the PSU makes it difficult to use with common cards that would/could utilize anything beyond the 4x slot above it.
Bad design IMHO, but not unexpected. Hope that helps.
@@barms9768 It sure does! I appreciate it.
this video is extremely helpful! thank you so much!
I got the 7040 and it’s goes on then turns back off and it won’t connect to my monitor I think it has somethin to do wit inside of the pc like the cords not all in d right spot anybody know wut I should do?
Excellent info, thank you very much!
Do you know if the CPU is upgradable? I have the i7-6700. Would like to get cpu with the 630 graphics.
I had a question. I'm trying to} put 2 sata hard drives in one but it doesn't look like it has the room any suggestions besides taking out the optical drive because I still use that
I dont think there is any reasonable way to put in a second 3.5 drive, however, if it is a 2.5 drive I believe you might be able to set it on top of the power supply or something like that
@@dragonsystems5973 ok thank you for the reply guess I'll have to watch a video on how to clone the drive on the bigger drive and just switch the drives out
Can I put a GTX 1050Ti low profile in this?
I'm looking for getting same size 7040 for my brother. M2 should be from PCE-E x4 line not the SATA line can you confirm that? Also i can see that one single slot video can be added which is big downside from my end :(
I dont know for sure on the PCI E, I dont usually get that far in depth with these, they are really intended mostly as physical hardware teardowns, and I have never actually sold one with an M2 installed because I usually market them as dirt cheap i7s for like 300 or less. as far as the video car, yeah, I think you are limited to an actual true single slot low profile with only minimal space for overhang as far as the cooler is concerned
Thinking abt slapping a low profile 1030 cx u dont wana upgrade the wats
Btw is it quiet?
On a PCIe CPU you have the cooler fans pointing downwards, so that power supply shroud will be blocking those cooling fans entirely.
I have no idea what you are talking about, HOWEVER, this is a dell designed machine, I'd suggest filing your complaint with them.
can this hold a normal harddrive and a ssd?
Depends on how you do it. It has a single 3.5 bay which can be adapted to two 2.5 bays. It also has an M.2 slot as well, so you do either an M.2 SSD and a single 3.5 hard drive or a 2.5 SSD and a 2.5 Hard drice or any other similar combination
For a graphics card, you'll need a low profile one slot deal. I have a Dell Optiplex 5060 SFF and it's similar in case size to the 7040 shown here. I would, however, advise getting at least an Optiplex 5060 that has a i7-8700k 8th gen cpu as that is one of the three requirement to upgrade to Windows 11. It also has Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 module, two other requirements to upgrade to Windows 11. The Optiplex 7040 only has the i7-6700 6th gen cpu which is not compatible with Windows 11. Something to think about anyways.
I’ve been running Windows 11 on my 7040 SFF for over a year with no problems.
@@brianconnery2801 how did you get it working. ive heard poeple having to install certain drivers to get it to work even though its not supported
Does it have a wifi card?
I've been hoping to find more videos on the dell - 40 series, though i'm looking for a full case and not the SFF. It's pretty mad that you can get one of these mobos for ~$20 right now directly from Dell refurbished- I think the blue SATA is an 8x, and coupled with the 6x USB 3.0s with a possible 2 more that can be added and this machine has more ports that some full ATX machines I've seen.
I do have some questions- I've been thinking of putting one together as a cheap build, and the power supply is the major limitation with both it's SIZE AND supply, since it easily takes up a 1/5th the internal volume for all of 150 watts. It seems however, that a supply like the FSP Group Mini ITX Solution off Amazon or the "GEEEK Custom Flex ATX Modular PSU" would open up for more space- do you think that would be viable for this case? And finally, if you were going to make one into a cheap gaming system what processor would you try for? I've been spoiled by AMD's simple naming schemes; most of these seem to be 1151 skylake so I was hoping for a 3570 but that's a 1150 socket instead.
Thanks!
I mean, where there is a will, there is a way, however, that being said, I think that the price on boards is low enough right now that you really might be better off buying a decent micro atx or mini itx board and gutting the dell for parts, it might be a little more expensive, but I think the extra capabilities you would gain by doing so would far outweigh the money spent, and honestly I suspect that if you shopped really carefully you might be able to do it for under $100 additional spent
Did you say$20???
Currently experiencing problem, the power button flashes amber, two short flashes and one longer paused flash. How can i fix that?
I would recommend checking HP support
can i put gtx 750 ti on this opteplix 7040 Without Elback Psu ??
I have a Dell Optiplex 7040 bought back in Dec 2017 using Windows 7 Pro 1 TB 2.5 inch HDD and a AMD Radeon video card. I wanted to upgrade the HDD to a SSD. Dell said a SSD won't work with Windows 7. Is this true? They said install the Windows 10 Pro Media Recovery first, but that wipes the HDD and it does a clean install. Is there any way to set up a SSD on this Windows 7 Pro 7040 SFF I have?
I guess it is possible there is something weird that prevents it... I would be more inclined to suspect it just wont work with the M.2 slot, Im pretty sure a 2.5 SATA SSD is treated the same as a hard drive by windows
@@dragonsystems5973 I don't think my system has a M.2 SSD slot. I guess I could clone the SSD and install it and see if it boots. Del tech told me I will have problems with Windows 7 Pro on a SSD they said install Windows 10 then install the SSD. Just a question, Dell is so proprietary how to you remove the 2.5 inch HDD from the plastic mount? Do you have to pull it out like you did in the video?
Any thoughts on using a flex 1u psu on this system?
I mean, could you fit it in? Maybe. I think the dimensions would be wrong, but I built a custom machine with a Flex a few months ago, and my opinion on Flex ATX is... HELL NO!! they are freaking jet engines. There are things you can do to quiet them down, but unless you have a place for it where noise does not matter, I would not.
Thank you, still very helpful video!
Can you install a 3.5 inch hdd and a 2.5in SSD/hdd - looking at using it for Blue Iris so need 2x hdd in it.
I think you could replace the optical drive with a 2.5 bay and put a 3.5 in the regular bay. The easiest option though would be 2 2.5 drives since dell sells a dual 2.5 caddy. Or you could go with an m.2 in the m.2 slot and either a 2.5 or 3.5 in the hard drive bay
@@dragonsystems5973 thanks I need a 4tb 3.5 drive and a drive for os so m2 or replacing optical drive might work. 2 2.5in won't work
@@TheGuptfauj You know, they do make large 2.5 drives, I think 4 tb is readily available, usually they are thicker than standard 2.5 drives, but it might not matter in the desktop like it does on the laptop
Hi - does anyone if the ram can be over locked on these? Have some SK Hynix 2x8gb at 2133mhz. Another question I have a SK Hynix 1x4gb hanging around is it worth banging it in the 3rd slot? Thanks
I would just stick with the matching set
Any idea how much power it consumes when idle or under load?
I did not look, but under idle they are pretty low... like several 10s of watts, under really heavy load I would bet a couple hundred watts, maybe slightly less
Why do they insist on having the pci 16 against the PSU? how hard would it be for them to switch it with the pci 1x? so dumb
Well... im sure their engineers would give you a long winded answer that would technically be correct... but honestly I think they want the systems to be as difficult as possible to upgrade without making it TECHNICALLY impossible to upgrade
I have a single fan gigabyte 1050 ti, would that be too big, and consume too much power?
1050Ti uses a lot of power for a machine this big. These proprietary power supplies sucks!
Hello
Is it possible to have the second HDD sata cable (black one) DELL code?
Thank you
What version of PCIe does it have?...is it v3 or v4?
I have no idea. Look on the Dell website, they should have extensive documentation
New fav vid
Thanks. if I find the right deals I may at some point try to do some videos doing the max upgrades on some of these machines
Dragon Systems cool. I’ve been having problems finding parts for it because it’s so low profile, so I would really appreciate that! Keep up the good work!
What are the part numbers for the Blue SATA, Black SATA, and the Y power adapter?
I have no idea, but there is nothing special about the specific parts used as far as I know... any short sata cables and any power splitter should work.
I have similar dell optiplex 7040 SFF and I want to install a dedicated graphics card but I don’t know which one is suitable for this machine and it shouldn’t hinder the performance of this machine.
Can the 7040 SFF support two HDD's and the optical drive, and there 3 sockets for SATA cables? Anyone please?
broo how does one remove the motherboard??
Can I use a GT-1030 2G gddr5 on this sff with out power problem?
Yeah, it should be fine if it fits
Posso jogar call of duty com essa?
Can i put this pc in a corsair carbide case?
Not in the way you are thinking, not without serious modification
I don't think this would be a good gaming platform. There are better options. Can you even get it to support three monitors (may be for a secondary home office machine)?
I mean... this is what I have been saying since I posted the video... but no one wants to listen to me
Sorry to say but there Six things you missed.
1: The Ethernet Port
2: The Green PS/2 Port for the Mouse
3: The Purple PS/2 Port for the Keyboard
4: The Serial Port
5: The mSATA Port
6: The Green Audio Out Jack
I ment to say; "Sorry to say but, there are Six things you missed."
Turns out that I can't edit my comments on mobile in the browser, apparently.
how noisy is the PSU?
Pretty quiet from my experience
Good video, thanks.
I have a dell 7040 sff ci5 6500. can i upgrade processor to ci7 6700?
it should work fine, I believe my test units where i7 6700s
@@dragonsystems5973 thanks for replying ❤
@@dragonsystems5973 sir i want to put graphic card but issue is my power supply unit is 180 watt so should i upgrade psu as well ? Or after that this system can run high performance graphic card ?
@@annussabdullah2565 The only card I would really want to put in one of these is a GTX 1050 Ti SFF, or maybe a non-Ti model
@@dragonsystems5973 ok got it. i found gt 710 2gb 64bit low profile card i will put this into system with a psu of 180 watt i hope so it will work fine
can you tell me what dimenstions graphics card space is there plzzzz
You will have to Google specific dimensions
I dont remember the exact specs either, im guessing it was an i7 because my source always provides its, but beyond that its been too long and I don't keep lists on the machines
@@dragonsystems5973 even i have a i7 6700 and a r5 340x but if i google the r5 340x dimensions its not showing the r5 340x i am having
@@jamslikesval8772 a low profile single slot card really should work
@@dragonsystems5973 thank you very much !
would i7 6th GEN run $K videos? Thanks
I dont think so
For those who want to replace the motherboard, you just have to take the last screw in the front and the whole thing come right up
But exactly why would you want to do that?? If the board dies just go pick up a free case and power supply off craigslist and a cheap standard board off ebay and make it custom for the same price
how can i clean the pc fans
you would probably need to remove it, when you get it torn down as far as I do in the video, it should be pretty obvious how to get at it, Dell systems are usually pretty modular
@@dragonsystems5973 can we directly remove the fans?
@@arshadhusain7620 I'm not sure what you mean by directly... it might make a mess, bit I'm thinking compressed air might be the best option in this situation
@@dragonsystems5973I mean I just want to remove the fan and the heat sink to clean the dust because my pc is overheating. I don’t want to tear down the whole pc
The CPU shroud seems pointless. I think it would be better to remove that. Then the CPU cooling and the ventilation of the case might be better. It would be worth testing how the CPU temperature is lower.
It's not pointless, it's also not critical, I bet good cpu paste would make as much difference
can it run doom?
dont try to game on these... just dont..
These Optiplexes are powerful rigs and with the right graphics card, yes, you can game on it easily. Doom should be okay to run. I have an Optiplex 5060 with a i7-8700 8th gen cpu, 32GB of 2666mhz Corsair Vengence RAM and use a XFX Speedster SWFT105 Radeon RX 6400 Gaming Graphics Card with 4GB GDDR6 and it runs games great with the proper settings. You have to test your game settings and see how they run. Ooops! Forgot to mention upgrade your drive to an nvme ssd. There's a M.2 slot for it. I put in a Samsung 980 Pro SSD 1 terabyte. You'll need that to speed up your computer for gaming and other regular stuff.
Can i buy a different case for it? or what type of motherboard does it have?
Thanks
The problem are the pines of mb.
I am the owner of a Dell Optiplex 7040 i7 6700 model. Unfortunately the pc can't handle anything higher than Gt 710 or in the 900 range. Because of the PSU which is very low180W
I mean... it was never intended as a gaming machine. That being said, I've worked with some newer cards that are quite a bit lower power draw that should work, I've got some radeon embedded 9360s or something like that which should run fine
@@dragonsystems5973 The machine was fine for the last 2 years that I haveit. Now bought a Asus PRIME Z270-AR board. I'll add the i7 6700 cpu from the Dell into that with the 32GB memory that I have on the Dell and put that in a new ATX case with a 850 PSU along with a my RTX 3090. Thanks for your clip was really helpfull taking the Dell apart (LOL)
@marctesson3367 generally this is what I suggest to people asking about upgrades. Boards are cheap enough now, buy a basic like h110 or something like that, watch for a cheap case on craigslist, and just swap all the transferable stuff into that, it's a waste of effort to try to upgrade the dell
I want to put a low profile gtx 1650 in one of these but I'd rather put it in via the pci16 rather then the four
I actually just rewatched thru my video. Honestly it is not set up for what you are trying to do. A quick glance at available models would seem to indicate that they are mostly double slot designs, and thick ones at that. Even if you could find a single slot model, it would be a pretty bad idea because of the fact that you are going to be pushing that card really hard, in an already insufficient space, if you do find a model that is true single slot, they will have already comprised cooling to make that happen, which, combined with it being right against the power supply it will definitely be running hot all the time if not regularly overheating... im no saying where there is a will there is not a way but it is a bad idea to say the least. Your best bet would be spend $40 on a cheap case, $50 on a cheap board, and $40 on a cheap power supply and just drop all the parts into a custom system.
Couldn't fit rx 570 in it.
Please clarify: are there three SATA 3.0 connectors here?
I dont have the unit in front of me.. however, when I receive these they typically have an optical drive and two 2.5 hard drives. the way the drives are both connected is with a 1x pci e power to 2x pci e power splitter, so I believe there might actually be only one normal pci e plug with one mini pci e power plug for the optical drive
@@dragonsystems5973 I found a photo of the motherboard and I see one blue, one black and one white SATA connectors. But I don’t know what it means, I don’t understand ((
@@VladimirKazan The color of the individual sata ports for your purposes should not matter, they are interchangeable, I think dell installs devices to specific ports, but I dont think it will have any bearing on function for you
@@dragonsystems5973 Thanks!
@@VladimirKazan i do what I can :)
I did game test this with Fortnite with the 6th gen integrated graphics on the i7 6700..... I thought MAYBE it would be good enough to hit low settings, 1080p, 60FPS, boy was I wrong.... it was soo bad it was not worth making a video... with settings turned all the way down, and the resolution turned down to just under 720p it could barely hold like 20FPS
With a low profile 1050 Ti (which doesn't require additional power) this becomes a beefy little machine.
GREAT VIDEO!! subb/liked...My questions please...how much RAM can be integrally-installed on the O7040SSF, please? The most-amount of RAM? Thanks a terabyte!
I'm an old CAD-guy, who uses ActCAD, and that software's pretty-light on PC-resources. 2D-CAD Planwork is like that :-) I'm looking to buy this little PC for my CAD-work. No weird lighted fans needed, for that! hahahaaa.
Hi can this system support a combo WiFi Bluetooth PCIe card such as www.amazon.com/dp/B089FCX3C3/ More specifically does it have an internal USB header on the motherboard to plug the Bluetooth cable?
This is a partial tear down, not a complete tear down
No one else is complaining... only you...
@@dragonsystems5973 Hahaha, can't stand criticism? angry? you can block me
@@botakkawasiki8775 what are you talking about?
Hello friend ... I hope you are very well, I send you a greeting from Mexico and I hope you can help me to resolve a question regarding the dell 7040 ...
I have a couple of them and I can't solve why when I connect the 20-pin usb 3.0 to the motherboard the port doesn't work, and I feel like I'm omitting some of the bios settings but I don't know how to do them ... if you have the solution to me problem I leave my email for you to help me ...
Thanks a lot
Make sure you have it plugged in to the right port, I believe they are color coded, however, in spite of the color coding I think some of the plugs will physicly plug into more than one location, also, yes, I do believe you can disable ports on the bios.. try just resetting it to default
'opens Ebay to start searching'
My job literally gave 3 of these for FREE! WTF I couldn't believe my luck! i7 CPUs for FREE
That is why I made this video, once a business is done with them, they typically care very little about the hardware and how people like me and you may value it
@@dragonsystems5973 Just letting everyone know as well... they had SSD (liteon l8h-256v2g-hp SSD)
Installed that was buried inside... all 3 of them. So that's three i7-6700 and three SSDs.... lmao thanks again for the video Dragon
Нихера не понятно что говорит...
Братан говорит по английский!
what form factor power supply does the mini tower variant accept?
I am pretty sure it is a dell proprietary size
The psu is exclusive to dell due to the motherboard. Cause it keeps 8 pins in mb and 4 cpu pins. If you change the mb maybe it will have a tfx