My father works IT for his company. Every 2 years they refresh their desktop pc's. I got the same version of this except with a 9700 for free. It was awesome. I ended up throwing a bigger ssd some more ram and a RX 6400 low profile in it. It ran awesome! This was a couple years ago.
My pc for the last 6 years was I5 8600k 3.6 16gb 3000mhz 1070ti, playing everything 1440p, from day ones, now is the same cpu but better coolers and OC to 4.8, same ram and a 4060 ti 16 gb, playing everything on high 1440p never under 60fps, I think that I'm good to go for the next 3 to 4 years. Thanks for your videos to tell people that not everything is buy new.
Went to Walmart the other day and they had a $1100 desktop with a 4060 in it, and a 14600kf. Pretty sure this build will give you something approaching 100% of the same performance at 1440p for 1/3 the cost
I also brought 2 friends with such setups to play on the PC but still with i7 6700 non k and 10 or 20 series nvidia gpus. and haven't had any complaints to date
You might also consider putting an 80 mm fan in the bottom intake vent to help improve airflow. I set up a 7060 SFF for my sister to use, and I installed a Noctua NF-A8 in the intake vent. I used a two-way PWM splitter to connect both it and the cpu cooler to the cpu fan header
@@Southized depends on the specs but its not enough to throttle the system. Can be a bit noisy if you have an i7 system. With just one case fan/cpu fan a warm gpu is going to get warm but its fine. Heat will dump out the back like a space heater nice in the winter. 🔥
You can easily swap the stock cooler with something like the ID Cooling IS-55, which is going to cool a lot better and be quieter. All you need are four m3x18 or m3x20 screws to mount it to the factory mounting. You just need to ditch the chassis intrusion switch as well as use a right angle SATA cable on the optical drive if you have one. Also, one thing to note with the 3060, 5060 and 7060 is that if you buy one planning to upgrade to a 9th Gen i7 or i9, they will NOT work in these systems. Dell never released the microcode to be able to run them. You can inject the microcode yourself by modifying the BIOS and flashing that modified BIOS, but it's risky. You're better off just buying the 5070 or 7070. However, the 9th Gen i5's do work on the latest BIOS, likely because they're pretty much identical to the 8th Gen with a slight bump to clock speeds.
It won't be a guaranteed improvement in such an airflow deprived case. While the stock cooler is loud it does exhaust hot air out of the case with its flow guidance shroud. A downdraft cooler on the other hand is just going to circulate hot air inside the case without driving the heat out effectively.
@@physxme You're right... you really need to add airflow, but you really need to add airflow regardless and you're not accounting for all variables. Regardless, you should add a front fan to these for some added airflow and you can absolutely add a couple of 40mm fans pretty easily to the rear. However, that cooler is just a thin chunk of cast aluminum, which is a cheap solution that doesn't work very well as a heat sink. It's not a lot of thermal mass and is completely relying on the fan to just brute force the air out of the chassis. Problem is... it still doesn't work well and the CPU is running in the 80s while pushing around 57dBa. I know... I'm testing it right now. The IS-55 has more thermal mass, copper heat pipes and better heat dissipation. Could it hot box? Yes, but the CPU temps will still be better, and the cooler will still be quieter, regardless. However, you should absolutely add a front fan and maybe one or two rear exhaust 40mm fans. That would be optimal.
Another note is that if you have an extra 50-100 dollars in your budget you can sometimes get up to 11th gen optiplexes. You can get optiplex 3000s for around $250-300.
@@geothornton geez thats still cheaper to go than what i was going to do trying to upgrade cpu in few yrs old pc that used to be my mom's and then i had mine which is like ten + yrs old. It needs entire new graphics card as its HP with a ryzen graphics that is obsolete now and the cpu is very outdated. Cost me way more to rehab the two old ones than to fix up this optiplex a little.
There's some space for an 80 mm fan on the front. Between that and changing the stock cooler to something with a beefier heat sink, those CPU temps should become less scary.
noctua coolers for Optiplex are really the best you can do in small form factor... they are spendy, but will decrease temps 10-15 degrees Celcius overall, letting that boost TDP kick in a lot more with max boost up to 4.6 GHz.
Just FYI, I didn't just "like", and I didn't just "subscribe", ......but I liked, subscribed and then "full-screened" the video for all that juicy full screen goodness. I don't even give Russ that kind of treatment. ;D
Huge KUDOS on your "validation" of the Apevia PSU.... I always hesitate on that brand. It looks capable, but it's still not an EVGA or even Gigabyte (even with their bad models), it's just unknown.
I have Optiplex 5060 sff, which is the same as yours except without some legacy ports. Throw A2000 on that little PCI rather than longer one. Works well, but need 1 extra intake 80mm fan for better cooling when the lid is closed, pretty solid and stable
It is a shame that blower cooler GPUs are hyper rare nowadays. I mean for low to mid range small & low profile GPU, this type of cooler is ideal. If that RTX 4060 would have a blower, it would probably run way cooler in a small case like this. Sadly, it seems that blowers are now delegated to professional use only - meaning that GPUs that use them are way more expensive. Even non-professional, costumer gaming GPUs, if they have blower, they are for whatever reason way more expensive vs open air cooler GPUs.
NICE! I love these little modded office PCs. I'll have to see if I can sell off some old stock and maybe snag a few used coffeelake (8th/9th) gen optiplexes. I am still REALLY disappointed in dell for putting the x16 so dang close to the PSU. It wasn't always like that.
I love the idea of a small desktop pc, I also build a gaming pc for my son with a second hand i7 8th gen office pc with a used Nvidia 1080 (naturally with a miditower case).. however in this case surely the CPU hold down the gpu
Honestly though, for a lot of games that are GPU dependent, that 8th gen Intel CPU is still pretty solid. If anything, I'd see about swapping that stock Dell CPU cooler for something like a low profile Noctua cooler and then modding the side panel to give it more airflow. Or just run it without the side panel at all. I looked at a very similar build back in the "COVID days" and somehow happened upon an Origin prebuilt PC with the same form factor size, but with more "agreeable" SFX/ITX components and a 2-slot vertical mount GPU setup. With any ITX setup, it always comes back to thermals, no way around it. Great vid! Catch you next time!
This is definitely what I was looking for since I have a Dell OptiPlex 5070 and I wanted to add an RTX 4060 low profile but I didn't know what to do with the power supply, although I would love to change the motherboard (if possible) to a better one in the not too distant future.
That’s a better GPU max temp than I expected. My RTX 3060 hit 79 degrees in AW2 just walking in the forest. It’s inside of an Inspiron 620 MT LGA 1200 build. As a matter of fact adding a flex unit as a supplemental PSU might be a way forward for those using modern prebuilt MTs.
In future videos, could you test more games that run on Capcom's RE engine please? Games like the Resident Evil 4 Remake and Street Fighter VI, and Devil May Cry 5 are really tough to run on lower end PCs. Although, DMC5 runs great on the Steam Deck.
Something you could also do that's even less expensive, at least to begin with, with this build, is shave off the right slot edge of the 4X slot so that you can slot in the graphics card in it, and it could work. It'll be limited to 4X, but in a pinch, it's even cheaper than modifying the case and buying another PSU.
I have a few of these my work has decommissioned, honestly I like the Tesla P4 option. my kids have these same machines all 3 have a Tesla p4 and it works out really well. Great job on the video!
I scored a new 7060 sff from a school auction for $123, i7 8700 for $75, rx 6400 $120, vengeance 4x16 64g ram $75, nortua NH-L9i $50, after watching your build I felt that I could have done something beefier if I had spent a little more. Its my first PC, if like it building and playing on pc, maybe my next build will be fitting a miniITX in an xbox 360e. Thank you for your content, it’s very inspirational.
This is a really good idea. The low profile rtx 4060 is a great gpu for sff gaming. Same with the rtx 3050 6gb, not a fast card, but with the right sff pc can get you gaming on a low cost pc.
I literally built this exact build except mine came with a i5-8500t, I did the riser cable method, with welded 90 degree brackets for the GPU to lay down where the old HDD tray used to be so I could fit a full size dual fan GPU. I used the Zotac twin fan rtx 4060.
I did something similar with a HP elitedesk 800 G4. Honestly, spending any more than $100 for a graphics card is insane so I got a 1650 (gddr5 version) with a riser cable and mounted the card fan side face down towards the MB, so the case would close. It also helps to undervolt the I7 8700 for better performance and cooler temps. Right around that era is when AMD cpu's really starting kicking Intel's butt.
From my experience dell machines especially undervolt really well and even if it’s disabled in the bios you can usually find the value and change it. That should help with power consumption and temperatures, I was able to undervolt my i7-7700t and went from 35 watts at boost clock down to around 27 watts.
I hadnt looked at flex atx units in a while, that 500watt probably would have been like 120$ a few years ago. That really opens up a lot of options for 40-50$
Such builds have some serious caveats. I would love to see a PC built from scratch. And most importantly a PC built with new and not used parts. A gaming PC with a 12400F paired with an RTX 3050 would be a great emulation machine. The 12400F is a great CPU for emulation and RTX GPUs are perhaps the best for emulation and some casual game streaming (thanks to NVENC technology).
Mini ITX PCs were very rare in my country infact they still are so what I did was get these small optiplex machinese and turned them into gaming PC's back in Intel 4th days, infact I remember using a HP intel pentium 4 desktop as a gaming machine back in the day too
yeah sadly 4060 low profile ain't accessible out here in philippines, i'd love to make a build like that and other ultra sff builds. can buy it on amazon but will cost customs fee of 160 USD, take note that the average minimum daily wage here is 7.5 USD
I made up one of these SFF's with an rtxA2000. I didn't swap the power supply, but did a no-no and cut the housing to make space for the a2000 =D. Is it dangerous? probably. Does it play Cyberpunk at 1080p ~60? yes.
I was very impressed by your update for the optiplex, I really didn't think that a 4060 could be used on this PC, you earned a like and subscriber friend!!! By the way, I have a question, can a 3060 ti be installed on the optiplex 7060/7070 sff? I have seen that the 3060 ti surpasses the 4060, and I am not sure if the 3060 ti can enter through space, I would be grateful if you could clarify that doubt for me
This is fascinating! However I wish you showed the back of the unit after the GPU was installed. We can't see how ugly it looks back there. I'd probably wanna make a 3D printed bracket or somethin' specifically for the case if I did this. I mean, I really want to do this and make a LAN machine or somethin'. This is super cool!
Got myself a Elitedesk G5 with I7 8700 instead for Batocera. It has 4 PCIE Slots and the 16x has the most available space. Also it can take two 3,5" drives and looks more living room friendly, almost like a console.
I have a 7050 and 9020. Both i7's. I put 32bg or RAM in them and the 7050 has a 1tb M.2 drive and running Win11. I might fix it up for one of the scouts in my stepson's troop since he plays Minecraft on a laptop. I figure that this should be a bit better. But they both have some weird little 1gb GPU's that I would want to get rid of but the PSU's are the problem. This video has given my some options to look into for upgrades. Thanks for the video and keep up the great work.
You'll have a add more cooling. I have one similar and to run anything higher than PS it heats the GPU up and causes an odd stutter. (In emulation) It does pretty great on something like ps2 with upscaling/post etc. sweet little sleeper.
I picked up an Optiplex 3070 with a i5-9500 for free from work. I was going to put the RX 6400 in it, but after seeing this video it has changed my mind. Mainly building for emulation, but possibly more modern gaming too.
@Southized I have an Anbernic RG35XX Plus which I installed Batocera on due to the stock OS being very limited. I do like it very much. Even after finding a theme I liked and setting it to the recommended settings for the Anbernic, it was still a little off. But I had started tweaking the xml code for certain menus to fix the display discrepancies. I'm sure I won't have issues on the PC, but I've been wanting to do a Windows build with LaunchBox for several years now. I will definitely consider a Batocera build for a future build.
@@SonicMayhem3787 i prefer batocera over launchbox. Once you get batocera all configured man it just works. All i have to do is turn on the pc and my ps3 controller auto syncs. No keybord and mouse to launch emulators or select roms just controller its like a dream
You should look at doing a build with a Lenovo P330/340 with an A2000 or RTX4000 SFF Card. You can get them cheep and they come with 9th gen Intels with six+ cores, Dual NVME, 64GB RAM.
great combination, I didn't expect such results, definitely a good alternative to a mini pc, tell me which model you would choose better, Optiplex 10th gen Intel, thx
The only downside to these specific models is that the good PCI slot is SO close to the power supply. If you're buying, I recommend folks go for a Lenovo P3XX series.
I put an Apevia 500w in my ssf JOYJOM, with a lp 4060 and about every 2 hours the fan would turn on real loud for about 2 mins and turn off. The power supply was getting to hot even without any load it would still turn on. Its kinda loud and annoying.
Good little PC, I was considering an I3 9th gen version for a Windows media server on VLC (download and store movies for streaming on Tvs with VLC). Considering you had to reinvest in another PSU + the GPU the total cost is still worth it considering it's not heating up as bad as a big bad boy with a big case and it's small and fits on your desk like a console
Black box 7040 optiplex ... Just vrm heatsink on stable and over drive I used two types of heatsink metal then a thermal paste and heatsink on the power driver Intel chip it's the weird chip on those style of motherboards that do not add cooling to that chip . As a governor
This is sooo tempting! Not long ago I scored a EVGA 1080 TI. Wonder if it would fit in this Dell Optiplex 7060? It's nearly the same thickness as the 4060 LP, but 5 inches bigger in length.
How does the mounting work in the scenario where you use the riser? How do you fit it to where it stays in place and how do you work with getting a display cable plugged into it
even though i'm using 4k display, i still prefer 1080p gaming. especially with gpu prices still too high. i miss the rx 580 era of gpu pricing. still have my rx 580 on backup. i'm using 6800 non xt right now. very rarely do any kind of gaming. that's why i'm kinda thinking of changing to itx PC. but that will cost me money. so i will stick with my current PC. 1440p and 1080p is still the same game. the difference is only numbers for resolution.
Hey bro, can you try HP 280 G3 sff ? This pc have full size pci lane in first slot Maybe you can put that GPU in there without much modification with the case 😊 I cant wait for it 😊😊😊
3 months ago I got this very pc free from my job because they were going to throw it away. I thought about turning it into a cheap gaming pc but couldn't because of the dell specific PSU plugs. So I gave up and started piecing together a gaming pc and over the span of THREE months I completed that build YESTURDAY.....and the very next day you post this video showing exactly how I could of saved $400 and THREE MONTHS!!!!!! ETA I love your content but right now I hate you lol. great vid and build. Guess ill get started on my second one thanks for the content.
Pricing of PC stuff over here is crazy, for the same Optiplex we would have to fork out like $300-350 NZD, Its the same for literally all pc stuff (170 usd is about 270 nzd)
Like sk much here you need an in with a company to get the good pricing. My office was offloading these for $150nzd so now I'm running them as servers. Now I've seen this working with the 24 pin to 6 pin power cable I'm considering buying another kne and transplant ting the board, could and ram to my old PC to use the psu case and drives from it.
I just spent like around 850 dollar for new gaming pc with AM5 system. The old pc i use is dell optiplex sff (idk with type of optiplex) it belongs to my nephew and he barely use it so im the one mostly spend time on that pc. It come with i7 6700 cpu. I could spend half amount from that 850 dollar by upgrading that old pc first and save more money for later new gaming pc.😂 It is what it is
I have an rx6400 in the top slot. No difference in performance. I'm sure the 4060 would be impacted but I don't know by how much. The only reason to do this would be to improve temps.
My father works IT for his company. Every 2 years they refresh their desktop pc's. I got the same version of this except with a 9700 for free. It was awesome. I ended up throwing a bigger ssd some more ram and a RX 6400 low profile in it. It ran awesome! This was a couple years ago.
PSU wattage?
Still got it?! If no what are you running with now?
yea i had a lenovo sff pc with a 10400, i added another 8gb (total 16gb) and rx6400 with 260w psu
@@holeing wow i never thought u could put on a gpu with a 260 watt psu
Sleeper PC with Ryzen 4070
This meme is spreading fast
Just stop it
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@@mtaufiqn5040 deal with it u prob have a nvidia 7700 xt
My pc for the last 6 years was I5 8600k 3.6 16gb 3000mhz 1070ti, playing everything 1440p, from day ones, now is the same cpu but better coolers and OC to 4.8, same ram and a 4060 ti 16 gb, playing everything on high 1440p never under 60fps, I think that I'm good to go for the next 3 to 4 years. Thanks for your videos to tell people that not everything is buy new.
With the obscene costs of graphics cards, I definitely like seeing the options for putting together some low cost capable gaming systems.
Went to Walmart the other day and they had a $1100 desktop with a 4060 in it, and a 14600kf.
Pretty sure this build will give you something approaching 100% of the same performance at 1440p for 1/3 the cost
@@zpodfjaoij4 14600KF, oh dear. Probably not a good prebuilt value in the first place, and Intel's recent stability issues make that doubly so.
I also brought 2 friends with such setups to play on the PC but still with i7 6700 non k and 10 or 20 series nvidia gpus. and haven't had any complaints to date
You might also consider putting an 80 mm fan in the bottom intake vent to help improve airflow. I set up a 7060 SFF for my sister to use, and I installed a Noctua NF-A8 in the intake vent. I used a two-way PWM splitter to connect both it and the cpu cooler to the cpu fan header
This was just like my first set up! INSANE Value!!! ran hot but does the job+++ even edited and streamed w it.
What is considered hot temps?
@@Southized depends on the specs but its not enough to throttle the system. Can be a bit noisy if you have an i7 system. With just one case fan/cpu fan a warm gpu is going to get warm but its fine. Heat will dump out the back like a space heater nice in the winter. 🔥
You can easily swap the stock cooler with something like the ID Cooling IS-55, which is going to cool a lot better and be quieter. All you need are four m3x18 or m3x20 screws to mount it to the factory mounting. You just need to ditch the chassis intrusion switch as well as use a right angle SATA cable on the optical drive if you have one.
Also, one thing to note with the 3060, 5060 and 7060 is that if you buy one planning to upgrade to a 9th Gen i7 or i9, they will NOT work in these systems. Dell never released the microcode to be able to run them. You can inject the microcode yourself by modifying the BIOS and flashing that modified BIOS, but it's risky. You're better off just buying the 5070 or 7070. However, the 9th Gen i5's do work on the latest BIOS, likely because they're pretty much identical to the 8th Gen with a slight bump to clock speeds.
It won't be a guaranteed improvement in such an airflow deprived case. While the stock cooler is loud it does exhaust hot air out of the case with its flow guidance shroud. A downdraft cooler on the other hand is just going to circulate hot air inside the case without driving the heat out effectively.
@@physxme You're right... you really need to add airflow, but you really need to add airflow regardless and you're not accounting for all variables. Regardless, you should add a front fan to these for some added airflow and you can absolutely add a couple of 40mm fans pretty easily to the rear. However, that cooler is just a thin chunk of cast aluminum, which is a cheap solution that doesn't work very well as a heat sink. It's not a lot of thermal mass and is completely relying on the fan to just brute force the air out of the chassis. Problem is... it still doesn't work well and the CPU is running in the 80s while pushing around 57dBa. I know... I'm testing it right now. The IS-55 has more thermal mass, copper heat pipes and better heat dissipation.
Could it hot box? Yes, but the CPU temps will still be better, and the cooler will still be quieter, regardless. However, you should absolutely add a front fan and maybe one or two rear exhaust 40mm fans. That would be optimal.
Another note is that if you have an extra 50-100 dollars in your budget you can sometimes get up to 11th gen optiplexes. You can get optiplex 3000s for around $250-300.
@@geothornton geez thats still cheaper to go than what i was going to do trying to upgrade cpu in few yrs old pc that used to be my mom's and then i had mine which is like ten + yrs old. It needs entire new graphics card as its HP with a ryzen graphics that is obsolete now and the cpu is very outdated.
Cost me way more to rehab the two old ones than to fix up this optiplex a little.
There's some space for an 80 mm fan on the front. Between that and changing the stock cooler to something with a beefier heat sink, those CPU temps should become less scary.
noctua coolers for Optiplex are really the best you can do in small form factor... they are spendy, but will decrease temps 10-15 degrees Celcius overall, letting that boost TDP kick in a lot more with max boost up to 4.6 GHz.
one of the most often cited limitations of these systems are the power supplies and this is a genius solution to that problem.
Just FYI, I didn't just "like", and I didn't just "subscribe", ......but I liked, subscribed and then "full-screened" the video for all that juicy full screen goodness. I don't even give Russ that kind of treatment. ;D
Huge KUDOS on your "validation" of the Apevia PSU.... I always hesitate on that brand. It looks capable, but it's still not an EVGA or even Gigabyte (even with their bad models), it's just unknown.
@@SaltyOldBaldurian keep up the good work boss 👍
Oh, good. I was thinking of doing something like this (measured dims of PSUs, interior of case, etc) but never got to doing it. Nice to know it works
for the PSU you can also put a huge double sided tape under it and it wont go nowhere no more 😂
that was my first thought, man ;)
Achievement unlocked: engineering- level innovation!
I have Optiplex 5060 sff, which is the same as yours except without some legacy ports. Throw A2000 on that little PCI rather than longer one. Works well, but need 1 extra intake 80mm fan for better cooling when the lid is closed, pretty solid and stable
It is a shame that blower cooler GPUs are hyper rare nowadays. I mean for low to mid range small & low profile GPU, this type of cooler is ideal. If that RTX 4060 would have a blower, it would probably run way cooler in a small case like this. Sadly, it seems that blowers are now delegated to professional use only - meaning that GPUs that use them are way more expensive. Even non-professional, costumer gaming GPUs, if they have blower, they are for whatever reason way more expensive vs open air cooler GPUs.
@@Tommy_The_Gun can u help me i need to buy a beginner gamer setup what is better for me to start with?
5700xt is your answer to this. There is plenty on Ebay for dirt cheap. Picked one up for my brothers pc for only £120 (Inc taxes)
I have an i7 8700. Do not sleep on it. It even performs amazing in RPCS3 1620P
I have a PC from the 80s I'm considering making into a sleeper build
The Apple II... wenty sixty TI
@@therealwhite do a TI994A
Sometimes pc building is simply but these other guys makes it so luxurious i asked myself see style of consoles so simply
NICE! I love these little modded office PCs. I'll have to see if I can sell off some old stock and maybe snag a few used coffeelake (8th/9th) gen optiplexes. I am still REALLY disappointed in dell for putting the x16 so dang close to the PSU. It wasn't always like that.
I love the idea of a small desktop pc, I also build a gaming pc for my son with a second hand i7 8th gen office pc with a used Nvidia 1080 (naturally with a miditower case).. however in this case surely the CPU hold down the gpu
Honestly though, for a lot of games that are GPU dependent, that 8th gen Intel CPU is still pretty solid. If anything, I'd see about swapping that stock Dell CPU cooler for something like a low profile Noctua cooler and then modding the side panel to give it more airflow. Or just run it without the side panel at all.
I looked at a very similar build back in the "COVID days" and somehow happened upon an Origin prebuilt PC with the same form factor size, but with more "agreeable" SFX/ITX components and a 2-slot vertical mount GPU setup. With any ITX setup, it always comes back to thermals, no way around it. Great vid! Catch you next time!
This is definitely what I was looking for since I have a Dell OptiPlex 5070 and I wanted to add an RTX 4060 low profile but I didn't know what to do with the power supply, although I would love to change the motherboard (if possible) to a better one in the not too distant future.
That’s a better GPU max temp than I expected. My RTX 3060 hit 79 degrees in AW2 just walking in the forest. It’s inside of an Inspiron 620 MT LGA 1200 build. As a matter of fact adding a flex unit as a supplemental PSU might be a way forward for those using modern prebuilt MTs.
The 8700k and 4060 looks like an amzing fit for me for 1440p gaming
It would make an absolute killer of an emulation box to sit under your TV!
In future videos, could you test more games that run on Capcom's RE engine please? Games like the Resident Evil 4 Remake and Street Fighter VI, and Devil May Cry 5 are really tough to run on lower end PCs. Although, DMC5 runs great on the Steam Deck.
Something you could also do that's even less expensive, at least to begin with, with this build, is shave off the right slot edge of the 4X slot so that you can slot in the graphics card in it, and it could work. It'll be limited to 4X, but in a pinch, it's even cheaper than modifying the case and buying another PSU.
you saved my life with this video. i was struggling to find a way to not change out the mobo for a normal powersupply
I have a few of these my work has decommissioned, honestly I like the Tesla P4 option. my kids have these same machines all 3 have a Tesla p4 and it works out really well. Great job on the video!
14:00 that GPU anti-sag support is divine
Love Sleeper PC. It's a new hope.
I scored a new 7060 sff from a school auction for $123, i7 8700 for $75, rx 6400 $120, vengeance 4x16 64g ram $75, nortua NH-L9i $50, after watching your build I felt that I could have done something beefier if I had spent a little more. Its my first PC, if like it building and playing on pc, maybe my next build will be fitting a miniITX in an xbox 360e. Thank you for your content, it’s very inspirational.
Nice!😎 Can you post a video about it when it's all done? Should be a nice first computer for sure
@@mike_t_007 😂 sure, can’t say I know much about the subject to give any in-depth review, but I can try.
did similar with a no name psu, i5 7600 optiplex and a 1030 sff gpu way back. Had 512 nvme + 4tb hdd was great for many games years ago
This is a really good idea. The low profile rtx 4060 is a great gpu for sff gaming. Same with the rtx 3050 6gb, not a fast card, but with the right sff pc can get you gaming on a low cost pc.
I literally built this exact build except mine came with a i5-8500t, I did the riser cable method, with welded 90 degree brackets for the GPU to lay down where the old HDD tray used to be so I could fit a full size dual fan GPU. I used the Zotac twin fan rtx 4060.
Do you have a build somewhere online? Would love to see more
I did something similar with a HP elitedesk 800 G4. Honestly, spending any more than $100 for a graphics card is insane so I got a 1650 (gddr5 version) with a riser cable and mounted the card fan side face down towards the MB, so the case would close. It also helps to undervolt the I7 8700 for better performance and cooler temps. Right around that era is when AMD cpu's really starting kicking Intel's butt.
Same thing I’ve done but I was lucky to get a 3070 which I tossed in and it worked pretty good for basic gaming
idea is nice... but to be fair, i miss old times when "modding" OEM SFF PCs did not required buing extra priced PSUs xd
From my experience dell machines especially undervolt really well and even if it’s disabled in the bios you can usually find the value and change it. That should help with power consumption and temperatures, I was able to undervolt my i7-7700t and went from 35 watts at boost clock down to around 27 watts.
I hadnt looked at flex atx units in a while, that 500watt probably would have been like 120$ a few years ago. That really opens up a lot of options for 40-50$
Such builds have some serious caveats. I would love to see a PC built from scratch. And most importantly a PC built with new and not used parts. A gaming PC with a 12400F paired with an RTX 3050 would be a great emulation machine. The 12400F is a great CPU for emulation and RTX GPUs are perhaps the best for emulation and some casual game streaming (thanks to NVENC technology).
Mini ITX PCs were very rare in my country infact they still are so what I did was get these small optiplex machinese and turned them into gaming PC's back in Intel 4th days, infact I remember using a HP intel pentium 4 desktop as a gaming machine back in the day too
yeah sadly 4060 low profile ain't accessible out here in philippines, i'd love to make a build like that and other ultra sff builds. can buy it on amazon but will cost customs fee of 160 USD, take note that the average minimum daily wage here is 7.5 USD
I made up one of these SFF's with an rtxA2000. I didn't swap the power supply, but did a no-no and cut the housing to make space for the a2000 =D. Is it dangerous? probably. Does it play Cyberpunk at 1080p ~60? yes.
this build is exactly what I am planning, but Im afraid to waste some money in case it doesn't work then you did! Thank you!!!
I was very impressed by your update for the optiplex, I really didn't think that a 4060 could be used on this PC, you earned a like and subscriber friend!!! By the way, I have a question, can a 3060 ti be installed on the optiplex 7060/7070 sff? I have seen that the 3060 ti surpasses the 4060, and I am not sure if the 3060 ti can enter through space, I would be grateful if you could clarify that doubt for me
This is fascinating! However I wish you showed the back of the unit after the GPU was installed. We can't see how ugly it looks back there.
I'd probably wanna make a 3D printed bracket or somethin' specifically for the case if I did this. I mean, I really want to do this and make a LAN machine or somethin'. This is super cool!
Got myself a Elitedesk G5 with I7 8700 instead for Batocera. It has 4 PCIE Slots and the 16x has the most available space. Also it can take two 3,5" drives and looks more living room friendly, almost like a console.
I have a 7050 and 9020. Both i7's. I put 32bg or RAM in them and the 7050 has a 1tb M.2 drive and running Win11. I might fix it up for one of the scouts in my stepson's troop since he plays Minecraft on a laptop. I figure that this should be a bit better. But they both have some weird little 1gb GPU's that I would want to get rid of but the PSU's are the problem. This video has given my some options to look into for upgrades.
Thanks for the video and keep up the great work.
I build the same Console Killer atm. i7 8700, 16GB Ram, RTX A2000, 500GB SSD, 8TB HDD and thousands of console games :-)))
You'll have a add more cooling. I have one similar and to run anything higher than PS it heats the GPU up and causes an odd stutter. (In emulation)
It does pretty great on something like ps2 with upscaling/post etc. sweet little sleeper.
I picked up an Optiplex 3070 with a i5-9500 for free from work. I was going to put the RX 6400 in it, but after seeing this video it has changed my mind. Mainly building for emulation, but possibly more modern gaming too.
Please try batocera linux man. You will not regret it.
@Southized I have an Anbernic RG35XX Plus which I installed Batocera on due to the stock OS being very limited. I do like it very much. Even after finding a theme I liked and setting it to the recommended settings for the Anbernic, it was still a little off. But I had started tweaking the xml code for certain menus to fix the display discrepancies. I'm sure I won't have issues on the PC, but I've been wanting to do a Windows build with LaunchBox for several years now. I will definitely consider a Batocera build for a future build.
@@SonicMayhem3787 i prefer batocera over launchbox. Once you get batocera all configured man it just works. All i have to do is turn on the pc and my ps3 controller auto syncs. No keybord and mouse to launch emulators or select roms just controller its like a dream
great video as always, dude, the current Tekken, and KoF, would be great to see in this
What I did was diy a psu adapter and set the psu so that it sits externally.
You should look at doing a build with a Lenovo P330/340 with an A2000 or RTX4000 SFF Card. You can get them cheep and they come with 9th gen Intels with six+ cores, Dual NVME, 64GB RAM.
great combination, I didn't expect such results, definitely a good alternative to a mini pc, tell me which model you would choose better, Optiplex 10th gen Intel, thx
The only downside to these specific models is that the good PCI slot is SO close to the power supply. If you're buying, I recommend folks go for a Lenovo P3XX series.
Impressive build man, lovin your work :)
I put an Apevia 500w in my ssf JOYJOM, with a lp 4060 and about every 2 hours the fan would turn on real loud for about 2 mins and turn off. The power supply was getting to hot even without any load it would still turn on. Its kinda loud and annoying.
I got one with a sff WX4100 in it that I got for about $60 and it make for a sweet lil emulation PC that can do a good bit of gaming at 1080p.
Until now, I had never heard anyone say, "Let's buy everything."🤑
ETA prime can you do a review on the ryzen 4070
I want you to pair this exact graphics card & take it to the Aliexpress N100 pc. I want to see what that can crank out. Please do that.
damn 8700 is the new 4700 now. I feel old
did you see the new egpu from minsforum ?
i bought one of those OptiPlex for $50 last year. it had the 8700 and everything, just have to look out for deals
10:10 seems its not the cpu thats holding it back but the gpu, the gpu is at max usage while the cpu is pretty cool and in the 60% usage
Love to see fan noise at load
I'm currently doing the Same but with a dell precision t5810 workstation as they already come with pcie cables and a 685w or 825w gold rated psu
bro took the newer version of my first desktop pc and upgraded it like crazy
Good little PC, I was considering an I3 9th gen version for a Windows media server on VLC (download and store movies for streaming on Tvs with VLC). Considering you had to reinvest in another PSU + the GPU the total cost is still worth it considering it's not heating up as bad as a big bad boy with a big case and it's small and fits on your desk like a console
VERY GOOD, A REVIEW OF THE MINI PC Beelink GTi14 Ultra WOULD ALSO BE GREAT
yeah so I did the same thing except put an ITX chinese board in and a 2697 v3.
I have a optiplex 5050 running my home server and it’s great for the price
Just take the case put itx board with that gpu and leave everything else the same
i prefer the hocktua brand over the noctua...lolol
Black box 7040 optiplex ... Just vrm heatsink on stable and over drive I used two types of heatsink metal then a thermal paste and heatsink on the power driver Intel chip it's the weird chip on those style of motherboards that do not add cooling to that chip . As a governor
This is sooo tempting! Not long ago I scored a EVGA 1080 TI. Wonder if it would fit in this Dell Optiplex 7060? It's nearly the same thickness as the 4060 LP, but 5 inches bigger in length.
Not sure about the 5 inches...you may have to get some case measurements
Well, if you don't mind having the case open and it sticking out the side, and can get a powerful enough PSU then sure!
@@Incommensurabilities Ouch lol....Ah well, it was a nice fantasy while it lasted 😅
yoo I have the MT verison of the 7060 optiplexes! it had 8gb and I upgraded to 16gb
How does the mounting work in the scenario where you use the riser? How do you fit it to where it stays in place and how do you work with getting a display cable plugged into it
Damn that gpu stayed real cool! My 3060Ti goes up 75+ in a micro atx case 😂
Jolly delightful 👍
Kindest regards, friends and neighbours.
even though i'm using 4k display, i still prefer 1080p gaming. especially with gpu prices still too high. i miss the rx 580 era of gpu pricing. still have my rx 580 on backup. i'm using 6800 non xt right now. very rarely do any kind of gaming. that's why i'm kinda thinking of changing to itx PC. but that will cost me money. so i will stick with my current PC.
1440p and 1080p is still the same game. the difference is only numbers for resolution.
Hey bro, can you try HP 280 G3 sff ?
This pc have full size pci lane in first slot
Maybe you can put that GPU in there without much modification with the case 😊
I cant wait for it 😊😊😊
Lovely. I have got an Hp 10th gen i7 10700 and would love to do this too.
have you thought of velcro taping down the power supply?
3 months ago I got this very pc free from my job because they were going to throw it away. I thought about turning it into a cheap gaming pc but couldn't because of the dell specific PSU plugs. So I gave up and started piecing together a gaming pc and over the span of THREE months I completed that build YESTURDAY.....and the very next day you post this video showing exactly how I could of saved $400 and THREE MONTHS!!!!!! ETA I love your content but right now I hate you lol. great vid and build. Guess ill get started on my second one thanks for the content.
Question do we ignore that second connector in the top left corner, the 4 pin one labeled atx cpu?
Pricing of PC stuff over here is crazy, for the same Optiplex we would have to fork out like $300-350 NZD, Its the same for literally all pc stuff
(170 usd is about 270 nzd)
Like sk much here you need an in with a company to get the good pricing. My office was offloading these for $150nzd so now I'm running them as servers. Now I've seen this working with the 24 pin to 6 pin power cable I'm considering buying another kne and transplant ting the board, could and ram to my old PC to use the psu case and drives from it.
10:01 Chucky???!!! 😂
Seen this video so many times with other tech channels
I just spent like around 850 dollar for new gaming pc with AM5 system. The old pc i use is dell optiplex sff (idk with type of optiplex) it belongs to my nephew and he barely use it so im the one mostly spend time on that pc. It come with i7 6700 cpu. I could spend half amount from that 850 dollar by upgrading that old pc first and save more money for later new gaming pc.😂 It is what it is
Now, just what can you do with an Optiplex 990?
i have an AceMagician MiniPC with a Ryzen 9 6900HX but tempted to just build one of these instead lol
I have an rx6400 in the top slot. No difference in performance. I'm sure the 4060 would be impacted but I don't know by how much. The only reason to do this would be to improve temps.
I literally made this exact same thing a few months ago!
much better than that $800 PS5 pro
A 3d printer and some patience, could probably make an adapter plate for that psu. Make it look more professional.
as long as theres no sag on the gpu its perfect
Yes that little shiny bear ass chip used as a power controllers
Tell us how to grow that plant!
Should've went with the ryzen 4070 it has also better power consumption