Gaming With a Cheap $40 Core i3 Optiplex
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- Dell's Optiplex PC's are intended for office users, but once companies are done with them they often end up on the used market at great prices. One such example is this fairly modern socket 1150 Core i3 4130 based Optiplex PC that I found for just £30 ($40). But what sort of upgrades can you make to a system like this and is it worth upgrading it for gaming purposes?
Specs:
i3 4130
4GB DDR3
500GB HDD
Windows 10 Pro
R7 250 / GT 1030
Thanks for watching :)
It's actually near impossible to transfer Dell motherboards to a non Dell case, as MOST Dell models have proprietary front panel/usb/audio connectors. So if you don't care about not having any I/O then it's an option, otherwise try a Acer or Lenovo which have standard connections. Thumbs up this comment so others are informed about this.
Cut them out with a dremel, then cut a custom slot in your pc case.
@Deutschrap Alben it works, well its the easiest way that doesn't involve rewiring, the other way is to just cut the front panel out and leave it inside your new cause, maybe you cut a small slot somewhere to feed your peripherals through and plug them in, inside the case LOL
I just case swapped a Dell 3010 DT Motherboard into a old HP Pavilion Slimline to make a “Sleeper PC”. Honestly everything plugged right with a little help from the wire pin out diagram. Starts right up without any error messages and every IO ports is working correctly.
That's not always the case, not at all.
Dell, HP, Asus, etc all have a few proprietary boards (I think they fazed them all out years ago though) but most confirm to the usual standards as do the pins and connections. I have a Dell Optiplex 3010 board with the i5 it came with in my old budget build right now as well as an Optiplex 7010 based build I built for my Wife. I have never had an issue with any of my Connections, Connectors, Front Panel, Power/Reset, or anything else other than not having the pins for extra LEDs due to them being slightly older boards made before LEDs were really popular in systems.
Also, my brother wanted a budget PC too so I linked him to a Dell with an i5-3470, another link for a GTX 970, and lastly a 500w Corsair PSU. He didn't have a problem either and he didn't even know what he was doing. I had to walk him through it over Face Time.
@@mattketner7597
I did the same and had no issues either. Idk what OP is talking about unless he is specifically referring to purely proprietary boards cause I've never had an issue with any of the Dell mobos I've ever worked with.
I'm honestly surprised it's LGA1150, especially for that price. Haswell seems to get skipped over alot as it wasn't much of a step up, but it was produced so much that they're available cheaply both new and used. Great Video Man!
haswell was ok but nothing special
they are good nowadays tho
cheap and still strong
btw will you ever do a colab
JUST DO IT
Do you honestly have a life other than commenting on every tech youtuber out there?
TheDest1n: Yes
he only coments on channels with more subs than his..
LGA 1150 is an under rated socket. The I5 4670K (witch i own) is still an excellent CPU who can handle PUBG with flying colours!
10/10 liked for the seagull
Tech Whale Makes me feel like a sexy and smooth looking pigeon
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It's just a Birb
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#RandomSeagullinHD
Herbert the seagull dropped you a present at 00:59
*Dave* actually
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Now that is a proper bargain! such a machine goes for anywhere between 200 and 300 Australian dollars over here. The GT 1030 is one awesome graphics card, great seeing it in action :)
A couple weeks ago i found a lenovo ideacentre with a i5 4570 8gb of ddr3 500gb 7200rpm hdd with windows 10 pro for 100 dollars i talked him down to 80. One of the best deals i have gotten
Michale Thompson can you teach me ur speaking skills
Gary Oak tell the you can only take (insert amount wanted) and if they say no make some excuse like your broke and you need it for school and thats all the money you have
Michale Thompson ah ok I see 😆
Michale Thompson Th..that's bad.
where you find the computers used at these low prices???
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I press like
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Oh god, they have those in my school.
we have old celerons with Windows xp in school...
Pr0xy Cast. We still have PCs engineered for Windows 98 too. They sit in the library and are slow af.
Tengeri Games. Ours are I5 models but my schools network’s slow
Yeh our school has i5 ones aswell
My school has old i5 PC's in most places with a few i7 gtx 970 PC's. All running Windows 10.
The seagull is back!!
*S E A G U L L*
Have been a long-time lurker and thoroughly enjoy your videos. Saw people on JayzTwoCents recently saying he copied your idea regarding the minimum vs. recommended settings topic. Keep up the great work!
Mah boy seagull is back ❤
Picked up an Opti 790 i5-2400 for $60, added 8 gb of ram making 12 gb for $15, and threw a MSI 1050 TI low profile for $180 in which fit beautifully. Undervolted and overclocked the GPU to 1850 MHz at 1000 mV to avoid overloading the PSU. Works like a charm. Nice video!
The MSI 1050 TI LP does fit in this case. I've used it before.
Any low profile 750 Ti / 1050 / 1050 Ti will fit and work well with this.
You can make a tiny cheap beast capable of playing modern AAA games in 1080p very easily with these optiplex
i have the same, but with a bigger case, and a 290w psu, will the 1050 or 1050 ti work? the one with no additional 6pin cables (75w tdp) ? help
With a 290w PSU you could use a molex to PCIe adapter and run something like a RX 470 or GTX 1060 if you wanted to, a 1050 Ti would be no problem at all
Yall crazy the pci slot is too close to the psu for this model. Even the guy said it in the vid
This Del board has the gpu full length pcie slot at the bottom, the older ones had it at the top with a 1x slot below giving you 2 slot space which the 1050/to LP would need. In this case the psu gets in the way
My new 6th form has these machines, it's an incredible upgrade from my college's 300Mhz VIA Windows 2000 machines. They took over 60 seconds just to start a powerpoint show.
seagul main star of the show
Thank you very much for this video, I literally bought a optiplex with the same processes and was planning on putting a gtx 1030 in it as my first gaming rig.
1050ti is the cream.
The name's Seagull. Steven Seagull.
These are great from small simple gaming rigs. I have been running a similar OptiPlex with an i5 and pop-ed in a 1050ti low profile.
Does Dave get scared of you? Like, if you go near him, will he fly away? Or is he so used to you.
MegaArmani in England, we fear the seagulls. They took my family
;-;
@@flyde6521 most people don't.
@@dylanharding5720 then you aren't from England. Ever since the massacre of 1895, man and seagull have been at war. I haven't been outside in years...
@@flyde6521 okay that's a joke, I'm not gonna get whooshed here.
I have almost the exact same pc. The old i3 paired with a low power gpu and an ssd is something I've been more than happy with for the past two years
I know noone would believe me but I will say it anyway.
My dad was working and saw a computer being thrown away. So he stopped them and asked for it to give it to me as a gift, so they offered him the PC for a dollar. The specs freaking blew my mind.
i7-4770
Intel MOBO (idk what kind)
4GB DDR3 1600Mhz
240W PSU 80+ Platinum
1TB Seagate HDD
Cooler Master Hyper T2
SFF Case
Seriously, idk where you get these dad but you are amazing for getting this for a dollar. A MADAFOKING DOLLHAIR.
Where did you get this bargain from???? I need to upgrade my PC for something better. Do you know if this place can ship to Colombia?
Carlos Oyuela did you not read the first and second line?
240w platinum? Im not sure...
r/thathappened
I absolutely love your videos! They are fun to watch and to see what cards can handle what(: please keep up this great work!
Love the videos, got a Dell 7010, changed the psu, removed the hard drive caddy and managed to get a r9 280x in + 250gb ssd
i5 3rd gen, 8 GB memory .
Brilliant sleeper rig.
David Minford ah nice I bought a mid tower 7010 its coming in the mail right now does yours have an HDMI on it because im not sure if mine does
Replay Bro fuck off man not all of us have bottomless wallets
Replay Bro I didn't think you were talking to me it's still pretty rude to show up and start doing that again not all of us have bottomless wallets
not really a sleeper with an r9 280x
that's like a honda driver thinking he has a sleeper cuz he put rims + ecu LMAO
my rig (in a tiny tiny case that looks a bit like an older apple desktop to normies) holds beast power lmao most people are like "can that even run minesweeper"
then i run it at 4k medium with 57fps avg :)
I just ordered an old HP desktop with windows 10 pre-installed, a core I3, a 500gb hdd, and 6 gigs of ram. All for $90. Best purchase I've ever made because it now has a GT 1030 installed in it and works like a chat all for less than 200$
These Dell Optiplexes are very cost effective. I have 2 - Dell 7010 with an i7 3770 16GB Ram and a GTX 1070. The other one is a Dell 380 with a Core 2 Quad Q9550 (upgraded from Core 2 Duo E7500) 8GB Ram and a GTX 750ti. Both pretty good:)
Andy Styles How did you install a 1070 on that thing
Oh, i'm stupid. I thought you installed the 1070 with the stock psu without using pins
Forgot to mention it is a Zotac GTX 1070 Mini and fits nicely. Not that much bigger than a 750ti in size. PSU has been upgraded :)
Dell 7010 MT (Mini Tower)
how much did the upgrades cost you for each?
Wow I'm quite impressed actually. I have an HP slimline pc laying around that I've been meaning to upgrade and this video just made up my mind. Cheers!
But can it fit a GTX 1080ti Quad SLI GPU set?
Work Sleep Repeat Productions of course
Might need a better PSU tho
Work Sleep Repeat Productions It's just a little bit of a tight squeeze is all.
Yes, but only in a dream world.
Here we could place 1080ti mini only (with better PSU ofc).
Work Sleep Repeat Productions Are you kidding? omg I'm so tired of kids who think gtx 1080 sli are the go to. Look please go away this is seriously so annoying.
/s
How did the temps go? Can you overclock it to see better fps?
Will that case fit a seagull?
FYI - I have a 7010 SFF (same case and PSU as your 3020) with an i7-3770. The MSI GTX 1050 Ti LP fits, works fine, the watts are OK, and the heat seems fine.
School computer flashbacks.
It's a great productivity pc, very reliable and sturdy too, did a lot of spreadsheets, slide shows and documents on that rig back in the day, it still works today and I still use it for my accounting, taxes and notations.
*sees the seagull* Is that a pro genji I see?
i bought the optiplex 990 for my gf's pc about a year ago. it came with just the board and cpu, i5 2400 for $75. i put it in a case with a 1060 3gb. it kills any game i throw at it. even GTA on max settings (except grass and postfx) at 1080p runs great at 60 frames.
this pc in your video is about the same setup. i would really like to see, like you said as different from each other, one with a mighty i7 and the with a better i3/i5 and different gpus.
The only bottleneck in her rig is the 1060. the cpu at stock speeds never gets stressed, i wish my life was as easy it the 2400.
thanks, great video
hey RandomGaminginHD, I have recently been working really hard on my video game and have optimized it for low end systems, I had this channel in mind, and I was wondering if maybe you can benchmark the game in some of your videos? Thanks for reading this!
I've done something similar with a Dell mid tower system with a core i3 4150. Got for $20. Put in mid tower case and added 16 gigs of ram, SSD, Windows 10, And a Msi gtx 970. After upgrading PSU to an EVGA 450 watt. This Rig rocks and has blue tooth and WIFI built in. I sold it regrettably but made money on the deal. (was going to upgrade CPU to an i7 4790) Thanks for reviewing these OEM small form factor pc's
I want a review on the seagull.
Antonio. FTW
Random gaming hd you are my favorite of all time I am not a budget gamer nor am I a extreme overkill pc gamer I just like watching benchmarks and seeing what would happen not all of us have the money in the world to test all this stuff so ya. Thanks a lot.
Excellent video! There is a computer and a seagull!! Helll Yeaaahhhh!
I am wondering what this rig could do with a 750ti 2gb in it?
Neurobio Boy it wouldn't fit in the case.
Neurobio Boy i thought the 1030 was as good as a gtx 750ti?
Well that is exactly what I what to know!
Neurobio Boy I made a 750ti fit, bought one of these small cheap i3 4150/4gb PCs, the seller added an extra 4gb of the same brand for free, so it had 8gb dual channel, also bought a very cheap used 750ti superclocked, the card arrived before the PC, finally when the PC arrived I was so excited, only to realize, "duh, the card is too big to fit", lmao, I wasn't gonna let that stop me, so I went in all caveman and simply made room for it with an electric jig saw, I was careful to not touch the motherboard, which was actually easy. I know it sounds dumb and funny, but It works flawlessly, I will eventually change the case with a new or used one when I see a deal a like.
You sayed a chainsaw... maybe that is the graphic card i'm looking for improving your mom. ;-)
I bought an i3-4160 and a GTX 750Ti in 2014, really a nice little setup back then. Actually I'm still using the Z97 Mainboard with a Xeon Broadwell and a GTX 1080, still enough for my needs. Such long usage wasn't imaginable 20 or 25 years ago, when you had to throw out you motherboard, CPU and graphics card every other year in order to be halfway up to date ...
0:40 for the seagull.
Im assuming you recorded with the GT 1030/R7 250 and i3 4130 but what did you record with?
The seagull is back!!!!
I got one of these for my dad's business with an i5 for $115 shipped. Excellent little guy.
10/10 Best seagull
I built a system similar to that in fact I am typing on it right now. Mine is an HP 8200 with similar specs and similar proprietary low power PSU. I put a GT 1030 into mine and I am very happy with it. I also love that it can take up to 32GBs of RAM.
the seagull has RETURNED
Double Plus Good Find. A local store here sells those things for $100 to $200 depending on the processor.
beautiful seagull
I have an Optiplex 390, I stuck a GTX750TI and a I5 2400 in it and now it plays games really good.
ITS STEVE HES BACK
I'm also looking at buying one and wanted to add an SSD as primary but keep the 3.5 for storage. Will the BIOS support additional SATA HDD if I get a PCI-E 1x SATA expansion card?
Also, did you need a power adapter for the 1030 GT?
Liked with 50 fake accounts becuz of the seagull.
Real Player Good work I bet that must taken a long time
@@bluestone-gamingbg3498 bruh takes 5 mins
I've got one of these with an SSD, 3tb HDD, 16GB RAM and a GT 1050TI Low Profile and it's a great TV Gaming rig!
All hail the Seagull
DUDE! iv watched u for ages now. Your totally off your rocker, i love your style, sat in ya nans conservatory is total inspiration. never go green screen, stay random !
when this runs better than ur 500 dollar pc that cant run gta v
I have a Lenovo M58p with a GTX 1050ti from MSI (full size card), 10 Gigs of ram, a TX3 CPU cooler, a Q9650 CPU, a 350 watt psu, a 250 Gig ssd, and that's about it. This is totally a custom build, I've made these tower parts fit into this sff case with much modification. I use it to play ARK on custom settings (low/medium) and I get around 30-55 fps depending on where I am in the game. It's a neat little project of mine.
Yeah Steven Seagull at begining!
I found something similar and I had to buy. (It cost £30) It was an optiplex 7020 with an i3 4160, 4gb ram and a 500gb hdd. I upgraded to 12gb ram for £6, and added a new ssd for £20. Overall a good buy, I bought a gt 730 ddr3 but it was faulty so now im saving up for a gt 1030. Happy days :)
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Please don't offend me
Onur Erdogan you look like a pineapple
Sam Bloom what is the meaning of pineapple is that a joke or a bad word
İm offended
A bunch of chickens in turkey apparently.
The illustrious Boba the Fett ummmm..........
Umm.... Your bike looks like a bad bike.
They are awesome pcs just upgraded one now..........i3 to i7, 280w power supply, windows on sata sdd, 16 gb ballistix ram, gt 1030 gpu 2 gb, m.2 sdd for games, new dvd drive, 500 gb basic hdd for files. They are superb bits of kit for the living room.
I am surprised an GTX 1050 ti low profile card wouldn't work in this build.
B W It's too small/ the power supple is too small.
It will fit, there's a video showing it fitting on RUclips, you'd need the i5 version of this that runs with a 400/500w psu to use the 1050, though
It should, I have this PC with a gigabyte LP 1050ti, and it runs fine
most 1050ti only draw 75w, the psu could handle that. Just not too safe
1050 Ti works absolutely fine, as does the normal 1050 and the 750 Ti as long as you buy a low profile one.
Hello RGHD, just 1 question does AMD still support that graphics card?
Because the lack of drivers can explain some of the performance difference
Hey i got a i7-4790 working on the dell optiplex 3020
The Optiplex's aren't bad PC's at all. I managed to pickup an Optiplex 790 for £20 with a 500GB HDD, 8GB DDR3 1333MHz, and a Core i5 2400. Though, I took it out of it's case and put it into an ATX case (it actually had holes for it so it fitted just fine) and paired it with a GTX 560 Ti I had lying around. I also bought that for £18. I now use that PC for when I visit my fathers, sitting in the living room. We mostly use it for playing games on the 50" TV, but since the TV only supports 720p, it has no issues running most games on high settings 60fps. The TV does support 1080i, but 720p looks better on older TV's imo.
Configurations, u made a $40 xbox one...
spooderman it's slower than the Xbox one (and ps4), but it's much cheaper (if you can get it at this price and if you get a low profile used card to fit in it also depending on the card it may become better than the Xbox one and ps4).
: EliteGhostKillz : it'll be 2x faster if you purchased a gtx 1050ti lp
Kaloop Spring yeah its a no brainer especially if its this cheap and adding a 1050ti will make it faster than a normal ps4 and xbox one.
And probably upgrade to a decent used i5 for good measure
InfernosReaper probably not necessary the 4th gen i3 is amazing!
I got the same R7 250 for 30€! It fits perfectly in a small form factor Dell Optiplex 740 with an AMD Athlon 64 X2. At the moment I use it for retro windows XP gaming and it runs games like GTA San Andreas at full details at good framerates
Are those seagulls helping you find those deals...
GUYS seagulls=deals
Like varys from got he has little birdies everywhere, hunting deals though instead of information/gossip.
Just got this same PC for free from work. Thanks for the video!
*THE SEAGULL - QUICK KILL IT WITH FIRE*
bruh that seagull is a legend
Thank you for this video!! I wasn't sure if an nvidia GTX 1030 would fit so I'm gonna get the GT1030 like you recomend!!
Can you do a maxed out LGA1150 maybe with your Gtx 1060, and i5 or i7
Not with that power supply he couldn't.
Gtx 1050ti will work, works good with my pc
I think his main build is an i5-4690 with a 1060 3GB.
i5 4460 and gtx 1060 3GB ..
JustLink how good is the LP card for sticking it in prebuilts? Just wondering
Saw seagull at 0:03. Best video ever already
I LIKED BECAUSE OF THE SEAGULL!!!
Great with a good barbecue sauce.
Your editing has improved so much ;3
where is the mac sleeper build bro?
The Darkitect calm down racist
Hey man I have a quick question. I’m undecided if I should get the Dell OptiPlex 790 sff or mt. They are both almost the same size. Also should I get the gt 1030 or gtx 1050ti low profile.
seagull? insta like
Got the same of FB for free with 16gb ram inside! Really lucky. Starting with upgrading soon, WiFi, Bluetooth and 2nd HD.
PLS PUT THE SEAGULL AS YOUR RUclips IMAGE
Hey Like the Seagull, I bought an old hp with an I3 3220 @3.3 ghz with ddr3 ram, I upgraded the stock psu added A gtx 670 2gb , and added 8 gb ddr3 ram, and Im quite happy with it. I was a bit dubious if a dual core processor could game as good as a quad but these 3rd gen core I3 chips are good, Fairly modern architecture Il probably upgrade to an I5 this year . But theres only a handful of aaa games This i3 struggles with so it is a good budget processor !
when that seagull is going to leave? doesn't he gets hungry or somethin?
Flaviu Ciohodaru he feeds them
I find the Optiplexes as easy to upgrade systems, considering I have 2 such models (A GX620 and a 755) you can easily put powerful CPUs in the MFF versions due to the ATX Power supply. A 790 I have seen has been sold with a GTX 1050 and a i5-2400 through Amazon, the Optiplex is a veteran machine which was designed to last a long time. But, fantastic video for a computer from the best line of dells
I am quite sure that is a seagulll and not a dell.
My dad gave this pc to me and it was an I5 I bought a riser card and I put in a gtx 1070ti. Its a fantastic experience!
BBO (Budget-Builds Official) Vs RandomGaminginHD $50/$100 budget gaming (1080p) pc build? face off
+ArenNerdy yeah that could be something I'm up for
Nice
i3 4th generation processors are amazing tbh, I'm using a 4150 since 2015, still runs games just fine with a 750 Ti, a better graphics card would do even better.
#seagullisback!
whenever I see a RGinHD video in my recommended, I always click. ALWAYS. *ALWAYS.*
Do you feed the seagulls
Skinny Pennis, the seagulls feed him
LMAO
Hey love the video. I had a question about benchmarking. Is it normal for 0.1% and 1% lows to be lower than you lowest frame rate (the margin of difference was about 30fps)?
Hey RandomGaminginHD, I have got a request for you. This may get lost in sea of comments but I am actually begging you to give away a low power GPU. I live in India where graphics cards are expensive as hell and my parents don't have that kind of money. I was hoping to get a gt 730 or gt 710. But pretty much anything would be nice. I have been a huge fan of your work. Any way keep doing what you doing
In Sight I support you here in the Philippines PCs are ridiculously expensive
got lost in a SEAGULL of comments!
The biggest problem is my parents only make enough to support us,and I really don't want to bother them
HI! What was the CPU, GPU and RAM usage during these tests?
P.s Love your vids, they have the perfect balance for those waning to join the world of PC gaming (cheap but aren't stupidly rubbish that they can't run games well). Keep doing what you doing :)
Can u rate my new pc plz?
A8 7670k
8GB 2133Mhz DDR3
AsRock FM2A68M
2GB RX 460
Be Quiet 400w PSU
GameMax Proteus Gaming Case
120GB SSD
320GB HDD
Im planning to play older gamea like Fallout NV, S.T.A.L.K.E.R Call of Pripyat and HL2
Thx
if you play those older games only, then you dont need the rx460 at all, the A8 apu's power is enough for them
Will2133 that processor tho
I’m at an I5 7600K, Gtx 1060 strix 6gb. 256gb M.2 ssd, 1tb sshd and and asus MOBO.
This rig could run overwatch at 30 to 40 fps I would say. So for these old games it will be more than enough!
Just notice that I don't know anything on the mother board. Maybe it is good maybe not. I don't know at all.
Nice video! I had a quick question, i currently have an amd a8-6600k apu and it really bottlenecks my GTX 960. I was wondering what a good upgrade would be under $150 USD for CPU and Motherboard? thanks.
SEAGUUUULLS
RGHD, the 750 Ti and 1050 Ti both absolutely fit, you can get both as well as the normal 1050 in a low profile variant and all of them just use the PCIe socket power.
I have a machine of the same series, only with an i5 4570 and 8GB of RAM. Great machine with a lot of performance under the hood. However it needs a single slot card in the original SFF case. I was able to use a GTX 645 even though the HDMI and Display Port connectors were not reachable without messing with the case. It worked well enough with the DVI socket.
I also tried to move it into a new case. The problem is that these compact machines are full of sensors and I couldn't find a way to disable all of them in the BIOS. Therefore each time the PC was started, I had to press F1 to bypass the sensor checks. I got tired of doing that after a while and moved everything back into the original case.
For the price, it is really great, and it is a great find. I can see it being used as a backup PC maybe, or even a first PC for someone on a budget, and just getting into the gaming. To be honest, I would not mind even using it today as a main rig. But yeah, it's not for people that want constant 60FPS all the time.