Great job with the rig. But something i noticed is that the Rx 6600xt only has 8 lanes instead of the standard 16 pcie lanes. Its is also pcie 4.0, while this generation of intel still uses pcie 3.0. This leaves us with the gpu only having 8 lanes of pcie 3.0. This makes me think the gpu isn't getting information quickly enough from the system. I wonder if the rx 580 would be a better fit. I imagine a lower fps but less microstutters
Well I stand corrected!! I was thinking about the 6500xt which uses even half the amount of lanes the 6600xt uses (4vs8 lanes). You may also be 100% right where even an older card with full pci-e lane capacity could give it a run for its money! Fantastic catch because I guess I was only focusing on the 6500xt that had reduced lanes but seems the 6600xt also received this architecture change but not as severe. I really don’t like that GPU manufacturers are using this tactic to cut costs. Anywho I’m pinning your comment for the great feedback and observation. Thanks!
Even a 4090 cannot fully saturate a PCIE-3.0 x16 slot and 4.0 x8 = 3.0 x16 bandwidth. PCIE-4.0 speeds are mostly beneficial for high speed M.2 NVME drives at the moment. This is a combination of a CPU bottleneck (4 cores) even with hyperthreading just isn't enough anymore and a locked DELL bios running the ram at its rated speed without any XMP profile and its just way to much GPU for the rest of the system.
The fact that people are decking out these business PCs is just funny but also very cool as a side project as well as a cheap gaming PC with the appropriate specs. I got bought one for $20 which is a killer deal.
In 10-20 years people will reminisce about building out their first PC and MANY of them will be talking about their old Optiplex. It's such a great starter because it gets you gaming right now and opportunities to learn how to work on hardware. It won't be viable forever though, so once you replace it, it can make for a GREAT home theater PC or couch gaming console.
I just got my Optiplex built but with a 5600 XT that I got off ebay for $110, and am extremely pleased. My Fire Strike score was 16,600 and Time Spy is 6,780. Got Cyberpunk running between 50-60 fps on medium settings at 1080p and Fallout 4 in the 120-150 range on high. Really cool. fyi here are the components, all purchased used on ebay (prices include shipping): Dell Optiplex 7050, i7-7700, 16gb ram, 256gb ssd - $140 RX 5600 XT gpu- $115 Coolermaster v550 sfx power supply: $40 24 pin to 6 pin psu adapter: $10 --- Total: $305
You were able to but a 7700 into a 7050? My 7020 can only take a 4790. I'm building my next PC now, but I wish my optiplex 7020 could be upgraded slightly more as I'm keeping it for kids
Does it also take ddr4 ram? My build has i7 4790k and a gtx 1070. 16gb ddr3 ram. Runs fairly well, thinking of buying a better cpu cooler and overlooking the 4790
It probably wouldn't hurt to add some fans. I zip tied a 120 mm to the side vent on mine, gave it a 140 mm midpoint between the 5.25" bottom bay and the top HDD cage, then a 92 mm screwed to the inside front grill, washers can give you clearance).
It would make a decent super budget 1440p rig, but yeah, something with 6-cores would be better. I think going with a 6600 would save you some money on this built for 1080p and get you similar results.
The Dell Optiplex God has spoken! Yes, totally agree! After seeing a bit of the stutters from the 4790 I realized I likely put too much GPU into this rig and could be better off with something like what you mentioned.
@@Sandomsheesh143xeon precisions way better they dirt cheap and you can get a 6900k quad channel ram and more pcie slots and they come with decent gold rated power supplies at 735 watts but also have in a slot in upgrade that doesn't require disconnecting cables to a 1300watt gold rated psu for like 50$
What I like about these is you can swap in a i7-4785T (35W), and you've got one powerful NAS. That's something you could double up with local LAN accessible VMs and other stuff requiring a bit of punch. Do you know if all the sata ports are 3/6Gbs? Great vid. Esp concerning the PSU locking latch stuff.
These are the ultimate enthusiast prebuilt, because in spite of the dumb oem PSU connections, these are built to be easy to work on and get parts for, they're CHEAP if you get bulk decommissioned units, but they're really built to last.
This is a great video and I am a huge fan of the optiplex gaming builds. Especially the 9020 mini tower. So many possibilities. I have one myself. However, I feel like a case swap is necessary. I moved mine into a phanteks case, got all the necessary adapters for front I/o and power buttons, and even got 5 fans going thanks to 5 pin to 4 pin adapters and a fan hub. I also put in a sata to rgb hub and have leds on all the fans. It is basically a real gaming pc now. Mine has a 1060 in it currently but I’m thinking about throwing my 2070 super in. If I have enough space in the case and have my after market psu (750 watt) than it should work okay right ? I’m guessing some bottle neck from my i7-4770
i love that dell optiplex! i am getting mine in a combo new from my supplier and giving that a a pair of 16 gb ddr3 ram and a radeon rx 6600 gpu that thing will be a beast of a gaming office rig
i have a optiplex 7010. my issue is that it has a ungodly amount of cables wired directly into the board. it only uses like 10% of the connections and the rest is a mess of yellow and red. not sure why its like that
I would say not entirely. This is generally something easy to accomplish on 3rd-4th gen machines. Older ones it’s probably not worth it and newer ones are much smaller / more proprietary. Focus on the 3010/20, 7010/20, and 9010/20 models
Man I checked this video out because I bought a 9020 that I'm currently building as my first gaming PC. I upgraded to 4 sticks of 8gb of DDR 3 RAM, a 650w EVGA PSU, a GeForce 1650 and transferred it over to this lancool 216 case my buddy had just lying about. It runs pretty good right now but I'm looking to ditch the i5-4670 that it's running and upgrading the CPU cooler to something better. Thanks for the heads-up on the i7-4790
I case swapped several of these and put 1080TI in them. They all play pretty much anything I want and run great. Yes, some adapters were needed, but they are great.
If it has the lga 1150 motherboard than the best processor is the 4790k. Which even bottlenecks the gtx 1070. If you can save om the buy, I think the 1080ti is overkill. The gtx 1660ti is a great match as well.
@@millertimexxx7520 you’re going to get a bottleneck no matter what. 1080 ti is still a great card @1080p, I have one in my optiplex and it still gets way better numbers and performance than a 1070 or 1660. Plus 1080 Ti’s can be found in good shape used for 120 - 140 Edit: mine is paired with i7-4790
I finished an Optiplex 9020 with an i7-4770 and an rx580 ... Playing Warframe at 1080p almost everything maxed in high/ludicrus settings, but antialiasing on low x2 ... Getting 50-60 fps most of the time, but I do get stutters mostly when the squad is connecting to the session. Outside of these scenarios, 50-60 most of the times
SK Hynix Ram seems rare to find on ebay. Plenty of Fury all over place about $45 for 32Gb. but why!!? I don't understand how or why this Dell 9020 wont support higher DDR3's than 1600? Would it not boot, not post, not work in some way. I'm pretty sure it would fit same slots.
i know this video was made over a year ago, but the im curious why you went with the rx6600 xt instead of the GTX 1660 Super, which can be had for half the price?
It definitely wouldn't hurt to throw in a 4790k if you can find one at a good price. With it's higher clock speeds it should help steer away from any potential CPU bottlenecks / increase FPS and performance. Thanks for watching!
That "K" plays a big role! I built my nephew one of these optiplex's from spare parts and left over change now he has a (i7 3770k, nvidia 970, and 25 gb of ram with 600w of psu) and he is able to play warzone smoothly. I can only imagine what the I7 4790k would be able to achieve
I believe I discovered what that problem was. With low setting it was bottlenecking the CPU hard but with increasing the settings to high it was playable
Check your cables to ensure everything is seated properly. The orange flashes are also debug code. Take note of the numbers of flashes and sequence. Then you can look it up to find out what the problem is.
This comment is before watching the full video. Can a optiplex 7050 sff handle a i9 9900k with a rtx 4060 lp with 32 ddr4 ram, a 1tb nvme ssd and a 800 watt power supply.
my hp prodesk sff has a 4790 ($20 w/ monitor, mouse, keyboard, webcam)i added a sff 1650 and swapped up to 16g patriot CL9 ram ($30) and an ssd - all running on OG 240w PSU. MW2 works just fine for me at 1080p (any settings). Maybe a GPU driver issue?
So I have an Optiplex 3010sff 500gb HDD and 4gb RAM. I already added s Nvidia GTX 1020 low profile graphics card. I have a 500gb SSD and a 2tb HDD waiting to be added when my i7 3770 gets here so that way I'm just upgrading it all at once. I was planning on getting a full tower version of Optiplex but is it even worth it? All I need to play is Elder Scrolls 3 4 5 and fallout 3 4 and NV. Currently my system can only play ES 3 and 4 with just the Nvidia GTX 1020 low profile graphics card. Should I wait to add these upgrades to the full tower when I get that or continue adding them to my Optiplex 3010sff? It starts up fallout 3 and NV but crashes so it should play these games afterwards. I don't play newer games would it even be worth getting a full tower at this point?
Probably not worth it to invest in a new rig with a new graphics card if you only plan on playing older games. I'd consider the RX 6400 sff, I believe that can fit into an optiplex SFF without upgrading the power supply. Look around online for videos, it's a decent card that should play the games you want at 1080p, high settings, 60+ fps.
Need help... brought dell optiplex 9020 i7-4790 already have 2x4 ram upgrade new ram 2x8..I put new ram pc fans run automatically without click power on button ....but No display (ram same frequency 1600mhz DDR3)(I put back old ram work normal)
I have the same thing. I want to buy a GTX 1060, but its size is large, and I do not know how to install the storage space connections because the card space will cover the SATA cables. I hope you can help me in solving this problem. It is based on experience.
In the video I explain I needed to use it to reduce the height of the cable coming off the motherboard. The standard cable that comes in the Optiplex stands off the motherboard too high and interferes with the GPU.
Im new to pc building but im getting a 7050 with a i7 6500 with 16gb ram with a 1660 super with a psu with 550w is there any other upgrades i can do btw love ur vids
Thats wierd warzone was unplayable on your setup. I have a i7 3770 and RX 480 4gb and plays great. Installed on a ssd, I made sure shaders were installed first too.
With an Rx 6600 550 watt PSU is needed as you have but... I'm thinking you need at least a 600w PSU to get proper GPU from the 6600 due to other power load factors from a the rest of the rig.
@PC Tech Hustle ah. I had seen a few with ddr4 so I just didn't know...I got lucky and picked up a used 2021 aurora r10 ryzen 5 5600x and rx 5300 for 350 bucks and its amazing
Not sure what you did but the MW2 portion of your video something went wrong on your end. I have a 4790 as a second rig with GTX 1070 and I have never played "anything" on it between medium to high setting in 1080P that was unplayable or have the frame rates you got from MW2. I have never had to use low settings on anything. Their are plenty of videos on youtube that show a 4790 with less GPU power than you had playing MW2 just fine. I also want to ask why you had all the games on low setting? I will admit the only issue you may run into with the old 4790 is from frametimes and that is usually fixed by locking it down to 30 or 60 FPS. The frametime issues I found is only in the newer AAA game such as Hogwarts legacy and frame caps work great for me. I am not saying this is a build I would do unless I was on a really tight budget but with the parts you had in this rig it should run every title out there on medium to high setting in 1080p with all of them running 30 to 60 FPS.
@@PCTechHustle Yeah Cards like the GTX 1070 or 1080 seem to par better with older hardware like the 4790. I am waiting on a RTX 3060 I ordered and going to try it on my 4790 rig before I put it in a build I am doing. I will let you know how that goes. By the way my 4790 rig is from a dell 9020 I moved all the parts to anther case and buffed it out a little bit with good PS memory and cooling fan, Added gtx 1070 I had laying around along with win 10 pro on a 1TB ADATA SU750 SSD. It really does make a decent entry level setup for those on a really tight budget..PS if you update the bios on those 9020 motherboards to Rev A18 you can put a 4790K in them. Can not OC them but 200MHZ to 400MHZ extra does help.. Anyways I forgot to mention thanks for the video and best to you..
I just ordered a 9020 with i7 4770 32Gb RAM and 1tb SSD. and I ordered a rx 580 and an aftermarket 500w PSU with an adapter cable. The 580 I got claims to be under 10 inches so I'm hoping it fits. I'm really hoping I don't have to swap everything into another case
Guys I really really need some help so I just upgraded my GPU (Asus GeForce GTX 1660 Super ) But I need to find a PCU for my Dell Optiplex 9010 since my current one doesn't even have a cable to plug into the GPU Does anyone have any recommendations?? 🤔
You are correct! The GPU might have been a bit too much for the CPU. You can see in many of the titles I was hovering high on CPU utilization. However I didn't get hit with too many studders to make for a bad experience, this is definitely the maxed out option I would say to go with on a Dell Optiplex.
I have an issue with my computer. can someone please help me? My Optiplex 9020 runs game really well despite its age. Currently I have only the Silicon Power 512gb SSD hooked up in replacement to the stock 220gb SSD I had. (graphics card and PSU still waiting on arrival) Before I replaced my old SSD with the new one, the PC was really fast, with its CPU (i7 4770 non-k) clocking at 3.7-3.9GHz, the framerate was really good, and I didn't notice anything unusual. After I replaced my old SSD with the new one, I had to reinstall windows 10 for my new SSD so that it can function properly. Using the same BIOS settings to make my cpu faster before, it has done absolutely nothing. I tried everything I could to raise it but the cpu is stuck to its base clock at 3.4Hz. I also noticed that the framerate went lower, as watching youtube on 1080p, as well as playing a few games like roblox or L4D2 had a lower fps. Note that none of this happened on the old SSD, and I could run 1080p videos and game perfectly fine. The goal for my computer is to make it faster than it already is, not make it slower than a IBM on spirit wifi. My only assumption is that the SSD is too big to handle, which is bottlenecking my pc. I'm expecting for my graphics card, along with some adaptors, to arrive today (6/18/24). I will try to install the PSU and GPU once they arrive. If nothing changes and everythings still slow, then I have no idea what to do.
hey warzone 2 is playable on your machine! the problem is your hdd! this game must to be install on ssd inside the pc with sata cable from the motherboard. install it on the ssd. you will see the different trust me. hdd is too slow for this game. try and you will see. hope this help! :)
I was running it actually from an SSD. The problem was a CPU bottleneck. The thing I discovered is the open world environment in DMZ which I was testing with needed some graphics tuning. I set it to high instead of low and it smoothed things out. Needless to say I’m no longer testing open work / battle royal game play in WZ2. It’s horribly optimized.
@@PCTechHustle wired, i own i7 4790 with 2080 super and im playing 60 - 70 fps very smooth. my cpu in the game isnt reaching 80% usage. yes i think you are right im playing in 1080p on low, thats why i have better expiriance. hope to see you make a video in 1440p with this system. some say it will be more smoother because in this case the game will be much more gpu demanding more than cpu. :)
@@PCTechHustle hey man warzone 2 isnt playable for u because u didnt wait to the shaders install! After 2 or 3 games all the shaders will be installed and you will get a smoother play in this game! Try it! :)
@@PCTechHustle i hope you read this. You have to let the shaders installation to finish and then you will get smooth gameplay bro! Try it and you will see you were wrong in the video, its playable! :)
Agreed although consider the i7 is a hair bit faster. Likely not noticeable in most cases but something to ask yourself if the extra $20 would be worth it in that scenario.
Ahahaha I bought a 5700xt and made a dual psu system with one of my power supplies just sitting out of my open case 😂. It work’s amazing and I do get a tiny bottle neck but it’s like 90% hours use so close enough.
MW2 is too much? I have essentially the same optiplex and I’m getting 100 fps on multiplayer and 60 on warzone rebirth(the smaller map, I’m not a fan of the big BR map)
@PC Tech Hustle it runs much better for some reason on a tweaked version of windows 11 and for real no joke ghost spectre win 11 like crazy much smoother . And it still uses alot of ram the same but way smoother and consistent wich is want u want. The also have updates alot wich sometimes break the game lol for real its annoying . I'm running on a gaming laptop with 32 gig ram , rtx 3070, eyzen 5800h . My guess there is unparked /parked cores tweak going on here as well no thermal throttling or power throttling is disabled . Makes u think is Microsoft bloated AF Windows OS really gotten really bad at gaming. It's crazy sometimes I find myself running linux and certain titles are running smoother maybe not the best averages but the 1% lows is the most important 👌 consistency is key . Not 120 down to 42 then up to 130 then down to 75 then up and down not great
Say bro the 6000 series of AMD graphics cards right now are on a roll, over on Amazon and Newegg as far as the prices . The 6600 ,6600 XT ,6650 XT, 6700 XTs, are all under $270 right now. Dude those prices are like a sore di*k, you can't beat it. Another great video man . I always look forward to your content. Take it easy my brother. God bless you and yours, and as always #StayFrosty my friend.. #WWG1WGA
Still a big bottleneck even with the i7 4790, the RX 6600 XT is a powerful card and would be better paired with at least a six core CPU like the Ryzen 3600 but for this budget it still holds up well. I think with used components getting cheaper every day going the optiplex route isn't the best option now and getting all the components to assemble a custom PC is a better overall option imo.
Agreed! This GPU definitely teders on bottle necking territory. A cheaper and good upgrade solution I think would be to downgrade the GPU a hair to something like a 500 series Radeon card.
Bump it up to 1440p and the 4790 is fine. Granted, the 4790 will still have limitations in newer games that are optimized for more than 4 cores. But yeah, at 1080p, you're not really getting anything over going with something a little cheaper... like the 6600 which is still going to bottleneck, but I think people blow bottlenecks out of proportion, and it's not going to be all that bad with a 6600. Also, you can get a system with a 4790 for under $100 these days. They're still a good option, and you can't build a custom build for the same price. If you've got the money, yeah... go the 3600 route, but the Optiplex route is still a viable option for people that are trying to min max on very tight budgets.
A few years ago, I had a Optiplex 3080, equipped with a 3GHz Core² Duo. Kicked out the PSU and replaced it with a 400W model. Also gone: The 4 gigs of RAM, replaced by 8g Samsung memory. Finally, the onboard Intel HD was fine for word and excel, but not gaming. It even fucked up an oldie like Gothic2. So hello to an amd/ati hd4850.
Great job with the rig. But something i noticed is that the Rx 6600xt only has 8 lanes instead of the standard 16 pcie lanes. Its is also pcie 4.0, while this generation of intel still uses pcie 3.0. This leaves us with the gpu only having 8 lanes of pcie 3.0. This makes me think the gpu isn't getting information quickly enough from the system. I wonder if the rx 580 would be a better fit. I imagine a lower fps but less microstutters
No you are thinking of the 6500xt. 6600xt is full 16x lanes.
Well I stand corrected!! I was thinking about the 6500xt which uses even half the amount of lanes the 6600xt uses (4vs8 lanes).
You may also be 100% right where even an older card with full pci-e lane capacity could give it a run for its money! Fantastic catch because I guess I was only focusing on the 6500xt that had reduced lanes but seems the 6600xt also received this architecture change but not as severe.
I really don’t like that GPU manufacturers are using this tactic to cut costs. Anywho I’m pinning your comment for the great feedback and observation. Thanks!
Even a 4090 cannot fully saturate a PCIE-3.0 x16 slot and 4.0 x8 = 3.0 x16 bandwidth. PCIE-4.0 speeds are mostly beneficial for high speed M.2 NVME drives at the moment. This is a combination of a CPU bottleneck (4 cores) even with hyperthreading just isn't enough anymore and a locked DELL bios running the ram at its rated speed without any XMP profile and its just way to much GPU for the rest of the system.
5700xt would be the best option for pci express 3 better performance than the 6600 usually only $120 used
@@josephdias5859why is this better, I’m new to building pcs.
The fact that people are decking out these business PCs is just funny but also very cool as a side project as well as a cheap gaming PC with the appropriate specs. I got bought one for $20 which is a killer deal.
Dang $20 is nuts! Sick!
That’s just insane good for you, was it bought locally? Model/specs? Plans on what to get for it for upgrades?
@@PCTechHustleFree is even better! On my 6th Optiplex upgrade now, these machines are lil workhorses.
In 10-20 years people will reminisce about building out their first PC and MANY of them will be talking about their old Optiplex.
It's such a great starter because it gets you gaming right now and opportunities to learn how to work on hardware. It won't be viable forever though, so once you replace it, it can make for a GREAT home theater PC or couch gaming console.
I just got my Optiplex built but with a 5600 XT that I got off ebay for $110, and am extremely pleased. My Fire Strike score was 16,600 and Time Spy is 6,780. Got Cyberpunk running between 50-60 fps on medium settings at 1080p and Fallout 4 in the 120-150 range on high. Really cool.
fyi here are the components, all purchased used on ebay (prices include shipping):
Dell Optiplex 7050, i7-7700, 16gb ram, 256gb ssd - $140
RX 5600 XT gpu- $115
Coolermaster v550 sfx power supply: $40
24 pin to 6 pin psu adapter: $10
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Total: $305
Solid build!
You were able to but a 7700 into a 7050? My 7020 can only take a 4790. I'm building my next PC now, but I wish my optiplex 7020 could be upgraded slightly more as I'm keeping it for kids
Does it also take ddr4 ram? My build has i7 4790k and a gtx 1070. 16gb ddr3 ram. Runs fairly well, thinking of buying a better cpu cooler and overlooking the 4790
Nevermind I guess on benchmarks 4790k is faster than the 7700 but that means you can take 7th gen processors and upgrade more than me
It probably wouldn't hurt to add some fans. I zip tied a 120 mm to the side vent on mine, gave it a 140 mm midpoint between the 5.25" bottom bay and the top HDD cage, then a 92 mm screwed to the inside front grill, washers can give you clearance).
Can just case swap and use whatever fans you’d like. That’s what I did
It would make a decent super budget 1440p rig, but yeah, something with 6-cores would be better. I think going with a 6600 would save you some money on this built for 1080p and get you similar results.
The Dell Optiplex God has spoken! Yes, totally agree! After seeing a bit of the stutters from the 4790 I realized I likely put too much GPU into this rig and could be better off with something like what you mentioned.
6600 what exactly? trying to build something like this for my younger brother
@@Tarnelly10 The AMD RX 6600.
@@TheGameBench put a rx 5500 or 5600 much better choice
I think the Dell Precision T1650 is way better for upgrades because all the connectors are standard - no adapters or dremeling needed!
I’ll have to check those out!
is the dell precision tower 3620 with an i7 6700?
@@Sandomsheesh143xeon precisions way better they dirt cheap and you can get a 6900k quad channel ram and more pcie slots and they come with decent gold rated power supplies at 735 watts but also have in a slot in upgrade that doesn't require disconnecting cables to a 1300watt gold rated psu for like 50$
T1650 is 2nd/3rd gen intel
T1700 is 4th gen which is the same as these optiplexes.
@@WTBMrGrey they usually dont need psu upgrades though since they have a 6 pin or 2
definitely making this build
You won't be disappointed!
How is the build?
What I like about these is you can swap in a i7-4785T (35W), and you've got one powerful NAS. That's something you could double up with local LAN accessible VMs and other stuff requiring a bit of punch. Do you know if all the sata ports are 3/6Gbs?
Great vid. Esp concerning the PSU locking latch stuff.
Heck yeah neat idea! Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for all your assistance.!!! :-)
Thanks for watching! ❤️❤️❤️
These are the ultimate enthusiast prebuilt, because in spite of the dumb oem PSU connections, these are built to be easy to work on and get parts for, they're CHEAP if you get bulk decommissioned units, but they're really built to last.
This is a great video and I am a huge fan of the optiplex gaming builds. Especially the 9020 mini tower. So many possibilities. I have one myself. However, I feel like a case swap is necessary. I moved mine into a phanteks case, got all the necessary adapters for front I/o and power buttons, and even got 5 fans going thanks to 5 pin to 4 pin adapters and a fan hub. I also put in a sata to rgb hub and have leds on all the fans. It is basically a real gaming pc now. Mine has a 1060 in it currently but I’m thinking about throwing my 2070 super in. If I have enough space in the case and have my after market psu (750 watt) than it should work okay right ? I’m guessing some bottle neck from my i7-4770
I put together an optiplex 5060 mt-
I5 8600
Rx 5700
Evga g3 650w psu
32gb- 2x 16gb dual rank 2666mhz ram (upgradable to 64gb)
- 24 to 6 pin mobo adapter
Roughly 250
Getting lucky on ebay auctions mainly
Sounds like a heck of a gamer!
Picked mine up for 15 bucks on a public surplus site!
Could it handle a gtx 3060 and an i7 cpu?
Not trying to go 4K but some decent 60 fps at 1080p gaming is what I'm looking to do on my 9020.
Yeah that will work fine for sure!
@@PCTechHustle thanks for the quick reply!!
i love that dell optiplex! i am getting mine in a combo new from my supplier and giving that a a pair of 16 gb ddr3 ram and a radeon rx 6600 gpu that thing will be a beast of a gaming office rig
Solid!
i have a optiplex 7010. my issue is that it has a ungodly amount of cables wired directly into the board. it only uses like 10% of the connections and the rest is a mess of yellow and red. not sure why its like that
Can this be done with any dell optiplex MT.
Thanks
I would say not entirely. This is generally something easy to accomplish on 3rd-4th gen machines. Older ones it’s probably not worth it and newer ones are much smaller / more proprietary. Focus on the 3010/20, 7010/20, and 9010/20 models
@@PCTechHustle thanks for the response highly appreciated , can I dm you on discord.
Man I checked this video out because I bought a 9020 that I'm currently building as my first gaming PC. I upgraded to 4 sticks of 8gb of DDR 3 RAM, a 650w EVGA PSU, a GeForce 1650 and transferred it over to this lancool 216 case my buddy had just lying about. It runs pretty good right now but I'm looking to ditch the i5-4670 that it's running and upgrading the CPU cooler to something better. Thanks for the heads-up on the i7-4790
@@skylarsheriff8427 glad you found it helpful!
I case swapped several of these and put 1080TI in them. They all play pretty much anything I want and run great. Yes, some adapters were needed, but they are great.
What case did you use? Does the mini tower motherboard fit most gaming cases?
Case swap is the way to go. Just finished mine last night and I got it working with 5 rgb fans and a hyper 212 cooler!
@@mister_Marvelous_Oneyes it does. Mini tower is the only one I’m aware of that has atx / m-Atx screw holes
If it has the lga 1150 motherboard than the best processor is the 4790k. Which even bottlenecks the gtx 1070. If you can save om the buy, I think the 1080ti is overkill. The gtx 1660ti is a great match as well.
@@millertimexxx7520 you’re going to get a bottleneck no matter what. 1080 ti is still a great card @1080p, I have one in my optiplex and it still gets way better numbers and performance than a 1070 or 1660. Plus 1080 Ti’s can be found in good shape used for 120 - 140
Edit: mine is paired with i7-4790
What is the max CPU for the Dell Optiplex 4770 9020? Is it the 4790, or can we get a more powerful/better one in there without any problems?
Best you can do is a 4790k, buy a better cpu cooler snd overstock it to 4.7ghz
I have a 7010 with a i7. Rn im running a gtx 1050.
But i plan on slappin this rtx 5500 in here
My buddy built me one and it’s absolutely insane what it’s capable of
Heck yeah! Fantastic price-to-performance
The Hustle Man is back!
I am! Sorry for the slow content phase. I had to really re-work my schedule / focuses!
I finished an Optiplex 9020 with an i7-4770 and an rx580 ... Playing Warframe at 1080p almost everything maxed in high/ludicrus settings, but antialiasing on low x2 ... Getting 50-60 fps most of the time, but I do get stutters mostly when the squad is connecting to the session. Outside of these scenarios, 50-60 most of the times
SK Hynix Ram seems rare to find on ebay. Plenty of Fury all over place about $45 for 32Gb. but why!!? I don't understand how or why this Dell 9020 wont support higher DDR3's than 1600? Would it not boot, not post, not work in some way. I'm pretty sure it would fit same slots.
i know this video was made over a year ago, but the im curious why you went with the rx6600 xt instead of the GTX 1660 Super, which can be had for half the price?
love the video and may I ask how would it do if you replace the i7-4790 with a i7-4790k? would it be the same?
It definitely wouldn't hurt to throw in a 4790k if you can find one at a good price. With it's higher clock speeds it should help steer away from any potential CPU bottlenecks / increase FPS and performance. Thanks for watching!
Keep in mind if you go for the 4790k version heating could be an issue
That "K" plays a big role! I built my nephew one of these optiplex's from spare parts and left over change now he has a (i7 3770k, nvidia 970, and 25 gb of ram with 600w of psu) and he is able to play warzone smoothly.
I can only imagine what the I7 4790k would be able to achieve
@@seniorpepe9386heat is not a problem for my setup
Thats strange im running an optiplex 9020 sff i5 4460 32gb ram and 1050ti and it runs CoD at 80fps.
I believe I discovered what that problem was. With low setting it was bottlenecking the CPU hard but with increasing the settings to high it was playable
I have a red light on my motherboard and I can’t figure out the issue any tips ?
I build my with Xeon E3 1280 V2 and Nvdia 3060 and got no issues even in newest games.
Heck yeah!
Could you post a link to the build video?
You listed the 6600 xt price as $100. Where can I get a 6600xt for $100?
Ah you caught what I didn’t. Error on the parts list summary there but I did verbally mention getting the card for $190.
My power button is flashing orange I have a thermal take 500w and followed the steps help?
Check your cables to ensure everything is seated properly. The orange flashes are also debug code. Take note of the numbers of flashes and sequence. Then you can look it up to find out what the problem is.
This comment is before watching the full video.
Can a optiplex 7050 sff handle a i9 9900k with a rtx 4060 lp with 32 ddr4 ram, a 1tb nvme ssd and a 800 watt power supply.
did you close the case when you made the benchmark ?? I'm concerned about GPU temp
Yes. I always do to show real temps. You will be fine.
@@PCTechHustle thanks 🌱
my hp prodesk sff has a 4790 ($20 w/ monitor, mouse, keyboard, webcam)i added a sff 1650 and swapped up to 16g patriot CL9 ram ($30) and an ssd - all running on OG 240w PSU. MW2 works just fine for me at 1080p (any settings). Maybe a GPU driver issue?
WAS THINKING THE SAME. I GET 100FPS ON A HP440 Z WITHA QUADRO P2000
I made this exact pc! It works great thanks man! It was my first pc build and what got me into pc gaming coming from ps4
Did you stay with the 16GB ram or did you take it to the max which in my case is 32GB?
@@sonnybowman im still on 16 gigs but ill prolly upgrade it later been a decent setup
Have you played Fortnite on this build?
@@brynneio i have it plays pretty good 70-100 fps but i dont okay fort much
My dell OptiPlex has i7 4770s do you think it’s gonna work if I put i7 4790k ??
Yep that will work.
So I have an Optiplex 3010sff 500gb HDD and 4gb RAM. I already added s Nvidia GTX 1020 low profile graphics card. I have a 500gb SSD and a 2tb HDD waiting to be added when my i7 3770 gets here so that way I'm just upgrading it all at once. I was planning on getting a full tower version of Optiplex but is it even worth it? All I need to play is Elder Scrolls 3 4 5 and fallout 3 4 and NV. Currently my system can only play ES 3 and 4 with just the Nvidia GTX 1020 low profile graphics card. Should I wait to add these upgrades to the full tower when I get that or continue adding them to my Optiplex 3010sff? It starts up fallout 3 and NV but crashes so it should play these games afterwards. I don't play newer games would it even be worth getting a full tower at this point?
Probably not worth it to invest in a new rig with a new graphics card if you only plan on playing older games. I'd consider the RX 6400 sff, I believe that can fit into an optiplex SFF without upgrading the power supply. Look around online for videos, it's a decent card that should play the games you want at 1080p, high settings, 60+ fps.
who the frick really (NEEDS) more than this
i had to buy a another 9020 cause the power supply failed in the other one i has so i transferred all my CPU and ram to the other one and worked fine
Need help... brought dell optiplex 9020 i7-4790 already have 2x4 ram upgrade new ram 2x8..I put new ram pc fans run automatically without click power on button ....but No display (ram same frequency 1600mhz DDR3)(I put back old ram work normal)
I love this series. A hp elite series 600 G1 tower would be nice
Thanks for watching! I will have to look into other vendors now I guess for some extra content ideas ;)
coming close to that optiplex check up vid
Can I do the same thing to a 990?
Kinda sorta but not the same hardware. The 990s are very old. You can still do like an i7 2600 and an RX 580 though
I have the same thing. I want to buy a GTX 1060, but its size is large, and I do not know how to install the storage space connections because the card space will cover the SATA cables. I hope you can help me in solving this problem. It is based on experience.
will an rtx 2060 work fin in that build im going to clone it will it work ??
It will and potentially be an even better option as it is not limited in the number of PCI-e lanes it utilizes. I would say absolutely go for it!
What’s is the usb 3.0 cable extension for?
In the video I explain I needed to use it to reduce the height of the cable coming off the motherboard. The standard cable that comes in the Optiplex stands off the motherboard too high and interferes with the GPU.
@@PCTechHustle is it needed or optional?
Any idea how this would handle vr games or if it could handle them at all?
I guess it depends on which ones but I bet it can handle some with no problems
@PCTechHustle torn on wether i should do this build or just build/buy a new prebuilt. I have about 600 to 700 to spend
i think gpu is bottelnecking cuz gpu is high end my prefer is that with i7 4790 pair rx5500 tx 8gb
Would a rx 6600 work in a optiplex 7020
Yes it would!
@@PCTechHustlethank you!
Im new to pc building but im getting a 7050 with a i7 6500 with 16gb ram with a 1660 super with a psu with 550w is there any other upgrades i can do btw love ur vids
That’s a solid start! I’d say once you can upgrade that GPU!
@PCTechHustle thank you for the reply what's the best cpu I could put in it
Thats wierd warzone was unplayable on your setup. I have a i7 3770 and RX 480 4gb and plays great. Installed on a ssd, I made sure shaders were installed first too.
Are you playing on multiplayer or the DMZ / battle royale?
@@PCTechHustle play resurgeance and regular BR. I also had 1600mhz 16gb RAM.
With an Rx 6600 550 watt PSU is needed as you have but... I'm thinking you need at least a 600w PSU to get proper GPU from the 6600 due to other power load factors from a the rest of the rig.
Btw.. i just picked up a artic fan rev2 for the cpu you recommend
Sweet!
Im buying the 7020 with rx 580 what psu should i replace ?
Can I use a i7 4790k 4ghz quad-core processor?
Yes
Would your optiplex 9020 play msfs 2020?
My Dell 9020 MT is done. i7-4790K, 32 GB RAM, RTX 3060 8 GB, 850 watt PSU, 2 TB SSD & 4 TB HDD
Isn't using ddr3 limiting upgrade futures tho?
DDR3 is the only memory supported on these older generations of Dell Optiplex.
Like I'm not snubbing. Trust me I'm poor haha I was just wondering is all
@PC Tech Hustle ah. I had seen a few with ddr4 so I just didn't know...I got lucky and picked up a used 2021 aurora r10 ryzen 5 5600x and rx 5300 for 350 bucks and its amazing
can you do dell t3620 upgrade it will surpass the optiplex
I have the same setup but i use a Rx 5500 and it plays modern warfare 2 no problem
This guy probably the best opti guy
Well thank you!
Not sure what you did but the MW2 portion of your video something went wrong on your end. I have a 4790 as a second rig with GTX 1070 and I have never played "anything" on it between medium to high setting in 1080P that was unplayable or have the frame rates you got from MW2. I have never had to use low settings on anything. Their are plenty of videos on youtube that show a 4790 with less GPU power than you had playing MW2 just fine. I also want to ask why you had all the games on low setting? I will admit the only issue you may run into with the old 4790 is from frametimes and that is usually fixed by locking it down to 30 or 60 FPS. The frametime issues I found is only in the newer AAA game such as Hogwarts legacy and frame caps work great for me. I am not saying this is a build I would do unless I was on a really tight budget but with the parts you had in this rig it should run every title out there on medium to high setting in 1080p with all of them running 30 to 60 FPS.
Yeah I’m going to pin a new comment explaining some things
@@PCTechHustle Yeah Cards like the GTX 1070 or 1080 seem to par better with older hardware like the 4790. I am waiting on a RTX 3060 I ordered and going to try it on my 4790 rig before I put it in a build I am doing. I will let you know how that goes. By the way my 4790 rig is from a dell 9020 I moved all the parts to anther case and buffed it out a little bit with good PS memory and cooling fan, Added gtx 1070 I had laying around along with win 10 pro on a 1TB ADATA SU750 SSD. It really does make a decent entry level setup for those on a really tight budget..PS if you update the bios on those 9020 motherboards to Rev A18 you can put a 4790K in them. Can not OC them but 200MHZ to 400MHZ extra does help.. Anyways I forgot to mention thanks for the video and best to you..
@@timlaw9250how does the gtx 1080 fit though, they’re so long?
I was expecting the 5700 xt (I also think that's a bit too much for that build), but the 6600 xt is certainly and interesting choice.....
I just ordered a 9020 with i7 4770 32Gb RAM and 1tb SSD. and I ordered a rx 580 and an aftermarket 500w PSU with an adapter cable. The 580 I got claims to be under 10 inches so I'm hoping it fits. I'm really hoping I don't have to swap everything into another case
If the 580 is too large you can always remove the HDD cage
i have gtx 1050ti from evga works just fine with world of world of warships
Anyone know If the rx 480 sapphire nitro+ 8gb would fit in this dell?
Not sure on the specific dimensions of that card but you have about 9.5 - 10in of space before you have clearance issues with the HDD cage.
@PCTechHustle doesn't matter now as I've removed it so can fit a full sized gpu now
Guys I really really need some help
so I just upgraded my GPU (Asus GeForce GTX 1660 Super )
But I need to find a PCU for my Dell Optiplex 9010 since my current one doesn't even have a cable to plug into the GPU
Does anyone have any recommendations?? 🤔
The AVG looks good but that .1 % tells me you are having some micro stutter.
You are correct! The GPU might have been a bit too much for the CPU. You can see in many of the titles I was hovering high on CPU utilization. However I didn't get hit with too many studders to make for a bad experience, this is definitely the maxed out option I would say to go with on a Dell Optiplex.
I mean... it's a 10 year old CPU, that's to be expected in some newer games.
🙋🏽♂️🙋🏽♂️🙋🏽♂️ question!! If I wanna use Nvidia which one do you recommend?
Depend on the CPU. i7-4790K, I'd go with the RTX 3060 8 GB.
@@mariochesser7849 thanks. I'll check what gen is my cpu. I know it's i7 bit I'm not sure what gen
Under $400 is a steal.
Heck yeah! 💸💸💸
Can I install RTX 4070 on Optlix 9020 corei74770
Can you? Yes. But is it a good idea? No.
Can you put a core i9 in that pc?
No you can’t. This is about the max you can do. A slightly higher clock speed chip to get would be the 4790k.
Case Update plz sir
Case update? What are you looking for?
I have an issue with my computer. can someone please help me?
My Optiplex 9020 runs game really well despite its age. Currently I have only the Silicon Power 512gb SSD hooked up in replacement to the stock 220gb SSD I had. (graphics card and PSU still waiting on arrival)
Before I replaced my old SSD with the new one, the PC was really fast, with its CPU (i7 4770 non-k) clocking at 3.7-3.9GHz, the framerate was really good, and I didn't notice anything unusual.
After I replaced my old SSD with the new one, I had to reinstall windows 10 for my new SSD so that it can function properly. Using the same BIOS settings to make my cpu faster before, it has done absolutely nothing. I tried everything I could to raise it but the cpu is stuck to its base clock at 3.4Hz. I also noticed that the framerate went lower, as watching youtube on 1080p, as well as playing a few games like roblox or L4D2 had a lower fps. Note that none of this happened on the old SSD, and I could run 1080p videos and game perfectly fine.
The goal for my computer is to make it faster than it already is, not make it slower than a IBM on spirit wifi.
My only assumption is that the SSD is too big to handle, which is bottlenecking my pc. I'm expecting for my graphics card, along with some adaptors, to arrive today (6/18/24). I will try to install the PSU and GPU once they arrive. If nothing changes and everythings still slow, then I have no idea what to do.
hey warzone 2 is playable on your machine! the problem is your hdd! this game must to be install on ssd inside the pc with sata cable from the motherboard. install it on the ssd. you will see the different trust me. hdd is too slow for this game. try and you will see. hope this help! :)
I was running it actually from an SSD. The problem was a CPU bottleneck. The thing I discovered is the open world environment in DMZ which I was testing with needed some graphics tuning. I set it to high instead of low and it smoothed things out. Needless to say I’m no longer testing open work / battle royal game play in WZ2. It’s horribly optimized.
@@PCTechHustle wired, i own i7 4790 with 2080 super and im playing 60 - 70 fps very smooth. my cpu in the game isnt reaching 80% usage. yes i think you are right im playing in 1080p on low, thats why i have better expiriance. hope to see you make a video in 1440p with this system. some say it will be more smoother because in this case the game will be much more gpu demanding more than cpu. :)
@@PCTechHustle hey man warzone 2 isnt playable for u because u didnt wait to the shaders install! After 2 or 3 games all the shaders will be installed and you will get a smoother play in this game! Try it! :)
@@PCTechHustle i hope you read this. You have to let the shaders installation to finish and then you will get smooth gameplay bro! Try it and you will see you were wrong in the video, its playable! :)
an e3 1245 v3 or something like that would have been cheaper than the i7 4790 and same performance...Maybe like $20 instead of $40
Agreed although consider the i7 is a hair bit faster. Likely not noticeable in most cases but something to ask yourself if the extra $20 would be worth it in that scenario.
Ahahaha I bought a 5700xt and made a dual psu system with one of my power supplies just sitting out of my open case 😂. It work’s amazing and I do get a tiny bottle neck but it’s like 90% hours use so close enough.
MW2 is too much? I have essentially the same optiplex and I’m getting 100 fps on multiplayer and 60 on warzone rebirth(the smaller map, I’m not a fan of the big BR map)
I will have to research more into it but you saw the massive stutters right? It was struggling.
Which gpu?
I mean… I did mention it all over the video…
Watzone 2 stutters even on my 8 core machine
It’s a tough title to run for sure!
@PC Tech Hustle it runs much better for some reason on a tweaked version of windows 11 and for real no joke ghost spectre win 11 like crazy much smoother . And it still uses alot of ram the same but way smoother and consistent wich is want u want. The also have updates alot wich sometimes break the game lol for real its annoying . I'm running on a gaming laptop with 32 gig ram , rtx 3070, eyzen 5800h . My guess there is unparked /parked cores tweak going on here as well no thermal throttling or power throttling is disabled . Makes u think is Microsoft bloated AF Windows OS really gotten really bad at gaming. It's crazy sometimes I find myself running linux and certain titles are running smoother maybe not the best averages but the 1% lows is the most important 👌 consistency is key . Not 120 down to 42 then up to 130 then down to 75 then up and down not great
i paid 300 for i7 4090 pluse 32gigs of ram and 1 tb of ssd and i got gtx evga 1050 graphics card too
I have a i5 4690 and the 1650 has a 0% bottleneck
That CPU is bottlenecking that card. Throw a 1060 or 1660 at best at it.
rx 5700 xt: am i a joke to you
5700xt also a great choice!
cpu botttleneck, im using a ryzen 2600 and my new rx 6800 get over 50% bottleneck
Yep! It is.
How 6600xt 100
Say bro the 6000 series of AMD graphics cards right now are on a roll, over on Amazon and Newegg as far as the prices .
The 6600 ,6600 XT ,6650 XT, 6700 XTs, are all under $270 right now. Dude those prices are like a sore di*k, you can't beat it.
Another great video man .
I always look forward to your content. Take it easy my brother.
God bless you and yours, and as always #StayFrosty my friend.. #WWG1WGA
Agreed! The 6000 series cards are great right now in terms or price-to-performance! Thanks for watching!
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i7 4790 rx 6600 xt is heavy CPU Bottleneck .
i7 6700 rx 6600 is light CPU Bottleneck .
Sure it is but the reality is bottle necks always exist. No matter how you skin it.
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@@PCTechHustle AWESOME video bro. I thought it would kill all games with the rx 6600xt, other games were great.
Still a big bottleneck even with the i7 4790, the RX 6600 XT is a powerful card and would be better paired with at least a six core CPU like the Ryzen 3600 but for this budget it still holds up well. I think with used components getting cheaper every day going the optiplex route isn't the best option now and getting all the components to assemble a custom PC is a better overall option imo.
Agreed! This GPU definitely teders on bottle necking territory. A cheaper and good upgrade solution I think would be to downgrade the GPU a hair to something like a 500 series Radeon card.
Bump it up to 1440p and the 4790 is fine. Granted, the 4790 will still have limitations in newer games that are optimized for more than 4 cores. But yeah, at 1080p, you're not really getting anything over going with something a little cheaper... like the 6600 which is still going to bottleneck, but I think people blow bottlenecks out of proportion, and it's not going to be all that bad with a 6600.
Also, you can get a system with a 4790 for under $100 these days. They're still a good option, and you can't build a custom build for the same price. If you've got the money, yeah... go the 3600 route, but the Optiplex route is still a viable option for people that are trying to min max on very tight budgets.
A few years ago, I had a Optiplex 3080, equipped with a 3GHz Core² Duo. Kicked out the PSU and replaced it with a 400W model. Also gone: The 4 gigs of RAM, replaced by 8g Samsung memory. Finally, the onboard Intel HD was fine for word and excel, but not gaming. It even fucked up an oldie like Gothic2. So hello to an amd/ati hd4850.
You have done everything to this Optiplex, except put it out of it's misery...
Lol but why do that?
@@PCTechHustle you're right, it could be used as a door stop or Gerbil cage.