Dell 9020 - $100 Gaming Upgrade
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Find out how you can upgrade the $200 family gaming PC we created earlier this year with a new power supply and graphics card to play video games.
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Hey Viewers - I wanted to get some viewer build profiles and photos to show on my next video. If you have a 9020 or have done something cool with a Dell Optiplex send me a photo or two and summary be you’ll get in my next appropriate video!
@TheBlessed Gamer Same!!
@TheBlessed Gamer jon@thenetguy.com or you can use @thenetguydotcom on Twitter! Just editing next week's video right now :)
What will I need
@Blessed Gamer rlpetersen1@gmail.com
Hey can I buy the optiplex?
saw a ton of videos about the 8 pin adaptor, but I didn't know what the other psu cables did. you're the first one to actually explain it for me. Thank you!
Glad I could help!
"First you will have to find a graphics card"
May 2021: Not today!
Yeah that didn’t age well! Hopefully you can start to find them in the secondary market.
OfferUp and eBay: there is another
I just could not go without laughing about this too 0:30
"collapse of the mining industry"
ROFL
This video did not age well 😂
Oh my god, this is the "Joy of Painting" of tech!
That was my thought about 2 minutes in. Just a little harder to cover any mistakes.
😂😂😂 Very calm and soothing
Yesss
What I thought. hes great.
He's upside down, though. Bob Ross wore his hair soufflé on top of his head. :-)
You're a lifesaver. That 24 to 8 pin thing drove me crazy for an hour until I found your video. Thanks!
Glad it helped! Thanks for watching and there are a TON of other great videos on my channel @TheNetGuy
@@TheNetGuy I just got my power supply that I ordered on Amazon I have question though because this is my first time doing this I’m not really a tech person, is switching the psu dangerous? I’m afraid of being shocked
Not at all. When unplugged the power supply has only 12 volts and 5 volt DC. As long as your not dissecting it - modern power supplies are perfectly safe
shoot, me too! I was at the MicroCenter Builder Desk and they were like yeah Dell uses a proprietary motherboard and I had already bought a PSU semi modular and was bugging out over the small four pin plug under the PSU on the motherboard and didnt realize it was an 8 pin that split in two to fit.
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You are a very underrated youtuber and it’s annoying because you’re so talented in a way that I don’t think you realise I was so worried about building a pc and you showing me what to do in every step so calm with the presentation made my worries go away
Thank you for the kind words!
I just found this channel, but it's funny because I turned mine into a budget machine as well. For around $245, I was able to get a Dell Optiplex 7010 i7 3770, 450w PSU, Nvidia GTX 1660 super, 1 Tb HHD mass storage with 120 SSD boot and primary drive, 16gb DDR 3 ram, and a Bk008 pure rock slim CPU cooler, runs most modern games at 160-220 FPS all day long at 3.5 Ghz.
Yeah buddy!!!
I know this video is old but I've been trying to figure out how to put another Dell 9020 - $100 Gaming Upgrade
PSU into it besides a dell one and you've answered it....after 10+ videos this video is the first one that talked about that adapter...thank you now I can turn my sons pc into a better one at his mothers house without changing the case motherboard or anything. Now i can put an rx570 or 580 in it now for him
Sweet! That’s a great upgrade path and gaming pc!
"This power supply is from a company called E,V,G,A" Lol. I don't know why i found that so Hilarious
I died
He sounded like EVGA was a new brand or that it was somewhat obscure...or maybe he was doing that for those of us who didn't know EVGA made power supplies?
@@kayrokk Precisely. One of the hard things is making technology videos "for real people" that are simple for newbs and appealing for people who have experience in the field. Next up in the flame war is the proper pronunciation of "GIF" files :-)
I mean you're supposed to say it like that but a little faster
Me too i feel like i was in kindergarten lol
This is the kind of video's that I enjoy watching, nice and simple explanation keep going at it!!!
I really appreciate you for sharing this video and especially this particular Dell. The 9020 is my home pc and I do a little gaming on it. Nothing serious but now I know how I can upgrade it and get a little more enjoyment out of it.
wow your production quality is very good for only 500 subs im impressed
Made my night my friend! I’ve been trying... all self taught on the UA-cam side. :)
@@TheNetGuy yea i learned all the stuff i know on youtube as well.
keep up the hard work it always pays off
This video is great.
I really enjoyed the quality and the nice background music (is this a minecraft sound).
Sorry for the bad english I'm from Germany.
Your English is job
I know I'm a year late, but you English is perfect.
Thank you!
@@pete3816 lol
I've been searching around for weeks around for a similar upgrade that ill do to my dell 9020 i5 4690s, and I finally found the appropriate video, a step by step video on everytjing i might and will need. Thanks
For the dell optiplex you need a 24 pin ATX to ITX adapter cable to upgrade the power supply
Dwayne Ingram you can always google. It’s amazing having the wealth and entirety of human knowledge and endeavour at our fingertips and not think to just use it! I’m sorry to be sharp about it, but it’s the fastest way.
listening to you set this pc is like listening to Bob Ross paint
Under the DVD drive is a Very Nice space to put all those extra cables.. That way the cables are hidden and out of the way..
First run 24 pin & pcie under dvd & out of the hole below the cage then put any slack from the CPU cable plus the unused cables into that space will look much better
I still really want to thank you. With this video I realize this operation without problems. I encourage everyone who thinks it's too complicated to follow step by step and it works!
That’s awesome! Thank you for watching and I’m glad you enjoyed it. Stick around, lots of great content this season. :)
Hi, thanks a lot for this video. I just installed my power supply now while watching your vid at the same time and everything works fine! I subbed and liked :)
This was by far the best video I watched today. Clear to the point, and channeling serious Bob Ross energy.
You can relocate/remove the lower drive bays for a larger GPU. Don’t forget about extra cooling mainly intake. Remember that anything you build in this case will benefit from it.
Great idea. I didn’t see that they were easily removed - do you have to cut them out?
Yes the bracket/tabs would need to be removed. The bottom of the case stock will fit a GPU with two fans but not three, so anything bigger than a GTX 980 will be to long. So say you have a video card with two fans they are right up against the hard drive cages, which means it fits but there is no incoming air flow, which is no good for any after market GPU. Remove the drive bays and you now have room for a 240mm fan in the front. You could easily relocate your hdd/ssd somewhere else. You will have to remove the two dimples in the case and flatten a raised area to get the fan flat. A none static fan will work best, because a static fan will make whistling sound because for the lack of hole in the case. Me, I like to have faster air flow so I made more holes in the case and used a static fan.
I have seen this similar thing in a video, I’ll try and get the link. Not sure how to add the link but there is three videos on a Optiplex build, and those can be found on “The Game Bench’s” channel also”nomadben” has a video on his channel.
Great video. You explain everything calmly and clear. I am upgrading an Optiplex 7020 but despite the different model it looks just like yours.
Seeing all the cables in the PSU is a little intimidating but with your video it looks like something I can do.
I did it! I upgraded my PSU to a 650w and my GPU to a 1650. Thanks a lot!
Right on, great choice of GPU! Congrats!
Thanks for this video - it really helped me. I just ordered the same EVGA PSU and 24-8 pin adaptor so I can install an nvidia 1660ti I had (in an eGPU) into an Optimeplex 9020. Here's hoping it works....
Great choice and good setup for this machine. Send over some pictures when you finish your project and I’ll give you a shout out in a future video!
Even today Nov 2023 this Dell 9020 is what im looking for 👌👍
Not awful, but look for an hp z440 or HP 800 g2. Both easier flips and higher performance 👍
Just did something very similar to my dell t1700 but the evga power supply I got was too long. Oh well I made it fit. Just had to adapt the case door catch assembly.
One can’t simply make a clearer and better video explaining something like this ! Thank you a lot, just acquire a dell 9020 for free from my school, this video is gonna be my reference !
Oh man you’re going to love Wednesdays video! I’m transplanting the 9020 into a new RGB case - step by step.
Thanks for watching! 🙏
@@TheNetGuy excellent I am looking forward, because acutualy the free space you have for a graphic card is really limited inside those dell, I would prefer to invest in another nvidia than the 1050 or 1650...
I have just another question, can i mount any power supply or does it have any condition ? like as long as it can run the graphic card ? 600W? 800W?
That's a pretty expensive Dell Optiplex 9020, just saying. Great video.
My best deals have been found on offer up. Though I did recently buy three of them with 8GB ram and 250GB SSD drives for $150 each on eBay shipped free! Amazing.
You just got to shop around I got one the other day with a 1.5 terabyte hard drive 16 gigs of RAM everything works fine with monitor and a keyboard and mouse for 200 bucks I've already ordered the power supply and I've got a 1330 on the way it's only a temporary graphics card but it'll do fine so all together I'll have about $360 in this thing and it runs really well
This was by far the most helpful and informative video I've seen that explains things for a new pc builder. Really appreciate it!
You should have more than 500 subs
Tell your friends!
He should have more than a million subcribers.
3months later...1.24k subs 👍🏾
THANK YOU! I'm upgrading my Optiplex 3010, and need to replace the 275W PSU with something stronger. I had NO IDEA what to replace it with. I just ordered a EVGA 650 B5 PSU, it has almost the exact same measurements as the original. And it's fully modular. Again, THANK YOU! 👍👍👍😃😃😃
hello Cratos, great video
kratos
Your voice is very calming. You're like the Bob Ross of home computer repair.
One thing I'd change here is the power supply. The W1 is - to put it bluntly - a terrible unit. Faulty protections, cheap components, and group regulation. It also exploded the HardwareBusters review of it (ironically, it died from overdraw despite advertising itself as having over current protection.)
If you're going to flip, have some decency, don't give a newbie to computers who doesn't know any better a power supply which isn't even likely to make it past its three year warranty period.
Great point. I’ve heard EVGA is starting to go South fast in quality. Thanks for sharing!
i usually don’t comment but this video actually helped me know what stuff to get, i got a new gpu but found out i needed a pci to get it to work from the power supply, thanks for the vid
Thanks for explanation.
I definitely got a fright when I saw all the extra cables on my PSU compared to the built in Dell one 😭 this helped regardless thanks bro 🙏🙏
I got a quad core i5 Dell 9020 mt with 16gb of ram (minus a hard drive) at the surplus shop for $25. Then my heart sunk when I seen the proprietary PSU. I guess getting it going first with Windows by adding a cheap drive would be the first step and then upgrading the bios? before I transfer my superior items from my core 2 duo rig. And the little 24 pin to 8 pin cable is gonna work, right? Cross my fingers.
That’s a great find/steal. Add a drive, install Windows 10 from a media creation CD and you should have a key in the bios already.
UA-camr here, Great job on the video, I have the same Dell optiplex 9020 mt PC and needed more info to upgrade my machine, this video was made just in time, thank you soo much, and I hope you have an awesome day
Thank you for the comment. The video was made some time ago but seems to have been algorithmed pretty well! Got some great ideas for it next video!
@@TheNetGuy That's great news, I'm looking forward to it.👍
Bob Ross would be proud :D
thanks for the video, i've been stuck on this issue for a year but now i have hope i'll have a good pc. thanks man
How's it going G - did you get upgraded?
@@TheNetGuy uh yeah i did. I had to pull out the front USB cables and i cant quite close up the back as you could but i dont care cause its in and im loving it 🙂
I would have gotten at least an HD7000 series. Driver support for the 6000 series ended in 2014
Good point. Don’t have a budget for a 2080 after all this camera gear. I have a R7 250 low profile and RX 470 to benchmark with an i5 and i7 based 9020. Any suggestions for other budget friendly/used cards to include?
@@TheNetGuy Can't go wrong with a 1050 TI. People sell them for cheap nowadays on the used market.
Your voice is soothing dude, subbed
you remind me of Toby from The Office haha
This is the second time I’ve been told that. Guess I need to watch the office! Thanks for watching and thanks even more for commenting... I think!
I have a dell optiplex 980 that I got from a university. It came with windows 10 pro. The pc was $125. I have 12 GB of ram in it, I put a 600 watt EVGA power supply in it, and I also put an Nvidia gtx 1060 3gb graphics card in it.
Nice Garrett! I put an open invite to people to send me their build photos if you want to be featured in a video. Jon@TheNetGuy.com. Also, I just posted a case review and finished moving the 9020 to an ATX case - that should be coming out soon.
whats the part number on that 600 wat evga powersuply
Me: Lest buy a graphics card!! Yeah
When this video was published all of the mining cards were cheap
2021: LETS PUSH THE PRICES OF THE GRAPHICS CARDS TO THE LIMIT
Great video presentation, very surprised you don't have 100K subs. Keep up the excellent work!
Man, you and me both! I wish I could figure out the magic formula. I guess I don’t beg for subs at the beginning of each video. Should I? :)
A solid beard bro 👌
You should see some of the later ones. Thanks for watching! (PS, my wife hates it - the beard 🧔🏻, not the videos)
@@TheNetGuy It comes with the entire package 😂🤣
Great build! i got a 9020 SFF for my TV. It doesn't take a big GPU like the full size one, but it's plenty good for minecraft with the included single slot low profile AMD gpu.
can you link the parts in the description?
THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! i have been struggling to figure out what is wrong with the new setup I'm doing for a Childs Birthday present. ordered from amazon 8-) needed the adapter from 24pin to 8pin... Brilliant...
You’re welcome welcome! 🙏
Hey I just bought one of these and I'll probably doing similar to what you did in your video to mine! Thanks for the video it helps a lot. #givememinecraft #thenetguy
Bro great video i was about to pay someone to install an evga 600w psu for my dell optiplex and you showed that its actually simple af.
Done this shit years ago it’s best value on market get a 9010 with i7 3770 and you won’t need the 24 pin adapter also buy yourself a ssd and add it as your boot drive it’s a must in today’s world there 20$ now days
And just go ahead and buy a gtx 1060 6gb single fan for $120 and get the most out of it for best bang for buck playing 1080p at 120 fps in most games with setting on high it’s able to be a serious gaming pc on the cheap
The psu do like this guy anything over 450 watts that’s a name brand. Psu ... Corsair ,evga,Thermaltake...just buy best deal one that is from reputable company is mainly it shouldn’t be more than $40
Optiplex i73770 16gb ddr3 $150 eBay
1060 6gb $125
Ssd 128gb $20
Psu $40
Roughly $350 and you will have a great pc for years and play any game at high refresh rate 1080p you can game the triple a titles on 4K low setting on your big screen tv and it’ll be way better than a console as far as quality.
You could really clean that case up by tucking the unused cabling and the slack from the used cables into the empty optical drive bay.
Great point. If you check out some of my newer videos I’ve transplanted this into an ATX case. Gamdias also sent a new modular power supply to review which should help a ton! Thanks for watching!
You are the Bob Ross of tech! Nice, relaxed and step by step. I happened to be looking into this model Dell for exactly this reason, so your video popped up. I wanted to see the performance on this rig.
Thanks for the video!
Very kind words - thank you. It’s getting easier to edit/produce, but for each minute of video you see it’s about an hour of behind the scenes work :/
Just a note about why dell uses a special cable on the 9020. when they changed from the 9010, which uses standard atx, to the 9020, they moved the +5V rail to the mainboard. The Power supply only supplies +12 and -12V. changing the power supply not only will change the connector, but will move the 5v off the Mainboard back on to the Power supply. just a little factoid about why.
Right on John! Thanks for sharing. I’ll be doing an update video soon, might toss that wisdom in with credit.
Great video with clarity on the most important points. Thank you so much.
I’m learning... slowly. :)
Got an HP EliteDesk 800 G1 Small Form Factor system off E-Bay for $99 free shipping. Came with a 4th gen Core i5, 8GB DDR3 1600 RAM, 500GB HDD, on board Intel Graphics but with USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0 as well as PCIe 3.0 bus architecture (very important for future upgrading the system.) It came with a Windows 7 COA. Now, at 18 months later, the system now has a Core i7 4790 4 core/8 thread CPU at 3.6GHz base clock speed, 24GB of DDR3 1600 RAM, 120GB SSD boot drive, 1TB HDD, Blue-Ray burner drive, a Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050ti low profile w/4GB GDDR5 VRAM, a PCIe WIFI dual channel add on card running at 5G speeds and Windows 10 v1909 ALL running on the stock proprietary 300 watt power supply - and I managed to get it all together for about $350 for everything! It's quiet, stable and stupid fast! It will run GTA V at max settings with a solid 60fps at 1080p pushing a 44" 1080p smart TV through HDMI. Rise of the Tomb Raider runs at a respectable 40 to 60fps at 1080p on medium to low settings. This little guy has been my daily driver and one of the best systems I've ever had. It can shred through the entire Steam library without breaking a sweat. Pre-builts are not a bad way to go to save a lot of money to build a system but you must do some research and homework to find the best deals on upgrade components and there are some limitations such as no real CPU over-clocking as well as case constrictions and power consumption limits on stock PSUs. Another problem I've face with slightly older pre-builts is lack of BIOS and/or driver support for some newer components you might want to install so do your research before you buy that RTX 2070.
Sounds great! Got any pictures to share? Would love to feature that creativity on a future video!
@@TheNetGuy - No not really but I do have some build pictures of a Dell Precision T7500 Workstation with dual Xeon X5690 3.46GHz - 6 core/ 12 thread processors (that's 12 cores/ 24 threads), dual GTX-970 4GB GPUs, 48GB RAM and over 5TB of hard drive space in RAID 0 that I'm turning into a gaming rig. Present system Passmark benchmark scores on the CPU's alone is over 12K + and Unigine Heaven FPS at ultra settings (Direct X 11) was 127 FPS average. Runs 8 monitors and has an 1100 watt PSU. Not bad for $75!
So glad I stumbled upon this video this is exactly what I needed to know with the power supply. Thank you so much!
Just posted a GPU upgrade video too!
This video was super helpful. Thanks Net Guy. I enjoy your channel.
I like the background music.
Thanks for the 24pin adapter link! Totally saved my build!
You’re very welcome. Thanks for watching and good luck. Send some pictures to me and I’ll feature you in an upcoming build.
I want you to ask you some question please
@@TheNetGuy i want you to ask you some question please you too
*I got a free Dell Optiplex 390 with an i3-2100, 16GBs of RAM and an AMD Radeon HD 5450. I already had a 500GB SSD for my boot drive and a 750GB HHD (7200RPM) laptop drive for storage. All I bought was a 2.5 inch to 3.5 inch HHD mounting bracket, an extra SATA cable and SATA power splitter cable and a DMS-59 to Dual VGA cable with an extra VGA cable ($30). I also already had Windows 10. It's a great UA-cam, BitTorrent and paying bills PC.*
Bummer that some Optiplexes have these proprietary ATX connectors, I just upgraded a Optiplex 7010 with a i5 3470 and was really happy that Dell was so easy to work with.
For sure. Upcoming video on transplanting this bad boy into a gaming case. Not a drop in, but looks doable with the changes.
@@TheNetGuy If you do that, pay extra attention to the power button. It is special and the motherboard needs it.
@@johanlundberg8449 Thanks Johan - I've been checking it out for sure. It looks like 6 pin power has reverse polarity diodes to show the amber trouble LED vs. white "on" LED. People have been able to get it working by jumpering two of the pin sets and hooking the power switch to the rear pins. I'm trying to preserve the front panel audio and USB2 headers - but that may be harder. Thank you!
@@TheNetGuy - it should be possible to use a white and yellow LED wired 180, or pull the orange/white from the stock power switch, to preserve the diagnostic codes. Otherwise, if you ever have a problem, you'll need to keep the stock switch and wiring to troubleshoot with.
I'm not sure why so many people go through so much trouble to replace the stock audio/USB, as it really shouldn't be THAT hard to mold it into a drive faceplate or the case front and retain ALL the stock connections with no F1 error worries.
Honestly, if I ever rip one of my 9020s apart, I'll probably just mold the front I/O AND the power switch into the new case. It will let me inset the power switch to reduce chances of bumping it.
FYI - the 9020 can use the E3-1225v3 CPU, and probably the 1230v3. One of my 9020s has the former, came that way from an auction, and works fine with it. I'm about to build the second 9020 with an i5-4590 and compare the performance.
Thanks for this video, I was planning on dropping a 1080ti in my optiplex and I wanted to figure out how to change my power supply 😅
Definitely upgrade it 👍
excellent video mate
thank you i needed this i didn’t know i needed the converter cord
This was a good tutorial. Thanks👍
Only equaled by your comment ;). Thanks for the kind words!
Well I build up my Dell Optiplex 9020 mt myself for both Gaming and Photography work. It's using a GTX 1050 Ti , Corsair 650 80+ PSU, 32Gb. 12800 Ram, with 512 SSD on Windows 10 and it does everything and anything I ever wanted... for Gaming FarCry 3,4,5 and Greed Fall, etc. It's also got an upgraded CPU to use i7-4790k which is the fastest this PC can handle... Love my PC and only paid $170 for it refurbished 2 years back on ebay!! It had just the barebone basics of ram, HDD, and IGP.
Looooove this! By the way, when you’re ready to upgrade I’m tinkering with the “Dell 9020 killer” in my studio right now. There is a
@@TheNetGuy what is the newer computer that supports DDR4 and newer cpu?
Shoot me an email and I’ll send you the model/specs - don’t want to give it away just yet. Was playing it in Fortnite last night at 110+ FPS on a $70 graphics card.
@@TheNetGuy Hello, what is your email? I cant seem to find it.
Jon @ TheNetGuy.com
I love u man, i was scared 'cause i bought a Radeon rx 570 to my Dell 9020, but there was not a 24 pines on the motherboard, i'l try then with adaptor, God Bless you
Should work. A bigger PSU will help a lot.
Have the same Dell 9020 System, Bought an adapter today, I hope all goes well :), and by the way, I like your videos.
Hopefully it worked well. I just put out another mod video you might want to try: ua-cam.com/video/b_M2GGunaYM/v-deo.html
I will be so happy if you will be a big tech youtuber you deserve it!!!!
Thank you so much for the kind words. It’s a ton of work to make a video - about an hour per minute of finished video. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Hey man, just watched this video and subbed straight away, your straightforward style and sound and camera quality is that of someone 100k+ subs!
Anyway, recently I bought a Dell Optiplex 3040 i5-6500, and was wondering if the power supply you mentioned is compatible/ necessary. The graphics card I wish to install runs off the motherboard power
If you can get away with mobo power then it’s that much easier. Enjoy! Thanks for the kind words and watching. Lots more videos to come (picked up my dream lens yesterday to help shoot more b-roll).
Thanks, nicely explained, simple and clear.
This is a good video for if u plan on installing a more power hungry card to a system like this. But u could have also just have gotten a slot powered GPU that wouldn't require a 6 pin or 8pin GPU adapter and game as well for even cheaper if u got a used GPU like an rx460/560, gt1030, 750ti, GTX 950, gtx 1050, or 1050ti. This way you wouldn't have to change out the PSU. That PSU is pretty decent for a lower watt PSU.
Excellent points!
I like to use SFX power supplies in micro atx cases so you do not have so many wires all over.
Your voice is so calming man
I just seconds ago posted a 48 minute video of me rambling :). Enjoy!!!!
There is that Nice big Empty drive bay to put all those cables in
True! Building an Unraid server right now and wishing I had room for more. Thanks for watching and commenting!
I was very surprised to see that 8 pin motherboard connector. I have a Dell 7010 from the prior year that has a standard 24 Pin ATX connector for the motherboard, so my new power supply didn't require any adapter. (Mine is a Plex Server, not gaming, but with 6 spinning drives I wanted to have enough power)
Hey Travis! Glad you watched the video. That’s a lot of drives - a good power supply will help out. I’m doing a review of a case and case transplant video soon which should help you stuff a few more drives in :)
@@TheNetGuy I've already done a transplant and the front panel header isn't standard and doesn't even have the same number of pins for the power switch. Not to mention you lose SATA ports (the BIOS just stops seeing one of the ports) if the front USB/Mic/Headphone aren't connected. So for now mine looks like a FrankenDell. Not a big deal since I only use it for a (headless) server that runs 24/7. But hey, I have room for more drives now and the ones that are in there have better cooling.
Thanks bro, this video helped a lot!
a 1650 is a little smaller to so this build is pretty good for options
Yeah buddy! Thanks for watching, the GTX1650 has a great spot in my benchmarking video. For not taking extra power it's a very solid option! ua-cam.com/video/HSzycHU4dsk/v-deo.html
very calm
Congrats man, you made me subscribe within a minute :D
Awesome vid! Followed step by step
Man, I wish there was a love X 10 button :). So glad it helped you - if you shoot me a pic or two at jon@thenetguy.com I'd love to point you out in a future video!
Thanks 👍🏾
Fixed my Quandary!
You Da Man
Glad I could help - send me some pictures and I'd love to toss them in the next video under viewer appreciation :)
Youre like the only video showing a psu swap everyone else looks scared to do it .
Just wait. I’m doing a series on the Dell 9020 killer. Cheaper and two generations newer. But you are going to have to get your hands dirty.
I would change out the SATA-Power connections to those coming from the PSU. It is one less cable in the case.
Hey Ben - thanks, I think I ditched them finally. I was having trouble getting more drives plugged in with the case side and the PSUs straight connectors. The new donor case I’m working on has hidden drive bays - oh boy. Wish I had a modular PS.
@@TheNetGuy - I can't justify buying a non-modular anymore on a custom build. No matter how cheap the PSU, having unused cables isn't worth the savings.
Talonts great point. Gamdias just sent me a very cool RGB modular supply to review. It’s aweeeesome! Look for a vid in a few weeks about it. Thanks for watching!
No luck with Radeon. I did, however, pick up a Gtx 770 for $60 and a gtx 960 for $50, 2 500w 80+ fir 70 and 2 Xeon E3 1230 V2s for 26. Great week!
Nice finds! The used market is really tight as gamers and miners fight for all the 6800/6900 and 30xx series cards they can get their hands on. I see a few 1070/1080 and 2070/80 cards for sale but they’re asking practically retail now. I am picking up an 8GB RX580 today which should be a solid performer.
We literally just play WoW, so it’s not so bad. I did see a brand new gtx 1060 at Best Buy of all places.
If you're good at soldering you can open the power supply and cut off and cap the unused wires inside. You could cut off the old power connection and wire it inside the unit to the appropriate wires. and you wouldn't need the adapter. Also I would use the sata wires from the new power supply and you could custom shorten them to fit, And remove the unused molex wires and whatever else you don't' need. If your good you could identify the different power rails and route one to just the GPU and one to the CPU separately. I have a crimper for the motherboard connectors and some crimps and have made some really clean power supply upgrades. I think the machine will run cooler without a ton of wires unused stuffed in them. Just sayin' Mike
😬 the adapter has some sort of circuitry in it from the good ones I’ve seen. Not sure if they are protection circuits or otherwise, but I always worry about permanently changing things due to warranty/etc. 🤷🏻♂️
In case you want to know, the circuity in the adapter is a voltage booster. The standby voltage on your average power supply, (the purple wire) Is +5v. On the dell 3020 power supply the standby voltage is +12v. What I've done on the upgrade I did, was to purchase a voltage booster circuit board, (it was like 3 or 4 dollars)_ and bolted it to the side of the power supply, (get the one with the bolt holes and the Led readout which can be switched off after it's set), to raise the +5v standby current to +12 volts. I routed the wires through drilled holes in the PS so that all that comes out of the unit is the wires on the original plug which I connected inside the PS unit. And I used the PS's wires to connect the hard drives and CD. All the other wires can be removed if not needed, or tailor fit for the box. Though It may be beyond you to do this, and please don't attempt this unless you have the requisite skills, others may have the skill, and the interest, to do this clean PS upgrade. Otherwise, good A+ informative Video. Just sayin' Mike
This video is great, your voice is quite soothing, I just need to ask, is this the Optiplex 9020 Mini Tower?
Thanks for the kind words! Yes it is.
This aged like fine cheese
Thanks, great video. I dont know why but up until now I thought the cables which power the gpu come off the motherboard
cool, I still have one of those hd6950's same model but it has 2 fans
It’s pretty old hardware. Just picked up an RX 570 and RX 470 that have really woken up this machine. Wow!
@@TheNetGuy yeah, I use it in an HTPC build.Works pretty good for that
@@TheNetGuy thats cool too, I just threw together a optiplex 790 with a rx 480 , 500w antec psu and 8 gigs of ram for a friend with some of my spare parts for christmas so he can play some games and its doing pretty good for him, luckily i didnt need a adapter for the power to the mobo
Upgrading my optiplex today!
Best wishes! You’ve got this!
@@TheNetGuy running into a 4 prong length issue but other than that it should be an easy fix
If you want to do a $500 build out of this use buy a 1650 ultra and 5th of storage and upgrade to 16th of ram
Good point!
thanks for this video bro, i got this pc, thanks bro
Thank you for the video
Aunque no se muy bien inhles me ayudó demasiado este video, siempre compren una buena fuente luego gasten en cosas como "memoria con rgb o ventiladores con lucecitas" aseguren todo y luego metan lo que quieran que sea más estético
Thanks for the video
I wanted knowing if these would work for dell optiplex 9020 seems a little different in terms of the dimensiions of the pc box
Thanks man! I was wondering about getting a 9020 nn flip it but wasn't sure about power supply n the 8pin to 24...n also the graphics...got a 990usff mobo n no graphics cards slot ( but free make a friend a htpc I get a chip for it cheap or free :) got a Xeon 1366 build I'm messing with with a w3565 I think ...3.2 4core8thread n got a 3gig 1060 with it n sitting at 10 gigs ram till I get a lil more :) outta b a good build to flip :) but anyhow love the vid man!!
Sounds awesome man. I'm running the 1060 3gb model myself right now as I try to decide what to upgrade to next. Send over some pictures of your setup and I'll try to give you a shout out in a future video. jon@thenetguy.com