Dell Optiplex 7050 Review 

These are really good for fruity loops. Unfortunately a lot of people buy these for gaming and I keep having to tell them they got duped by an ad they saw online and that their GT 1030 will maybe push 15 frames on Fortnite. I have a couple of main machines myself, a Pavilion gaming laptop with a broken screen someone gave to me that I use for gaming, and a Dell Latitude 5490 for all my out and about stuff. Sounds like you’ve got your priorities sorted, have fun with your badass new machine!

@@achomeonee4244 Anytime! I’ll try to make more

Haha! Back in the 90s-early 2000s “small form factor” would have been equivalent to today’s towers; Big heavy metallic monsters. You can find SFF tomatoes around the cherry or grape tomato section, and the last good “SFF” car from Detroit was the Geo Metro, which was kinda built in Japan but oh well. I love disabling the telemetry in Windows as well. There’s a reason new versions are free, and your data is the culprit. Ubuntu is an excellent alternative. You’re doing everything right! I still see these in use everywhere and I’m sending my regards towards your video editing prowess. Good luck :)

Can do video editing in this cpu

I got the mini tower version for $220USD 5 minutes ago. Can't wait to use it.

That exact spec is now $179 on Amazon au

You got scammed i found a better one for 240

@@JWaltzthuggin usd or AUD

Its because intel 4th gen CPUs consumes much power than intel 6/7gen cpu's (85w vs 65w tdp for i7 models) And there is no point at having powerful PSU for GPUs on these machines, because GPUs on them are constrained by powering from PCIe, which is equal (75w max) despite of optiplex generation

@@Office-Clerk I get your point. But if I'm not mistaken, the newer Optiplex with a 180W PSU, 65W CPU and a 75W GPU would only have 40W remaining for the rest of the system, while the older model with the 240W PSU, 85W CPU and 75W GPU would have 80W remaining. I assume Dell took the max. wattage of the GPU into account when designing both systems, but the older model would theoretically have more overhead for things like custom fans, etc.

It’s pretty depressing the amount of people who buy these expecting to throw in a full size graphics card and run off playing fancy games. That being said, most small form factor desktops like the one in this video only accept low profile cards that meet the power requirements. For the full sized tower users they’re in for a nasty surprise when their machines shut off using an RTX 2070

I need your knowledge and technical explanations in future videos

"huge hits" = 10% = 5-7 fps less. Someone testes it out. It's a non issue!

Oh yeah, big time. Download Rufus and when loading the official Microsoft Windows 11 iso (available on their website for free) it will prompt you to disable the TPM 2.0 requirement and skip privacy requirements among a whole bunch of other tweaks

Amd rx6400 may work with default psu. Its just 53w. Some of these dells were supplied with nvida/amd APUs that consume more, and there are many of them on sale with some old weak GPUs, which consumed more as well.

You're welcome 😊

You’re welcome!

Honestly? The best internal upgrade for this computer is a newer optiplex. Now, before you say "That's not what I was asking", a 7060 or 7070 offers support for newer, more efficient Intel CPUs in their respective newer motherboards, faster memory is installed, quicker M.2 SSD support is present, and Windows 11 becomes natively supported. You'll get more USB-C ports on the front/back for your modern devices, and they're barely any more expensive than the 7050 in this video. The best upgrade to this Dell Optiplex, is another Dell Optiplex

Yes, it uses a laptop-style 9.5mm optical drive

@@RealElementProductions thank you! Your video was very helpful 👍

It's nuts but at the same time a lot of businesses are still upgrading from their Windows 2000/XP dinosaurs that never needed an internet connection. That's how you use a computer!

That is so smart, if the power supply fits the Xe3 PSUs are bulletproof. Great build! Looking forward to an update on how the conversion goes and if it’s a perfect fit I’ll include a similar transformation in a future episode

Yes, it supports 3 monitors out using the HDMI and both DisplayPorts. Make sure you're on the latest BIOS

Yesss that’s my recommendation for most replacements on smaller form factor PCs

Check the back of the machine before buying, see if you can get a picture and if it has a graphics card definitely. Dell had some great AMD Radeon low-profile cards. You'll know it has one if one of the 2 expansion slots on the back has video outputs

My unit ramps up when doing practically anything. I cleaned up any potential dust inside, perhaps it needed new thermal paste but more likely it requires a lot of cooling for such a thin machine

@@RealElementProductions oh that’s interesting - I have issues with noise so I don’t know what desktop computer is appropriate for me

@@spikeyroberto an HP EliteBook 840 G4 or G5 gives you a better value and a much quieter experience

@@spikeyroberto Brother the MT (Mini Tower) version of this PC is silent, I have it, it is wonderful.

idk but probably not. edit: i think you would need to upgrade the graphics card and possibly the ram too

@@willreed9433 got it so save for something better, thanks bro

It would be awful for gaming. If you got a CMT (Mini Tower) version you could slap a 1050ti and get respectable performance, but believe it or not gaming LAPTOPS are probably the best deal you can get. Nobody wants them, seriously. I got an RTX 3060 Asus ROG, 11th gen Intel Core i7 toting monster for $375 at a Pawn shop the other day. Look carefully and you'll find exactly what you're looking for

@@RealElementProductions good advice I appreciate you

It IS, but the two major constraints are power and card size. It is very hard to find a decent low profile, dual slot GTX 1650, let alone an RTX 2060. The 180w power supply cannot handle anything faster than a GT 1030, which is slower than integrated graphics. You technically could pull a 460w PSU out of an Optiplex 7071 and it will fit and hook up. It is infinitely easier to find a GTX 750 low profile card, and you might even be able to get away with using the normal power supply, but the more I think about it upgrading the power supply and throwing in a nice 1650, IF you can find one, sounds like the ultimate sleeper project. I would do extensive research into the project, including matching part numbers. Forums are your friend and from the multitude I've looked at while writing this comment it's entirely possible. Good luck and let me know how it goes! Edit: I would like to add that it would be a better idea to buy a CMT (Mini Tower) to fit a far cheaper, full size, and potentially more reliable graphics card in a chassis with a larger 240w power supply to start with. The newer Optiplex models are falling in price, and you can land yourself a nice 8th or 9th generation Intel processor in the process for around the same price! Again, the project of replacing the power supply and using a low profile card in the machine you already have sounds like a lot of fun! But you will be spending a lot more money in the process using parts that may or may not work.

Yes

Not a good idea. The integrated graphics on a newer version (7060, 7070) are better than the K620, and since posting this video you can find those machines for roughly the same price. Also, you get an 8th or 9th generation Intel CPU!

It should be fine, most of these run at 20-40w idle depending on i5 or i7

Nice! You can never go wrong with a Haswell. There was a security flaw that led Intel to discontinue DirectX 12 support, but I'm not completely sure if that's only for the integrated GPU or any graphics card period. The 4770 still is a legendary processor, and 230 watts is a nice improvement over these newer models!

Nice, I’ll make sure to include similar specs in future videos. Now that even newer versions are widely accessible on the used market I’ve been dabbling less with hard drives and now I’m using 2.5” SSDs or nVme

No, at Office Depot you can get a TP link USB drive that gives your computer Bluetooth and WiFi. It's the same size as a Logitech mouse USB receiver. Tiny!

With the small power supply and limited space a GTX 750 low profile would be your best bet

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Sadly the fastest GPU you can add to these PC's is the 1650 by Nvidia, which is a bit on the limit of performance. Hopefully Nvidia or AMD release a new "good" 75 watts GPU! That is what I am waiting.

@@ignacio6454 I sold the PC lol finish working on my gaming PC

Wow I’m jealous! Good price, hopefully it’s still kickin’

With the graphics card, sure to 2560x1440. Without I would limit editing to 1920x1080

I feel bad, these are old now and I should make an update video. At this point they’re only good for running a Plex server off of. Grab an HP Pavilion Gaming desktop with an AMD Ryzen and RX graphics. They’re $250-$300 and will blow this Optiplex out of the water!

@@RealElementProductions i got it but now i just need a gpu bro. i have Dell Optiplex 7050 SFF Desktop PC Intel i7-7700 4-Cores 3.60GHz 32GB DDR4 1TB SSD WiFi BT HDMI Duel Monitor Support Windows 10 Pro Excellent Condition(Renewed) thats what i bought and i just need a gpu now. but im kinda broke still pls do more pc building vids. it makes me want to sub like do opening pc and looking and stuff like that installing stuff or just looking or gaming it would be so cool

You got it man, I’m very good at fixing broken machines and putting them together. I’ve come across dozens of rare and content worthy things like the very first Dell XPS laptop and a PlayStation 3 TV, but in my lifelong quest to avoid hoarding I quickly get rid of them. Creating content takes a lot of time, but it’s the times when I don’t have much to do I wish I’d kept some of these items. But hey, I’ve got some cool stuff. Let me enjoy my birthday today and I’ll get right on it tomorrow for ya :) - The big Optiplex 7050 has a 240w power supply, and the small form factor has a 180w power supply. Both of these are poor candidates for graphics cards. I’ve had an AMD R7 350 low profile card that came from the factory in one of these and got respectable gaming performance, but to elaborate on my previous comment these machines are not built for gaming and these days another unit would give you fewer problems down the line. I would honestly take it to the forums since it’s been a long time since I’ve had one of these and I don’t want to give you the wrong information

@@RealElementProductions would you happen to still have this pc that was in the video. i love videos like this. your very creative. pls do more pc vids if you can. but i wanted to know if you still had the pc if you could add me somewhere help me put a gpu in mine and like upgrade it?

Not worth it, get an HP Pavilion Gaming desktop with a Ryzen CPU and AMD RX graphics. They’re about $270-350 total and will blow the Optiplex 7050 out of the water

Nice, it won’t have a graphics card unless specified, the GPU most people optioned for when new was the AMD Radeon R7 350X, which is so-so but still better than integrated graphics. If the desktop is a small form factor then that limits you wildly on the different GPUs you can option because it only accepts low profile cards and the power supply is too weak to handle most of them. Also, I wouldn’t recommend buying a refurbished PC from Walmart. They aren’t done by Walmart themselves, but any one of thousands of companies that pay Walmart to advertise their PCs. I would shoot towards eBay where you’ll save a hundred or more bucks for the same thing, just check for good feedback from the seller in question, you can have a bad experience with either platform

Not from the factory, although you can buy a USB wireless dongle that allows you to connect to WiFi. They’re pretty cheap but most business users will be connected via a LAN cable for the quickest and most secure internet

That was my question, but I guess he doesn't reply to comments.

@@thebronzetoo oOoOO 👻

Yes, if you're willing to sacrifice the optical drive

2 x sata3 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x4 1 x M.2 2280/2242 (PCIe 3.0 x4, NVMe)

You’ll need to be a bit more specific than that, I’m guessing you mean the rectangular blank that goes in place of a DVD drive

@@RealElementProductions For two days it has been constantly lit

I think you’re talking about the hard drive indicator. That means that you have a lot of programs or things going on your computer

I use 7050 as a broad term since the small form factors are by far the most common model. The CMT models are too large for most people and the USFF models are too limited by their expansion. I’m banking on the fact the majority of my audience will know the difference, but for the beginner computer enthusiast I will try to fit that information into the title or description of my future videos.

40-60 with the graphics card on medium settings. 20-30 on low without

No, and even if it did you should have a nice separate microphone to move between computers, a Blue Snowball completely blows any integrated microphone out of the water and other people on Zoom or Webex calls will notice a huge difference

So here’s the deal, I’m a smart cheapskate. I pay absolute bottom dollar for almost everything and the differences in CPU performance between single generations is so negligible I would shoot for the 10th gen and try to pay under $400. It keeps getting more and more expensive in my head when you add the video card, storage and ram upgrades. My current PC is a Dell XPS 9800 with a Skylake i7-6700, 16GB DDR4, upgraded PSU, and GTX 980-Ti, and it’s among the best performing PCs I’ve ever had. I don’t need RTX and 4K performance, but for what you’re doing you actually sound like you’re getting a solid deal on a reliable foundation without buying a similarly specced prebuilt for $1000+. Hope this helps! I approve

180w. Not enough

@@RealElementProductions a gtx 1050ti will actually work on this pc. Lots of people on youtube have installed it without any problem

@@Angry_Old_Man_In_Pain Good deal! I’m seeing more of these everywhere

Okay, so there's 2 of these models you'd be looking at. The ones with integrated graphics, and the ones that came with an AMD R7 350. There's about a $50 price difference between the 2 and one of the PCI slots on the back will be filled with display adapters. The integrated model is out of the question, but the AMD R7 will certainly push 45fps on medium settings @1080p. That makes it a solid value given the sheer number of these on every site you go to, along with their subsequent low prices. BUT... Gaming PCs are coming down in price with the introduction of 12th gen Intel processors and how ridiculously inefficient mining coins has become. I would look for a nice HP Pavilion gaming desktop, HP has had an interesting reputation throughout their Pavilion line and prices are pretty solid on them.

Press button on DVD drive. If it’s not there you don’t have one

@@RealElementProductions thank you for response , i want to tell u no there is no button on ot and tgis is optiplex 3050 ,and if there is no lacure on it then how to burn cd

@@rachidbmma9788 You will need a USB external CD/DVD burner. They aren’t that expensive anymore and you can find one on eBay/Amazon for around $15-$20

@@RealElementProductions thank you so much for your support i really appreciate it ❤️

@SecretDiva thank you

2 monitors via DisplayPort built in. I don’t think you can cross HDMI or VGA alongside them but I may be wrong. I know for sure you can’t use a graphics card and the onboard video at the same time

Right now I’ve got FL Studio 20 running on a 2005 ThinkPad with Windows XP almost perfectly. Bless ImageLine for making their software so compatible

Half card slot will take a 1650 thats runs of PCI power alone, but you would be safe to stick with a 1030gt as well, go for a thin card if you want to use the full sized slot.

A 1650?? Hot diggity dog

Yes, the 7050 supports 6th and 7th gen Intel CPUs all the way from the Pentium (gross) to the i7

Oh no. Not unless you have a low profile graphics card like the R7 350 these were available with. Because the power supply is only 180w that's a stretch. I would recommend getting the tower (CMT) version and fitting a normal graphics card

@@RealElementProductions Thank-you and do you know where to get any?

@@darlingfranxx0264 The best option is to call colleges around your area and ask for the IT department. See if they have any decommissioned engineering computers for sale. The bigger the college, the more often they tend to cycle out older machines. You'd be surprised what you can find! My next favorite place is eBay, followed by FaceBook Marketplace

@@RealElementProductions OH ok thx and I'll just go to Amazon and do you have any suggested graphics cards or anything

@@darlingfranxx0264 GTX 1060, Amazon is just eBay but more expensive. I would check both sites

Roblox for sure, Genshin impact may have slight frame stutters with integrated graphics. I recommend a low profile GTX 1050 then you can play practically anything

Depends on the game and if it has a graphics card inside. The AMD Radeons that some people configured with these machines make a huge difference, like going from ~15fps to ~55fps on GTA 5. I know because I've owned both of these models. You should be able to find one of these machines with a graphics card in it for the same price as a standard model, you'll just have to look a little harder

That’s too much. The most valuable part of that setup would be the 2TB SSD, but it’s also likely they installed 2 separate 1TB SSDs. I had paid $100 for the one in my video and that was 2 years ago. Now they’re beginning to show their age; I’d try to find a newer model with an 8th or 9th generation processor, they should still be around or even less than the $309 you were going to pay for this older one

Just ordered a Dell Optiplex 7050 SFF, i7-7700 3.6ghz, 16gb ram, 512gb m.2, no BT or WiFi(I think), powercord+Keyboard+mouse(apparently) all for $59 through Wal-Mart which you know what that means. I just took this scam of a chance because it said I could return it to Wal-Mart within 90 days(apparently) haha 😂. Wish me luck.

Integrated Intel HD graphics, which are enough for everything but gaming. For that I would recommend a GTX 750ti but it has to be a low profile card

Not natively, Windows 11 requires an 8th gen Intel CPU, this one has a 6th gen. You would need to make a custom ISO using Rufus, when you click start it will prompt you to bypass TPM 2.0 security then you can install Windows 11 from a USB drive

@@RealElementProductions I'm looking for a pc within my budget and came across this on amazon. I wnat to buy it but i was worried about windows 11. I won't pretend i'm fully comprehensive on it but if i install windows 11 using rufus, there wont be any software errors and it runs smoothly?

Not natively, but using certain applications you can find on the internet you can create a USB with Windows 11 that will bypass the TPM 2.0 requirement that’s only on 8th generation Intel Core I-series CPUs. Hope this helps, I don’t want to mention programs that bypass security requirements set by Microsoft

@@RealElementProductions oh, thank you for the information

Depends. The power supply should be able to handle booting with the RX6400. If there aren't enough/the right connectors for the card it won't boot. If you see a flashing orange light the power supply is overloaded. The recommended PSU is 350w, runs flawlessly on 450w-750w. This one is likely too low, yes. I would recommend a CMT (convertible mini-tower) Dell Optiplex 7090 with a 10th gen Intel processor. They have more power, are falling in price, and allow you greater expendability with the excellent driver support that comes with Dell

@@RealElementProductions what slot should i plug the gpu jn the big one or small one

Windows 7, Windows 8, and yes Windows 10

Great point, although I think you meant to say 6500, any 8th generation or greater CPU is compatible with Windows 11

Can you be a little more descriptive? How does it crash?

@@RealElementProductionsevery four hours it freezes and says “hard drive not found” or “no bootable devices found” then I have to keep rebooting the pc just because that’s the only way it works

@@Animboyexe sounds like a failing hard drive or solid state drive. Believe it or not ssds have a shorter lifespan on average than hard drives but either way I would try purchasing a new 240GB SSD from Best Buy, they have them for $15. Pop it in, install Windows, and see if that fixes the issue. If it doesn’t then you have 2 working storage drives you can install in a newer PC

@@Animboyexe If you want to diagnose it for yourself install CrystalDiskInfo from online and check the status of your drive

@@RealElementProductions thanks very much I will try it

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I wouldn’t pay more than $120 tops

​@@RealElementProductionswhy? I thought it was a steal and I'm thinking of buying it

⁠@@georgeramirez3120I paid $80 for the 7050 in this video and that was 2 years ago. 7th gen Intel CPUs are out of date and you’d be much better off getting a newer model with a 9th or 10th gen CPU. DDR4 memory ain’t that expensive anymore and you can get 32GB for $40 or so. Boom, $120 for the same machine. Call up your local university and ask to speak to the technology department. They will have recent computers for pennies on the dollar. Best of luck, save $120

@@RealElementProductionsI got one with 16gb ddr4, i5-7500 and 256gb hard drive for only. 115$

And myns the tower size

Not anymore, and they weren’t really capable at the time either. I would suggest an HP Pavilion gaming laptop or desktop. I’ve had a lot of great luck with those types of machines dedicated to gaming

@@RealElementProductions can any of the dell optiplex play those games

@@TamaragreenwayIf you’re really set on a Dell Optiplex for gaming get a Dell Optiplex 7070 CMT with an 8th or 9th generation Intel Core i7. The CMT is the largest tower they offer which generally comes with a larger power supply good enough for a GTX 1060 graphics card. The reason I didn’t recommend an Optiplex for gaming is the price of purchasing the computer and graphics card would outweigh getting a used purpose built gaming machine. I don’t recommend Dells gaming desktops like the G series due to poor quality and even some reports of fires due to shoddy wiring and power supply failures