Dell Optiplex Upgrades, New Hard Drive, Memory And Video Card 

Id like to post a vociferous shout out to this young man ! Now THIS is a real tutorial, The entire thing is very well done, clear & consise . The instruction methods are very visual and also includ excellent vocal description of what he is doing each step ! Kudos Kiddo ! Your an excellent teacher.

Thanks so much, best tutorial i've seen for upgrading my optiplex 755.

OMG THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE GRAPHICS CARD PART, I COULD NOT FIND ANY TUTORIALS UNTIL NOW!

That was excellent Steve ! As a retired teacher myself, I can tell you you'll make a very good tech teacher ! Thank you very much.

Thanks Steve for posting. Very informative and timely as I am just going to upgrade my 755 SFF HD to 1TB and hoping there will be no probs. Unlike other publishers on YT you have responded to many questions which is great. Thumbs-up to you!

Thanks a ton! I bought one of these for 50$. This tutorial helped me upgrade it.

Tech Steve you covers a lot of information ,it seem so effortless ,I believe I can do this task my self ,Thank You FOR A GREAT video

This what an amazing site you have , for people who have no opportunity to learn about maintenance !!! Thank YOU!!!

Thanks, you helped me with installing my son’s graphic card!

Hey Steve, thanks so much for your help. I got the same video card as you suggest in the video for my Optiplex 745 and it works an absolute treat, and was easy to install thanks to your video. Now my son can do his movie editing and play Minecraft on two screens with good speed and rendering. We're both delighted. Many, many thanks again.

Thx ! I really appreciate your work and videos.

Found one of these in the dumpster with a fried Pentium D and no RAM, HDD, nor optical drive. Dropped $45 for a Core 2 Quad, Radeon HD, and 8 GB of RAM. Surprisingly fast and capable, considering it's a decade old.

This is a great video, thank you so much, i have recently installed a network adapter, but its way to long to fit in so i can close it, got any ideas to solve this please?

This helped me a lot. Thank you.

Hi Steve, Thanks for the video, I'm looking to upgrade my 755. Is 8 GB the max for the ram upgrade?

thx so much!! i relly found this helpful

Great job I'll keep check for a new update in my PC.

Good video. These old boxes can be upgraded really cheap to turn them into decent office-level workstations. Have you tried a PCIe graphics card on one of these that gives a dual-monitor output?

Great video, im following the video at this very moment, except, what is the name of the blue plastic hard drive holder in the video, my second drive hd doesn't have one and I cant fix the drive in the bay.

Steve, Thanks for your help.

Excellent help my Brother,ur video has help me very well keep up the excellent work

Thanks for the help :) I subbed!

wow amazing video! got a local pc shop that sell this model. now just wonder if the power supply can be change too?

Thx steve that helped alot, easy tutorial. Im gona update with my dell asap and tell how it work.

Thanks for the video. Very helpful seeing this.

Steve, is it possible to upgrade the moherboard to include different features on an Optiplex760? If so, what size does it take?

Thank you. Can we upgrade to video card MSI GT 730 or 1030 with Dell 780 sff without having technical black screen problems etc ... at startup?

Thanks mate, no screws needed at all ;)

not bad upgrade. pretty fast. i wondering this PC for my net caffe shop. which one is best HP or DELL? thanks for sharing info.

Hey I've got a Dell Optiplex 3010 MT and I want to upgrade it, in the PCI slot area, it doesn't have those blue pins, how do I keep the video card in place?

Thanks Steve! You make it look so very easy!! I got this saved so when it comes time for me to upgrade--this is the vid --I'll be going to. Thanks again--Steve! Sandy Champion

What TV tuner card is that shown in this video? Does it have a pause video function? Is it an HD TY tuner card or standard def card?

Hi great video thanks for uploading..on the Dell 755...I have a problem with my internet connection that's not connecting after update with Windows 10...Which was already running on it.....Any ideas what it could be?

I recently got my hands on one of these 755s (The small form factor version) and discovered something interesting about it. I had upgraded the CPU to a Core2 Quad Q9650 when I realized the Bios now showed options related to Vt-d virtualization technology. Turns out both it's motherboard and the CPU I'd installed supported it. I never got to play with Vt-d and I am a fan of virtualization so I thought about what I could do with it. Naturally, gaming is my first go to when contemplating ideas so I came up with setting up a couple of VMs and see if I can't play some multiplayer between them. So I got my hands on a couple of gt 520 cards (one pci and one pcie x1) with 512mb of video ram and slotted them in. They aren't powerful cards by today's standards, but plenty good enough for some older games I was interested in installing. I gave the system 8 Gb of 800mhz RAM and a 1 Tb 10krpm HDD. I knew that since it was going to end up basically being a server and two desktop computers that even though I was just installing older games, it needed all the RAM and drive speed it could get without compromising storage space for the games to be installed on. I installed Ubuntu Server on the computer along with Linux KVM to be the hypervisor. Then I set up my drive partitions and two virtual machines, and I assigned each one of the graphics cards. Then I installed Ubuntu Desktop on each VM and they were good to go and have the games installed via wine. I debated whether to set up a multi-seat configuration by just plugging in two monitors and keyboard/mouse combos, or whether I wanted it to run as a headless server for a couple of thin clients, but I settled on the multi-seat setup for perfomance reasons. Remote desktop just adds a delay to everything, and for gaming it needed to be responsive. That said, so long as I wasn't trying to remote in over the internet it should have been more managable. I now run it as a headless server with a few cheap thin clients in separate rooms so neither player can complain about cheating by looking at the other's screen.

Thanks Buddy,.. very informative. Will use out tutorial to soup up a Hackintosh Optiplex I'm buying..

Hi Steve just wondering if graphics card works in optiplex 330 flat version like your 755 thanks.

Hi have 755 mt ,last week installed xeon x3323 with an lga 771 -755 adapter, very happy bought a quad for about 12 bucks,works great

Very informative. Helped me a lot.

Nice and clear video. Thanks. Now, could you install a second regular size HDD in the DVD bay if you didn't need a DVD drive? I liked your video because I have an old PC very similar to this that I'm also using as a server but it only has an 80 GB HDD and I'd like to add a second storage drive. I have an external DVD that I use when I need it so the server really doesn't need a DVD device in it. The 80GB is fine for it's purpose but I'd like to transfer music and video to a second drive so it doesn't need to rely on an external HDD for storage. What do you think?

Thanks! This helped alot

Good quality video, nice job. One thing that would be good to include was the vid card model so we can know what works well with the board. You know the Dell, HP, Lenovo and other manufacturers don't always play nice with certain brands.

i bought a Asus Eah4350 for my optiplex 755 and i did everything im supposed to but its simply not working. it goes to the windows log in amd then it black screens. PLEASE HELP

Thank you. Do you have any video on upgrading the processor for this dell model?

For those of you asking what video card he's using, here's the best way to determine what will work: Look at how many amps a card takes up, then look at how many amps the power supply can withstand on the 12 volt rail. You also need to figure in how many amps the processor is taking up, because that's also on the 12v rail. I've had success with the Radeon HD 2400 pro, the Had 3450 pro, and the HD 4550. Look for cards with comparable amps to those 3.

Is Radeon R9 380 fit in the Dell OptiPlex 990? if yes what Power Supply should i buy? Please answer :c

Is the PCI-E slot for upgrading graphics limited to 1 slot?

what form factor is the power supply used ?

You are one great instructor, Tech Steve, Thank you very much for this video!

Have you done a video on changing the CPU ? Thanks.

What would be the best video card for this for under $50 I'm willing to go over $10

hello! I bought a 780 Optiplex Mini (or micro?) Tower pc, whit the same size on the video. I'd like to ask if there are any options to upgrade it with a vga card? Unfortunatelly it came witha a dell 255 w psu, and official dell servicepoints state that, there are no third party psu-s (with higher performance )compatible with this machine, so I can't change the 255 w psu with a more powerful one, therefore using a dedicated vga card is not reccommended. Is this really true? Anyways are there any low tdp 1gb dd3 graphic cards that can work with 255 watts without destroying the psu? The processor is a core 2 duo e8400 (65w),2x2gb dd3 1333mhz ram, usb keyboard, mouse, are connected. No floppy drive, no dvd rw ...

nice video very terse, to the point. . .only how would you mount 2nd hd? next time on video. thanks nice work.

help please after installing a new g card ati radeon and plug the power cable it gives me a black screen and windows doesn't start

thank you, nice one !

very useful thank you!!!

Hi, does it have to be 4x2gb RAM or it can be 2x4gb RAM also for the Dell Optiplex 760? Thank you

hay, Is there any additional Cpu cooler for dell optiplex 760, or smaller if I want to put bigger GPU, because the plastic of the cooler is taking space?

I have an Optiplex GX 520. It does not have a video card in it and I use the internal video chip. I need it to run full hd video. Will this video card that you use work on my model too? Or would you recomend something better?

Does the Data cable for the extra hard-drive get plugged into the white or black fitting on the motherboard ? Thankyou

got a question i have a dell optiplex 780 but when i try to play games on it on steam it wont let me play any of them what do i have to get for them to work

Thank you!

M8 I've Watched so many of these this is one of the most explained tutorial I've watched +1 sub and like

for anyone asking, you can'tupgrade the power supplies on any of the 745 optiplex series EXCEPT the 745 MINITOWER, the chasis usies a btx? which means virtually everything in it is proprietary. if you check out my chnanel you can actually see the upgrade i did to my optiplex which was upgrades CPU to c2d e6700, and a 6670 HSI thats about as good as its going to get which this platform, i can run any modern game on my platform without issue. bear in mind that with my graphics card i had to physically mod the card by shaving off some of the plastic to get it to fit in the case

I will be fitting a 2nd HDD to mine soon, run out of diskspace.I brought an external drive but it keeps getting an I/O error when it's got a bit of data on it, so I will assume externals are all crap.Better just fit a second internal, should be easy enough.

Could you use the power connector from the dvd drive if you didn’t need it to put the second hard drive working on computer and wanting to know if I could

What model is the graphics card is, besides the manufacturer that it came from?

How big of a hard drive can the dell optiplex handle? I am building a plex server and wanted to put a 4tb hard drive on each slot. Please let me know if you have any experience with this.

Does anyone know if the dell optiplex 9020 support dual fan by support I mean does it fit in the case

hey can i put and dell 760 sff moyherboard in another case?

great job! thank you!

Im looking to buy a Dell Optiplex 330 similar to this one. It says it has an intel 2 core dual with 3.0Ghz, No hard drive(caddy only), and 4gb of ram. I am a noob when it comes to pc's. My first question is what is caddy only? is there a limit to what kind of hard drive i can put in. I am planning on installing the r7 240 2gb, and 2x4gb of ddr3 ram. Can i do this?

Hello I currently have a dell optiplex 755 with a 80gb hard drive. I want to upgrade this and I am looking for a cheap 250gb hard drive that I can upgrade it with. Could you please send me a link to get this. Also I wanted to know could I also keep the 80gb hard drive as a second drive and get maybe another 2.5 hard drive like u mentioned and how I would do that and if you could also get me the link for that kind of smaller hard drive?

What kind of graphic card is compatible how many ram slots are available

Thank you for showing me where the *harddrive* component is. Hard to believe its just below the DVD/Blu Ray components. Was thinking it was probably on the back around the motherboard. Also, what is behind the hard drive then? That box with *DELL* sticker on, what exactly is that for the PC?

Ok so how hard would it be to change power supply

Could you help? When you're installing a new hard drive, could you give the name of the second cable? And could you tell me where exactly I'm supposed to place the hard drive after I connected it? 'Cause i'm a little lost there

So i have a dell optiplex like in this video but the hard drive is over the mother board can i move it?

Is it the same process went updating the 780 optiplex

Helpfully thanks

Tech Steve SD - Don't you have to upgrade the CPU to a Core 2 Quad (Q6600?) along with the BIOS to be able to use that RAM size and speed? I got an Optiplex 755 recently for $30 off Craigslist. It has 3GB of RAM and is using on-board graphics. I intend to buy a video card for it next month (October) and a new video card for it (GT 1030 - LP). I also plan to upgrade the RAM to 8GB and maybe do a Core 2 Quad in the future.

Will this fit Nvidia GTS 250 video card? Can I put a 650 watt Corsair PSU in there?

I have a dell optiplex 380 and upgrading CPU to an Intel Xeon 3.00GHz quad core and getting mod stickers for that upgrading graphics card to EVGA GeForce Gt 470 or something like that can remember exact name rn but it's 4gb of gddr5 and putting 8gb ram onto it do you think this will be a good gaming pc?

Can I upgrade my proccesor to a core i5-650 dual core. Intothta exact dell optiplex?

i want to update the sound card, the fact its only got 2 channels when 5.1 has 3 jacks means using a usb sound card. its annoying..any ideas on wqhich is a good one as there are so many..ty.

Anyone know how to do a psu upgrade on this exact model?

i want to play Call of Duty games but the video card doesn't support it and i need help to find out what video card i need.. dell optiplex 745

i have an optiplex 380, do you know if i can fit a gtx550 ti in there?

I have a 780. Want to upgrade the graphics card nothing too flashy. Not looking for one over 100 or to replace the power supply. What would be a good fit.

for that same PC video card would give you low / medium range you help me?

i have one of thes but the inside looks diferent i whanted to upgrade the ram using 2 rams from another computer but they dont fit why?

bro . is it asus gt 610 (graphic card) suite in dell optiplex gx520 ?

Hi, can nvidia gt 610 2gb run on dell optiplex 760 stock power supply?

Can i add 2TB hard drive on dell optiplex 780 sff?

Como se llama la tarjeta gráfica que tiene en tu pc por que yo tengo una optiplex 755

whats the best gpu for the dell optiplex 755 sff

Will those upgrades work on a optiplex 360?

How do you switch from on board video to PCIe video? I installed an ATI FireMV 2250 into an Optiplex 360, but I don't get any video unless I use the on board GPU.

im looking at cheap desktops for running cities skylines, this one fits the bill from walmart with the cpu. would you say a graphics card can fit in this. going this route would be more cost effective for me otherwise i would just buy a gaming rig

i have 755 and my power supply is 280w i am wondering if it can power Asus GeForce GT 730 1GB PCI-Express 2.0 HDMI Silent low profile card

Hey man can you link some 2gb ram sticks that will work with my 755