Hey everyone! Sorry for the delay in content. I swear I'm a turtle when it comes to making content on a consistent basis... 🐢 I had a few obstacles to overcome when making this video. First, I needed a new space to record my content moving forward and I had to make a deal with my boss at work to use an office to record my videos. Second, I had some hardware issues that took me a week to figure out what was wrong and 2 more weeks to find a replacement part. I'm also thinking of buying a Dell G5 Gaming PC to compare it to OptiFlex to show just how much better OptiFlex is. I think it would be a fun video to see just how bad the G5 is. What do you all think? Let me know! Hope you all enjoy some more OptiFlex content :D
Hey Wilshire tutorials i bought an dell Optiplex 3040 for a cheap price however am slowly going to upgrade it as time passes as i don't want to a lot of money right away. I saw your upgrading dell Optiplex 3040 series which is why I bought the thing in the first place. I just wanted to know what cpu (intel i3 or i5) would work and what type of graphics card would be compatible and is it possible to replace the deafault power supply it has to one of those corsair ones Have a wonderful day
@@cliserioolivares8170 somehow missed your comment here! Sorry about that! The 3049 can use an Intel i3 6100/6300, i5 6500 or an i7 6700. Make sure to buy the non-K variants of the CPUs the motherboard doesn't work properly with them. I found a good place to start is an RX 470 Nitro from Sapphire. You can use it on the default PSU as long as you use a 2x sata power to 8-pin PCI-E adapter. If you want something more powerful, you'll need to mod your case and put an SFX PSU inside it
Thanks! I'm glad someone appreciates that shot. It took me forever to film the rotating zoom shot! Think I sat there for almost 3 hours trying to get it to look right! I thought it would be cool to see what Dell's got for their "Optiplex Prebuilt Gaming PC". I want to see if it's worth modding your Optiplex, like I did, or to buy the G5.
I always come back! I'm pretty slow when it comes to creating content sometimes. Trying to find parts and make a game plan for OptiFlex takes me some time
@@veenone It can hang with the other PCs! Just wish I was able to overclock the CPU a little bit. But, what can you do! I had incredible luck scoring the only 3060Ti on the market that would fit inside OptiFlex!
@@WiltshireTutorials btw, where did you get the 7070 motherboard ? I was browsing around Aliexpress, the best sparepart I could find is 5050 MT. Thanks to you browsing for optiplex parts is one of my favorite hobby now 😅
@@veenone I was able to source the 7070 MT motherboard off of eBay. Aliexpress is okay for Dell pre-built parts, but I find eBay to have more. Be careful! That hobby can turn into an addiction quite easily lol
Please ship this to me I’m watching you since your first vedio woth dell optiplex 3040 and this turn in to really amazing gaming machine. Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰
Thanks for watching! Glad to be here! Although, I haven't gone anywhere. Just been working away at this video. Had a few problems that delayed it from coming out earlier in January.
Great videos! I have a question about the PSU: Does the Dell mobo in this machine use their 6-pin proprietary power connector rather than a normal 24-pin ATX connector? If so, what adaptor did you use? I have a dell G5 desktop and looking to upgrade to PSU in the coming months.
Yes it is a proprietary power connector. Some of the boards vary. It can be either a 6 or 8 pin power connector instead of the standard 24 pin cable. I have never played around with a G5, but I imagine they are quite similar in design. The cable I used did not specify that it worked for a G5. So, I'm a little hesitant to recommend it to you.
looks like i am late. but well, nice to see you back. hope you do better in these days. by the way. do other prebuild mods. i love your mods on the optiflex.
Better late than never! I'm doing just fine so far these days! Hope you're family and yourself are well! I have plans for another video on OptiFlex and I most likely will be doing another prebuilt machine or mod at some point in the best future!
Killer upgrade! Really liked the opening bit, great montage too! Too bad the OptiFlex logo is gone from the gpu and no more black mobo, maybe you have something else planned? Excellent performance too! Not too surprising with such great specs, but a very nice thing for sure. Wish I could get my hands on the new Nvidia gpus, wanted the 3080, but that ain't happening anytime soon haha. Also, hope that a good mini Ampere card arrives one day so I could put it in my sff system too. Speaking of which, I'm still waiting for parts on the RTX 2060+R5 3600X sff system, actually managed to nab a water block for it, gonna be doing some wild stuff, so I hope to show my franken-custom loop once its done. What other adventures await in the next installment of OptiFlex?
Glad you like the upgrades and the intro montage! That took a lot of time to get that shot right! Spent almost 3 hours doing take after take of that shot lol. I do miss the OptiFlex logo on the GPU as well. I was trying to think of a way to implement it again the 3060 Ti. I think it can still be done. It'll require a bit of effort though. I'm definitely looking into it. I'm also thinking of painting the 7070 MT board black, just like the 3040 board. Little hesitant due to all the motherboard issues I had with this video. The performance somewhat surprised me. I was expecting the PC to potentially thermal throttle with both the i9 and 3060 Ti running at full tilt. But, I was pleasantly surprised that they didn't and it ran cooler than the previous version of OptiFlex! Oh, man! I had such a rough time getting ahold of even that 3060Ti. The only way I was able to secure one was a local PC store employee recognized me and put one aside for me to buy (the aren't taking reservations for them right now). So, I got SUPER lucky. I'm looking at either a 6900XT or RTX 3090 for my main editing rig. Hopefully I can find one for it soon. I would love to see the Franken-Loop when it's all setup! Are you going to make that PC SFF as well or are you going to go a little bigger? I'm not sure what awaits for OptiFlex at this point in time. But, I always seem to come up with something new and exciting for this little guy!
@@WiltshireTutorials Yeah, I could tell you kicked it up a notch with editing, good stuff! I get your hesitation with painting the mobo, don't do it if you feel like it's not worth the risk, the system still looks great. Definitely got lucky with your gpu! I have an option of buying the 3070 right now, but I'm still eyeing the 3080, so I'll wait. Oh I'm definitely keeping the form factor. I swapped from 4L to about a 5L case, but it's still very cramped. You'll see what I mean by "franken-loop" once I'm done. I'm sure you still have a few tricks up your sleeve regarding the OptiFlex, keep it up!
@@DarKNesS7026 I always try to top the previous video. Sometimes that doesn't happen lol. I'll probably end up painting the board. If things go sideways, I'll just buy another board. I'd wait and grab the 3080, if I were you. The 3070 doesn't seem worth it to me. Well, the 1 extra litre will definitely help when trying to stuff all of your components inside I have a few ideas! Could be some fun!
Nice concept but I do not see the cost benefit in building the newer, after 7020/9020 Optiplex when everything went almost 100% proprietary. There were alot more work arounds in the older Optiplex models even to the point of case swaps with easily available cable adaptors.
That's a fair point. You do have to do a little bit more fiddling around with the newer ones to upgrade things. It is nice to have more current hardware though. Obviously, my style of overkill defers from others
Yup! Just keep in mind that the 3070 maxes out at an i7-9700 and is unable to use the i9-9900. You will also need to all of the mods that I have done previously, like the SFX PSU
I really like your videos man! I have a question: I have an Optiplex 7060 and I think it has the same MOBO you used in this video (or a very similar one). It has the 4 ram slots, the usb-c, the serial port and a display port. It has a proprietary 260 W PSU with a 6 pin connector and another 4 pin connector. I wanna upgrade the PSU and I wanna know If the SF600 SFX PSU already comes with a compatible 6 pin connector? Don't I need anything more to make it work? Cheers!
Glad you like the videos, Carlos! To answer your question; you would need an adapter cable. The PSU by default is not compatible with the motherboard. You'll want to get a 6-pin to 24-pin adapter cable for your 7060.
Always happy to be here! I didn't go anywhere though lol. I've just been quietly working away on OptiFlex for this video. Lots of issues and lots of waiting around for replacement parts.
Ok so my pc specs are Dell Optiplex 3847 Windows 8.1 64 bit Intel core i5 4440 @3.0ghz 16gb dual channel @1600mhz dell inc. 088DT1 Motherboard AMD Radeon HD 7400 series (MSI 1GB) Western Digital HDD 1TB PSU 300w stock Dell power supply Model# D300EM-01 Everythings pretty much stock the only thing ive upgraded so far was the ram, now im thinking of going for the i7 4790k for my next upgrade, any help on getting this to gaming standards on a budget would help a lot, the game i mainly play is Old school runescape, and my kids play roblox, running 4 screens, and its just not a great experience at all. was wondering if you could help me with some budget upgrades?
Those are some decent looking specs. It's got tons of potential! First thing's first, upgrade to Windows 10. It's faster and more optimized than 8.1! As for the CPU, the Dell motherboards do not support K variant CPUs only non-K variants! Please do not waste your money on the 4790K! Buy the i7-4790 or i5-4590 instead! Both will work great for gaming. Next would be the GPU. It is very old and tired. I recommend trying to find a used RX 580 8GB. That would definitely make your gaming experiences at 1080P much better! Also, you could migrate/clone your Windows installation over to a SATA SSD. Running Windows off of a HDD is painfully slow. Lastly, I would try to find a nice cheap 450W PSU that you can throw in there for the RX 580. Hope that helps! If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask! Thanks for watching!
@@WiltshireTutorials do you have a discord or somewhere we can chat? I could really use some help for upgrading and my heads all over the place with what where and how to do things
What else are you planning on doing to this OptiFlex? 😂😂😂 You said in previous video it's like 'beating a dead horse.' I honestly can't see how this PC can get any better after this one but I still look forward to it. 🔥
Ironically, I'm working on a new video for OptiFlex as we speak! Currently editing it together! I have some aesthetic and performance changes to make to OptiFlex to try and squeeze a bit better performance out of it!
Keep in mind, I heavily modified the inside of this Optiplex. You will need to mod and install an SFX PSU, cut out the hard drive cage to fit the GPU and install a few more fans to keep things cool.
No. You will not be able to use the case or swap the motherboard from the case, as the screw layout is proprietary to Dell and does not conform to the ATX standard
Hey! this is a great upgrade to the Optiplex! I got a optiplex 3050 and I want another Mobo for it with the LGA 1151 v2 for Intels 8 and 9th gen cpus. Is it possible to take the mobo from a newer Dell Optiplex and put in in there and if yes which one? Maybe you can help me out! Current System is: CPU: i5 6500 GPU: GTX 1660 Super Upgraded PSU to 550W SFX and 16gb of DDR4 RAM
I used a 7070 MT motherboard and the chassis is from a 3040. This Optiplex was originally a 3040 with an i7-6700 in it. The 7070MT is the last generation of Optiplex motherboard that will fit into the same chassis. They changed them the year after starting with the 10th gen Intel CPUs. If you plan on doing the same, be prepared to get the dremel out to cut the back I/O on the case.
Will all of this fit in the 7070MT case? I have one that I am looking to upgrade and it looks like modding may be required for the RTX you recommended. Have you tried something like this?
I was about to say, the 390 only supports up to 8GB of RAM. Didn't know they allowed the ability of 16GB and the usage of a 3770 CPU. Sounds like a good little PC you've got there.
@@WiltshireTutorials yea man it’s pretty great I’m actually happy that dell actually gave the new bios update to the 390 gave a big difference that 16 gb come in handy
@@WiltshireTutorials thank you, and you are absolutely right, blue is the 16x slot! I got confused because of the marking X4: 25MHz on top of the blue PCIe slot! 🙏
Question brother, what power supply are you using for you computer? I have a dell optiplex 7060, 16g ram, I8700, 240 pws, 512 ssd, and I am trying to find a good graphic card for it. What do you recommend brother?
To start, this Optiplex is heavily modified. The PSU that I'm using in it is an SFX PSU, not an ATX PSU. To be more specific, I'm using the Corsair SF750. You could also go with the SF600 to save some money. As for the GPU, it depends on what quality settings and resolution you want to use. If you're going for a budget 1080p Mediu/High Settings build, an RX 6600 would work well! You could also save a little bit of money and buy a GPU used. May be able to find something a little faster than the RX 6600, like an RTX 3060 Ti for a decent deal
Will most likely do so on my own time. There is a lot of masking off to do with tape to get the board painted. Takes about an hour or so just mask things off.
I don't think there is a Mini ITX Threadripper board out there. I have the only Micro ATX Threadripper board though. Also, not a single cooler would fit inside th OptiFlex 3040 for a Threadripper or Epyc CPU.
@@WiltshireTutorials LTT has made a video on that. I tried to link to it, but RU-vid kept deleting my comment. Though, Linus used a minicube case, not a slim SFF.
Oh! That's because I have links blocked on my channel's comment sections. Better to be safe than sorry. Stops people from linking malicious things. I'll have to check out that video! Thanks for the heads-up!
I still love watching your videos. Just wish I had money to finish my build. I just need a video card. Thinking of a Asus RTX3050 which i PCIe4.0. Is that a good card? current amazon price $369
@@WiltshireTutorials um not sure what Fram rate I want. Just as long as command & conquer look good I'm ok. So far the old 1650 I have is working. But I just wanted pcie 4 since the new mb I have uses that. Should I give you the specs?
That is an old thing people like to hang over AMD's head. AMD's driver have significantly improved over the past 5 years. I would've agreed with that statement back then. But, I disagree with that nowadays. This is coming from a guy who switched from Nvidia to AMD for their GPU. I'm currently running a 6900XT.
You get lucky and come across one to buy! Luckily, my local PC store recognized me and put it aside for me. Try asking your local PC store if they take pre-orders for cards. My local store does. It's more of a pay in full and wait in a queue type system.
this is basically a dream setup rn even though u swaped out the ugly optiplex 3050 front panel i still think if u can 3d print a new fron panel that looks alot sicker than the ugly dell optiplex front panel thats basically the only thing thats left to upgrade
Glad to hear you like OptiFlex! I like the idea of 3D printing a new front panel for OptiFlex! I still kind of want to keep a little bit of the Optiplex DNA for OptiFlex. But, it's a good video idea nonetheless!
Yes, I worded that part a little wrong. I meant to say having DLSS 2.0 with more Tensor Cores will be a big improvement along with the 2nd gen. Ray Tracing. My bad!
It's a standard MATX sized motherboard that can fit in the case. However you would have to upgrade the hardware that goes along with the new motherboard.
Hi, I'm new to your channel, I have an Optiplex 3050 i3 7100, 8gb ddr4 and a 240 ssd, I want to put a video card on it but my motherboard doesn't have the 24-pin connector, what can I do in this case, because my pc brought its Dell's original power supply, but I want to put a good power supply to put a graphic in it
I'm thinking about it! A ton more components on the 7070 board, compared to the 3040 board. So, it would require a lot of masking. I'm a little more hesitant because I had so many issues just getting OptiFlex to this point, I don't want to mess it up again. I will definitely think about it though! Could be another video idea.
I had to pretty much remove a ton of things on the inside of the case. Hard drive cage? Gone. Disc drive? Gone. Stock PSU? Gone. You'll have to do a lot of cutting of metal to get things to fit!
They do not! They draw too much wattage. The i9-9900 (non-k) only draws 65W. With the K variant, it draws 95W and the board is not designed to provide that much power. The PC will just shut off, if it draws too much power.
@@0prisonpriest0 I also had some difficulty in finding the a non-K variant here in Canada as well. You might be able to find something on Aliexpress for a decent price. I found my i9-9900 locally through Kijiji.
@@OsukaMhv I had mine shut off due to over-current protections when using a K-variant of the 9900K. So, I generally don't advise people to use them. They also aren't in the official spec sheet for support CPUs. So, your mileage may vary.
@@WiltshireTutorials the 7070?I'm new to building pc's,so the optiflex build will be my first,any suggestions?atm I have a zotac RTX2060 I'd like to pair with a good i5.... I don't know much about generations...
For the CPU an i7-3770 (non-K), 32GB of DDR3 1600Mhz RAM, a decent SATA SSD and any GPU you prefer. Just keep in mind that CPU will bottleneck the higher end GPUs. You may also need to upgrade the PSU to support a new GPU! I recommend something like a 1050Ti to start out with!
The motherboards for the Optiplex line of 3040, 3050, 3060 and 3070 (as well as their 70xx counterparts) are all the same motherboard shape and size. It's as simple as dropping the motherboard in the case and cutting a few holes for the rear I/O
Ah, I see. You should be able to mod it a little bit. I haven't been able to get my hands on one, so I'm not sure if you can add an SFX PSU inside of it or not!
I'm glad you like my content! Thanks for watching! I was thinking of benchmarking a lot more games and making a dedicated video for that. A few that came to mind were Warzone, Cyberpunk 2077, Battlefield 5, Doom Eternal and Metro Exodus.
A very good modded dell optiplex, but misleading because he was getting good compliments he forgot to tell the viewers he spent over $2000 & used 3040,3050,7070 plus two GPU & cpus he was getting poor fps so started using unusual presets low to mid custom so changed to 7070 mt with i9 & rtx 3060ti sfx 7050W that cost over $1200 mobo , good video for content but not practical and dangerous using so many tools plus the wrong 24pin to 8 or 24pin to 6pin atx adapter can blow your motherboard and parts.
This is not misleading or dangerous at all? I was getting great FPS with the original 3040 motherboard and the RX 470 8GB. Obviously, you have to keep your expectations in check for an older OptiFlex and GPU. Therefore, I used a mix of Low and Medium Presets. I prefer to use more 'real world' presets in my benchmarks than fully maxed out because most people don't do that and I prefer to game at a higher FPS. Very far misleading, if you ask me. The only part that I used from a 3050 was the front panel and only because it was black, as I was going for an all blacked out build. It was also $6 on eBay, as it was being parted out from a broken OptiFlex.... The 7070 motherboard and upgrades were an experiment to see what was possible with the proprietary Dell motherboard and chassis. Also, I just wanted to see how far I could push things. You can't case swap these Optiplexs to a new case due to the unique motherboard size and layout. Hence, the used 7070 board I bought on eBay for cheap and me modding the 3040 chasiss. The i9-9900 (also used) was also an experiment. There was no documentation in Dell's official technical specifications sheet that stated you could use an i9 in the 7070. So, I decided to try it, as I'm sure I'm not the first to ask that question if it worked or not. The chipset allows up to a 65W chip and the non-K version of the i9-9900 is 65W. It works great in the computer and is still going to this day. As for the RTX 3060 Ti, I got super lucky and got that for MSRP BEFORE all the GPU mining and shortages happened. Saved quite a bit of money that way. I wanted to show that it was possible to fit an RTX 3060 Ti into a Dell Optiplex, if people wanted to add one to their machines. I don't want them to get stuck with a low-profile 1650 (or spend the stupid asking price for a used one!) when you can get a way better GPU into the tower. Lastly, the SFX PSU, you can use whatever SFX PSU you want and whatever wattage you want that fits your needs. I was going all out, so I chose the best one I could get. I'm not sure why you're mentioning the adapter for the PSU? Obviously, crossing wires in the wrong pinout will cause damage? I made the adapter myself for the 7070 as I had some spare parts sitting around. But, these adapters can be easily bought from MoDIY, who know what they're doing. Here's a breakdown on how much I spent because you're really far off: I9-9900 (used) - $200 7070 motherboard (used) - $100 SF600 (used) - $100 3060 Ti (new) - $499 =$899 (that's Canadian, by the way) Kijiji is your best friend for used parts. I hope this breakdown explained everything you wanted to know about my decision making. (Why did I write such detailed breakdown? I have COVID and have nothing better to do lol)
I should've linked that in the description. I will add it. Thanks for pointing that out to me. The adapter cable I used was this one here: www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B08M5BZ6P8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Oh. A new Prebuilt Dell upgrade. More RAM = More Headroom. 32 GB of RAM isn't enough nowadays, even for Gaming. 64 GB of RAM to 256 GB of RAM is enough, at 4.5 GHz. The optimum amount of RAM is 512 GB, at 5.0 GHz, even if the Mobo can't support an overflowing amount of RAM.
I'm going to have to disagree with you quite heavily on this. 32GB is more than enough for gaming and some light editing. I barely utilize all the 64GB of RAM with my Threadripper Main Build when editing and animating things.
@@WiltshireTutorials lol tbh I think this guy is either really stupid or just joking about. In no way would anyone believe you need 500gb of ram at a speed of 5000mhz, if that's even possible on consumer grade hardware
@@WiltshireTutorials 64 is good for Threadrippers, though; I can attest to that. And I'm still running just fine on the prebuilt Dell Inspiron 660s with its 8GB of DDR3 RAM; nothing has been changed from the prebuilt PC other than the Internal Storage solution that I'm using (a 250GB WD Blue SSD). I'm going for a full-on, over-the-top AMD build in 5 years' time, and fill my own Custom Rig with 6 SSDs that are greater than, or equal to 48 TB (of Stated capacity) of SSD Space.
I just don't want other viewers to be misinformed, that's all. It's possible, but not on consumer hardware. Usually the max for consumers is around 256GB with a Threadripper. It's more of the server market with an Epyc CPU that push RAM amount that high.
@@WiltshireTutorials Epyc Servers can push RAM Capacity up a ton; downside is the cost. It'd be at least $5K, just from a business standpoint, though...
Not a fan of Fortnite, personally! I just can't bring myself to play the game. It's a good game, don't get me wrong! Just not my cup of tea! I prefer Apex when it comes to BR games! I may do an additional benchmarking video for OptiFlex that includes Fortnite in the future.
The motherboard is pretty straight-forward. As I showed in the over-head camera shots, the motherboards are identical in shape and have the same screw pattern. The only modification needed is to cut out the rear I/O ports. Which is quite simple to do and I felt it would inflate the video length, so I left it out.
I have a 3040 and have being looking at everything. Doing the dell factory upgrade path with a 70 series motherboard or just building a full system. Because at this point. I need ram, power supply and realistically a processor so unless I buy ram and a process that leaves me stuck in the past I need a new motherboard as well so that I can by current ddr4 and something greater than a 7700k
The front panel on all models from the 3040-3070 are all the same. So, no modification is needed for the front USB-C port. Dell changed the design with the 3080. I got my working motherboard off of eBay.
