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Professional fabricator here if you want a cleaner cut with your cut off wheels. Hold your grinder upside-down facing away from you and for Pete's sake clamp your work piece down securely. Great job in the end though. Looks amazing.
100% on the clamping it down; not only will it be safer you will get straighter cuts a couple of blocks to raise it will also have less cuts into your worktop. very cool project.
I really like how you explained the reasoning for all the parts and it made sense. A lot of pc build channels just kind of throw parts together and the reasoning is just because of the budget or because it’s really powerful. This felt a lot more down to earth
A year late, but that just comes down to the fact that most builders use standardized equipment that requires little to no modding and is modular. Any person could build a system now and it wouldn't be terribly expensive; there's also upgrade options without having to worry about proprietary sizes, mounts, etc.
The fan mod hugely inspired me to do something similar with my upgraded 7040. Did slightly smaller fans at a horizontal mount. Made a 10deg difference.
Well done. Not the cleanest work, but at least it is more relatable this way. Everyone with access to a basic workshop for an afternoon or two can manage a good looking mod like this. $450 for an SFF build with 4C8T and a 3060 is wild! Most of us won't get bargains like you did, but the important part is to show you don't need all shiny new stuff to have fun.
@@DLMtechgarage Get a large cobalt drill bit, and drill out the corners before cutting the rest. The radius corners will be much stronger than straight cuts.
@@DLMtechgarage I've actually managed to get an old Xaser III case in a similar shade of blue for my next build. Really hyped because some of the upcoming Intel Arc graphics cards actually come in blue, though they may be CN-only which I've got my fingers crossed against.
@@scrubscrub4492 I LOVE those cases. I had the red / silver all-steel one for a while as my main PC's case. Absolute unit. Way ahead of it's time in terms of features and support. I treasured that case :D
Outstanding work. I love it when people get creative with old Optiplex! Wish I got your drive and creativity, and most importantly, tools and an actual workbench.
I've been watching your videos for the last hour or so, this one earned a sub from me 👍 I've done a couple of these office PC upgrades myself for personal use over the years, and I think everybody who's done one would have liked to do it up like this. This was incredible, pushing the limits & finished with a clean paint job & fit. If the cuts were cleaner & add proper mounting for the GPU, this would be perfect. Very well done and entertaining to watch. Respect!
Damn, this was somehow a really wholesome process as a whole. It makes me wanna build a budget rig just so I can do a mod here and there and see what I can come up with. You earned a sub, cheers!
Great video, I just picked up a 5050 off of ebay & I found your video when I searched for what mods I oculd do to it. This was perfect, love the color & the fan setup on the sidepanels. Damn nice job bro - You got a follower right here!
Awesome build! I'm doing something similar with an optiplex 5050 I found for cheap, and a spare GTX 1070 I have from my main pc. Building mine for my girlfriend to game on. Was searching around for a solution to the psu issue for the card and found your video. Extremely helpful and yours turned out really nice!
on the GPU, I think you can try get an unused Dell GPU bracket. A lot of people throw them around. It should work for most if not all desktop optiplex models.
I came across this video today. It’s my first time seeing any of your content. Instant fan. I subscribed to your channel. About to build a new computer and it’s been a long time. Last PC I built was when the Visiontek Ti4600 was released.
i just had to leave a comment man i love videos like these and there isnt enough of them on yt..im so glad i stumbled upon this video im only 8 mins in and im in lovee with whe whole concept good work man a sub was earned
Solid work there bud! I don't think I've ever seen an Optiplex look so good. If I can make one suggestion, tho, it would be to affix mesh where the fans would have been in the side panel for dust mitigation; otherwise great planning and execution.
Wow dude i like this so much. I can relate to this 100%.turned an Dell Precision T7100 into a gaming beast. Had to change Psu and get a 24 pin to 8 pin converter just like you did, i am running with an rtx 2060 for nearly 3 years now. I can still do some mods for better cooling but the highest temps i got on the gpu was like 80 Celsius and cpu was like 60 to 70 Celsius on hot days so i am Chilled.
I am really impressed with the fact that you actually explained in depth how to do these mods, and various problems, etc. I recently purchased one of these optiplexes and was wondering how to make it work with some better parts. This video and part 1 gave me all the answers.
Hi, I have the same Dell Optiplex 3050, now after seeing this video you have given me a few ideas... I'll think about what I'm gunna do.Thanks for the Info it is a Brilliant job you have done. Thanks from the UK.
That Chrysler blue paint job is amazing. I really like it a lot. I don't know if anyone remembers but there was a time when a person could order from Dell a PC with a custom paint job. Many colors. I remember there was a cherry red and a purple one. This was back in the Windows XP or Vista days. I'm new to seeing your channel. I want to say you did a great job with that computer.
Welcome back man! Not sure why I didn't get any notifications, I see you have been back for awhile now. Great video man ! Get yourself one of those new cut off tools I have the Milwaukee m12, Ridgid, DeWalt, and Ryobi have one as well.
You deserve more subs, also I heard Xeon Chips work on these if you plan on making another video in the future. What a PC, damn good video and its going to help me in my project as well!
I have that same dual 120mm grill from AC Infinity but the white version. They have worked great in my case modding I've been doing and have provided much more airflow!
Good work bro. I did one of the slim optiplex for my son. Only thing that would fit was a 1050 low profile. I also had to cut a hole . Used a hole saw and put a gold fan cover it looked amazing. Yours look amazing.
This is exactly what I did back in 2008 when I had no money and wound up with a decent gaming rig. Think I spent about $800 in all upgrading an office PC. It worked. Today I have a 2 rigs one I spent $4,500 on and the other $2,500.
Most of the older OEM cases were designed with the knowledge that some folks would put a heavy CRT monitor on top of the side of the case. The Dell T series even lists the weight rating. So yeah, they are definitely overbuilt!
I did something like this with a slim profile DELL cheese grater - the empty cases are real cheap to buy. I put my own components in it and everything was great for a few years- and then the thermal paste totally dried up which caused the PC to shut down repeatedly a few minutes after logging onto the desktop. I had to go in and re-goop it. That's when the pain-in-the ass session started - all of the original install: - struggling to fit in the tight fitting MoBo - had to remove it and re-install it. - the tedious attaching all the I/O cabling - the tedious and time consuming forming into shape (cable flow mgmt) and doing all the zip lock tie downs for all the cabling ... all up in smoke - Had to it it all over again.!!! All of that extra work - just to get at four screws on the back of the MoBo to be able to pop-off the CPU Fan block - for the re-goop. Why? because all of these cases only have just one side panel to pop off. Never again!!! - I don't care how cool and sexy the old or new PC case looks like. If it doesn't have a second back side panel to pop-off - not interested. Great build /Mod you did there BTW!
I did something SUPER similar with my 5070 mt. A nice little gaming box when it's all done, this can easily be done with metal snips too if you don't have a bunch of power tools, just be aware that front panel assembly becomes a lot weaker after you remove all that metal, avoid trying to man handle it after it's easy to bend and mess up the alignment (although that's not a hard fix) also be cautious of the gpu height anything above 115mm or so will end up interfering with the side panel if it's pcie power connection is on top, which is most of them. You can relocate the connector to the side if you are comfortable with a soldering iron and know what you are doing, but id just get a GPU that fits, it's much easier.
So, update: what i thought I ordered wasn't what showed up. I thought i got a Optiplex 7040 and what showed up was a 3040 SFF. I'm not 100% sure what I can do with it cause I know Dell likes to use proprietary parts and the mobo only goes up to DDR3L. I ordered off of eBay and the dscription didn't specify what Optiplex I was getting, I just took a gamble
Love it... Used to tinker with IBM case for an upgrade... Brings back memories except for the RGBs... Never liked 'em but can't seem to shake 'em since almost everything nowdays comes with RGBs built in... Still Great built... Cheers Choom!
