Turning an Office PC into a GAMING PC - How to Build a BUDGET Dell Optiplex Gaming Computer 

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No way he made this single channel ram. Dual channel ram even at the lower speed is better than single channel my guy!

Now you are on Dell's most wanted list

I don’t really watching him building a PC, but what I really cared about is his background music choice. It’s so calming and chill. I liked it so much.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

thanks bruh my first pc build didnt even start now that i found out that the 24 pin connector aint even connected properly as fuck subscribe to this underrated guy

Good I build 👍 me and son very happy, wife unhappy

I was at work when I stumbled upon this video. I liked it so much it gave me the inspiration to finally edit and upload a similar video I had taken long ago. Thank you man, keep up the good work!

That's pretty awesome we both did a swaptiplex around the same time. Great work!

My man this was an absolutely Banger, you managed to crack it even with all the messy oem parts from Dell. There's Only a few videos out there about doing an entire case-swap, psu-gpu upgrade, let alone a single one for optiplex's past the xxx20 series. Pay little attention to those comments of people "correcting" you, as a matter of fact you successfully completed the project and provided a full walkthrough guide while also scoring some pretty decents views for your channel, this was nothing but a massive W. Keep it up, would love to some more "Office to Gaming" builds form you :D

Thanks for this video. Didn't know the power switch cable would work fine. Nice work

Thanks for made this video, very helpful for me

I just finished making my PC into a Christmas decoration, 12:44 I had the same feeling. No ones gonna see the back off it anyway.. 😅

My first pc was a dell optiplex handed down to me, from 2016 to december I used it, and it hot some upgrades along the way, finally retired it when i got a gaming pc made

On Intel systems the difference between single and dual channel ram is a real thing, but not as dramatic as it is with Ryzen. If I were going the adapter route, I would have kept the case and added the new PSU, thrown in the GPU and instead of a case bought dual channel memory kit, and not bothered with the HDD, or at least shelled out for decent storage instead of an old laptop platter. As far as proprietary hardware, it sucks, but don't blame Dell for that invention, it has been going on for a very long time. I remember 286's that were the same way, it was very common for a Packard Bell motherboard to need a Packard Bell HDD, or IBM, or AST, or any of them really. In the early 2000s things got pretty good with prebuilts, for a while they mostly used standard ATX PSUs, cases and motherboards, but that didn't last long. Myself, I find used office computers to be a great source of CPUs and sometimes memory, it is fairly easy to find a 9th or 10th Gen i5-7 system on Marketplace for $75-100, I take the CPU, and maybe memory and storage (the 8th gen and up often have nvme drives), use those to build a proper gaming rig, then find the cheapest pentium or i3 to put into the office PC, and put it back on Marketplace for $120, it takes a couple of weeks, but it will sell at that price, and your gaming PC will be better off for it. Basically let somebody pay you a few bucks to upgrade from a Pentium or i3 to i7. Just my two cents. I certainly did enjoy the video though. Just because I have a certain way of doing things, doesn't make it the right way, and surely isn't the only way.

6:43 him saying 2166mhz is too slow then there’s me gaming on a 4th gen i7 with a gtx 970 and 16gb ddr3 at 1666mhz

Nice video bro, love this kind of builds lol

You can use the front I/O by getting a front I/O PCIE card which can be found on eBay or Aliexpress for a decent price giving you USB and audio headers which adds back that functionality.

My war rig isn't too far off your lovely dumpster fire. i7-6700, GTX 1050 Ti and 32 gigs of RAM. Runs like a top. An Optiplex build is a great entry level gaming rig. My advice: if anyone is considering a build like this, do know that there are plenty of capable, low power GPUs that can work with Dell's dumb PSUs. No need to buy a case. Be warned, airflow in an Optiplex isn't great but none of the hardware should be getting all that hot anyway. If anything, just open the side of the case when gaming. You'll have yourself a half-decent gaming PC that can tackle a few games while you save up to buy a "real" computer.

You should get some acrylic rubber paint and paint your mustard and ketchup cables on the visible side of the case. Go for green accents, that way it matches the mobo 😬

Imo it's even more satisfying taking one of these typical Office workstations and turning it into a sleeper PC.. can be well worth while.. bought an HP Pavilion (i5 10400,8gb DDR4 and a 512gb m.2) for less than 100$ U.S with shipping.. added a Dual PSU sync board,secondary modular PSU and a RTX 3060ti, all in all this has cost me somewhere between 350 and 400$. To be noted that the PC was a lucky bargain as it was brand New,but the seller sold it believing it was defective due to it not starting when he had his GPU connected.. but in all actually it was just because the proprietary PSU wasn't cranking out enough Pwr.

i have just 2 questions how did u get chasis fans to work with the motherboard? and did u use the backplate that came with ur cooler or did u rip it out of the dell

I got an optiplex from work for free with an i7 8700, 16gb ram and SSD... once I saw how annoying and horrible the OEM MB was I just got a "cheap" LGA1151 board and transplanted everything on to it. Got a nice little gaming PC for just $250 out of my own pocket (had to buy MB, PSU, GPU, fan, case). Definitely would recommend just paying the extra for a MB for the overclocking, future expansion and no headache with compatibilities or boot-up.

can a 750w or more than 250w power supply can be put in that dell case?? i really need to know because i have lenovo 6th gen but it got 250w power supply. if the 750w power supply can be fix so it a good luck for me.

Those are the crafty pc we have in our school

You should try the optiplex 790 MT, it has an io shield, standard TFX psu, standard motherboard holes, a backplate, a usb 2.0 header (front io). The only limitations with that one is had is the front panel, which i made work with jumpers! If you want the pinout i documented it. The power button is just pain sadly. But i made everything else look good and work. Also forgot to note it has standard 24 pin

Great video I love pc flipping 😃 but how do you setup your camera like that ?

I want that optiplex!

If you place a jumper on the other two power pins in the motherboard and leave the fifth pin as is, i think that should get rid of the power button error.

Great job 👏🏾

loveeee these vids

More please! Ive case swapped a 9020 but i just bought a 7060 mt with the i7 8700 and 16gb of ram and if like to swap it into a case. As far as i know i just need a 24 to 6 pin for psu, rear fan, and front power adapter right?

Question is could I do that to a hp pro windows 7 desktop?

I love this had to subscribe definately would like to see more pc builds in the future 🫡💯

There is no way to get front IO?

Can I putt a ddr3 8gb ram on my slot and add it an ddr3 2gb ram? Can it work I only have 2 ram slots

Am i required t obuy a new psu or can i use the 240w psu i have in my dell ( I wont screw the psu in)

extension cables would go a long way in the aesthetics department for this build anyways great work in repurposing the dell optiplex mate!

I'm new subscriber. Nice video. 🔥🔥🔥

You can turn off the fan error display in the bios so you don't really need that fan after all

Moral of the strory dell=hell

it's very good what you think about dell ???

the cpu cooler isn't in sale for me what do i buy instead

Im surprised that the ssd is not somehow sticked too mobo as well ,hehe missed that one dell 😂

Nive video, please make a followup video with the remaining DELL components, case and stuff, mqke like a bird house ;)

Thats pretty cool ngl

I turned My Optiplex 9010 into a Med to High setting gaming rig..I5-3450/16GB G.Skill Ripjaws/XFX RS RX480 Double edition 4gb/OCZ SSD..It can run Far Cry Mean Girls(New Dawn) at 1080p ultra settings and it runs awesome

Thinking about doing this for me and my little brother, what gpu do you recommend? (On a tight budget)

I am thinking of buying a Pc tower from my local recycler its about 45 bucks comes with a xenon processor and 16gb of ramm and atleast 500 gb of hdd . I can probbly cad out parts if needed any adapter to fit a new case . I got a rtx titan .

I have an Optiplex 7010. Will this build work for it?

Guys i need help So i got a generic pc that has an h310m pro-vh plus, intel core i3 9100f, gt710, and a generic psu. Any tips on what i should upgrade?

WTF is the size of that mosquito at 15:00 damn scary...

I have an optiplex computer as well and wish that I could do a case swap but the mobo is an odd shape so it wouldn’t be able to fit any standard case

11:12 isnt that just the cpu pins or gpu pins?

Yes but how good is on gaming ? Could uou please make a part 2 with stats while playing? Or just reply me some of them . Thank you a lot mate

Bro u just saved my life. I just found a optiplex 7040 same as yours with- I7 6700 16gb ran 512ssd 8gb graphics card( seller didn't mention the name😒 ) Psu idk ( same ge didn't mention , mostly stock) So this all for 257 usd plus i can maybe lower the price to 230. My budget is tight so i cant spend a lot maybe 300 max now the problem i live oman where pc parts r expensive plus rare ( if y have money then doesn't matters)so i found this , only thing that i need to do is sawp a case and maybe power supply that u did , i was looking video like this thnx bro.

will it be same as optiplex 3080?

Nice Bro.

I would use the case and uhh add an external psu for the gpu cuz im too lazy and broke to swaptiplex

Hey I just stumbled on your channel and it looks nice, but say if I wanted to just buy myself an Optiplex computer and a cheap/affordable GPU to put inside, would that work as well? I'm on like an ultra budget and I don't intend on reselling either so the look appeal doesn't really matter to me, but if I were to do that, what GPU would I be able to get away with fitting in the Optiplex 7040 without replacing or upgrading much of anything?

Was gaming out to the downright fire music, the n get mint mobile add

Yo man ik wil er ook een bouwen,zag dat je nederlands was. Maar zou je ook het anders kunnen doen en wat voor fps krijg je?

I just had to press f1 because i dont know for the frontpanel jack

Can I buy this off you or will uu be willing to build mine? Kinda new to this

What about USB extension cables for the front IOs? LOL. 🙂

Cool

bro its so pretty I use your toturial but no new case i dont need that so i dont need a new coolcer either

I have 7010 optilex i5 3rd gen, games gets laggy when i put in 16gb of ram any solutions?

underrated channed bruv

i do this but i use a dell xps and its too morte easy

✨️✨️cool!

Yo can you replace the motherboard ?

the dvd drive is a standerd that all laptop cd/dvd uses

What's the gpu used in this build

I’m trying this with a 7040 sff

How is 3200 ram working I thought there was a limit

Make video on this pc play high demnad game with high setting

U can turn off F1 if error in BIOS 😁

I would have the backplate made in 3D printing.

Was that PSU even rated 😅

At 00:51 you got me, like and subscribe:) Down with big corpo!

But is 6th gen CPU is enough for your works ?

Lets do a Dell G5 5000 rebuild .. i hate mine

That's the exact same GPU I got!

Can you provide the name of the first song and the name of the band as well? I'll like and subscribe after my request.

I wanna do this when I get my Lenovo sff

500 missed calls from Dell

15:25 il suffit jute de connecter le pin libre de la carte mère au châssis du boitier 11:26 pin-5 🙃just connect the free pin of the motherboard to the chassis of the case 11:26 pin-5👍

Good point, the graphics card screws replace the lack of mounting holes of the motherboard. Pain in the ass but good job! F**k off dell haha

i have the exact same gpu (gtx 1060 6gb from ROG)

Nice bro i am new subcriber make this topic video upload more

this guy actually cook dell optiplex 💀

The Antec case it self is expensive than the optiplex =))

Just Change the case you got the best psestion in pc games😈

whats the graphics card?

Throw some t force 2x8 gb 3200mh in there it’s like 30$ and still perform and look better

But what about modding the case it's self

All you have to do is use jumpers to bypass error message

I would just upgrade the internals and clean the old case for best compatibility

gpu?

oldtimer getting BOOSTOO 🤣😂🤣😂