Dell 9020 - $100 Gaming Upgrade
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- Find out how you can upgrade the $200 family gaming PC we created earlier this year with a new power supply and graphics card to play video games.
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24 to 8 pin adapters from Amazon -
was $11 = geni.us/tng-dell-adpt
was $14 = geni.us/tng-dell-adp2
Sceptre C30 / 200hz - geni.us/tngdc
(my favorite ultrawide right now)
XFX RX570 8GB - geni.us/YukKD
(very solid graphics card for cheap!)
EVGA 500W Power Supply - geni.us/tng-evga-500w
(similar to the power supply in this video)
Crucial MX500 1 TB SSD - geni.us/tng-ssd-1tb
(my favorite SSD!)
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Hey Viewers - I wanted to get some viewer build profiles and photos to show on my next video. If you have a 9020 or have done something cool with a Dell Optiplex send me a photo or two and summary be you’ll get in my next appropriate video!
@TheBlessed Gamer Same!!
@TheBlessed Gamer jon@thenetguy.com or you can use @thenetguydotcom on Twitter! Just editing next week's video right now :)
What will I need
@Blessed Gamer rlpetersen1@gmail.com
Hey can I buy the optiplex?
This is the kind of video's that I enjoy watching, nice and simple explanation keep going at it!!!
I really appreciate you for sharing this video and especially this particular Dell. The 9020 is my home pc and I do a little gaming on it. Nothing serious but now I know how I can upgrade it and get a little more enjoyment out of it.
You are a very underrated youtuber and it’s annoying because you’re so talented in a way that I don’t think you realise I was so worried about building a pc and you showing me what to do in every step so calm with the presentation made my worries go away
Thank you for the kind words!
"First you will have to find a graphics card"
May 2021: Not today!
Yeah that didn’t age well! Hopefully you can start to find them in the secondary market.
OfferUp and eBay: there is another
I just could not go without laughing about this too 0:30
"collapse of the mining industry"
ROFL
This video did not age well 😂
Oh my god, this is the "Joy of Painting" of tech!
That was my thought about 2 minutes in. Just a little harder to cover any mistakes.
😂😂😂 Very calm and soothing
Yesss
What I thought. hes great.
He's upside down, though. Bob Ross wore his hair soufflé on top of his head. :-)
You're a lifesaver. That 24 to 8 pin thing drove me crazy for an hour until I found your video. Thanks!
Glad it helped! Thanks for watching and there are a TON of other great videos on my channel @TheNetGuy
@@TheNetGuy I just got my power supply that I ordered on Amazon I have question though because this is my first time doing this I’m not really a tech person, is switching the psu dangerous? I’m afraid of being shocked
Not at all. When unplugged the power supply has only 12 volts and 5 volt DC. As long as your not dissecting it - modern power supplies are perfectly safe
shoot, me too! I was at the MicroCenter Builder Desk and they were like yeah Dell uses a proprietary motherboard and I had already bought a PSU semi modular and was bugging out over the small four pin plug under the PSU on the motherboard and didnt realize it was an 8 pin that split in two to fit.
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This was by far the most helpful and informative video I've seen that explains things for a new pc builder. Really appreciate it!
I've been searching around for weeks around for a similar upgrade that ill do to my dell 9020 i5 4690s, and I finally found the appropriate video, a step by step video on everytjing i might and will need. Thanks
Hi, thanks a lot for this video. I just installed my power supply now while watching your vid at the same time and everything works fine! I subbed and liked :)
wow your production quality is very good for only 500 subs im impressed
Made my night my friend! I’ve been trying... all self taught on the TH-cam side. :)
@@TheNetGuy yea i learned all the stuff i know on youtube as well.
keep up the hard work it always pays off
I still really want to thank you. With this video I realize this operation without problems. I encourage everyone who thinks it's too complicated to follow step by step and it works!
That’s awesome! Thank you for watching and I’m glad you enjoyed it. Stick around, lots of great content this season. :)
saw a ton of videos about the 8 pin adaptor, but I didn't know what the other psu cables did. you're the first one to actually explain it for me. Thank you!
Glad I could help!
This video is great.
I really enjoyed the quality and the nice background music (is this a minecraft sound).
Sorry for the bad english I'm from Germany.
Your English is job
I know I'm a year late, but you English is perfect.
Thank you!
@@pete3816 lol
Thanks for this video - it really helped me. I just ordered the same EVGA PSU and 24-8 pin adaptor so I can install an nvidia 1660ti I had (in an eGPU) into an Optimeplex 9020. Here's hoping it works....
Great choice and good setup for this machine. Send over some pictures when you finish your project and I’ll give you a shout out in a future video!
This was by far the best video I watched today. Clear to the point, and channeling serious Bob Ross energy.
i usually don’t comment but this video actually helped me know what stuff to get, i got a new gpu but found out i needed a pci to get it to work from the power supply, thanks for the vid
Thanks for explanation.
hello Cratos, great video
kratos
Great video presentation, very surprised you don't have 100K subs. Keep up the excellent work!
Man, you and me both! I wish I could figure out the magic formula. I guess I don’t beg for subs at the beginning of each video. Should I? :)
So glad I stumbled upon this video this is exactly what I needed to know with the power supply. Thank you so much!
Just posted a GPU upgrade video too!
Just did something very similar to my dell t1700 but the evga power supply I got was too long. Oh well I made it fit. Just had to adapt the case door catch assembly.
For the dell optiplex you need a 24 pin ATX to ITX adapter cable to upgrade the power supply
Dwayne Ingram you can always google. It’s amazing having the wealth and entirety of human knowledge and endeavour at our fingertips and not think to just use it! I’m sorry to be sharp about it, but it’s the fastest way.
Your voice is soothing dude, subbed
This video was super helpful. Thanks Net Guy. I enjoy your channel.
I just found this channel, but it's funny because I turned mine into a budget machine as well. For around $245, I was able to get a Dell Optiplex 7010 i7 3770, 450w PSU, Nvidia GTX 1660 super, 1 Tb HHD mass storage with 120 SSD boot and primary drive, 16gb DDR 3 ram, and a Bk008 pure rock slim CPU cooler, runs most modern games at 160-220 FPS all day long at 3.5 Ghz.
Yeah buddy!!!
You can relocate/remove the lower drive bays for a larger GPU. Don’t forget about extra cooling mainly intake. Remember that anything you build in this case will benefit from it.
Great idea. I didn’t see that they were easily removed - do you have to cut them out?
Yes the bracket/tabs would need to be removed. The bottom of the case stock will fit a GPU with two fans but not three, so anything bigger than a GTX 980 will be to long. So say you have a video card with two fans they are right up against the hard drive cages, which means it fits but there is no incoming air flow, which is no good for any after market GPU. Remove the drive bays and you now have room for a 240mm fan in the front. You could easily relocate your hdd/ssd somewhere else. You will have to remove the two dimples in the case and flatten a raised area to get the fan flat. A none static fan will work best, because a static fan will make whistling sound because for the lack of hole in the case. Me, I like to have faster air flow so I made more holes in the case and used a static fan.
I have seen this similar thing in a video, I’ll try and get the link. Not sure how to add the link but there is three videos on a Optiplex build, and those can be found on “The Game Bench’s” channel also”nomadben” has a video on his channel.
Your voice is very calming. You're like the Bob Ross of home computer repair.
Great video with clarity on the most important points. Thank you so much.
I’m learning... slowly. :)
Under the DVD drive is a Very Nice space to put all those extra cables.. That way the cables are hidden and out of the way..
First run 24 pin & pcie under dvd & out of the hole below the cage then put any slack from the CPU cable plus the unused cables into that space will look much better
Great video. You explain everything calmly and clear. I am upgrading an Optiplex 7020 but despite the different model it looks just like yours.
Seeing all the cables in the PSU is a little intimidating but with your video it looks like something I can do.
I did it! I upgraded my PSU to a 650w and my GPU to a 1650. Thanks a lot!
Right on, great choice of GPU! Congrats!
thanks for the video, i've been stuck on this issue for a year but now i have hope i'll have a good pc. thanks man
How's it going G - did you get upgraded?
@@TheNetGuy uh yeah i did. I had to pull out the front USB cables and i cant quite close up the back as you could but i dont care cause its in and im loving it 🙂
can you link the parts in the description?
"This power supply is from a company called E,V,G,A" Lol. I don't know why i found that so Hilarious
I died
He sounded like EVGA was a new brand or that it was somewhat obscure...or maybe he was doing that for those of us who didn't know EVGA made power supplies?
@@kayrokk Precisely. One of the hard things is making technology videos "for real people" that are simple for newbs and appealing for people who have experience in the field. Next up in the flame war is the proper pronunciation of "GIF" files :-)
I mean you're supposed to say it like that but a little faster
Me too i feel like i was in kindergarten lol
TH-camr here, Great job on the video, I have the same Dell optiplex 9020 mt PC and needed more info to upgrade my machine, this video was made just in time, thank you soo much, and I hope you have an awesome day
Thank you for the comment. The video was made some time ago but seems to have been algorithmed pretty well! Got some great ideas for it next video!
@@TheNetGuy That's great news, I'm looking forward to it.👍
You are the Bob Ross of tech! Nice, relaxed and step by step. I happened to be looking into this model Dell for exactly this reason, so your video popped up. I wanted to see the performance on this rig.
Thanks for the video!
Very kind words - thank you. It’s getting easier to edit/produce, but for each minute of video you see it’s about an hour of behind the scenes work :/
I got a quad core i5 Dell 9020 mt with 16gb of ram (minus a hard drive) at the surplus shop for $25. Then my heart sunk when I seen the proprietary PSU. I guess getting it going first with Windows by adding a cheap drive would be the first step and then upgrading the bios? before I transfer my superior items from my core 2 duo rig. And the little 24 pin to 8 pin cable is gonna work, right? Cross my fingers.
That’s a great find/steal. Add a drive, install Windows 10 from a media creation CD and you should have a key in the bios already.
You should have more than 500 subs
Tell your friends!
He should have more than a million subcribers.
3months later...1.24k subs 👍🏾
Bro great video i was about to pay someone to install an evga 600w psu for my dell optiplex and you showed that its actually simple af.
Congrats man, you made me subscribe within a minute :D
A solid beard bro 👌
You should see some of the later ones. Thanks for watching! (PS, my wife hates it - the beard 🧔🏻, not the videos)
@@TheNetGuy It comes with the entire package 😂🤣
Bob Ross would be proud :D
excellent video mate
THANK YOU! I'm upgrading my Optiplex 3010, and need to replace the 275W PSU with something stronger. I had NO IDEA what to replace it with. I just ordered a EVGA 650 B5 PSU, it has almost the exact same measurements as the original. And it's fully modular. Again, THANK YOU! 👍👍👍😃😃😃
That's a pretty expensive Dell Optiplex 9020, just saying. Great video.
My best deals have been found on offer up. Though I did recently buy three of them with 8GB ram and 250GB SSD drives for $150 each on eBay shipped free! Amazing.
You just got to shop around I got one the other day with a 1.5 terabyte hard drive 16 gigs of RAM everything works fine with monitor and a keyboard and mouse for 200 bucks I've already ordered the power supply and I've got a 1330 on the way it's only a temporary graphics card but it'll do fine so all together I'll have about $360 in this thing and it runs really well
One thing I'd change here is the power supply. The W1 is - to put it bluntly - a terrible unit. Faulty protections, cheap components, and group regulation. It also exploded the HardwareBusters review of it (ironically, it died from overdraw despite advertising itself as having over current protection.)
If you're going to flip, have some decency, don't give a newbie to computers who doesn't know any better a power supply which isn't even likely to make it past its three year warranty period.
Great point. I’ve heard EVGA is starting to go South fast in quality. Thanks for sharing!
One can’t simply make a clearer and better video explaining something like this ! Thank you a lot, just acquire a dell 9020 for free from my school, this video is gonna be my reference !
Oh man you’re going to love Wednesdays video! I’m transplanting the 9020 into a new RGB case - step by step.
Thanks for watching! 🙏
@@TheNetGuy excellent I am looking forward, because acutualy the free space you have for a graphic card is really limited inside those dell, I would prefer to invest in another nvidia than the 1050 or 1650...
I have just another question, can i mount any power supply or does it have any condition ? like as long as it can run the graphic card ? 600W? 800W?
I definitely got a fright when I saw all the extra cables on my PSU compared to the built in Dell one 😭 this helped regardless thanks bro 🙏🙏
I would have gotten at least an HD7000 series. Driver support for the 6000 series ended in 2014
Good point. Don’t have a budget for a 2080 after all this camera gear. I have a R7 250 low profile and RX 470 to benchmark with an i5 and i7 based 9020. Any suggestions for other budget friendly/used cards to include?
@@TheNetGuy Can't go wrong with a 1050 TI. People sell them for cheap nowadays on the used market.
Hey I just bought one of these and I'll probably doing similar to what you did in your video to mine! Thanks for the video it helps a lot. #givememinecraft #thenetguy
thank you i needed this i didn’t know i needed the converter cord
I will be so happy if you will be a big tech youtuber you deserve it!!!!
Thank you so much for the kind words. It’s a ton of work to make a video - about an hour per minute of finished video. Thanks for watching and commenting.
you remind me of Toby from The Office haha
This is the second time I’ve been told that. Guess I need to watch the office! Thanks for watching and thanks even more for commenting... I think!
Me: Lest buy a graphics card!! Yeah
When this video was published all of the mining cards were cheap
2021: LETS PUSH THE PRICES OF THE GRAPHICS CARDS TO THE LIMIT
Thanks for the 24pin adapter link! Totally saved my build!
You’re very welcome. Thanks for watching and good luck. Send some pictures to me and I’ll feature you in an upcoming build.
I want you to ask you some question please
@@TheNetGuy i want you to ask you some question please you too
I know this video is old but I've been trying to figure out how to put another Dell 9020 - $100 Gaming Upgrade
PSU into it besides a dell one and you've answered it....after 10+ videos this video is the first one that talked about that adapter...thank you now I can turn my sons pc into a better one at his mothers house without changing the case motherboard or anything. Now i can put an rx570 or 580 in it now for him
Sweet! That’s a great upgrade path and gaming pc!
Done this shit years ago it’s best value on market get a 9010 with i7 3770 and you won’t need the 24 pin adapter also buy yourself a ssd and add it as your boot drive it’s a must in today’s world there 20$ now days
And just go ahead and buy a gtx 1060 6gb single fan for $120 and get the most out of it for best bang for buck playing 1080p at 120 fps in most games with setting on high it’s able to be a serious gaming pc on the cheap
The psu do like this guy anything over 450 watts that’s a name brand. Psu ... Corsair ,evga,Thermaltake...just buy best deal one that is from reputable company is mainly it shouldn’t be more than $40
Optiplex i73770 16gb ddr3 $150 eBay
1060 6gb $125
Ssd 128gb $20
Psu $40
Roughly $350 and you will have a great pc for years and play any game at high refresh rate 1080p you can game the triple a titles on 4K low setting on your big screen tv and it’ll be way better than a console as far as quality.
Thanks, nicely explained, simple and clear.
Great build! i got a 9020 SFF for my TV. It doesn't take a big GPU like the full size one, but it's plenty good for minecraft with the included single slot low profile AMD gpu.
Your voice is so calming man
I just seconds ago posted a 48 minute video of me rambling :). Enjoy!!!!
Thanks bro, this video helped a lot!
Thanks 👍🏾
Fixed my Quandary!
You Da Man
Glad I could help - send me some pictures and I'd love to toss them in the next video under viewer appreciation :)
This was a good tutorial. Thanks👍
Only equaled by your comment ;). Thanks for the kind words!
Awesome vid! Followed step by step
Man, I wish there was a love X 10 button :). So glad it helped you - if you shoot me a pic or two at jon@thenetguy.com I'd love to point you out in a future video!
Even today Nov 2023 this Dell 9020 is what im looking for 👌👍
Not awful, but look for an hp z440 or HP 800 g2. Both easier flips and higher performance 👍
Have the same Dell 9020 System, Bought an adapter today, I hope all goes well :), and by the way, I like your videos.
Hopefully it worked well. I just put out another mod video you might want to try: th-cam.com/video/b_M2GGunaYM/w-d-xo.html
thanks for this video bro, i got this pc, thanks bro
THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! i have been struggling to figure out what is wrong with the new setup I'm doing for a Childs Birthday present. ordered from amazon 8-) needed the adapter from 24pin to 8pin... Brilliant...
You’re welcome welcome! 🙏
I like the background music.
Hey man, just watched this video and subbed straight away, your straightforward style and sound and camera quality is that of someone 100k+ subs!
Anyway, recently I bought a Dell Optiplex 3040 i5-6500, and was wondering if the power supply you mentioned is compatible/ necessary. The graphics card I wish to install runs off the motherboard power
If you can get away with mobo power then it’s that much easier. Enjoy! Thanks for the kind words and watching. Lots more videos to come (picked up my dream lens yesterday to help shoot more b-roll).
Thanks Alot man!!
Awesome!! Thanks!
No problem!
Thanks for this video, I was planning on dropping a 1080ti in my optiplex and I wanted to figure out how to change my power supply 😅
Definitely upgrade it 👍
very calm
Thank you!
I like to use SFX power supplies in micro atx cases so you do not have so many wires all over.
We need disassembly and upgrade options for Dell Latitude 7320 Detachable
Thanks, great video. I dont know why but up until now I thought the cables which power the gpu come off the motherboard
i love this man
For some reason this one video got algorithmed hard... hope you stick around to watch the rest of my stuff!
i will thanks for the help
You could really clean that case up by tucking the unused cabling and the slack from the used cables into the empty optical drive bay.
Great point. If you check out some of my newer videos I’ve transplanted this into an ATX case. Gamdias also sent a new modular power supply to review which should help a ton! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the video
I wanted knowing if these would work for dell optiplex 9020 seems a little different in terms of the dimensiions of the pc box
Very informative video. Thank you. Did you have to adjust the sata connections for a full size gpu, especially for using the boot drive sata connection? Also are the front usb headers/ connections in the way for full size gpu? I think the 9010 Optiplex is a tight fit for a full size gpu as the sata and usb connections are in the way.
It’s a tight fit but I was able to get it in. A three fan GPU prob not, but I have seen people still out and remove the drive tray for more room. The rest of the cables routed pretty easily.
This video is great, your voice is quite soothing, I just need to ask, is this the Optiplex 9020 Mini Tower?
Thanks for the kind words! Yes it is.
I love u man, i was scared 'cause i bought a Radeon rx 570 to my Dell 9020, but there was not a 24 pines on the motherboard, i'l try then with adaptor, God Bless you
Should work. A bigger PSU will help a lot.
Just a note about why dell uses a special cable on the 9020. when they changed from the 9010, which uses standard atx, to the 9020, they moved the +5V rail to the mainboard. The Power supply only supplies +12 and -12V. changing the power supply not only will change the connector, but will move the 5v off the Mainboard back on to the Power supply. just a little factoid about why.
Right on John! Thanks for sharing. I’ll be doing an update video soon, might toss that wisdom in with credit.
I have a dell 9080 and the set up is about the same, what kind of power supply was that you bought ? Or recommend? Also waiting for part 2
I have almost the same thing but different things I don’t know much about pc’s but my pc turns on but there is no display could you do a video about the power cords and what you need to plug in for it to have display on your monitor?
Great passion hd music😊
This is such a helpful video! Im planning on doing doing exactly what your doing in the video, but do i need an adapter for the gpu to get external power?
Yeah check out the “big gpu” video on my channel. You’ll need more power or a drive adapter.
@@TheNetGuy thanks!
This is a good video for if u plan on installing a more power hungry card to a system like this. But u could have also just have gotten a slot powered GPU that wouldn't require a 6 pin or 8pin GPU adapter and game as well for even cheaper if u got a used GPU like an rx460/560, gt1030, 750ti, GTX 950, gtx 1050, or 1050ti. This way you wouldn't have to change out the PSU. That PSU is pretty decent for a lower watt PSU.
Excellent points!
I have a dell optiplex 980 that I got from a university. It came with windows 10 pro. The pc was $125. I have 12 GB of ram in it, I put a 600 watt EVGA power supply in it, and I also put an Nvidia gtx 1060 3gb graphics card in it.
Nice Garrett! I put an open invite to people to send me their build photos if you want to be featured in a video. Jon@TheNetGuy.com. Also, I just posted a case review and finished moving the 9020 to an ATX case - that should be coming out soon.
whats the part number on that 600 wat evga powersuply
this video was very helpful. I have one question though, do you think this build could run games such as GTA or Assassin's creed?
Older ones absolutely.
Great video! Just ordered a 9020 i7 4770 with 16GB ram and 1TB drive, Planing on getting a new tower, PSU and a cheap SSD. thank you a lot! Also do u think a RTX 2060 or RX 5600 will be bottlenecked by the CPU?
Neither should be bottlenecked. It’s a good box and I’ve even been playing cyberpunk on mine. Of course I just got my hands on a Radeon 6800 Nitro+ :)
I was very surprised to see that 8 pin motherboard connector. I have a Dell 7010 from the prior year that has a standard 24 Pin ATX connector for the motherboard, so my new power supply didn't require any adapter. (Mine is a Plex Server, not gaming, but with 6 spinning drives I wanted to have enough power)
Hey Travis! Glad you watched the video. That’s a lot of drives - a good power supply will help out. I’m doing a review of a case and case transplant video soon which should help you stuff a few more drives in :)
@@TheNetGuy I've already done a transplant and the front panel header isn't standard and doesn't even have the same number of pins for the power switch. Not to mention you lose SATA ports (the BIOS just stops seeing one of the ports) if the front USB/Mic/Headphone aren't connected. So for now mine looks like a FrankenDell. Not a big deal since I only use it for a (headless) server that runs 24/7. But hey, I have room for more drives now and the ones that are in there have better cooling.
There is that Nice big Empty drive bay to put all those cables in
True! Building an Unraid server right now and wishing I had room for more. Thanks for watching and commenting!
did the exact same build, 450 power, Dell 9020, Radeon 6950. Will not boot up or turn on. Help any bios suggestions? Thank you for getting back to me, must be a bad graphics card will get another . Love this build!!
geez that cable
I am new here but I never hear the term 80% eco friendly, and btw I have done Dell build and with modular PSU is hard to install due to the side panel mechanism.
Upgrading my optiplex today!
Best wishes! You’ve got this!
@@TheNetGuy running into a 4 prong length issue but other than that it should be an easy fix
*I got a free Dell Optiplex 390 with an i3-2100, 16GBs of RAM and an AMD Radeon HD 5450. I already had a 500GB SSD for my boot drive and a 750GB HHD (7200RPM) laptop drive for storage. All I bought was a 2.5 inch to 3.5 inch HHD mounting bracket, an extra SATA cable and SATA power splitter cable and a DMS-59 to Dual VGA cable with an extra VGA cable ($30). I also already had Windows 10. It's a great TH-cam, BitTorrent and paying bills PC.*