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.
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.
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.
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
@Umbrella Corporation that wouldn't work because of how the bios would read the processor. it's the same overall chipset, but the bios is holding this thing back
Watching the video, I realized that as I worked on a RAM stick on my unit, I was not pushing it in to click. That little bit of info, solved a problem and got me running again. I was trying to simply set the stick in and close the side clips. Thank you.
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.
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
***** I don't have a 745 mini computer to show you how to install an new video card but it may works the same as in my video. Here's a link i found that can get you started. Hope it helps! phubner.eng.ua.edu/Files/Optiplex%20745/mt_cards.htm#wp1105095
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
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.
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?
Good day I have inserted a 1TB(empty, no data store on it{SATA-1}) on my 780 which is the exact same one as yours but afterwards it says it unsupported memory configuration. Please populate DIMM1. 160GB (SATA-0)
Thanks.. I will no longer upload videos on this channel but use as a reference. my new channel is th-cam.com/users/techstevehd or techstevehd.com.. I will start upload new videos when i get some extra time...
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.
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
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.
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?
I tried this, just popped it out because my Hard Drive which has my opearating system installed (Windows 10) already to go, is only 80Gb, so relativey small, so I just left it AS IS and installed an external HardDrive, of 500Gb Capacity, cheap enough off EBAY.I also have an 2.5 inch external drive so I have PLENTY of Storage NOW. Already done the RAM, So All that I have to do to my DELL OPTIPLEX NOW is Install a GRAPHICS CARD of EBAY, maybe even Banggood.com.GOOD STUFF!!!*? ;)
My hard drive overheats to 50 degrees to 52 degrees..Crystal Disk Info beeps me to it.. then I have to stop working and activities. Hard drive 3 uncorrectable sector count and 4 current pending sector count.. Does that really mean that I have to change the hard drive? or just install a second one? I will just buy a second drive and if one fails I will still have the other. right? I have 6 GB ram, 320 gb on hard drive, processor is E8400 3.0 Ghz
It depend on what games you want to play. I most cases GX520 is good as a basic computer and want handle the demand of some of the newer games. Far as upgrading The GX520's motherboard amzn.to/1GkWRN3 is a intel® 945G chipset and the G3258 requires a FCLGA1150 motherboard www.dell.com/downloads/emea/products/optix/opti_gx620_gx520_uk.pdf Sorry but you may want to consider rethinking this project. I didn't look into the video card at this point
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.
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.
Hey Steve. I have purchased a Dell Optiplex 760.. with this (Asus 210-1GD3-L GeForce 210 Nvidia Graphics Card(1GB DDR3,PCI Express 2.0,HDMI,Dual-link DVI,Dust-proof Fan) can you help me find on amazon (UK site) the necessary hard drive to get etc please. many thanks Nick
Friend you could help me, I have a dell optiplex 760 and card nvidia video geforce 210 1gb ddr3 and when I put it on my pc tells me video settings not supported action is required and asks me to remove the video card slot pci-express x16. please help me
greetings everyone, I have a dell optiplex 580 in our house, it does not have a graphics card in it. I just bought the game Just Cause 2 from Steam but it lags. I want to play it with decent FPS. but I don't know what graphics card should I buy for my optiplex 580, I want to learn building my own Gaming PC and this is where I start. it has AMD Athlon II X2 B22 2.80Ghz and 4GB ddr3 ram. I need help to choose what Graphics card I should buy. your response will be appreciated by a learning beginner like me.
these r great pcs just lookout when it comes to graphics card not all will fit. im running intel core 2 duo@2.4ghz. 250gb hdd 4 gig ram ati hd 7470 1gb. and can play far cry 3 on medium settings gta iv etc. all in all a good cheap gaming pc for most ganes
Just look for low profile video cards. It depends if you want the best rez. I would do dual hdmi and buy converters to change back to dvi or vga ,so you will be ready for the future. But just about any low profile cards will work. This should get you started bit.ly/14rLcjO
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?
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.
I am using optiplex 780 SFF and currently I have gt 620 2GB 64bit and I upgraded the processer to an Intel Core 2 Q6700 2.66GHz Quad Core from an Intel core 2 Duo vPro 3.0Ghz. Only problem is that there is not enough cooling in the case so I am upgrading to a new case have any suggestions?
I had Dell optiplex 755, with Intel Q35 motherboard, e6550 processor, 4gb ddr 2 ram, 250 gb HDD, can this pc processor upgrade to any one ???, Pl.tell me
Could you go over the connections to add a second drive.... following my manual , the hard drive Sata 0, second drive(SSD) I want to instal but not sure how, should be Sata1 and the Optical drive Sata 2........ I followed that and when I switched on power all I got was a buzzing sound..... so somewhere I have gone wrong.
Hi Steve, many thanks for this very informative video. I have an old Optiplex 745, would the video card you used in this work on the 745 desktop model (looks just like the one in this video)? Would this allow me to use two monitors/displays? Do you know if this would enable me to play Minecraft? Really appreciate any help you can give. Many thanks.
Many thanks Steve. They look pretty cheap online, about $30-$40. Would you know any better graphics cards for the optiplex 745 (that are as easy to fit as the one shown)? Thanks for your help :)
That one serves my purpose for windows media center videos. You would only want more if you're doing gaming. I say go for it! I'm going to start adding part to my techsteve amazon store soon if you want help support my channel in the future. bit.ly/1rs2KHj
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
Can you tell me what shroud/heatsink/fan u are using for the cpu? Mine fell apart during a disassembly and broke entirely. I am having a hard time finding a replacement. Thx
www.acronis.com/en-us/personal/pc-backup/ is the one that i use to use, however there's some other software if you search for "clone harddrive" in google. A free way is to plug in a backup Harddrive go to your c drive and drag the user folder to it(includes all your photos, doc, videos, etc) then drag it back to the same directory after you install the os on your new drive. Only problem is that you want have any programs moved
i have a Dell 755 but its super slow with windows 10 32bit with 4 1gb of ram, it ran windows vista very well but now its slow do you think i need to upgrade the cpu if so please comment
Sir,I have the same CPU , my problem is that when everytime I start my CPU it shows error of " Alert, error intialliging pci express slot 4". But all my PCI slots are empty. Please Sir, help me to get the solution for this.
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.
well, its brand PC , and brand machines always work more stable than ones we make ourselves, because they are optimized with all the components.
@@uroskostic8570 Not true.
why not the gt 710 ?
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.
Failed configuration, your assistance will be highly appreciated...
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.
OMG THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE GRAPHICS CARD PART, I COULD NOT FIND ANY TUTORIALS UNTIL NOW!
it's like a tutorial on how to eat a sandwich
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.
I just added 1TB but it says unsupported memory configuration, do you have an idea on how to resolve the issue.
This what an amazing site you have , for people who have no opportunity to learn about maintenance !!! Thank YOU!!!
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
Thanks, you helped me with installing my son’s graphic card!
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
Thanks mate, no screws needed at all ;)
Thank you. Do you have any video on upgrading the processor for this dell model?
im 3 years late but a core 2 quad is the only thing you can put in it
@Umbrella Corporation that wouldn't work because of how the bios would read the processor. it's the same overall chipset, but the bios is holding this thing back
Watching the video, I realized that as I worked on a RAM stick on my unit, I was not pushing it in to click. That little bit of info, solved a problem and got me running again. I was trying to simply set the stick in and close the side clips. Thank you.
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.
Thx ! I really appreciate your work and videos.
Excellent help my Brother,ur video has help me very well keep up the excellent work
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?
can i install EVGA GeForce 8400GS 1GB SDDR3 in 755
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
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
Thank you Sandy
Great job I'll keep check for a new update in my PC.
Steve, Thanks for your help.
Thank you for watching my video!
***** I don't have a 745 mini computer to show you how to install an new video card but it may works the same as in my video. Here's a link i found that can get you started. Hope it helps! phubner.eng.ua.edu/Files/Optiplex%20745/mt_cards.htm#wp1105095
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
Anyone know how to do a psu upgrade on this exact model?
wow amazing video! got a local pc shop that sell this model. now just wonder if the power supply can be change too?
Thanks so much, best tutorial i've seen for upgrading my optiplex 755.
Thanks for the kudos
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.
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.
Thx steve that helped alot, easy tutorial. Im gona update with my dell asap and tell how it work.
Thanks that would be great. plus.google.com/+TechSteve/posts to let us all know of your about your new system
M8 I've Watched so many of these this is one of the most explained tutorial I've watched +1 sub and like
Good day
I have inserted a 1TB(empty, no data store on it{SATA-1}) on my 780 which is the exact same one as yours but afterwards it says it unsupported memory configuration. Please populate DIMM1.
160GB (SATA-0)
Thanks for the help :) I subbed!
Thanks.. I will no longer upload videos on this channel but use as a reference. my new channel is th-cam.com/users/techstevehd or techstevehd.com.. I will start upload new videos when i get some extra time...
Thanks Buddy,.. very informative. Will use out tutorial to soup up a Hackintosh Optiplex I'm buying..
make a video that we can all enjoy!
thx so much!! i relly found this helpful
What model is the graphics card is, besides the manufacturer that it came from?
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?
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.
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
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.
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
Thanks for the video. Very helpful seeing this.
+Anthony Correia Thanks For Watching
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.
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?
I tried this, just popped it out because my Hard Drive which has my opearating system installed (Windows 10) already to go, is only 80Gb, so relativey small, so I just left it AS IS and installed an external HardDrive, of 500Gb Capacity, cheap enough off EBAY.I also have an 2.5 inch external drive so I have PLENTY of Storage NOW. Already done the RAM, So All that I have to do to my DELL OPTIPLEX NOW is Install a GRAPHICS CARD of EBAY, maybe even Banggood.com.GOOD STUFF!!!*? ;)
Oh i habe win7 pro, and its the same gpu as u had, but with no spincooler, mines have aluminium cooler.
My hard drive overheats to 50 degrees to 52 degrees..Crystal Disk Info beeps me to it.. then I have to stop working and activities. Hard drive 3 uncorrectable sector count and 4 current pending sector count.. Does that really mean that I have to change the hard drive? or just install a second one? I will just buy a second drive and if one fails I will still have the other. right? I have 6 GB ram, 320 gb on hard drive, processor is E8400 3.0 Ghz
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TechSteveSD Will an EVGA geforce GS 1 Gig work in a 760?
th-cam.com/video/1JMw4FrXO68/w-d-xo.html
TechSteveSD would a gtx 610 or 640 work on a hp compact sff pc thank you
It depend on what games you want to play. I most cases GX520 is good as a basic computer and want handle the demand of some of the newer games. Far as upgrading
The GX520's motherboard
amzn.to/1GkWRN3 is a intel® 945G chipset and the G3258 requires a FCLGA1150
motherboard
www.dell.com/downloads/emea/products/optix/opti_gx620_gx520_uk.pdf
Sorry but you may want to consider rethinking this project. I didn't look into the video card at this point
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.
Is it the same process went updating the 780 optiplex
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
Steve, is it possible to upgrade the moherboard to include different features on an Optiplex760? If so, what size does it take?
What kind of graphic card is compatible how many ram slots are available
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.
Hey Steve.
I have purchased a Dell Optiplex 760.. with this (Asus 210-1GD3-L GeForce 210 Nvidia Graphics Card(1GB DDR3,PCI Express 2.0,HDMI,Dual-link DVI,Dust-proof Fan) can you help me find on amazon (UK site) the necessary hard drive to get etc please. many thanks
Nick
Is the PCI-E slot for upgrading graphics limited to 1 slot?
thank you, nice one !
Friend you could help me, I have a dell optiplex 760 and card nvidia video geforce 210 1gb ddr3 and when I put it on my pc tells me video settings not supported action is required and asks me to remove the video card slot pci-express x16.
please help me
Thank you!
for that same PC video card would give you low / medium range you help me?
greetings everyone, I have a dell optiplex 580 in our house, it does not have a graphics card in it. I just bought the game Just Cause 2 from Steam but it lags. I want to play it with decent FPS. but I don't know what graphics card should I buy for my optiplex 580, I want to learn building my own Gaming PC and this is where I start. it has AMD Athlon II X2 B22 2.80Ghz and 4GB ddr3 ram. I need help to choose what Graphics card I should buy. your response will be appreciated by a learning beginner like me.
I have a question...what is the white slot next to the graphic card slot?
pci for add on's such as wireless cards, upgraded network cards, etc
Very informative. Helped me a lot.
You're welcome. Thanks for watching
Hi, does it have to be 4x2gb RAM or it can be 2x4gb RAM also for the Dell Optiplex 760? Thank you
Please does dell optiplex 755 has internal dedicated ram
these r great pcs just lookout when it comes to graphics card not all will fit. im running intel core 2 duo@2.4ghz. 250gb hdd 4 gig ram ati hd 7470 1gb. and can play far cry 3 on medium settings gta iv etc. all in all a good cheap gaming pc for most ganes
Wrong about memory. It was 2 2GB DIMMs. You didn't read the label properly.
Is Radeon R9 380 fit in the Dell OptiPlex 990? if yes what Power Supply should i buy?
Please answer :c
Will those upgrades work on a optiplex 360?
hey can i put and dell 760 sff moyherboard in another case?
can you upgrade the video card in the dell optiplex 755
Excellent upgrade video. I want to add a second monitor. I do not do gaming. How to I determine what video card to buy? thanks.
Just look for low profile video cards. It depends if you want the best rez. I would do dual hdmi and buy converters to change back to dvi or vga ,so you will be ready for the future. But just about any low profile cards will work. This should get you started bit.ly/14rLcjO
Can i add 2TB hard drive on dell optiplex 780 sff?
Which graphics card you used
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?
Will this fit Nvidia GTS 250 video card? Can I put a 650 watt Corsair PSU in there?
Does the Data cable for the extra hard-drive get plugged into the white or black fitting on the motherboard ?
Thankyou
+Kameel Huseffi it doesn't matter, to be honest they are both SATA connectors. Just so you know :D
What's the graphic card you used on this? Also is there a better one I can get that will also work on this?
Ethan Fales the best one for now is the gt 1030
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.
+Offical C.Loud Page A good Graphics card ofr under a 100? Nvidia GT 730 Or Amd Radeon r7 240 or Radeon HD 6450
Como se llama la tarjeta gráfica que tiene en tu pc por que yo tengo una optiplex 755
Hey Guys, I added the manuals to this location for the Dell 755 if any one need them techstevehd.com/dell-optiplex-755/
I haven't done it myself but here's a video that will help you take it apart th-cam.com/video/-NgO4Pz6WuI/w-d-xo.html
I am using optiplex 780 SFF and currently I have gt 620 2GB 64bit and I upgraded the processer to an Intel Core 2 Q6700 2.66GHz Quad Core from an Intel core 2 Duo vPro 3.0Ghz. Only problem is that there is not enough cooling in the case so I am upgrading to a new case have any suggestions?
All The manuals are here. Find your pc and look for processor update options techstevehd.com/dell-optiplex-780-manuals/
+Tech Steve SD will this gpu work in a Dell optiplex 360?
The GPU info is in the start guide on page 25 techstevehd.com/dell-optiplex-360-manual/
What gpus are compatible with this same pc?
I had Dell optiplex 755, with Intel Q35 motherboard, e6550 processor, 4gb ddr 2 ram, 250 gb HDD, can this pc processor upgrade to any one ???, Pl.tell me
i have an optiplex 380, do you know if i can fit a gtx550 ti in there?
it have 4 memory slots ddr2?
Could you go over the connections to add a second drive.... following my manual , the hard drive Sata 0, second drive(SSD) I want to instal but not sure how, should be Sata1 and the Optical drive Sata 2........ I followed that and when I switched on power all I got was a buzzing sound..... so somewhere I have gone wrong.
Hi Steve, many thanks for this very informative video. I have an old Optiplex 745, would the video card you used in this work on the 745 desktop model (looks just like the one in this video)? Would this allow me to use two monitors/displays? Do you know if this would enable me to play Minecraft?
Really appreciate any help you can give. Many thanks.
Yes, If it's a full size model just don't use the low profile adapter.
Many thanks Steve. They look pretty cheap online, about $30-$40. Would you know any better graphics cards for the optiplex 745 (that are as easy to fit as the one shown)? Thanks for your help :)
That one serves my purpose for windows media center videos. You would only want more if you're doing gaming. I say go for it! I'm going to start adding part to my techsteve amazon store soon if you want help support my channel in the future. bit.ly/1rs2KHj
What is your MSI video card model? I want to but the samething for mine. Please
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What power supply are you using for that? And mine has 100-200wts, would mine work for all those upgrades?
For these upgrades it would most likely work if your PSU is a 200 wat
can u give a link to those sticks ram sticks please i would love 16 GBs of ram or anyone give me the link pls and thank you
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
outstanding friend. nice clinic professor.
Can you tell me what shroud/heatsink/fan u are using for the cpu? Mine fell apart during a disassembly and broke entirely. I am having a hard time finding a replacement. Thx
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Thx for the reply. Didn't this come with a Heatsink as well?
how to mount the 2.5 hdd
can i place a msi n560gtx-ti 1g in my optiplex 780??
Hello. If you want to upgrade the hard and will you lose the operating system. If so how do I get it back
www.acronis.com/en-us/personal/pc-backup/ is the one that i use to use, however there's some other software if you search for "clone harddrive" in google. A free way is to plug in a backup Harddrive go to your c drive and drag the user folder to it(includes all your photos, doc, videos, etc) then drag it back to the same directory after you install the os on your new drive. Only problem is that you want have any programs moved
i have a Dell 755 but its super slow with windows 10 32bit with 4 1gb of ram, it ran windows vista very well but now its slow do you think i need to upgrade the cpu if so please comment
Sir,I have the same CPU , my problem is that when everytime I start my CPU it shows error of " Alert, error intialliging pci express slot 4". But all my PCI slots are empty.
Please Sir, help me to get the solution for this.
hi steve did you change your power supply and how many watt do you have...thanks plss reply
I didn't change the power supply. It's 280 watts
Can i install Galaxy NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 2 GB DDR3 Graphics Card in dell optiplex 360?