Did you know this about the new Dell 3020/3030 model Inspirons? (Part One)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.พ. 2024
- The new Dell Inspiron 3020 and 3030 models are useful for utilising as a base for a budget gaming PC that doesn't take up too much room, (which is what I'm doing here for a customer) but in this video today at Big Matt's Computers, we discover a caveat if you're planning on buying one.
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Also a small self-correction; the Dell Inspiron model that ships with 12th gen intel CPUs that can work out of the box with AMD GPUs is the 3910, not 3010. For some reason Dell in their model naming scheme went from 3910 to 3020. Derp.
These only allow you to use super new monitors because they don’t have VGA so if you already have a nice widescreen you want to use forget it.
How many watts is your power supply running?
Maybe it needed a BIOS update? I was working on an HP Prodesk PC slotting in an rx6400.
I had no video output, just power cycles until i updated the BIOS. Worked great after that.
its locked out through the chipset. if you read the manual regarding a GPU upgrade, it will tell you to visit their website to buy one of their OEM cards at twice the price. All of them are OEM Nvidia RTX or GTX cards. its not a bios issue, its the chipset telling the bios to stop on any AMD PCI-E Device ID. They pulled the same trick back in the core 2 duo days. Funny thing was they had some AMD options for CPU and you would still be locked from using AMD GPU's lol. They are so anti consumer its disgraceful.
Did you remember to disable the slot security for PCIE x16 before installing the card? Followed by enabling after? Also does that rig have a PCIE power output direct from the PSU?
Actually no, I didn't try that. Good suggestion. I've already boxed it up to get on its way to the customer with a GTX 1650 Super, but the next time I'm tinkering with one of these new Inspirons, I'll see if that option is present in the BIOS and yes, this rig does indeed have the PCIE output direct from the 300W with a single 8/6-pin plug.
@@Big_Matts_Computers The 1650 super is a great choice even though Nvidia rcommend a 460W PSU, I'm sure it'll work fine. Knowing that the rig has a PCIE 6/8 pin from the PSU it's definitly got my interest now.
@@Quadromodo Thanks for watching! Actually, according to the box, Nvidia recommends 350W for the 1650 Super, as opposed to the GTX 1060 3GB I was originally planning on installing, for which Nvidia recommends a 400W PSU, so I thought the 1650 Super would be a better fit. Yeah, they can be handy to make into a decent little gaming rig, but if you end up buying one, make sure you get the one with the 300W PSU as opposed to the 180W PSU, as that does not have a PCIE 6/8 pin plug and would only be appropriate for installing a GPU that gets its power just from the PCIE X 16 slot, like a GT 1030, GTX 1050/Ti or a 1650 non-super.
@@Big_Matts_Computers I could have sworn that was right, maybe dementia is creeping in LOL.
@@Big_Matts_Computers You did your due diligence, the 14th gen motherboard has a lockout on the chipset to halt on any "unknown" PCI-E devices, unknown meaning anything that is not a Nvidia card. They did this to help push Nvidia's garbage leftover 30 stock from last decade. This shit is par for the course as far as dell is concerned. That is all dell is selling GPU wise is Nvidia OEM cards.
Think your CPU fan is the wrong way round aswell
Yeah, that's the way Dell have them installed by default on these new Inspirons. It's positioned to blow the air away from the CPU, through the vent which is attached to the top of the fan (this can be seen installed in the "Part Two" video) and out the side of the case.
Are you sure the PSU is providing enough power?
Yeah, we tried the RX 6400 as well, which has much lower PSU requirements that the RX 6500 XT. the 6400 draws its power straight from the PCIE X 16 slot and we still got no display on the Radeon.
This is due to the modified chipset on the motherboard. Dell must have some paid shill deal with Nvidia to block out AMD cards. They did this same shit back during the Core 2 duo era. This is maddening and upsetting at the same time. I just got my kiddo a HP with a i3 10100 in it and it supports all GPU's. Dell also does this so they can sell you their marked up OEM cards at 3 times the price. B U L L S H I T!