Absolutely hands down my favorite motherboard to play with. GREAT FIND for only $20. I typically buy 660 boards left and right for around $25-30 just for the board. Don't know if you ever saw the reset button hack video I showed on the 660, but yeah, you can make EVERYTHING work, plus add Wi-Fi & Bluetooth, and SUPER SUPER easy to Hackintosh. You'll find the 660 boards make for easier content for your channel then those crusty 3010's that need extra adapters and hacks. The 660 board is PERFECT. You so gotta do a case swap on this.
yea i saw you videos on this board, that hackintosh inthe vetroo case is looking sweet. this deal was def a sweet deal and so easy to upgrade. def gonna keep my eyes out for more of them. When i saw it i remembered your videos about it and it was one of the reasons I snagged it up cause i saw how it easy it is to mod and upgrade!!
Is the front I/O standard or proprietary? I want to do a motherboard swap on mine to bring it up to speed. I still use it as a daily driver for teleworking. Seeing that you mentioned Hackintosh, I might need to get a 660 board for that specific use case.
The thing with any Dell 2nd or 3rd gen processors is that they have not been affected by the curse of proprietary power connections. This means that PSU can be replaced.
I have a dell with a 4th gen i5 (4460), I can also upgrade my PSU, the only thing that is "proprietary" is the power button connector, it has to have a jumper connected to either the positive or negative, to two other pins, or else no video appears on the screen, but other than that it's not proprietary.
As someone who owns and uses this exact computer as my daily driver i can tell you a few things -This board can support ivy bridge(I believe it needs the latest bios though) and can support 32gb of ram -there's almost no bottlenecking with gpus. I use a gtx 1660 super(2 fans) on it and im able to play all the newest triple a games on ultra with 60-80 fps and with no bottlenecking(I upgraded it to a ivy bridge i7) it also supports ssds. -im even able to play vr games perfectly with no setbacks -This thing is like a upgradeable supercomputer for its time
I have a inspiron 660 that I upgraded with old spare parts. A 1650 video card, 3770 cpu, 16 gigs of ram and a 450 watt PSU. It's not my main system but I enjoy playing around with it.
Awesome I just cleaned up an old laptop and was able to get windows 11 installed but I got to get an SSD great video!!! New sub! A lot of Dell computers are very upgradable I have always appreciated that about Dell truthfully
my mom gave me her old dell inspiron 660 and i kept it 1 out of nistogia i played tons of minecraft on it and 2 becuase it was my moms so i treasure it and 3 cus it does everything i need in 2023 mine has 12gb of ram though and a core i7 3770 i upgraded it lol and some random amd radeon gpu with 2gb vram that found in a thrift store lol when it was my moms it had a Core i3 2ed gen and 4gb of ram and no GPU lol but it ran minecraft just fine lol it had windows 7
I got one of these for free about two years ago and got some budget parts, and now the only stock part is the motherboard. it is now my daily driver, my specs are the i5 2400, amd radeon rx6400, and 16 gb ram.
you can game on any budget rig so long as you have 8gb of ram a 4 core cpu and a memory card with 3+gb ddr5 or better. I had a rig with 8gb ddr2 core 2 quad 2.6ghz and a gtx1060 3gb. my first pc build using a free pc that had 1 gb ddr2 and a 1 core processor. spend 30$ on ebay and 150$ at best buy for the gpu, used as my primary gaming pc for 4 years
Nice. Well, something similar to what I have. I recently added two extra 4g + 2g corsairs to my old gateway i3 pc, one hd 6770, I just had to buy a little adapter cable to power the video card, one ssd for windows etc and another ssd for gaming and shit . All that from my old gaming pc. Right now I only play ArmA2 1080p graphics on high, 35-40 fps 🤷🏼♂️
If any of you have a Dell Inspiron 660 with an i3, i5, CPU, upgrade to an i7 3770 CPU or an i7 3770K, The performance is superb, i7 3770 is an Ivybridge CPU, not a Sandybridge, Ivybridge is much faster and performs better than a Sandybridge CPU you wont regret it.
Plenty of computers this old only have one sata 3 port and the rest at gen 2 or even gen 1 (usually color coded). So make sure the ssd is on the fastest port!
I paid 15 dollars for a 560, I swapped out the cpu for q9550 and put in a 1050ti and this thing moves, yea it’s limited to sata2 but the ssd still keeps going
Wait how did you get that processor to work that Computer should be to old for that prosser. Did you change the motherboard. Because the Dell inspiron line 545, 560 to this model shouldn't be able to upgrade to that line of prossers.
OK, good jobs bro but need to rebuild I plan to buy 6 desktop for me and replace Intel porsscer cpu 11 or 12 Gen because older cpu porsscer work windows 11 but it not supported old hardware I need to replace new porsscer means to install windows 11????.
they make great starter pc's plus they are good for donations. I run into alot of people who struggle to afford computers and deals like this is what allows me to at least give them something to start. something is better then nothing!
drop in a bios revision A13 and put in a cheap xeon E3-1240v2 its essentially a 3770 without the integrated graphics but if you put in a 1660 super in it it rocks. check out my channel its aint crap but i put a vid of my 660 build been rockin it for about 3 years now and its still strong
lol.... honestly never had those coolers give me an issue with noise. I use high end thermal paste so maybe that helps but also second and third gen really don't get to toasty i have found. 4th gen an up i usually get a better cooler for them.
@@DLMtechgarage I also use a quality thermal paste. I could not stand the noise (like a constant jet turbine) from the stock cooler that came with a Dell pre-built i7-8700 centered build, so replaced it w/a Arctic Freezer air CPU cooler. Maybe you have lost some hearing from working w/so much lawn equipment...
Man I wish that was true in my area. RGB and fortnite is all that people want when I post computers for sale. First question I get asked is "what are the FPS in fortnite" so every computer I build and sell I always run fortnite to have the information handy.... It's crazy!!! I can sell a high end computer and still get asked that question and if I don't have that info they walk away from the deal smh....
Just getting into pcs and don't have much money to play with I was given a dell inspiron 3670 with the core i3 by my dad thats maybe 4 years old possibly Anything I can do to play some basic games on it lol
I would throw in a video card that does not require pci supplemental power like a gtx 1650 or even an rx 6400... they are direct plus ins, require no power and should get your started!!
I love watching your videos. It's almost like I made a TH-cam channel , as I do pretty much the same exact thing you do with PC's lol. Keep them coming bro.
I appreciate that! Been enjoying your stuff too! I picked up that 6500xt after watching your video. Def a cool card for some budgets builds I have been doing.
IMO this kind of project with this level of equipment, is just not worth the time, never mind any added expense. Then again, if all you wish to do is play Fornite at some frames, this all somehow works, even though that leaves me shaking my head...
Who walks away from a computer because it doesn't have RGB? That is crazy. Then again, I chose my systems for what I want them to do, not how they look.
I kept mine to give it a sleeper vibe. At the time the only upgrades that I did were an i3 to i5, an HD7770, a WiFi card, and a PCI-e Ethernet card for dual NICs.
"old windows 11" this guy from the future
lol!
💀
Absolutely hands down my favorite motherboard to play with. GREAT FIND for only $20. I typically buy 660 boards left and right for around $25-30 just for the board. Don't know if you ever saw the reset button hack video I showed on the 660, but yeah, you can make EVERYTHING work, plus add Wi-Fi & Bluetooth, and SUPER SUPER easy to Hackintosh. You'll find the 660 boards make for easier content for your channel then those crusty 3010's that need extra adapters and hacks. The 660 board is PERFECT. You so gotta do a case swap on this.
yea i saw you videos on this board, that hackintosh inthe vetroo case is looking sweet. this deal was def a sweet deal and so easy to upgrade. def gonna keep my eyes out for more of them. When i saw it i remembered your videos about it and it was one of the reasons I snagged it up cause i saw how it easy it is to mod and upgrade!!
Is the front I/O standard or proprietary? I want to do a motherboard swap on mine to bring it up to speed. I still use it as a daily driver for teleworking.
Seeing that you mentioned Hackintosh, I might need to get a 660 board for that specific use case.
@@zeroturn7091 its propietary so you have do some cutting and splicing. I never did a swap on it but imaginne that is what would have to be done.
@@DLMtechgarage I don't believe it is propietary I was able to connect and use the front io on another micro atx mobo
The thing with any Dell 2nd or 3rd gen processors is that they have not been affected by the curse of proprietary power connections. This means that PSU can be replaced.
yup def easier to upgrade the psu, but even with the proprietary power connections you can get the adaptors for like $10
@@DLMtechgarage 10$ not spent is 10$ more profit :D.
I have a dell with a 4th gen i5 (4460), I can also upgrade my PSU, the only thing that is "proprietary" is the power button connector, it has to have a jumper connected to either the positive or negative, to two other pins, or else no video appears on the screen, but other than that it's not proprietary.
@@rmendez011 i'm curious now, what model Dell is that?
@@Teksers Dell Inspiron 3847
As someone who owns and uses this exact computer as my daily driver i can tell you a few things
-This board can support ivy bridge(I believe it needs the latest bios though) and can support 32gb of ram
-there's almost no bottlenecking with gpus. I use a gtx 1660 super(2 fans) on it and im able to play all the newest triple a games on ultra with 60-80 fps and with no bottlenecking(I upgraded it to a ivy bridge i7) it also supports ssds.
-im even able to play vr games perfectly with no setbacks
-This thing is like a upgradeable supercomputer for its time
most def. I enjoyed this computer.
Good to know
Also I can confirm that that this motherboard supports other psus. Right now im using a EVGA 600w and its working perfectly
You always find these gems.. great video 👍👍
Thanks 👍
This brings back memories, i gamed on exactly the same build until a few months ago
I have a inspiron 660 that I upgraded with old spare parts. A 1650 video card, 3770 cpu, 16 gigs of ram and a 450 watt PSU. It's not my main system but I enjoy playing around with it.
Awesome I just cleaned up an old laptop and was able to get windows 11 installed but I got to get an SSD great video!!! New sub! A lot of Dell computers are very upgradable I have always appreciated that about Dell truthfully
my mom gave me her old dell inspiron 660 and i kept it 1 out of nistogia i played tons of minecraft on it and 2 becuase it was my moms so i treasure it and 3 cus it does everything i need in 2023 mine has 12gb of ram though and a core i7 3770 i upgraded it lol and some random amd radeon gpu with 2gb vram that found in a thrift store lol when it was my moms it had a Core i3 2ed gen and 4gb of ram and no GPU lol but it ran minecraft just fine lol it had windows 7
The legendary 750ti. Cool Build
thanks!! the old 750ti still holding strong!!
The Dell Optiplex is still kicking ass even though it is old, but you get value for your money.🙂
very true!!!
I got one of these for free about two years ago and got some budget parts, and now the only stock part is the motherboard. it is now my daily driver, my specs are the i5 2400, amd radeon rx6400, and 16 gb ram.
I found a 2007 gaming pc recently. It had an ati Radeon x800. I think you got the better deal
Had me at “dusty and crusty!”
you can game on any budget rig so long as you have 8gb of ram a 4 core cpu and a memory card with 3+gb ddr5 or better. I had a rig with 8gb ddr2 core 2 quad 2.6ghz and a gtx1060 3gb. my first pc build using a free pc that had 1 gb ddr2 and a 1 core processor. spend 30$ on ebay and 150$ at best buy for the gpu, used as my primary gaming pc for 4 years
Dont know if you mentioned it or not but the 660 came stock with a 2TB hard drive which is huge for this pc
It saids '' 660 '' on the tile but on the screen it said 620
You could also do a gtx 1050 ti and an intel core i7-3770 which can run on the same power supply
I just bought one today for $45 bucks lol. going to follow your video to see what i can do too
Cant wait to upgrade mine even if its from 2012 its still a big leap from a 2008 lenovo thincentre with a C2Q q9400.
yea you would def get a nice performance boost compared to that q9400
This guy sounds like LGR. Was expecting some woodgrain.
Anyways shopping around can lead to fantastic deals and can even make you a small profit.
Nice.
Well, something similar to what I have. I recently added two extra 4g + 2g corsairs to my old gateway i3 pc, one hd 6770, I just had to buy a little adapter cable to power the video card, one ssd for windows etc and another ssd for gaming and shit . All that from my old gaming pc. Right now I only play ArmA2 1080p graphics on high, 35-40 fps 🤷🏼♂️
nice!
I am on a 660. Yeah, I've had it that long (Windows 8) but it is dying on me.
If any of you have a Dell Inspiron 660 with an i3, i5, CPU, upgrade to an i7 3770 CPU or an i7 3770K, The performance is superb, i7 3770 is an Ivybridge CPU, not a Sandybridge, Ivybridge is much faster and performs better than a Sandybridge CPU you wont regret it.
Plenty of computers this old only have one sata 3 port and the rest at gen 2 or even gen 1 (usually color coded). So make sure the ssd is on the fastest port!
your absolutely right. Didn't even think of that. Much appreciated!
Its Catherine M by the way using moms comp had nose surgery here for the night
I added u from tik Tok was talking to u about the hps in dells I was building
Nice Work Brother
Thanks
I just found this today at goodwill for 6$👀 Def gonna try and use it
I don't know though.. could be a 560 but I couldn't find the difference
It's a 560 :( bit I could still use it
yes control pretty fun, also recommend benchmarking apex next budget plss
Ok will do thanks for the suggestion
nice job man)
Amazing video!!! Love from Pakistan 😍
thanks!
cool
is there a way to change the video port from VGA to HDMI? Also, whats the specific version of the GTX 750 ti used in this build? Thanks so much
they have adaptors for that cheap on amazon, This was the evga 750ti
I paid 15 dollars for a 560, I swapped out the cpu for q9550 and put in a 1050ti and this thing moves, yea it’s limited to sata2 but the ssd still keeps going
i have a video where i did similar to a 780 and did some case mods. that old computer was def impressive!!
Can I put a 1030 in it
@@bdbatman yes
@@dc5fallout I have a 660 would it still work in that one to and would I have to update the bios
@@bdbatman no bios update needed, its just a GPU
I have this pc and want to upgrade so i can play on FiveM servers, what will i need??
gpu, ssd and make sure its an i7 cpu
I need the name of this thrift store ASAP!
Just found one in the trash
Isn't it have b75 chipset?. Can I use xeon cpu like e1230 v2?
Not sure if it will support the xeon
How did you get past the TPM 2.0 requirement for Win 11? The Bios on my 660 (I5-send gen like yours) didn't seem to have a TPM setting.
I have a modified version of windows 11
Wait how did you get that processor to work that Computer should be to old for that prosser. Did you change the motherboard. Because the Dell inspiron line 545, 560 to this model shouldn't be able to upgrade to that line of prossers.
all i did was a bios update, and it worked fine.
OK, good jobs bro but need to rebuild I plan to buy 6 desktop for me and replace Intel porsscer cpu 11 or 12 Gen because older cpu porsscer work windows 11 but it not supported old hardware I need to replace new porsscer means to install windows 11????.
you can find a work around version of windows 11 for the older processor, can't say on here cause of the filter bots.
@DLM tech garage thank for the information, brother 🙏 I know it cause Windows 11 will mess up old porsscer can burn old cpu porsscer . I right ??
@@michealguillen8496 nahh it won'tt mess anything up
@DLM tech garage ok thanks 😊
Yay, keep junk from a landfill.
Get off me
@@anotherhorrorstory4467 what ??
@@PapaMav I'm just trolling sorry
@@anotherhorrorstory4467 lol, all good.
yup, rather find someone who needs it to get started then toss it!
“Little bit” outdated 😂
Did you manage to get Windows 11 on it?
yup!!
where can we buy the parts for it??? links??
ebay
Can I put a gt1030 in it
Yes
Why da faq would you put a win 11 on this thing? Why not win 10?
experiment mostly, but the person who I gave it to requested it..
i mean its only 20bucks each but who buys that kinda stuff? i mean maybe if my grandma needs a pc this would be great but thats about it
they make great starter pc's plus they are good for donations. I run into alot of people who struggle to afford computers and deals like this is what allows me to at least give them something to start. something is better then nothing!
Does this motherboard have a slot for M2 drive?
no
Can put GTX 1060?
not sure as second gen intel is very picky with the graphic cards you can use.
@@DLMtechgaragenow I see , GTX 1060 is to big for this case😮
Just found one for £10
nice!
How can you run windows11 on a 2nd gen cpu?
you need to find a modded version. Can't say too much or the youtube bots flag the info.
Easy work.
No windows 11 lag
nope. ran smooth with no issues.
drop in a bios revision A13 and put in a cheap xeon E3-1240v2 its essentially a 3770 without the integrated graphics but if you put in a 1660 super in it it rocks. check out my channel its aint crap but i put a vid of my 660 build been rockin it for about 3 years now and its still strong
nice!! appreciate the info. Will def check out your channel for sure!!
Do you make buyer's sign a waiver attesting they won't sue you when they go deaf from that stock Intel CPU cooler?
lol.... honestly never had those coolers give me an issue with noise. I use high end thermal paste so maybe that helps but also second and third gen really don't get to toasty i have found. 4th gen an up i usually get a better cooler for them.
@@DLMtechgarage I also use a quality thermal paste. I could not stand the noise (like a constant jet turbine) from the stock cooler that came with a Dell pre-built i7-8700 centered build, so replaced it w/a Arctic Freezer air CPU cooler. Maybe you have lost some hearing from working w/so much lawn equipment...
go be gone good boy rofl
No one would give you 20 dollars for that shit hard drive, i call bullshit
1tb hdd on ebay go for $20-$40 and yes I have sold them for $20 on ebay and the marketplace! just look it up!
Bruh, Fortnite can NO longer be used as any kind of standard, LOL.
Man I wish that was true in my area. RGB and fortnite is all that people want when I post computers for sale. First question I get asked is "what are the FPS in fortnite" so every computer I build and sell I always run fortnite to have the information handy.... It's crazy!!! I can sell a high end computer and still get asked that question and if I don't have that info they walk away from the deal smh....
@@DLMtechgarage It's completely understandable, but I also find it, comical.
I don't see how that original CPU can be worth $20 my dude....sus
yea it was a rough guestimate lol... I see they for about $10 on ebay.
@@DLMtechgarage ahuh...about worth as much as DDR2....
@@PapaMav have you seen prices on ebay for ddr2. they are pricey!!
@@DLMtechgarage gee whiz damn, I threw some out 2 months ago along w/a 2 core, 2 thread Intel, shucks...
@@PapaMav bro I kicked myself when i saw what they sold for after chucking a bunch of 4gb ddr2 sticks out. smh...
Just getting into pcs and don't have much money to play with I was given a dell inspiron 3670 with the core i3 by my dad thats maybe 4 years old possibly Anything I can do to play some basic games on it lol
I would throw in a video card that does not require pci supplemental power like a gtx 1650 or even an rx 6400... they are direct plus ins, require no power and should get your started!!
I love watching your videos. It's almost like I made a TH-cam channel , as I do pretty much the same exact thing you do with PC's lol. Keep them coming bro.
appreciate it bro!
I get like 70-100fps on a inspiron 660 with the i3 3220 and a nvidia t400
Another great video
Always
I appreciate that! Been enjoying your stuff too! I picked up that 6500xt after watching your video. Def a cool card for some budgets builds I have been doing.
use it a lot
I got one of these for free. It's been sitting in my closet for years. I don't know what to do with it. 😂
IMO this kind of project with this level of equipment, is just not worth the time, never mind any added expense. Then again, if all you wish to do is play Fornite at some frames, this all somehow works, even though that leaves me shaking my head...
@@PapaMav I think it's going to end up in the trash or on the curb. I already have a gaming laptop and gaming PC... 🤷
@@TooFurious4 hear ya.
SMH, I would’ve bought it from you for $30.00
Who walks away from a computer because it doesn't have RGB? That is crazy. Then again, I chose my systems for what I want them to do, not how they look.
people who don't know much about computers...
why peeling the stickers?
out with the windows 7 and i5 logo since i upgraded it.
I kept mine to give it a sleeper vibe. At the time the only upgrades that I did were an i3 to i5, an HD7770, a WiFi card, and a PCI-e Ethernet card for dual NICs.