I remember building so many cheap 150-200$ builds b4 pandemic,crypto mining,scalpers ect… I still have like 5 builds in storage from way back then I love just hunting cheap parts and building them it’s so fun
I used to add a cheap 120mm molex powered fan to the front of these cases….with the right screws it will easily mount to the front. Adding double sided sticky foam helped to reduce fan vibration too. It’s not necessary but it always benefited temp wise. Great video!
Do you mean between the drive cage and the front of the case on the inside? Or do you mean actually on the outside of the case on the front? Because I was trying to work out if there would be a way to somehow get a 120mm fan between the cage and the front but it kind of seems like there is metal in the way preventing this 11:42 But i'd be really keen to know if you managed this because I still need the drive cage.
These dell cases look so much nicer if you do a good job cleaning everything, taping off the top black front end (all the front IO/usb/etc), rectangular dell logo section of the front, and finishing it up with a cheap white spray paint job. The i7 ivy bridge 3770 is still an acceptable piece of hardware. Using 2 sided tape to mount a front pulling fan can improve airflow quite a bit. Well done. 🙂
I did the almost same build. I paid 200$ for an Optiplex 9020 with an I7 4790s. Got mine with 16g mem in the deal. Put in a 650 EGA PS and an RX560 4GGPU. A Plextor 500g SSD. Cost me 200 cause all the parts I added I had already owned and used for long enough for them to have paid for themselves. I am happy with it :)
A friend and I scrapped 3 of his old gaming PCs and built a budget gaming PC with the extra 1660 Super I had (the build turned out awesome), so I found this video was really interesting!
My old PC is similar but I didn't upgrade much. HP 3500 Pro Pre-built - i5 3470 12 GB RAM (upgraded to 16GB for dual channel). Added in a MSI GTX 1050 ti (low profile). Played Fortnite, Doom 4, Doom Eternal, CSGO, Valorant & some slightly older Wolfenstein games quite well on it. Have upgraded to a much nicer modern pre-built since then so that HP system is basically a backup for the time being. Re-installed Windows 10 & it's super snappy now. Thanks for sharing. :)
I did something similar with a Dell XPS system from the same era. It came with a Core I7-3770, and I upgraded it to 16 GB of RAM, a 6GB GeForce 1060, and a 512 GB SSD. It plays Fortnite at 1080p decently!
Thanks for this video man, you really helped me understand a lot more than I knew about pcs. I'm 39 and want to build my 1st cheap entry level gaming pc for my sim rig I built for my Xbox but all the fun drifting/racing games seem to be on pc. Definitely gonna copy and paste this to my own build lol Thanks again bro, you just got a new subscriber today
I would have added a 120mm fan to the front of the system for better air intake You removed the cage anyway so there's plenty of room for the fan that will probably decrease the gpu temps 80°C is quite a lot for a gpu in my opinion Anyway, pretty good video, I enjoyed watching it😊
I got the exact same computer for $70 on eBay I put a $30 e3-1275 v2 in it, a gtx 1070 FTW, 600w PSU, 512gb SSD with 32gb of ram. The computer does everything I need it to do
That CPU is brilliant, I have a very similar chip in a server of mine which I got a few months back, it is a Dell R210 ii and it cost £50. It came with 8GB ECC and a Xeon E3-1230v2 (pretty much i7-3770). I'm very much considering putting a 10gig network card in there and using it as a router.
The cool thing about challenging yourself to build cheap PC's like this is that once you sell them you can make a large profit off of them because of how little you paid AND the consumer gets a more affordable option that isn't $1000+
Really like this video. I builded a similar pc a year ago and still use it as my main pc. My specs is: xeon 1230v2, 16gb ram, 120gb ssd, 500gb hdd, rx 560 4gb. I swaped out the rx 560 to rx 6600 mining card(160usd) and motherboard to z77pd3(35usd) 2 months ago. I did overclock the xeon by Bclk option(it match i7 3770k now). Every thing working great as long as i crank up all the setting to ultra, because this Ivy bridge cpu will not gain any fps if i lower the setting. Great video, keep it up.
Great budget build there Matt, it’s amazing what you can put together with a little time and patience. Nice to see the 3770 still holding on in there. I’m a massive fan of the later Haswell Xeon’s they offer great performance for penny’s 😎🙏🏼
Very nice! It makes me feel better about sticking with my i7 3770, bought in 2013, after having children. I finally upgraded my GPU to the 580 in 2020, which in hindsight I wish I had waited longer for prices to have dropped. Mine started off with 16GB DDR3, which I’m looking to expand to 32GB. Happy to hear such a system would remain viable.
Well done! I got a similar system for my daughter so we can mess with it, take it appart and build it back. But it became her PC so I might, eventually, do updates like this one
LOL, I did this EXACT same optiplex / 3770 / XFX RX 580 build about 4 years ago after the last crypto bust on the cheap and had to remove the hard drive cage. Really appreciate your vids on multiple levels. Especially enjoy your custom case vids and was inspired to build my wife a custom windows 11 PC in an old broken radio on the cheap and she loves it.
Even now... that price is really cheap for xx10 system with an i7, even after shipping. Or maybe I'm just behind the times. I'm going to have to check these out on eBay again, because that's absolutely worth it. And selling components to recover cost is absolutely NOT cheating.
Ironically I did a $200-ish Optiplex build just recently as well but a little differently - I started with a 9020 with an i7-4790, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB hard drive for $105. Then I was able to get an EVGA GTX 1060 6GB with a dual SATA to 8-pin (so I can still use the stock PSU) for $85. All that was left was a cheapo 120GB boot SSD for $17 and I was off to the races for just over $200. It's been a great (and surprisingly quiet) system.
I have a secondary custom PC using an i7 4770, 16gb RAM, the same SSD, and an RX 480 8GB that my brother didn't need after I gave him my GTX 1070. Runs well and while the CPU might be a bottleneck in newer games, it's not too obvious.
The reason people are happy to buy those power supplies is they are made for Dell by Delta and they are rock solid reliable so a 300 watt psu from dell or delta will give you 300 watts comfortably
i slapped together a decent pc for only 150, it has an amd fx6300, 32gb ram and a gtx780ti. it is a beast still to this day. i love it so much and i think bundles are great value
What I do with office computers is make a transparent side panel and add some sort of Rgb/Led strip, ten wrapping top and other side panel in brushed aluminium or carbon folie.. looks good👍
@@justjoshin5140 cheapest is pc monitor privacy filters, usually find them for free from second hand monitors. Then 3M double side click tape so it's removable. Privacy filters are dark so if you want clear full transparent try asking some shops if they have left over plexiglass after covid pandemic (if they removed from shops conters)
Thanks for the video Matt, I appreciate the performance ratings on current games. Other channels have done this, but try making a video of a case swap for the dell optiplex.
I've been using that exact same video card for 3 years now. I wasn't planning to but right after I bought it prices for GPUs went insane until recently. It's definitely not a bad card.
Local to me these are hot sellers for around 60$! I love messing with them, but whenever they have problems they can be a headache since they're so old! Optiplex's will live on 4ever!
Nice build, I had a similar optiplex a long time ago, but on that one I had to buy a 24 to 8-pin adapter because the motherboard didn't use 24-pin. You could get an usb 3.0 header extension with an angled connector so u could use the front usb, or get an usb 3.0 pci-e card with an internal header. And try to use angles satacables aswell. There should be a trick/mod to add at least on 3.5 drive in the front one way or another. These Optiplex cases are pretty neat I think.
Vg build Matt 🤩😇💪👍. Even to date after 20+yrs of pc building, I sell my older parts to offset my new builds or upgrades so selling them imo is fine to get a better build 😇😉.
i kinda did the same thing with a dell 7010. but everything worked i did do a video on it called "Dell Optiplex 7010 No Compromises Sleeper Build" its a bit more then $200 but it packs alot of power (and heat).
I bought a pc yesterday with an i7 3770k gtx 970 16gb ram ddr3 128ssd and 2tb hdd and an acer predatorscreen 144hz mouse and keyboard all for 130 euro and it runs great
If it weren't for the super cheap RX 580, I would have voted on keeping the stock PSU. (They're surprisingly reliable. Being deployed en masse in schools and public libraries, Dell wouldn't make a dime if they caused fires in these places.) And grabbing a cheap 750ti - 1050ti type card that either needs no supplemental power, or very little to where you could use a SATA power to PCI-E 6 pin adapter and be well under the 240-300W the stock power supplies are rated at.
Thank you for these, I'm in a rock and a hard place situation with an HP ENVY. I know I need a short card, but I hadn't considered swapping the PSU like unit (300w) and this video convinced me to get over myself.
I've done an optiplex build as my first gaming PC and you nailed it haha way better than mine, I didn't know what I was doing and ended up with a SFF 3020 so I had to use a GT 1030 because of the power supply and connections it has available I have a full custom build now and my optiplex is a tv stand lol
I....I...really don't know what to say except....interview over! Your hired! Seriously great video and extremely amazing job with build and budgeting. 👍🏻
Nice to see this, that MT tower from Dell is easy to find and cheap - I am hoping to have one soon when we finally retire the legacy systems at my work, as I plan on keeping my tower w/ a 4770 and finding an adapter for the ATX PSU upgrade. I was thinking of possibly turning it into a Media server or another gaming box for my son's friends.
First time watching your channel. I gotta say this is the best video regarding a budget gaming PC. it's giving me the confidence to do it. Do you have any videos on how to shop for a used graphics card ?
Great video! I just posted my $200 9010 build video. I am not sure how I missed this one, I thought I watched all the optiplex budget builds. Maybe because optiplex was not in the title. But let me know what you think of my build Matt!
Lol the funny thing is I saw the optipex sellers before I saw the video when I was looking to getting or build the cheapest gaming PC because I didn't know how long it will be before I can build mine and needed a backup plan. The only real limitation is for gaming is the pcie bus , DDR ram , and that smart memory thing you need for arc. Next video is you hooking that cpu up to a modern setup
Yeah looking at the in game testing the time the CPU bottle necks you is cyber punk which really does the same thing to brand new setups. Plug in the biggest card and psu you have and try it on 4k or uw
i built a 180$ pc with an i5 6500 and a gtx 1060 3gb and resold it for 450$, almost triple profits because that’s around what it’s worth, it was pretty cool
it's entertaining to watch, don't get me wrong, but if I were to spend as little as possible for a decent gaming experience I would personally buy a Xbox Series S with gamepass. i can find them used for around $165 and after bargaining I could get one for less than $150. I believe it's the best and cheapest method for a budget gamer, Series S + Gamepass
i bought whole non-working build for just about 150 usd with i7 6700k and RX570 and i fix it almost free graphics card stooped working after month but i bought used RX480 for about 80 usd and now is working fine price is still fantastic bcs its not a prebuild pc but normal gaming pc with normal mobo etc...
After seeing so many of your videos using the Dell Optiplex, I've ended up buying both the MT and DT/Slim build and even though they were both $50 each. MT was able to upgrade power supply, max out memory, install SSD and 1TB hard drive. But still have some room for upgrades like was thinking about swapping out the i5-2500 quad core for i7 2600 and only graphics card to hold me over was GTX 1050 Ti. But for DT/Slim Build even though I was suck with power supply, i5-2500. Besides 2tb, SSD, and 16GB of memory. I gave the RX 550 low profile card a try and it work find but did prove to be somewhat weaker on a few titles. Hoping to give one of those ones with i7 a try if I can upgrade cpu. Both ended up being $200 to $300. But overall glad to have something to hold me over until I can get something better.
I would recommend not drilling around the case with components installed because tiny bits of metal from the drill could end up on the electronics and shorting contacts.
I have something like that build for gaming my pc specs are: Dell optiplex 3020-(50$ I5-4690 - 3.90ghz Rx 580-4gb (120) 16gb ram (40$-new kit) 750w psu- Thermaltake Smart BM2 80+gold (67$-New) And it runs any game i trow at it some of them game at high settings 60fps some of them i need to put on normal to get 60fps But it was cheap to build
RX 580 wont die😁 Its still supports DX 12 and still gets frequent driver updates. Cant still believe it can run Cyberpunk at 1080p low settings at 60fps. Probably going toe to toe with a GTX 1060 6 GB to GTX 1070 8 GB.🤔😉 Would still take an RX 580, RX 570, GTX 1070, GTX 1060, GTX 980 and GTX 970 as my new ultra budget graphics card line up any day😁😎
Nice job. Really no criticisms. I especially like the 8GB video card you got for real cheap. Who cares if it tops out the processor just a bit if you don't lock your frames. I went with a Zotac RTX 2060 for my Optiplex 9020 build. Mainly, that's because it was on hand wanting to do something, and it also fits without removing the drive cage. Case swap for mine? Nahh. An Optiplex looks good already if you ask me. It does gaming without looking like it should be able to. ;)
cant go wrong at all with these optiplexes ... they all come from business and schools where they were just lab computers, or web browsers... most at minimum will range from i5-3540s-to-i7 4770's (non k)... 8gbs of ram... alot of them will also most likely have quadros k420-620 or firerpos ... the reason for the video cards is because of the DP ports 2 or 4 and run off the pci-e bus power since most schools or business want dual-display monitors...thats why alot of them are quadros and not standard video cards. these intel boards seem to take any kind of mis matched ddr3 memory... the gui bios is a nice feature and they can all ipv4-pxE boot also...they are good standard Admin machines that are easy to deploy mirroring and or deployment pxE servers for mass networks....these are much easier to setup and troubleshoot then any other pc when you got to admin 400+ machines
Got me n 8gb rx580 last month "might not work" for £42 from eBay. Ran it in my 4690k, 16gb, 500gb ssd system ever since flawless. Got that system from a dude upgrading when 6th gen came out I'm sure, £120ish from memory. So quite a while ago. Sure got my money's worth lol. Hooking it up to the bedroom TV with the rrod 360's controllers, and job will be a good un 😁
Getting something like a GTX 1060 6 Single fan and a cheap HDD (because in budget build, i value a good 1tb hdd that i can buy for 20$ CAD at a recycling shop), and there you go! good pc for basic gaming, like ATS GTA RE2R
that i7 isn't holding back that rx580,......try those titles with the 580 in a modern system and I bet you get the same results. My 5700xt gets "bored"(lower gpu usage at 1080p) like that too on easier to run titles like those and it's paired with a Ryzen 5 5600 I think you did a great job building this for $200.....and yeah that rx580 was a smoking deal
Did the same thing but with a lenovo e73 mt back in janurary 2021 right before prices really started to get bad. got an rx 470, xeon e3 1230 v3, 240gb ssd and a 1tb hdd, and 16 gigs of ddr3 1600mhz along with a 450w psu. Since then upgraded to a gtx 1070, added a 2tb seagate hdd, and a xeon e3 1271 v3 (basically an i7 4790 without intergrated graphics) and this thing SMASHES through the games i play now at high settings. I love seeing dell optiplex/hp/lenovo budget builds like this and imo if you are looking to build something similar haswell is the way to go. Great video!
My current build isn't an overpowered build, but something for the time being. It costed $1000+ dollars due to inflation, but its a decent build overall. I5-11400 CPU 2x8gb 3200MHz Ram 512gb Intel 670p M.2 2280 SSD B560 motherboard Evga br 700 psu corsair icue 220t airflow case Gtx 1650 Again my build isn't supposed to be insanely overpowered, just something for right now. Getting an rtx 3060TI later on and upgrading my ram to 32 as well as upgrading my cpu to an i7 11700F.
Ayee fellow 11th gen I am $800 into my system and it has a 11600k and 3080- before you say bullshit I basically stole the cpu and 16GB of RAM for $120. 3080 was $500. Went uber cheap on the rest of it. Storage was brought over from prior systems.
I remember building so many cheap 150-200$ builds b4 pandemic,crypto mining,scalpers ect… I still have like 5 builds in storage from way back then I love just hunting cheap parts and building them it’s so fun
Can You please sell me one if you are dumping them ?
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@@deepakpatel5986 u can have one if your in mass area
Same but it's expensive sometimes. I think I need a power supply to finish a random extra PC and a GPU I guess and storage damn shit
@@deepakpatel5986 was about to ask for the same lol
Fun stuff! This is not cheating. The goal was to keep it as low as possible, getting an Optiplex is the way to go.
I used to add a cheap 120mm molex powered fan to the front of these cases….with the right screws it will easily mount to the front. Adding double sided sticky foam helped to reduce fan vibration too. It’s not necessary but it always benefited temp wise. Great video!
Do you mean between the drive cage and the front of the case on the inside? Or do you mean actually on the outside of the case on the front? Because I was trying to work out if there would be a way to somehow get a 120mm fan between the cage and the front but it kind of seems like there is metal in the way preventing this 11:42 But i'd be really keen to know if you managed this because I still need the drive cage.
These dell cases look so much nicer if you do a good job cleaning everything, taping off the top black front end (all the front IO/usb/etc), rectangular dell logo section of the front, and finishing it up with a cheap white spray paint job. The i7 ivy bridge 3770 is still an acceptable piece of hardware. Using 2 sided tape to mount a front pulling fan can improve airflow quite a bit. Well done. 🙂
The beauty of business computer casing is that most of the bracket is quick release... and I love that ease of access
I did the almost same build. I paid 200$ for an Optiplex 9020 with an I7 4790s. Got mine with 16g mem in the deal. Put in a 650 EGA PS and an RX560 4GGPU. A Plextor 500g SSD. Cost me 200 cause all the parts I added I had already owned and used for long enough for them to have paid for themselves. I am happy with it :)
Yess
A friend and I scrapped 3 of his old gaming PCs and built a budget gaming PC with the extra 1660 Super I had (the build turned out awesome), so I found this video was really interesting!
I ran that exact card for 4 years until the prices drop in the last couple of months and upgraded. Great card for the money
My old PC is similar but I didn't upgrade much. HP 3500 Pro Pre-built - i5 3470 12 GB RAM (upgraded to 16GB for dual channel). Added in a MSI GTX 1050 ti (low profile). Played Fortnite, Doom 4, Doom Eternal, CSGO, Valorant & some slightly older Wolfenstein games quite well on it. Have upgraded to a much nicer modern pre-built since then so that HP system is basically a backup for the time being. Re-installed Windows 10 & it's super snappy now. Thanks for sharing. :)
8:19 damn, bro had some STACKS on the table
I did something similar with a Dell XPS system from the same era. It came with a Core I7-3770, and I upgraded it to 16 GB of RAM, a 6GB GeForce 1060, and a 512 GB SSD. It plays Fortnite at 1080p decently!
Thanks for this video man, you really helped me understand a lot more than I knew about pcs. I'm 39 and want to build my 1st cheap entry level gaming pc for my sim rig I built for my Xbox but all the fun drifting/racing games seem to be on pc. Definitely gonna copy and paste this to my own build lol
Thanks again bro, you just got a new subscriber today
I would have added a 120mm fan to the front of the system for better air intake
You removed the cage anyway so there's plenty of room for the fan that will probably decrease the gpu temps
80°C is quite a lot for a gpu in my opinion
Anyway, pretty good video, I enjoyed watching it😊
Let's go! Already know you're going to hook us up with the knowledge us on budget need!
I got the exact same computer for $70 on eBay I put a $30 e3-1275 v2 in it, a gtx 1070 FTW, 600w PSU, 512gb SSD with 32gb of ram. The computer does everything I need it to do
That CPU is brilliant, I have a very similar chip in a server of mine which I got a few months back, it is a Dell R210 ii and it cost £50. It came with 8GB ECC and a Xeon E3-1230v2 (pretty much i7-3770). I'm very much considering putting a 10gig network card in there and using it as a router.
The cool thing about challenging yourself to build cheap PC's like this is that once you sell them you can make a large profit off of them because of how little you paid AND the consumer gets a more affordable option that isn't $1000+
Really like this video. I builded a similar pc a year ago and still use it as my main pc. My specs is: xeon 1230v2, 16gb ram, 120gb ssd, 500gb hdd, rx 560 4gb. I swaped out the rx 560 to rx 6600 mining card(160usd) and motherboard to z77pd3(35usd) 2 months ago. I did overclock the xeon by Bclk option(it match i7 3770k now). Every thing working great as long as i crank up all the setting to ultra, because this Ivy bridge cpu will not gain any fps if i lower the setting. Great video, keep it up.
Great budget build there Matt, it’s amazing what you can put together with a little time and patience. Nice to see the 3770 still holding on in there. I’m a massive fan of the later Haswell Xeon’s they offer great performance for penny’s 😎🙏🏼
Got any recommendations haswell xeon wise, I've got an i5 4590 and want to see if I can upgrade without buying an overpriced i7.
Impressed, looking to put together my first build shortly and this has definitely proven to me i dont need to break the bank
Very nice! It makes me feel better about sticking with my i7 3770, bought in 2013, after having children. I finally upgraded my GPU to the 580 in 2020, which in hindsight I wish I had waited longer for prices to have dropped. Mine started off with 16GB DDR3, which I’m looking to expand to 32GB. Happy to hear such a system would remain viable.
Well done! I got a similar system for my daughter so we can mess with it, take it appart and build it back. But it became her PC so I might, eventually, do updates like this one
for PSU's in budget builds like this my first stop is always EVGA's B-stock you can often find 600 Golds and BQ's for $30
Got a supernova 650 gt from there a few weeks ago for 40$
LOL, I did this EXACT same optiplex / 3770 / XFX RX 580 build about 4 years ago after the last crypto bust on the cheap and had to remove the hard drive cage. Really appreciate your vids on multiple levels. Especially enjoy your custom case vids and was inspired to build my wife a custom windows 11 PC in an old broken radio on the cheap and she loves it.
i just realized the listing for the optiplex he got stated for parts, but this man booted it up right away and it was working.
Got my first pc off you love it so much
Even now... that price is really cheap for xx10 system with an i7, even after shipping. Or maybe I'm just behind the times. I'm going to have to check these out on eBay again, because that's absolutely worth it. And selling components to recover cost is absolutely NOT cheating.
pretty damn cool to see 100+ frames for a 200$ pc, easy way to get your nephew or young guns a step into the pc gaming life
Ironically I did a $200-ish Optiplex build just recently as well but a little differently - I started with a 9020 with an i7-4790, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB hard drive for $105. Then I was able to get an EVGA GTX 1060 6GB with a dual SATA to 8-pin (so I can still use the stock PSU) for $85. All that was left was a cheapo 120GB boot SSD for $17 and I was off to the races for just over $200. It's been a great (and surprisingly quiet) system.
I have a secondary custom PC using an i7 4770, 16gb RAM, the same SSD, and an RX 480 8GB that my brother didn't need after I gave him my GTX 1070. Runs well and while the CPU might be a bottleneck in newer games, it's not too obvious.
The reason people are happy to buy those power supplies is they are made for Dell by Delta and they are rock solid reliable so a 300 watt psu from dell or delta will give you 300 watts comfortably
The 4th gen i7 Dell Optiplex is the ultimate "kit car" of ultra budget gaming PCs!
i slapped together a decent pc for only 150, it has an amd fx6300, 32gb ram and a gtx780ti. it is a beast still to this day. i love it so much and i think bundles are great value
The fact that the RX580 still holds up to this day is mind blowing to me.
This build is an absolute beast! The i7-3770 was and still is incredibly good for it's age. Well done!
i did it! in Europe as well.... Lenovo V520, new TFX PSU with adapter cable and an rx460 did the job. it came with 8gb ddr4 and i5 7th gen!
I liked the chill music playing during the benchmark sequences. 😊
I wish builds like this could be made in my country, every part here is liek 3 times more expensive
What I do with office computers is make a transparent side panel and add some sort of Rgb/Led strip, ten wrapping top and other side panel in brushed aluminium or carbon folie.. looks good👍
How do you make the clear side panel
@@justjoshin5140 cheapest is pc monitor privacy filters, usually find them for free from second hand monitors. Then 3M double side click tape so it's removable. Privacy filters are dark so if you want clear full transparent try asking some shops if they have left over plexiglass after covid pandemic (if they removed from shops conters)
Matt: Game sizes are getting larger and larger every year
Me: *cough* *cough* Call of Duty *cough* *cough*
Thanks for the video Matt, I appreciate the performance ratings on current games. Other channels have done this, but try making a video of a case swap for the dell optiplex.
I love you choosing to test different games besides the standard Valorant, Fortnite...
Could you maybe... benchmark Spiderman with your future builds?
I've been using that exact same video card for 3 years now. I wasn't planning to but right after I bought it prices for GPUs went insane until recently. It's definitely not a bad card.
Very nice video, its interesting to see how $200 in the US doesn't translate to other places. Nonetheles good job
Local to me these are hot sellers for around 60$! I love messing with them, but whenever they have problems they can be a headache since they're so old! Optiplex's will live on 4ever!
Haha. This is literally my exact set up.
Nice build, I had a similar optiplex a long time ago, but on that one I had to buy a 24 to 8-pin adapter because the motherboard didn't use 24-pin. You could get an usb 3.0 header extension with an angled connector so u could use the front usb, or get an usb 3.0 pci-e card with an internal header. And try to use angles satacables aswell. There should be a trick/mod to add at least on 3.5 drive in the front one way or another. These Optiplex cases are pretty neat I think.
Vg build Matt 🤩😇💪👍. Even to date after 20+yrs of pc building, I sell my older parts to offset my new builds or upgrades so selling them imo is fine to get a better build 😇😉.
Gotta throw cyberpunk at it. Thats the real test
i kinda did the same thing with a dell 7010. but everything worked i did do a video on it called "Dell Optiplex 7010 No Compromises Sleeper Build" its a bit more then $200 but it packs alot of power (and heat).
I bought a pc yesterday with an i7 3770k gtx 970 16gb ram ddr3 128ssd and 2tb hdd and an acer predatorscreen 144hz mouse and keyboard all for 130 euro and it runs great
I think it is not cheating. That's a win-win right there. You can get rid of stuff you don't need and add some more budget to your system.
Finally, the old formula can work again!
If it weren't for the super cheap RX 580, I would have voted on keeping the stock PSU. (They're surprisingly reliable. Being deployed en masse in schools and public libraries, Dell wouldn't make a dime if they caused fires in these places.) And grabbing a cheap 750ti - 1050ti type card that either needs no supplemental power, or very little to where you could use a SATA power to PCI-E 6 pin adapter and be well under the 240-300W the stock power supplies are rated at.
Yeah, the RX 580 isn't so realistic in most cases. Used GTX 1050 still sells for 100 usd in my country, we're kinda fucked in here
Thank you for these, I'm in a rock and a hard place situation with an HP ENVY. I know I need a short card, but I hadn't considered swapping the PSU like unit (300w) and this video convinced me to get over myself.
I've done an optiplex build as my first gaming PC and you nailed it haha way better than mine, I didn't know what I was doing and ended up with a SFF 3020 so I had to use a GT 1030 because of the power supply and connections it has available
I have a full custom build now and my optiplex is a tv stand lol
My former main rig was a 2nd gen Optiplex 790 MT with an i7 2600, 16GB RAM and a 1650 Super. But a couple months ago I built a new 12th gen rig,
Love this guy,u never compromice on budget function n performance
The optiplex is goated cant lie
i also got build for 220e while i was studying about 5 years ago... i7-860(4.0ghz oc) on p7p55d deluxe, 16ram, 128 ssd, few 500gb hdds, rx 470 8gb...
I....I...really don't know what to say except....interview over! Your hired!
Seriously great video and extremely amazing job with build and budgeting. 👍🏻
Nice to see this, that MT tower from Dell is easy to find and cheap - I am hoping to have one soon when we finally retire the legacy systems at my work, as I plan on keeping my tower w/ a 4770 and finding an adapter for the ATX PSU upgrade. I was thinking of possibly turning it into a Media server or another gaming box for my son's friends.
First time watching your channel. I gotta say this is the best video regarding a budget gaming PC. it's giving me the confidence to do it. Do you have any videos on how to shop for a used graphics card ?
Great video! I just posted my $200 9010 build video. I am not sure how I missed this one, I thought I watched all the optiplex budget builds. Maybe because optiplex was not in the title. But let me know what you think of my build Matt!
Lol the funny thing is I saw the optipex sellers before I saw the video when I was looking to getting or build the cheapest gaming PC because I didn't know how long it will be before I can build mine and needed a backup plan. The only real limitation is for gaming is the pcie bus , DDR ram , and that smart memory thing you need for arc. Next video is you hooking that cpu up to a modern setup
Yeah looking at the in game testing the time the CPU bottle necks you is cyber punk which really does the same thing to brand new setups. Plug in the biggest card and psu you have and try it on 4k or uw
i built a 180$ pc with an i5 6500 and a gtx 1060 3gb and resold it for 450$, almost triple profits because that’s around what it’s worth, it was pretty cool
i love building things like this
The GPU alone was like $300 a year ago. Crazy times they were.
it's entertaining to watch, don't get me wrong, but if I were to spend as little as possible for a decent gaming experience I would personally buy a Xbox Series S with gamepass. i can find them used for around $165 and after bargaining I could get one for less than $150. I believe it's the best and cheapest method for a budget gamer, Series S + Gamepass
i bought whole non-working build for just about 150 usd with i7 6700k and RX570 and i fix it almost free graphics card stooped working after month but i bought used RX480 for about 80 usd and now is working fine price is still fantastic bcs its not a prebuild pc but normal gaming pc with normal mobo etc...
title should be "Build in 200$ with a lot of luck"
This is great Matt!
US$200 super cheap budget PC better than my current setup.
Ok, maybe it's time to upgrade
Nice build value
you can also sell the hard drive and replace it by an ssd.
optical drive is useless in 2022 to and you can get 20$ from it also.
After seeing so many of your videos using the Dell Optiplex, I've ended up buying both the MT and DT/Slim build and even though they were both $50 each. MT was able to upgrade power supply, max out memory, install SSD and 1TB hard drive. But still have some room for upgrades like was thinking about swapping out the i5-2500 quad core for i7 2600 and only graphics card to hold me over was GTX 1050 Ti. But for DT/Slim Build even though I was suck with power supply, i5-2500. Besides 2tb, SSD, and 16GB of memory. I gave the RX 550 low profile card a try and it work find but did prove to be somewhat weaker on a few titles. Hoping to give one of those ones with i7 a try if I can upgrade cpu.
Both ended up being $200 to $300. But overall glad to have something to hold me over until I can get something better.
I think I have an i7 2600 if you are interested. Sell it cheap! If interested let me know and I will verify I still have it.
@@garageman327327 Thanks for offer. But I've think I'm fine with what I have for now.
@@garageman327327 please verify I would Like to get it from You, please mention price also
I would of added an 80mm fan to the front to bring in cool air. Overall great build !
Budget builds rock! Keep making these great videos
I would recommend not drilling around the case with components installed because tiny bits of metal from the drill could end up on the electronics and shorting contacts.
Good idea!
This is a great build for $200, love it
I have something like that build for gaming my pc specs are:
Dell optiplex 3020-(50$
I5-4690 - 3.90ghz
Rx 580-4gb (120)
16gb ram (40$-new kit)
750w psu- Thermaltake Smart BM2 80+gold (67$-New)
And it runs any game i trow at it some of them game at high settings 60fps some of them i need to put on normal to get 60fps
But it was cheap to build
hey Matt a year ago i had a dell sff and painted the grill plastic black and became so much newer
pretty awesome
thank you for the video
Are you finna keep it 👀
They did the same in scrap yard wars so I guess it's fine lol
RX 580 wont die😁
Its still supports DX 12 and still gets frequent driver updates. Cant still believe it can run Cyberpunk at 1080p low settings at 60fps.
Probably going toe to toe with a GTX 1060 6 GB to GTX 1070 8 GB.🤔😉
Would still take an RX 580, RX 570, GTX 1070, GTX 1060, GTX 980 and GTX 970 as my new ultra budget
graphics card line up any day😁😎
Nice job. Really no criticisms. I especially like the 8GB video card you got for real cheap. Who cares if it tops out the processor just a bit if you don't lock your frames. I went with a Zotac RTX 2060 for my Optiplex 9020 build. Mainly, that's because it was on hand wanting to do something, and it also fits without removing the drive cage. Case swap for mine? Nahh. An Optiplex looks good already if you ask me. It does gaming without looking like it should be able to. ;)
cant go wrong at all with these optiplexes ... they all come from business and schools where they were just lab computers, or web browsers... most at minimum will range from i5-3540s-to-i7 4770's (non k)... 8gbs of ram... alot of them will also most likely have quadros k420-620 or firerpos ... the reason for the video cards is because of the DP ports 2 or 4 and run off the pci-e bus power since most schools or business want dual-display monitors...thats why alot of them are quadros and not standard video cards. these intel boards seem to take any kind of mis matched ddr3 memory... the gui bios is a nice feature and they can all ipv4-pxE boot also...they are good standard Admin machines that are easy to deploy mirroring and or deployment pxE servers for mass networks....these are much easier to setup and troubleshoot then any other pc when you got to admin 400+ machines
Got me n 8gb rx580 last month "might not work" for £42 from eBay.
Ran it in my 4690k, 16gb, 500gb ssd system ever since flawless.
Got that system from a dude upgrading when 6th gen came out I'm sure, £120ish from memory. So quite a while ago.
Sure got my money's worth lol.
Hooking it up to the bedroom TV with the rrod 360's controllers, and job will be a good un 😁
Getting something like a GTX 1060 6 Single fan and a cheap HDD (because in budget build, i value a good 1tb hdd that i can buy for 20$ CAD at a recycling shop), and there you go! good pc for basic gaming, like ATS GTA RE2R
thats better than my pc
this man got a great deal
Let’s got matt
that i7 isn't holding back that rx580,......try those titles with the 580 in a modern system and I bet you get the same results.
My 5700xt gets "bored"(lower gpu usage at 1080p) like that too on easier to run titles like those and it's paired with a Ryzen 5 5600
I think you did a great job building this for $200.....and yeah that rx580 was a smoking deal
I actually got a pc with a 1070 32gb of ram. And a 3600x I was blessed that day I got it for 200
i wish i could do stuff like this
we dont even have amazon or ebay
Or use angled sata cables that you conect BEFORE inserting the GPU
Did the same thing but with a lenovo e73 mt back in janurary 2021 right before prices really started to get bad. got an rx 470, xeon e3 1230 v3, 240gb ssd and a 1tb hdd, and 16 gigs of ddr3 1600mhz along with a 450w psu. Since then upgraded to a gtx 1070, added a 2tb seagate hdd, and a xeon e3 1271 v3 (basically an i7 4790 without intergrated graphics) and this thing SMASHES through the games i play now at high settings. I love seeing dell optiplex/hp/lenovo budget builds like this and imo if you are looking to build something similar haswell is the way to go. Great video!
My current build isn't an overpowered build, but something for the time being. It costed $1000+ dollars due to inflation, but its a decent build overall.
I5-11400 CPU
2x8gb 3200MHz Ram
512gb Intel 670p M.2 2280 SSD
B560 motherboard
Evga br 700 psu
corsair icue 220t airflow case
Gtx 1650
Again my build isn't supposed to be insanely overpowered, just something for right now. Getting an rtx 3060TI later on and upgrading my ram to 32 as well as upgrading my cpu to an i7 11700F.
Ayee fellow 11th gen
I am $800 into my system and it has a 11600k and 3080- before you say bullshit I basically stole the cpu and 16GB of RAM for $120. 3080 was $500. Went uber cheap on the rest of it. Storage was brought over from prior systems.
@@nap8187 I'm thinking about upgrading my cpu to a 11700k and buying an rtx 3060 ti that'll come available soon...hopefully.
good