That was the best looking Dell XPS case. It's sad they don't make interesting cases anymore. For anything with style on Dell, you have to move to Alienware.
I sill have my dell XPS 730 my first gaming PC. It hasn’t been used in years. It’s got the dell liquid cooling system. It was a beast for it’s day had 2 GTX 295 if I remember.
Thank you!! I was worried because the entire vid was half an hour and was super wordy, but I’m really glad people appreciate it! Lord knows it took forever to make but it was worth it! Thanks for watching and be sure to sub because I’m not done with this thing yet!
I used an x58 Asus Essentio Desktop build with i7 920 for 14 years. Originally came with an ASUS GTX 260 with a camo anime chick graphic lol. Upgraded to a similar to yours Sapphire 6870, MSI Twin Frozr 660ti, then finally a EVGA single fan 1050ti. A Xeon x5670 @ 4.20ghz, 24gb ddr3 1666mhz, and an ssd made it a lot better. I think the final upgrades will be usb 3, passed down 1660 super, and maybe raid ssds lol. It's served me well throughout the years
Fun fact, the i7 980x had 6 cores and HTT for 12 threads! I had a x58 rig for years, started with a i7 950 and a GTX 660 and it's end of life was a xeon x5670 and a 1050 ti with 24 GB of RAM. My favorite platform ever made. I have a LGA 1366 CPU on my keychain.
Fuck fact, that x58 overclocked will push a 2080. One thing the avoid is going for max ram. Most people stick too 3 slots for 12 gigs for more stabilty.
@@MustngRydr well unlike some other jerk manufacturers *cough* HP *cough* this case can take a normal ATX power supply, so upgrading should be easy. I can definitely see a nice modular seasonic gold in here one day! Be sure to subscribe because I’m not done with this girl yet!
@@TrippTech that’s the great thing about this case! You can upgrade everything and keep the nestolgia of the old look! I subscribed! Keep it up! Look forward to seeing what you do with yours. Mines the black version. Not the red but still awesome. Still have the Core2Quad setup for it too.
awesome video dude. i just picked one of these up but i paid a loooooooooot more then 10 dollars hahaha. mines got a 9800gt in it and a Q9450. the best rig for playing XP games.
Thank you! Comments like this make it all worth it. Be sure to subscribe because I’ll be upgrading this thing with some serious horsepower when I can afford some better hardware.
I have this PC, I think the power button may not be working, but having problems taking off the front cover. The side that opens, there's clips but seems like something at the area of the power button will not come loose.
@@TrippTech I got the front cover off. Can you tell me what is the best memory and Cpu for this. I am upgrading for a 12 yr. old boy to play games with it.
@@dalewilson908 if it came stock, the core 2 quad q6600 is ok for simple games. If more modern games, consider replacing the motherboard and cpu with something else (ryzen 3600 is a good value) for ram, 8 or 16 gb is going to be plenty
Inspired by this video, I threw in an X58 MB with a XEON 6 core and wow what a difference! I posted a follow up video. I still have the old MB which has a core2quad extreme, not sure what to do with it!
the upside down board was called BTX. The Pentium 4 Netburst CPUs ran hot, BTX benefited airflow (you're right). Eventually Intel switched to the core architecture. This made BTX irrelevant. Also all the motherboard and case manufacturers hated it
I remember very clearly lol. My first family computer was a dell dimension with a pentium 4. Would heat up the room in half an hour. It’s pretty funny how instead of just doing architectural improvements to help the cpu not be a toaster, they decide to just invent a new case standard. That’s some “engineering is my passion” right there lol.
@@TrippTech at the time they truly were all in the more GHz more betterer mindset. Also despite the silly reason for its existence BTX did have some merits. But not enough to justify its uptake. The history of computers is full of stuff that's better but not better enough to displace a standard
Love that old Dell case you got there! I replaced my i7 920 with a Xeon X5670 in my ASUS P6T Deluxe v2 board. I couldn't resist because the Xeon not only has six cores and twelve threads compared to the 920s four cores and eight threads but the guy only wanted $9 for the Xeon! Great CPUs even for today in many games! 👍👍 PS: I use an ASUS GTX 780 ti with it and it also still games pretty well with DX11 games and older even though it can chug down 250 watts of power! I do have an RX 580 8GB card that I once tried in it with the 920 but I am saving it to use in another newer retro PC with a Xeon E3 1245 in it. Maybe I'll put it back in just to see how it performs with the Xeon X5670.....🤔
Thanks for the comment my man. Be sure to subscribe because I’m not done with this baby yet. I really want to put a ryzen in here at some point when I have more money lol
780ti is neck and neck with a rx580 performance wise. That 6 core xeon can actully pair with some very powerful graphics cards. From my experience 1080ti/2070 is the sweet spot.
Thanks everyone for the support! Really proud of this video and how many people have responded positively. Be sure to subscribe because I’m not done with this case yet. When I get some money I’ll hook this baby up with some more horsepower. The mystery GPU has been identified as a 7900gs which I think is correct. I was thinking of doing a video trying to revive it and game on it so let me know if that’s something you’d watch? As always thanks for being awesome guys! New content is in the works.
Oh and never put your mobos or cards on Carpet, that is begging for it to get fried from static electricity. That video card doesn't have display ports, it's called DVI ports. Best to you.
These are so easy to build in. I have two of these cases, one with black plastic, and the other a red beauty like yours. Sadly, I overplayed for both, but yeah man you got an amazing deal.
Help me please, I got one of these dell XPS 630i and it came with 9800 GT's. When I try to play crysis in Sli I get red screen but other games it works fine why? :( How do I fix it I got the DVD version of the game.
1:40 I'll have to correct you here. I hardly think it was intended to be a work station but rather a gaming PC. It's one of the earliest PC's with addressable RGB lighting, Also I hardly think the space age look of that case was intended for the office and production environment. I had the black face plate model.
Sorry you are incorrect about the video outputs ( S-video and 2 DVI-D outputs ) . I like the case and I would enjoy building a more modern build with some newer components . I would repaste the video card . I enjoy seeing one of my favorite cases . Thanks ...
A new PSU is a good idea when the original is 10 years old. The old high end cases are awesome and last forever. However it can be a problem to fit a bulky graphics card.
Is it possible to upgrade one of these to run windows 10, i know Dell doesn't support the drivers for the original hardware, just wondering if there were parts that would be supported
great looking case, weird with the mb orientation reversed. great choice in 1366 also, well done. 920 to 975 are 4 core cpus and 980/990 are 6 core cpus, all have hyper threading. what you need is a w3690 if your mb supports it. and x58 supports six 8gb dimms.
Thank you! If I could go back, I maybe would have gone sandybridge. One of the games I wanted to play wouldn’t work because these x58 cpus don’t support “AVX” so I was only 1 generation behind 😩😩😩 But be sure to subscribe because I’ll be putting a ryzen in here when I have some more budget to play with. I’ll turn it into a great sleeper.
The case is kinda cool actually. Btw Im building my dad a pc and I need a psu, do you have any recommendations on cheap psu's? 500W would be more than enough.
I just restored a red 630i as well! I initially upgraded it with a C2Q 9650 and a GTX 280, but discovered that Dell hardwired the PCIe x16 slot to just 8x, and its only PCIe 1.1, its really crippled, so totally gutted it and its got a Matching MSI Gaming 5 Z97 board with a i7 4790k, and an eVGA GTX 960 SSC. I'm on the hunt for a red/MSI GTX 980 tho. Still have the C2Q 9650, it got put in another machine thats still PCIe 1.1 but its at least a full x16 slot. Also in a board that supports DDR3, which really helps the CPU with performance
Regarding the GPU, one thing worth trying in order to identify it would be doing a search based on the FCC ID in an online database. But if the PC was marketed as a workstation, it could be an Nvidia Quadro card.
Damn nice vid bro, something i recommend is you crop your videos so the current generation’s fried dopamine detectors can watch the entire video. Love your explanations and how fun u make ancient pcs lol good stuff
That’s largely what the time codes are for so people can skip around. I like to include as much info as I can. The goal is to make these so anyone with a summer job making some money can replicate it and make themselves a cheap gaming pc. Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching and be sure to sub because I’ll be revisiting this little lady in the future
GPU: replace the thermal paste, blow out the fans and try again. and it does look like a 7000 series card. I have a 7800 GTX and it looks like its little brother. The 6000 series had a different cooling solution.
Indeed. Especially with those Chinese salvage motherboards I reviewed awhile back. They have made that platform soooo accessible and affordable especially with dirt cheap ECC ram
@@TrippTech Funny thing you mention that... i have an 18 -core xeon and a x99 board on its way from china. However there are ddr3 x99 boards out there and the cost is like 60% less than ddr4....yeah im a cheapskate i guess lol but its still quad channel👍
@@ahah1785 yeah they’re typically server chipsets so no overclocking but it’s still great! Be sure to subscribe because I’m going to look at more of those boards in the future! Thanks for watching
Was this video made in 2009? Bro, put some effort into your videos, some lights and a tripod aren’t going to break the bank. If you want to stand out among the LTT on the internet you need to actually give a damn about your content. Like I understand you tried but this looks so homemade that it’s hard to watch. I think most people agree.
I am blown away, the chasis could make a wonderful sleeper. No doubt about it.🤔😀😀😀
Be sure to sub, because you better believe we are putting a ryzen in here when I can afford one lol
That was the best looking Dell XPS case. It's sad they don't make interesting cases anymore. For anything with style on Dell, you have to move to Alienware.
I have this same Dr Mos board lga 1366 in my daily driver with 24gb ram and a xeon x5690 .Still runs great to me.Thanks for this video.
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Ten bucks? Man I paid ten times as much to finally get one of these cases.
Recycle centers are like gold mines!
I sill have my dell XPS 730 my first gaming PC. It hasn’t been used in years. It’s got the dell liquid cooling system. It was a beast for it’s day had 2 GTX 295 if I remember.
Great job man!! I really enjoyed the whole video. You're knowledgeable and I like your style
Thank you!!
I was worried because the entire vid was half an hour and was super wordy, but I’m really glad people appreciate it!
Lord knows it took forever to make but it was worth it! Thanks for watching and be sure to sub because I’m not done with this thing yet!
Those cases alone are bad ass though
I used an x58 Asus Essentio Desktop build with i7 920 for 14 years. Originally came with an ASUS GTX 260 with a camo anime chick graphic lol. Upgraded to a similar to yours Sapphire 6870, MSI Twin Frozr 660ti, then finally a EVGA single fan 1050ti. A Xeon x5670 @ 4.20ghz, 24gb ddr3 1666mhz, and an ssd made it a lot better. I think the final upgrades will be usb 3, passed down 1660 super, and maybe raid ssds lol. It's served me well throughout the years
Fun fact, the i7 980x had 6 cores and HTT for 12 threads! I had a x58 rig for years, started with a i7 950 and a GTX 660 and it's end of life was a xeon x5670 and a 1050 ti with 24 GB of RAM. My favorite platform ever made. I have a LGA 1366 CPU on my keychain.
Fuck fact, that x58 overclocked will push a 2080. One thing the avoid is going for max ram. Most people stick too 3 slots for 12 gigs for more stabilty.
I did this same thing with my Dell XPS 630i! It was awesome!
It’s great! I love sleeper builds.
@@TrippTech So do I! I had a 7700k and 1080Ti in this case. My PSU had two 6 pin power PCIe so I guess I was lucky with that one!
@@MustngRydr well unlike some other jerk manufacturers *cough* HP *cough* this case can take a normal ATX power supply, so upgrading should be easy. I can definitely see a nice modular seasonic gold in here one day! Be sure to subscribe because I’m not done with this girl yet!
@@TrippTech that’s the great thing about this case! You can upgrade everything and keep the nestolgia of the old look! I subscribed! Keep it up! Look forward to seeing what you do with yours. Mines the black version. Not the red but still awesome. Still have the Core2Quad setup for it too.
awesome video dude. i just picked one of these up but i paid a loooooooooot more then 10 dollars hahaha. mines got a 9800gt in it and a Q9450. the best rig for playing XP games.
Thank you! Comments like this make it all worth it. Be sure to subscribe because I’ll be upgrading this thing with some serious horsepower when I can afford some better hardware.
Was plugging the Power Button an issue? If so, what was the workaround? Thanks.
On an Intel motherboard it’s fine. For ryzen you may need to extend it with jumper wires.
I have this PC, I think the power button may not be working, but having problems taking off the front cover. The side that opens, there's clips but seems like something at the area of the power button will not come loose.
I was kind of mad that the other panel doesn’t come off. Makes it really hard to cable manage.
@@TrippTech I got the front cover off. Can you tell me what is the best memory and Cpu for this. I am upgrading for a 12 yr. old boy to play games with it.
@@dalewilson908 if it came stock, the core 2 quad q6600 is ok for simple games. If more modern games, consider replacing the motherboard and cpu with something else (ryzen 3600 is a good value) for ram, 8 or 16 gb is going to be plenty
Good
Cool! I just picked up a 630i, you can see my reaction video if you want.
Inspired by this video, I threw in an X58 MB with a XEON 6 core and wow what a difference! I posted a follow up video.
I still have the old MB which has a core2quad extreme, not sure what to do with it!
the upside down board was called BTX. The Pentium 4 Netburst CPUs ran hot, BTX benefited airflow (you're right). Eventually Intel switched to the core architecture. This made BTX irrelevant. Also all the motherboard and case manufacturers hated it
I’m guessing by moving the cpu lower and away from the psu, it improve the circulation of air within the case?
@@TrippTech Something like that, the idea was for the air to move over the CPU with fewer obstructions
I remember very clearly lol. My first family computer was a dell dimension with a pentium 4. Would heat up the room in half an hour.
It’s pretty funny how instead of just doing architectural improvements to help the cpu not be a toaster, they decide to just invent a new case standard.
That’s some “engineering is my passion” right there lol.
@@TrippTech at the time they truly were all in the more GHz more betterer mindset. Also despite the silly reason for its existence BTX did have some merits. But not enough to justify its uptake. The history of computers is full of stuff that's better but not better enough to displace a standard
msi rx560 nano didnt require external power
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She’s going to be one sexy sleeper!
Card is a 7900GT… The old one …
looks like a 7800 gt
Jesus. So many errors in this video. I’ll name the most egregious. Do NOT rub hardware on carpet like that. No wonder it’s dead… Nice effort though.
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yes this channel is worth a sub I love you and have a nice day
I suspect its a 7900GS (the one pulled from the XPS). I used to have one that looked like that
I’ve had many say it’s in the 7000 family so you’re probably right!
Love that old Dell case you got there! I replaced my i7 920 with a Xeon X5670 in my ASUS P6T Deluxe v2 board. I couldn't resist because the Xeon not only has six cores and twelve threads compared to the 920s four cores and eight threads but the guy only wanted $9 for the Xeon! Great CPUs even for today in many games! 👍👍
PS: I use an ASUS GTX 780 ti with it and it also still games pretty well with DX11 games and older even though it can chug down 250 watts of power! I do have an RX 580 8GB card that I once tried in it with the 920 but I am saving it to use in another newer retro PC with a Xeon E3 1245 in it. Maybe I'll put it back in just to see how it performs with the Xeon X5670.....🤔
Thanks for the comment my man. Be sure to subscribe because I’m not done with this baby yet. I really want to put a ryzen in here at some point when I have more money lol
@@TrippTech 👍👍
780ti is neck and neck with a rx580 performance wise. That 6 core xeon can actully pair with some very powerful graphics cards. From my experience 1080ti/2070 is the sweet spot.
@@GunMedalGleam 👍👍
I recently found DELL XPS 730X
How and where?
those specs look perfect for an uber powerful windows XP gaming pc haha
That’s actually something I’d like to do at some point, there’s just ALOT that goes into it. Compatibility especially
3 mins in and I know thats 7900 gs
I think so too! I wonder if I made a video trying to bring it back to life it people would watch that.
Thanks everyone for the support! Really proud of this video and how many people have responded positively. Be sure to subscribe because I’m not done with this case yet. When I get some money I’ll hook this baby up with some more horsepower.
The mystery GPU has been identified as a 7900gs which I think is correct.
I was thinking of doing a video trying to revive it and game on it so let me know if that’s something you’d watch?
As always thanks for being awesome guys! New content is in the works.
XPS was never for Office/Business. The XPS range was for gamers. Optiplex, Precision, or Vostro are for Offices/Business/Corporate world.
Oh and never put your mobos or cards on Carpet, that is begging for it to get fried from static electricity. That video card doesn't have display ports, it's called DVI ports. Best to you.
i have a dell xps m1710 runs great to this day
These are so easy to build in. I have two of these cases, one with black plastic, and the other a red beauty like yours. Sadly, I overplayed for both, but yeah man you got an amazing deal.
Yeah! Recycle shops for the win. Good deals and less ewaste. Thanks for watching!!!
Help me please, I got one of these dell XPS 630i and it came with 9800 GT's. When I try to play crysis in Sli I get red screen but other games it works fine why? :( How do I fix it I got the DVD version of the game.
1:40
I'll have to correct you here.
I hardly think it was intended to be a work station but rather a gaming PC.
It's one of the earliest PC's with addressable RGB lighting,
Also I hardly think the space age look of that case was intended for the office and production environment.
I had the black face plate model.
Sorry you are incorrect about the video outputs ( S-video and 2 DVI-D outputs ) . I like the case and I would enjoy building a more modern build with some newer components . I would repaste the video card . I enjoy seeing one of my favorite cases . Thanks ...
A new PSU is a good idea when the original is 10 years old. The old high end cases are awesome and last forever. However it can be a problem to fit a bulky graphics card.
Is it possible to upgrade one of these to run windows 10, i know Dell doesn't support the drivers for the original hardware, just wondering if there were parts that would be supported
I have this motherboard... I put an aliexpress 79 dollar xeon motherboard in it with a 2650v2 and 16 g with an rx560
Those were not as hot as Pentium D's, those would catch fire on some systems.
great looking case, weird with the mb orientation reversed. great choice in 1366 also, well done. 920 to 975 are 4 core cpus and 980/990 are 6 core cpus, all have hyper threading. what you need is a w3690 if your mb supports it. and x58 supports six 8gb dimms.
and great price too. ten dollah!
Thank you! If I could go back, I maybe would have gone sandybridge. One of the games I wanted to play wouldn’t work because these x58 cpus don’t support “AVX” so I was only 1 generation behind 😩😩😩
But be sure to subscribe because I’ll be putting a ryzen in here when I have some more budget to play with. I’ll turn it into a great sleeper.
@@TrippTech oh yes avx, silly games and their requirements. well if you dont go ryzen then someone else has mentioned x99, thats wheres the funs at.
@@r4z4m4t4z very true! Be sure to sub so you don’t miss it! Thanks for watching
The case is kinda cool actually. Btw Im building my dad a pc and I need a psu, do you have any recommendations on cheap psu's? 500W would be more than enough.
Go on eBay and look for anything evga or seasonic. 500-600w should run you around $40 and will last forever. Those are my 2 brands.
I just restored a red 630i as well! I initially upgraded it with a C2Q 9650 and a GTX 280, but discovered that Dell hardwired the PCIe x16 slot to just 8x, and its only PCIe 1.1, its really crippled, so totally gutted it and its got a Matching MSI Gaming 5 Z97 board with a i7 4790k, and an eVGA GTX 960 SSC. I'm on the hunt for a red/MSI GTX 980 tho.
Still have the C2Q 9650, it got put in another machine thats still PCIe 1.1 but its at least a full x16 slot. Also in a board that supports DDR3, which really helps the CPU with performance
i wasn’t happy when i learned motherboard was pci x8 after buying my 630i
@@nitroseven yea it sucked, so put in my MSI Z97 Gaming 5 Mobo wich matches the case design
@@OfficialiGamer how big was the performance reduction overall if u remember? i OC’ed the components to make up for it
you sure thats not a 7950GT 512MB ?
2023 with a 2006 webcam to film the video. All nostalgic and retro.
That’s the goal!
Regarding the GPU, one thing worth trying in order to identify it would be doing a search based on the FCC ID in an online database. But if the PC was marketed as a workstation, it could be an Nvidia Quadro card.
Thanks for the tip!!! I’ll try it when I get a chance!
Oh and be sure to subscribe for more vids like this in the future!
Damn nice vid bro, something i recommend is you crop your videos so the current generation’s fried dopamine detectors can watch the entire video. Love your explanations and how fun u make ancient pcs lol good stuff
That’s largely what the time codes are for so people can skip around. I like to include as much info as I can. The goal is to make these so anyone with a summer job making some money can replicate it and make themselves a cheap gaming pc.
Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching and be sure to sub because I’ll be revisiting this little lady in the future
@@TrippTech alright bro I'll keep up with your tech journey have a great day/night
total cost was 200 dollars
GPU: replace the thermal paste, blow out the fans and try again. and it does look like a 7000 series card. I have a 7800 GTX and it looks like its little brother. The 6000 series had a different cooling solution.
in this day and age x99 with quad channel ram is all the rage😎😇
Indeed. Especially with those Chinese salvage motherboards I reviewed awhile back. They have made that platform soooo accessible and affordable especially with dirt cheap ECC ram
@@TrippTech Funny thing you mention that... i have an 18 -core xeon and a x99 board on its way from china. However there are ddr3 x99 boards out there and the cost is like 60% less than ddr4....yeah im a cheapskate i guess lol but its still quad channel👍
@@TrippTech Board name is X99 TITANIUM D3 (probably not real x99 chipset more like b85,but it still works for what it is)
@@ahah1785 those LRDIMM modules with steel heat sinks can be very cheap. 128gb for less than 100 bucks sometimes. Very good deal!
@@ahah1785 yeah they’re typically server chipsets so no overclocking but it’s still great! Be sure to subscribe because I’m going to look at more of those boards in the future! Thanks for watching
the xps 720 is one of my favorite cases
Heck no, that thing is the size of a refrigerator and there so much proprietaryness going on.
Was this video made in 2009?
Bro, put some effort into your videos, some lights and a tripod aren’t going to break the bank. If you want to stand out among the LTT on the internet you need to actually give a damn about your content.
Like I understand you tried but this looks so homemade that it’s hard to watch. I think most people agree.
Wow...