I’m planning on getting this for my birthday in a week, and run Windows 7 on it through a retail DVD. Probably gonna do programming on it, and I’m putting Windows 7 on it because I love win 7
If anyone is interested, I have one of these SFF builds. Where the x16 slot for the graphics card is extremely close to the power supply, meaning you need a low profile single slot. For a long time those cards have always been terrible. You can now get amd rx 6400 cards that released last year. There are a few variants that are single slot, low profile, without requiring a psu pin. So they can fit into basically all of these sff builds. open your system, try figure out what components you have. Figure out your model and motherboard. Find the max ram speed. Mine was 2666 so i've got 2 x 8gb 2666 ram now. Completely remove the hardrive caddy if you don't intend to use a HDD. It will just give the system more space to breathe, and with it being positive pressure unless you somehow mod fans around the case, any open gap is going to help.
@@rick7122 no because the casing around the PSU would get in the way. It would require bending and breaking metal out of the way, and it wouldn't actually have a place to sit either. Got to be single slot in these builts and preferably powered off the motherboard.
Just got an optiplex 3020 I5 for free and a poweredge t110 II XEON server for free from my job cause they upgraded. Installed 2 more GB of ram on the 3020 and installed windows 10. Its not a bad little internet surfer and video watcher. The poweredge I converted to a older gaming machine and that thing is nice still very quick
Hay dude nicely done. You can buy a good hdd Cady that replacees the disc drive. It's the same size and shape of a laptop disc drive but you 2.5 hard drive ( or ssd ) in it and you got more storage.
I actually just bought one of these for only $40 + tax, I am actually planning to upgrade it. The current configuration I am dealing with now is an Intel Core i5 4590 + Intel HD Graphics 4600, 4GB of DDR3 1600MHZ Ram (plan to upgrade it), a 500GB HDD, and a Wi-Fi adapter I installed myself. I plan to upgrade the 3020 to 16GB of ram, most likely add an SSD into it, and upgrade to dedicated graphics (GTX 1650 LP).
Hey, bro! My PC is the same as yours. Can you tell if I can change his source for a more powerful one? I want to plug a more robust video card into it. Do you know some models to point me to?
@@Jack-ed6ch I’m not a computer expert so it doesn’t all make sense to me. I’m just trying to get the computer to turn on and work and I’m not sure what’s wrong with it
@@mostlyghostly8058 if it's a small form factor machine the only RX 6000 series card you're gonna fit in there is a low profile RX 6400. A 6400 is fine for one of these though
Not worth a mb replacement with this form factor. In theory something iTX low powered could work. If you had a DT then iTX/mATX with a TFX PSU would definitely work.
i have this pc and planning to upgrade can you help me what is the maximum RAM? i also plan to upgrade the videocard GTX 1050Ti, do i need to change the PSU?
If you're still looking, look into the amd rx 6400 range. Came out last year. They've got some single slot, low profile cards that came out a year ago. Ideal for entry level 1080p gaming or e-sports kind of games, which to be fair, in these SFF builds with low ram speed capacity and no overclocking, old cpu etc. should be the aim anyway. You can find them anywhere between 100-150 quid.
I let the tech add a 500 HDD on mine. It came with 128 SSD though I had to sacrifice the disk to power the HDD. I hardly use the DVD/CD drive anyway. Everything I need can be in USB.
I’m planning on getting this for my birthday in a week, and run Windows 7 on it through a retail DVD. Probably gonna do programming on it, and I’m putting Windows 7 on it because I love win 7
If anyone is interested, I have one of these SFF builds. Where the x16 slot for the graphics card is extremely close to the power supply, meaning you need a low profile single slot. For a long time those cards have always been terrible. You can now get amd rx 6400 cards that released last year. There are a few variants that are single slot, low profile, without requiring a psu pin. So they can fit into basically all of these sff builds.
open your system, try figure out what components you have. Figure out your model and motherboard. Find the max ram speed. Mine was 2666 so i've got 2 x 8gb 2666 ram now. Completely remove the hardrive caddy if you don't intend to use a HDD. It will just give the system more space to breathe, and with it being positive pressure unless you somehow mod fans around the case, any open gap is going to help.
Would it be possible to fit in a rx 6600 xt into the pc if I removed the PSU?
@@rick7122 no because the casing around the PSU would get in the way. It would require bending and breaking metal out of the way, and it wouldn't actually have a place to sit either. Got to be single slot in these builts and preferably powered off the motherboard.
Just got an optiplex 3020 I5 for free and a poweredge t110 II XEON server for free from my job cause they upgraded. Installed 2 more GB of ram on the 3020 and installed windows 10. Its not a bad little internet surfer and video watcher. The poweredge I converted to a older gaming machine and that thing is nice still very quick
Hay dude nicely done. You can buy a good hdd Cady that replacees the disc drive. It's the same size and shape of a laptop disc drive but you 2.5 hard drive ( or ssd ) in it and you got more storage.
Do you know where I find this I need to find one for a friend of mine
I actually just bought one of these for only $40 + tax, I am actually planning to upgrade it. The current configuration I am dealing with now is an Intel Core i5 4590 + Intel HD Graphics 4600, 4GB of DDR3 1600MHZ Ram (plan to upgrade it), a 500GB HDD, and a Wi-Fi adapter I installed myself.
I plan to upgrade the 3020 to 16GB of ram, most likely add an SSD into it, and upgrade to dedicated graphics (GTX 1650 LP).
What kind of Wi-Fi adapter did you use I just bought this yesterday and the guy took the adapter out
Hey, bro! My PC is the same as yours. Can you tell if I can change his source for a more powerful one? I want to plug a more robust video card into it. Do you know some models to point me to?
I opened up a optiplex 3020 but it didn’t have a gpu in it. Is it necessary or what should I do about it?
Most intel chips come with intel integrated graphics allowing for a display from the motherboard.
@@Jack-ed6ch I’m not a computer expert so it doesn’t all make sense to me. I’m just trying to get the computer to turn on and work and I’m not sure what’s wrong with it
I just acquired one of these and am planning to upgrade or replace the motherboard entirely. Any tips?
I have the same pc with a i7 2600 16gb ram x2 500gb ssd and a rx 550 pink yeston Chinese graphics card
@@growfishgrow1 i m planning to do the same upgrade what are your thoughts on it? should i go for a rx6000(a bit out of budget) or that is fine"?
@@mostlyghostly8058 if it's a small form factor machine the only RX 6000 series card you're gonna fit in there is a low profile RX 6400. A 6400 is fine for one of these though
@@nickfury1279 well its a bit out of budget but sounds good tyy
Not worth a mb replacement with this form factor. In theory something iTX low powered could work. If you had a DT then iTX/mATX with a TFX PSU would definitely work.
Nice👍
how will you know the speed of the ram your holding
i have this pc and planning to upgrade can you help me what is the maximum RAM?
i also plan to upgrade the videocard GTX 1050Ti, do i need to change the PSU?
It should be 16gb ram
@@vasilias118 thank you!!
Any plans to upgrade the CPU?
Probably in the future if this video does well enough
I have the same pc with a i7 2600 16gb ram x2 500gb ssd and a rx 550 pink yeston Chinese graphics card the pc Works great this now maxed out I think
i got a qustion wich cable does the dell optiplex 3020 sff use i want to connect it to my monitor so wich output and cable do you need
VGA
Display Port to HDMI should work if you have HDMI.
Can you do a video on how to downgrade the iPad 2 from iOS 9.3.5 to iOS 4.3.3
I don't have an iPad 2 but I can do other videos on my original ipad if you would like?
Does anyone know about internal sound cards for this model?
Its Realtek with a Dell Audio control panel which I really like.
would it be possible to fit a gt 1030 2gb card in there?
If you're still looking, look into the amd rx 6400 range. Came out last year. They've got some single slot, low profile cards that came out a year ago. Ideal for entry level 1080p gaming or e-sports kind of games, which to be fair, in these SFF builds with low ram speed capacity and no overclocking, old cpu etc. should be the aim anyway. You can find them anywhere between 100-150 quid.
The low profile GT 1030 would fit.
Hoa many HDD/SSD can be added in total?
I have same question, you know many?
I let the tech add a 500 HDD on mine. It came with 128 SSD though I had to sacrifice the disk to power the HDD. I hardly use the DVD/CD drive anyway. Everything I need can be in USB.
can i add a ryezen 3 cpu ?
its intel platform so no
you need better lighting
way too much thermal paste
They disnt want to skimp out on the thermal paste... Hahahaha