Fixing My Overheating Modified Dell Optiplex Gaming PC

[@Graphics_Card]

As a gpu myself, I can approve of this video and your attitude

[@WiltshireTutorials]

I'm glad I have a GPUs approval! Thanks for watching lol

[@DaequanFox]

I'm a better gpu

[@Graphics_Card]

@@DaequanFox hello my fellow brother

[@DaequanFox]

@@Graphics_Card hellow

[@MohidPvE]

😂😂😂

[@lonemountain3049]

whats good bro, congrats on 50k subs following you since 20k, must say you put some serious pc content with tons of research

[@WiltshireTutorials]

Things are going good! Thanks for sticking around for so long. I really appreciate the continued support! I try my best to give as much info as possible when I make PC content!

[@nightfury20101]

probably the coolest dell pc i have ever seen

[@WiltshireTutorials]

Thank you! OptiFlex has come a long way and I'm glad to hear that you like it! Thanks for watching.

[@Clarissa_Star]

Happy Birthday to you! ^^ So I found out about you from that Verge PC build reaction video, and I stuck around as a subscriber to see your other content. Loving it!

[@WiltshireTutorials]

Thank you for the birthday wishes and for sticking around after The Verge video! I appreciate it very much. Glad you like the content as well!

[@nickfury1279]

Damn, I had no idea you could swap motherboards between different Dell Optiplex models! Did you have to make any modifications to fit the 7070 motherboard in the 3040 chassis, or does it just slot right in? I wish I’d have found your channel earlier. I love the PC I built, I spent a year collecting the parts for it and was finally able to build it in January. It’s the first one I’ve actually straight up built too. But building something like this would’ve been so cool! Always loved the look of the newer office PCs, provides for a nice sleeper aesthetic (that is, if it isn’t all kitted out with RGB lighting and a transparent side panel lmao) This is probably the most unique gaming PC I’ve seen in a long time. Prior to finding your channel, I’d never seen a liquid cooled Optiplex. OptiFlex is definitely the right name for it

[@WiltshireTutorials]

There are slightly different, the motherboards. It will drop in and fit, minus the rear I/O. I had to make a few cuts to the case to line the ports up properly. There are decent PCs with some REAL annoying quirks. But, if you get past them, they're a reliable PC. Glad you like how OptiFlex turned out! It's probably my favourite build that I've put together thus far

[@diamondcloned3022]

Just finished watching the entire optiflex playlist and it was nice to see you pick up an old office pc which was about to be recycled and turned it into a gaming beast. I just got handed down the optiplex 3040 after looking at your videos I wanna do the same my pc even though I know that’s not gonna happen cause I don’t have good pc knowledge but I am learning a lot through your videos :)

[@WiltshireTutorials]

I appreciate you watching the entire OptiFlex playlist! I hope you enjoyed it all! There's potential in anything! You just have to take the time (and sometimes money) to bring that potential out. I'm a big fan of getting creative and making things customized to your liking. It's also never to late to learn! Everyone starts somewhere. Hope your Optiplex 3040 turns out the way you want it to. I'm also always around. So, if you have any questions on how to do something, just leave a comment and I'll do my best to help you out Thanks for watching!

[@diamondcloned3022]

@@WiltshireTutorials Thank you for your kind words! will definitely let you know if I need any help :)

[@WiltshireTutorials]

@@diamondcloned3022 No need to thank me! Good luck with your build!

[@diamondcloned3022]

@@WiltshireTutorials As of how my pc is right now I haven't done any upgrades to it, so it has only 4gb ram (it had only 4gb ram when I got it). I want to upgrade the ram and add a new gpu. So it would be nice if you could recommend me a gpu compatible with the built in psu and ram compatible with the motherboard.

[@mutasimrahman6833]

I think the fan curves actually had the biggest effect on the lower temperatures.

[@WiltshireTutorials]

Very possible! The Noctua fans have higher static pressure too. So that definitely helps

[@mutasimrahman6833]

@@WiltshireTutorials I'd love to see a video where you compare the Noctua's against the Arctic fans, with a standardized noise db!!!

[@WiltshireTutorials]

A little hard to do standardized noise dB when you only have 3 options for fan control speed!

[@LordUktena]

Yaaay! Happy to see yet another upload! Happy Birthday again!

[@WiltshireTutorials]

As always, thanks for the support and for sticking around! Thanks for the birthday wishes as well 😁

[@TMOwen]

I hope you will see this.... my question is probably the most trivial compared to the rest here. After removing the DVD drive, how did you "plug" the DVD Drive on the front if the plastic case?

[@WiltshireTutorials]

Dell sells Optiplexs that do not include a DVD drive. For those models, they snap in a dummy plug to fill in the cutout for the missing drive. I simply found a front panel that had the blank piece and snapped it in. Alternatively, you can pry off the front panel on the DVD drive and fill the gap with that.

[@scudsturm1]

5:45 how did u get the fan control? i dont have this button in my sensor window which u clicked on

[@WiltshireTutorials]

What kind of PC are you using? Not all PC's motherboards will allow custom fan control

[@What_17]

1:29 True 😂 and great video man !

[@WiltshireTutorials]

They've gotta figure out a better naming scheme for these things!!! I'm glad you liked the video as well! Thanks for watching!

[@Dabs_Rulez]

I don’t think power supply upgrade was necessary because I done the calculations on newegg power supply calculator and it recommends about 360w-400w and most of the part in your dell don’t even need that much power. There is a dell xps 8940 with rtx 3070 as the highest option and it uses 500w power supply

[@WiltshireTutorials]

It's mostly for future upgrades with future GPUs!

[@TheLauriciouSSs]

Hello, I've been following you for a long time and I like what you do, I bought a Dell 3070 with i5 9500 processor, 16gb ddr4, etc, I modified the case for good cooling but unfortunately I have a problem with the cooling of the video card, Gtx 1050ti, the fans they are at 0 rpm, as is normal for this board, when it heats up, they start at 100 to 100 speed, even if the program shows 43-48 rpm, when the board reaches 27 degrees Celsius, they continue to run at maximum capacity, the problem is solved with a restart.

[@TheLauriciouSSs]

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[@WiltshireTutorials]

Sounds like a VBIOS probably for your card. Looks like the fan curve is out of whack. Check to see if the card has an update for its VBIOS. If there is none, you can set a custom fan curve using MSI Afterburner

[@yukicocoa5435]

Sorry I'm late but Happy birthday and awesome vid as always

[@WiltshireTutorials]

All good! No need to say sorry either! Thanks for the birthday wishes and thanks for watching!

[@randomdude8061]

OptiFlex be breathing finer now OptiBreathing time

[@WiltshireTutorials]

She's got good lungs now 😂

[@matrixsuperstar]

Hey Wiltshire, I’m just revisiting your videos. I upgraded to a 7070 with an i9-9900 as well. I’m running into a hot box problem too. I’m looking into liquid cool now. Just wondering how did you hook up the asetek cooler. The 7070 motherboard only has two fan headers. Curious on how you did it.

[@WiltshireTutorials]

Use the CPU fan header for the fans and then just get either a SATA to fan adapter or a molex to fan adapter and run the pump at 100% speed.

[@fabianavila3755]

You really should do i case swap i have the same optiplex and theres not vida on how to do a case swap

[@WiltshireTutorials]

That's because it is impossible to do so. The motherboard is proprietary

[@Ji-oo1tt]

any tips on upgrading the motherboard? i've been drooling over new parts recently. watched a build video with the motherboard i want and it dawned on me: how will i connect the possibly proprietary power and front IO into the new motherboard? are there adaptors? HAALP

[@Ji-oo1tt]

i might just get a new case and call it case closed 😋

[@WiltshireTutorials]

Unfortunately, this motherboard is proprietary and not a standard sized motherboard. So, case swapping is not possible.

[@tiredbtw7121]

Hey man, Do you recommend using HWInfo64 Fan Control on a default optiplex CPU cooler?

[@WiltshireTutorials]

Yes! Anything is better than what Dell has set for a fan curve

[@usedcomputersdotorg]

Is anyone having a problem with overheating of the SSD in M .2 slot in the Dell Optiplex 3050 small form factor I have several Dell Optiplex 3050s SFF i5-7500. When I checked the SSD installed in the M.2 slot with crystaldiskinfo, they all have a temperature problem with the m.2 slot. No problem with the cabled SATA 2.5 inch SSD. So far five out of the five I have checked the SSD in the m.2 slot has a high temperature.

[@WiltshireTutorials]

I have a heatsink on the M.2 SSD. So, I haven't had any issues with the temperatures. I'd suggest maybe trying an active M.2 heatsink to try to cool things down a little.

[@AlejandroFerrariMc]

OptiFresh now!

[@WiltshireTutorials]

You got that right 😁

[@TonkarzOfSolSystem]

Noctua's Chromax fans aren't as good as the beige and brown ones - probably because they are made of a different type of plastic.

[@WiltshireTutorials]

According to Noctua's website, both are have the same specs and are made out of the same material. No 2 fans are built the same. Which is why there can be a ±20% performance variability between fans.

[@TechOMan]

Hardline next?

[@WiltshireTutorials]

I'd be able to do most of OptiFlex hardline, but I won't have enough room to water cool the GPU in the loop. So, not sure it's worth it or not!

[@froggo4363]

Professional apex player 😳

[@WiltshireTutorials]

I'm pretty decent! But, definitely not a pro at it! 😋

[@jonsav11]

Is it still worth doing this build for 2023 or just better off buying new

[@WiltshireTutorials]

I would say it all depends on what you can get an OptiPlex for. If you can get a really good deal on the system itself, I'd say go for it.

[@jonsav11]

@@WiltshireTutorials I got it free as my workplace were throwing it away. So just wanted to upgrade it then a friend sent me your video and I thought that was really good

[@WiltshireTutorials]

That's a pretty good deal! What model of OptiPlex did you manage to snag? Also what are you looking to do with the PC? Gaming, editing, etc.

[@jonsav11]

@@WiltshireTutorials it's 3040 with the i5 processor I'm not that well up on pc's to be honest but would like to try and do it myself for the experience. Looking to do some gaming and editing with premier pro.

[@WiltshireTutorials]

That's a decent machine to get for free! It'll do quite well with 1080p gaming and some light editing. With the stock power supply, the max GPU you can use is a GTX 1060 6GB or an RX 470. The PC will work pretty decent with those GPUs. If you want a little more power, then you're going to need to mod an SFX PSU into the PC, like I did in previous OptiFlex videos.

[@mynintendogamingfeed5208]

Uh-oh... Not good. Those internal Temps are really not ideal, seeing that the Temps shot to 194.7°F...

[@WiltshireTutorials]

Yup! Wasn't very good! Luckily, I was able to solve the issue :p

[@mynintendogamingfeed5208]

@@WiltshireTutorials Having anything go over 100.0°F isn't good, let alone 120.0°+. When it comes time, for my newest custom PC rig in 5 years' time (the prices on the PC Parts are still out of control), in my PC there will be these industrial-class case fans that will have to go on Max Power at all times, and in addition to that, an external, industrial-class High-Speed (Floor or Drum) fan will be activated at its highest speed.

[@geremiasriveravazquez9757]

Wow a dell opltiplex with a intel i9 how

[@WiltshireTutorials]

The 7070 MT motherboard surprisingly supports the i9 9900!

[@geremiasriveravazquez9757]

@@WiltshireTutorials omg i really want to build it but it will work with a rtz 2080 ti

[@WiltshireTutorials]

Unfortunately, the card would be too long. The max length you can fit inside the case is 240mm. You could get a 3060Ti or a 2070 Super from Zotac and they would fit!

[@motionbypower6863]

pog

[@WiltshireTutorials]

Very pog, my friend! Thanks for watching

[@motionbypower6863]

@@WiltshireTutorials :)

[@bonbon-yt2rg]

You say you bought the best fans on the market and you going to put them in a Dell

[@WiltshireTutorials]

Why not?

[@bonbon-yt2rg]

@@WiltshireTutorials I close my eyes breathes heavily in a way that says I feel sorry for you

[@WiltshireTutorials]

@@bonbon-yt2rg Okay...?

[@spiritk8336]

hello

[@WiltshireTutorials]

Hello 😁

[@sphinxzapper2071]

Ah yes another one

[@WiltshireTutorials]

In the words of Dj Khaled "Another One!"

[@sphinxzapper2071]

@@WiltshireTutorials man of culture :)

[@WiltshireTutorials]

:D

[@sphinxzapper2071]

@@WiltshireTutorialsdoes Aigo GP550 work with M-ATX boards and case and is it fully modular?

[@WiltshireTutorials]

Technically, it will work with any motherboard with a 24-pin power connector and 1 CPU 8-in power connector. It is not modular in the slightest. Not even semi-modular.

[@RyN2iX]

Giff me gpu pls

[@WiltshireTutorials]

I'm going to need your first born child then 😂

[@RyN2iX]

@@WiltshireTutorials wait how did you know about my son 😳 🤣

[@WiltshireTutorials]

😂🤣