I Modded My Dell Optiplex to fit a GTX 1070 and more! 😍

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[@JoshTechgamer]

OOO lol this is why you growing pc builds keep it up Tom rocks i feel like i know him. I have 1060

[@RAVisuals]

Tom came in clutch on this one!

[@AJCoReTV]

I enjoyed this.. very well put together! 🙌🏽

[@RAVisuals]

Thank you 🙌

[@superdennisdt]

Nice build by the way love the budget builds

[@RAVisuals]

Glad you like them!

[@rayrayg231]

Very underrated video, keep it up man!!

[@teezy13500]

Dang just watched this, I am actually throwing a 1070ti mini in my HP G1 Elite Desk with i7 4770. I went with the 1070 mini so I won't have to do all the extra stuff in this vid. This video lets me know it should work just fine, didn't know you could get away with a 365w power supply though, thought at least 450-500w would be needed.

[@CrisJon0369]

Oh come on should of just hammered the hard drive caddy down like i did 😂😂😂 jk dont do that lol i uploaded a video of it for humor and what you dont wanna do 😂😂😂

[@RAVisuals]

I knew I missed something! lol😅

[@stevenv2190]

Yes, mod the Fark out of it. The Dell Optiplex 9020 mini tower I have on a shelf in front of me at work has the following done: Replaced power supply with Corsair 650w Installed Arctic Freezer 7 Pro mounted to the OEM board - had to mod the cooler side brackets a bit Have a Radeon R9 - 380x installed for three monitors out with all DP. Cut out a rectangle window just below the opening handle (not the best cut, but from a distance looks good enough). The cover is painted with four layers of Rustoleum Gunmetal Gray and the acrylic window is glued on with RTV sealer and holds very well. Standard config - I7-4790, 32GB RAM, One 512GB Samsung boot drive, Two Seagate 1TB drives in raid 0. and one Seagate drive 1TB for backup storage. Optical drive removed/replaced with Kingwin USB 3.0 7 port bay.

[@OutlierLife]

Nice video but the whole time I was wondering what your T-shirt said! lol and could you plz review some budget gaming laptops!

[@RAVisuals]

It says "eat, sleep, game, repeat" haha

[@OutlierLife]

@@RAVisuals Haha

[@soldiermo934]

I am upgrading my dell OptiPlex 9020 sff. It already has i7-4770. I actually bought this same card Evga 1070 and 24 pin connector, PCI riser cable, EVGA 600 W PSU,12 gb ddr3 1600 mhz. I will put all these together to turn my pc to a monster. Will update next week when I finish this project. I will leave PSU and GPU outside the case because they won't fit on sff case. wish me luck.

[@RAVisuals]

Good luck man! Let me know how it goes!

[@soldiermo934]

My 1070 is installed and working. I never saw someone install a 1070 on OptiPlex sff but thats what I did. It is possible ladies and gentleman. Great combination with i7-4770 but if you want to use that card 100% upgrade the motherboard and buy a cpu with overclocked variant intel for more great results.

[@OROMOANDROTECH]

Hi.. Can i upgrade my optiplex 3020 core i3 4160 processor to something like core i7 or i5 ? Plz help me

[@RAVisuals]

yes you can! You can upgrade it to an i5 4570, 4590 or an i7 4770, 4790

[@OROMOANDROTECH]

@@RAVisuals oo thank u for helping ur z best 👍

[@rickraydubs]

I used an Optiplex 790 as a base build for a "gaming" pc, really it's just a work horse and a friend gifted me a Gigabyte 1070 8GB and it's been in there since 2018, with a 500W Thermaltake, and I had to cut the hard drive cage to get the card to fit and decided to leave the cage in to hold the HDD and have a place to mount the SSD, it's a big wonky but it does the job lol. Now, I'm looking to upgrade since this is showing it's age and I'm not trying to spend more than I have to so, another plex it is.

[@RAVisuals]

very nice! I have always believed that these are a great place to start on a budget

[@rickraydubs]

@@RAVisuals they really are!

[@solitaire475]

WE NEED TO SEE THE I5 4590 VS I7 4770 TEST, BOTH WITH GTX 1650 SUPER. THANKS.

[@UnderSizedBigfoot]

When it comes to gaming you won't see a huge difference in proformance... Unless one system has more ram.

[@kevinvanneste2500]

Great video 👍 I very much liked it you mentioned the xeon's because mostly cheaper.

[@RAVisuals]

Right on! I remember you commented about this so I made sure to include it!

[@realsethegamer9425]

The montage building music is nice

[@coldfeet3358]

What kinda of power supply you use to feed the gtx 1070 in the dell case ?

[@VellankiGanesh]

Really interesting upgrade.. good info.

[@RAVisuals]

Glad you liked it!

[@fgxw8]

I didn't know this computer could be upgraded so far. Mine is in the mail. I might just take the motherboard to a new case.

[@RAVisuals]

I had a ton of fun modding this thing!

[@Meekmakerspace]

Building my first gaming pc/work horse for 3d modeling. Don’t know if the GTX 1070 is still decent today in 2023 but just picked one up for $90 along with a EVGA psu for $50 and a 9020 mt optiplex.

[@augilaar7420]

Did it all fit in that case?

[@farhanrijvi9169]

Wow great vid.... Buddy!! Thumbs up. One more think does the i7 4790 is much vary with i7 4770... And will 32gig ram supports on this optiplex?

[@RAVisuals]

I think it will yield negligible performance, honestly!

[@Chipsixs]

ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER BANGER!, does this man ever miss? :/ .. also ive been looking at getting some new ram but it i only have ever used corsair vengance, any recommendations for some trusty and well priced ram brand?

[@RAVisuals]

Im human like all of you so I have made a bunch of crappy videos, haha. But yeah other than corsair, team group is good and usually cheap, G-skill is great, Crucial is great. those are just a couple

[@Chipsixs]

RA Visuals okay man haha thanks : )

[@EtherealGoddess21]

So is the hard drive just left sitting in the case? Is that why you leave it turned on its side? Thanks, I'm attempting this soon.

[@stephenspeliades2941]

@ra visuals , I am literally doing this exact build but with an XFX RX 580 8GB(the longest one). I noticed the frame around the rx580 is a little bulkier than a 1070 / 1080…. Will an RX 580 fit this motherboard with the RAM tabs in that spot? It’s very close.. I’m nervous it may not fit

[@RAVisuals]

Yeah, it might be a very tight fit. another issue is the bracket on the back that locks PCI-E cards into place. It may get in the way of fatter cards

[@ProGamerspakabwe]

How is the power supply holding up??

[@RAVisuals]

still works like a charm!

[@GlennMarshallRocks]

I've just been reading various posts in the Dell Community forums and they're quite insistent that the fastest GPU you can put in a 9020 is a GTX 1060 because the max wattage in the PCIe x 16 slot is 75w. I actually picked up a GTX 1070, which has a 150w power requirement, but with the power demand exceeding what the motherboard can actually supply safely via the PCIe slot, it seems unsafe to run anything demanding on it like an upscaling video program that will peg the GPU to the wall for hours if not days at a time, depending on the length of the video. I'm now considering simply picking up a used PC with a more capable motherboard, that can actually handle a 150w-250w GPU, and going with a 1080 Ti at double the rendering capability than the GTX 1070... and do it comfortably...

[@RAVisuals]

Yeah man, I wouldn't try to install anything past the 1070 anyway. There's already going to be bottlenecking on the CPU side so its just not really worth it.

[@luc1ferblack]

@@RAVisuals hi would that apply to the i7 version as well? I just retrieved this pc from a bin and wanted it for vr gaming but most people say to run vorpx software to use a gtx 1080 but i would rather not toast something

[@googlemanager5485]

@@luc1ferblack yes 1080 is goood with 4th gen i7

[@DieselsDomain257]

I realize Im a bit late to the game here, but I just purchased the Optiplex 9020 i7-4790 and have upgraded the PSU to a 500w, and plan on putting a GTX 1080 FE in it! Im currently in the process of building this gaming PC to place in an Arcade cab. Any advice for me? Thanks in advance!

[@lliamthrumble]

Hey!! Are you gonna watercool this build?? Doesnt count until its watercooled 😂

[@RAVisuals]

😵

[@firellio070]

Would an i7 3770 bottleneck the 1070? Trying for 240+ fps low settings on overwatch 1080p.

[@RAVisuals]

You may be able to achieve that number with low settings like you say. you may only see some sort of bottleneck at 1080p and in very graphic intensive games.

[@firellio070]

@@RAVisuals Nice, thanks for the video and the reply!

[@D33pScoo7s]

What's the watt of that dell psu. I have a optiplex 7020 with the i7 4070 cpu it has a 4 pin 12v cpu power connector and a 8 pin main power connector for the main I need atleast 600 watts from the psu

[@eln0va126]

Nice video, I love your Optiplex content, I have a question, the Optiplex 9020 MOBO is compatible with the Intel Xeon e5-1620 v2? and is this Xeon better than the default CPU of the 9020?

[@RAVisuals]

I believe I have heard that it indeed is! Its not necessarily better, but I think ive read that it can be similar to an i7 4770

[@eln0va126]

@@RAVisuals Thank you so much, you helped me a lot

[@UnderSizedBigfoot]

The xeon will perform better under work loads but with fall behind in gaming.

[@filipebpo]

Well done! Greetings from Brazil!

[@RAVisuals]

Brazilia!!!! Lets go!

[@CaptainRocky]

should i use a 1070 on my HP proprietary PSU of 320W? with data to 8pin connectors. would it work?

[@RAVisuals]

hmm, I had to install the 365w supply to run mine so im not sure the 320 would be enough

[@CaptainRocky]

@@RAVisuals 1060? And thanks for replying

[@azumaa1527]

Nice video! I bought a 3020 i3 1year ago for a build like this and i finally buy a 7020 with i7 4790 for 120€ and i'm gonna sell the 3020. I want to put in a 1660 super but they are too expensive and i'm thinking about a gtx 1070. For the psu i dont know what kind or brand i should choose. Can you help me or advise me ?

[@rick7122]

I have a Dell Optiplex 3020 sff with an i5-4590, will a gtx 1070 be a good fit for my cpu or should i instead get a GTX 1050-Ti? Psu is 255W btw

[@shotbyjerryco5457]

Does anyone know that the gtx 1080 fit in the optiplex 790??? Pls lmk ASAP!

[@RAVisuals]

You'll need to modify the case for sure and you'll definitely run into some bottlenecking with the cpu's in that model of optiplex

[@shotbyjerryco5457]

RA Visuals alright yeah I got a new power supply for it too to match it I think I’m sorry kinda new to the pic scene

[@vasanthselvam11cs103]

The plot /pc thickens! 😆

[@RAVisuals]

Indeed it does!

[@legaxy27]

Hola bro👋, oye bro una pregunta yo tengo un CPU Dell Optiplex 7020 MT con procesador i7-4770k, crees que le pueda poner una tarjeta gráfica GTX 1070🤔 y crees que no me daría ningún problema si la pongo😅

[@Dartharrypotter]

I got a hdd in that case, where else am i supposed to put it?

[@sonahtsngier6951]

More videos like this please.

[@sandelblend]

Will that 365w psu work for a 7050 mt??

[@mamtily]

Very intresting experiment. Although this system is running normal right now, I concern that the sata to pcie 8pin cable would definitely catch fire when gtx 1070 run on full power(150w). Sata to 8 pin cable will provide maximum 54w and it will be lower than that becuase ssd drive also sharing that single sata power source. So total power that is available for gtx 1070 in this system is lower than 75w(pcie)+54w(sata)=129w. If we assume your SSD consum about 5w~9w, there is only maximum of 120w left for gtx 1070. My opinion is either you need a pcie 6 pin to 8 pin cable(75w) to make sure a maximum enough power for gtx 1070 or chose a safer graphic card that has lower TDP than 120w when the sata to 8 pin cable is applied as power source. By touching the sata to 8 pin yellow cable , you may feel that cable very very hot. This happened to some crypto miners mining rig when they applied to that cable .

[@jamaicankyng]

Can I use the GTX1070 8GB without modding the case?

[@RAVisuals]

I don't think so. Unless there's a shorter 1070.

[@realsethegamer9425]

I love ❤️ these kind of videos

[@AbdullaSulaimani]

The 3DMARK Firestrike score rocks!! It's very high

[@RAVisuals]

Right!?

[@AbdullaSulaimani]

@@RAVisuals That's right!!

[@southboundtp2067]

Will the i5 4570 play nicely with this GTX 1070?

[@jamaicankyng]

Bottleneck

[@southboundtp2067]

@@jamaicankyng would a Xeon E3 1240 v3 🤔

[@judahsimmons6208]

Would this optiplex be good w a 1080

[@mkps1988]

I got gtx 1070 8gb mini it work on friends computer but 2 dells I have don't like it i5 2400 get dell logo then black screen and i5 9400 won't boot both computer have 600w power supply

[@jimjim8271]

Can you fit a gtx 1070 mini without modding?

[@nicholasreynolds6609]

Would the small RTX 3060 cards possibly work for this?

[@RAVisuals]

I bet the would fit! but you would run into quite the cpu bottleneck with that new of a card. Id suggest going for one of the much newer OptiPlex's to take full advantage of your card

[@nicholasreynolds6609]

@@RAVisuals Yup. I got the 7070 with i5-9500 with the ability to upgrade the CPU, as well. Thanks!

[@rycexx7081]

​@@nicholasreynolds6609 what did you upgrade?

[@nicholasreynolds6609]

@@rycexx7081 Nothing yet. I have plans, but I am also waiting on the funds to get 3 5TB barracudas for my Dell R715.

[@nicholasreynolds6609]

@@rycexx7081 This is what I had in mind though. I am probably going to double-check the ratings compared to the full-sized card first though. I am sure this requires more than just the stock fans, to keep it cool.

[@etu8970]

to be honest I want to go all out on upgrades for this can anyone tell me the best upgrades for this regardless of price and no bottleneck

[@RAVisuals]

this might be the tippity top for these!

[@ObsChevy97]

Will the same thing you did work and fit in a 7020 dell optiplex

[@Ice-Sik-ill]

This is what I’m wondering

[@ObsChevy97]

@@Ice-Sik-ill it dose I did it

[@JaydenCarlinePlayZ]

I’m gonna do this

[@whatinthefudge5346]

Does this block the sata ports?

[@0fzex003]

can i do 4gbx2 and 8gbx2? on my ram same clock speed ddr3 1600?

[@jaydensawatsky2099]

Does a three fan 1080 fit?

[@jinty83]

I upgraded my Lenovo M83 tower with an i7 4770, 16gb of ram, and a Zotac 1070 8gb mini. The performance is excellent in the benchmarks and in games. The only problem I had with the machine is that I can't get the ram beyond 1333 Mhz even after updating the bios which is weird but I don't think that makes too much of a difference tbh. Great video 😁

[@RAVisuals]

The mobo may only be able to take up to 1333 mhz. This is pretty common with pre builts

[@UnderSizedBigfoot]

The lenovo Mobo will only go beyond 1333mhz to 1600mhz with the stock ram that comes with the PC. Stock mobos don't have over clocking for the ram and are pre clocked to 1600mhz with the factory ram dimm (s) and underclock to 1333mhz with after market brands.

[@jinty83]

@@UnderSizedBigfoot Thanks for the info. I didn't realise that but it makes sense now.

[@Undead34]

@@RAVisuals Hi, Nvidia GTX 1070 TI in Dell Optiplex 5050 🥵🥵

[@Michael-fe4dp]

Are you ever selling this?

[@bloxinbloxin1041]

It is working 1070 ti with i7 4790 in my dell optiplex 9020

[@RAVisuals]

Nice!!

[@bloxinbloxin1041]

No is a question

[@entonio._.2724]

Great video

[@RAVisuals]

Thanks!

[@marddish4749]

Does this work on optiplex 7010

[@RAVisuals]

yes it does!

[@QueenCece6]

Would this case be able to fit a standard matx motherboard

[@RAVisuals]

I believe so. The mounting holes may just be a little different.

[@QueenCece6]

@@RAVisuals thanks man

[@RahulLakhtiya-dy7ve]

5.37 your hand bleeding are you ok

[@RAVisuals]

I think i cut it on the metal of the case lol. All good

[@superdennisdt]

I run a 1270v2 with a strix gtx1070 32gb ram

[@RAVisuals]

very nice! better numbers than me? or similar?

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[@RAVisuals]

I'll check it out!

[@Сокол-и6ъ]

@@RAVisuals thank you my man :>

[@bigchocc1361]

Bro idk why but your vids aren’t coming through my inbox??

[@RAVisuals]

Freaking KZbin notifications 😰

[@Joeker8171]

This was an awesome video bro....get FPS on it. I think that i7-4770 did way better

[@RAVisuals]

It did but the 1070 helped a lot with that too!

[@Joeker8171]

@@RAVisuals great* FPS lol

[@Joeker8171]

@@RAVisuals that's true. That 1070 still is a beast

[@Wavingseeker]

Lessgaww!! 💪🏼

[@complifunnynation]

Do it at your own risk.

[@RAVisuals]

Haha, yes

[@QueenCece6]

What's up with the one dislike

[@RAVisuals]

always have to have a hater!

[@techkoba]

1st guy: I got this scar from a fight with a croc 2nd guy: well I got mine cuz I went skydiving without a parachute RA visuals:👀

[@jrocket93]

Hey yo tommy this Bobby thank you bob in

[@keeppushin2592]

what psu did you use?

[@Joeker8171]

1st lol.....yes, this is going to be gooooooddddd

[@RAVisuals]

🙌

[@aliakdogan9426]

please what dell optiplex model is this and can i do this with the gtx 1080(they seem to be alot similar) im getting a gtx 1080 amp edition this week for a very good price and hoping to use it with a budget dell or hp desktop 3rd or 4th gen. any feedback will be appreciated , thanks

[@RAVisuals]

this was a 3020 with an upgraded dell power supply from a t1600! also I wouldn't do a 1080 as you'll definitely see more bottlenecking!

[@aliakdogan9426]

@@RAVisuals thanks alot for the feedback , i was getting the gtx 1080 for a giveaway price. I finally got the computer setup yesterday but with an Asus P8H61 mother board(and the Gtx 1080) . upgraded power pack,16gb ram ,i7 2nd gen though. hope thats still okay? thanks.