Office PC to Budget Gaming PC - EASY MOD!

[@ChairmanMeow1]

This is great information for people just starting out with PCs. These old office machines can be found really cheap, and when you fix it up, add a GPU, all that, they can totally be fine for daily use and even some gaming.

[@Kingzgamingandrealtalk]

I recently discovered all of this stuff, emulation gaming was completely new to me and now I can't get away from it. I'm specifically building a cost effective machine to store all of the racing games from my past. If I can emulate PS2 on a Galaxy tab with barely 2gb of RAM I could only imagine on a full spec PC

[@TerrorSyxke]

​@@KingzgamingandrealtalkYou can WHAT, my pixel 6 barely runs ps2

[@Kingzgamingandrealtalk]

Yeah it's a Galaxy Tab s6 lite and it runs PS2 pretty good. Not everything, some titles you have to drop the resolution. But for the most part PS2, PSP, and Dreamcast are almost flawless​@@TerrorSyxke

[@weird9890]

@@Kingzgamingandrealtalktrue! I’ve been recently getting interested in ps3/xbox 369 emulation but my laptop doesn’t really work well with it. My IT teacher is giving one of the schools pc (they got new laptop and they don’t use the old ones) and I’m gonna try and upgrade it, really excited!

[@davideloi9176]

Totally agree.

[@Jimmylikehalo]

I got something similar to this with a dell optiplex 7050 mt with an i7 7700, 512gb nvme ssd, 16gb of ddr4 ram and it's pretty impressive for the price.

[@christophermartin7364]

Same here! My graphics card is the wx 4100 and runs like a champ in fortnite

[@Rnazu1366]

does i7 7700 still good? currently have i5 7400, 16gb ram and GTX 1080ti

[@BroiledSourGrapes]

@@Rnazu1366Unless the 7700 was free and can drop in to the existing mobo I wouldn’t really bother with it. A budget build around a Ryzen 5600x/5700x 3D and reusing 1080ti would net far more performance.

[@Nathan15038]

Man, this brings back memories of how like I just got all into this computer and techie stuff. I first started off with a office desktop PC, which was cheap and that was like the only way I was able to play computer games and then I would just modify it and add more RAM, SSD, and a low profile graph card to it and that’s how I started getting into PCs.😊

[@MagnuMC_plays]

plz put a 4090 in a OptiPlex

[@coleallen5473]

I think they already did that

[@АндрейА-щ1х]

and make that garbage to play games))

[@aurorathewolf]

Lmao 🤣

[@BREEZYM6015]

A 4090 wouldn't be a good pairing with my i7 8700k. 😂

[@emrules2001]

I think you have to do it the other way around, put the Optiplex inside the 4090

[@GrandmasterBBC]

FYI when you're talking about viscosity, more viscous means thicker and less viscous means it is more runny. Water is less viscous and honey is more viscous.

[@westfield90]

That thermal paste you applied seemed to be just as old as the PC 😂

[@ethancastillo1679]

it may not look the best but as someone who used thermalright tf7 paste, its very good

[@peterlarkin762]

My 7010 SFF with i5 3570 + RX550 is still surprising me - got it for really old games. Ended up playing the likes of RDR2 (medium settings), Metro Exodus (low settings), Fallout 4 (max settings), and now Fallout London (with FSR). Cost = $150 including 480gb ssd and 16gb ram. For the amount of entertainment it's hard to beat value wise.

[@sherwinmathew179]

I had a SFF with i5 3550 and rx 550 and it was horrible for me. I upgraded to a gtx 1650 and still the upgrade was only marginally noticable due to the heavy bottle neck. I had 100% cpu usage in all games.

[@EpicPCGeek]

AND it is worth noting that using a dremel or a powered saw of any kind will spread metal dust and particulates inside the PC which is generally no bueno.

[@TheKbaker1971]

luckily that whole cage can come out so you can work on it with out worrying about that. some case i would remove everything first.

[@EpicPCGeek]

@@TheKbaker1971 I agree, but as you notice he does not mention disassembling the PC any further. He just mentions "saws and dremels". This video was aimed at new builders that might not think about tiny shrapnel flying everywhere while cutting or grinding. It would have been prudent if he mentioned what you said about disassembly.

[@HopSkipRun22]

Honestly if you need someone to tell you that you’re better off finding something else to fiddle with. My first setup was similar to this and i also used a Dremel , and that was before the age of abundant KZbin tutorials. If someone doesn’t explicitly say dont let the metal dust from your dremal go everywhere , you are going to ignore it ?

[@usernotfound0423]

Seeing warzone running on a $350 pc is still crazy to me but i love it!

[@peterhallbus1114]

If using a dremmel you really should remove the metal from the case so you don't get metalflakes in the wrong place

[@marioprawirosudiro7301]

This! Remove it and clean it. It'll save you lots of possible headache.

[@geoffs23]

done this years ago with an HP SFF, tin snips are great

[@metlingaming9162]

I did this to my nephews pc cause their case was too constrained to fit the gpu 😂 works to this day, that was 3 years ago and works great

[@j_will9]

No image of Shroud popping up at least once after he said shroud is criminal

[@brittaniemccommon2482]

Im going to be starting something similar with this exact model, my first time ever building a rig from scratch(ish). Pretty excited to get started with it soon.😊

[@lqfr8813]

1:50 i dont think its about worrying, in used pc we dont know how much the old psu can actually draw power if its the same as the label or less because its already start failing. as normal user i dont have watt meter at home because i dont have any use of it. so buying psu with a lot more capacity is to avoid pc keeps dying because of lack power from failing psu in the future

[@Girlgamert65]

Yoo so i have the 180 wats and I'm installing this graphic card is it gonna be enough please help man😢

[@michwing8801]

I can't with that thermal paste lol, you guys are big enough now to order some proper MX-6 right?

[@whitesnow0072]

The best video i ever seen for lenovo sff gpu upgrade. Many thanks for the job 👍🏻 it would be reference for my m710s

[@AwSomeNESSS]

The one thing I’m not estatic watching is using lower DLSS even though you’re nowhere near GPU bound. $10 in RAM upgrades gets you the extra performance there, as you’re 1. Maxed, and 2. Not in true dual channel (only 8GB is usable in dual channel [4+4], once you go above that you’re in single-channel mode). Just little things like this would make the viewer more informed. Great work otherwise guys!

[@PieStudios]

Part of the issue is the ancient 4 core processor. Would much rather go for a system with an i5 8500

[@AwSomeNESSS]

@@PieStudiosCoffee/Comet-Lake would be an upgrade compared to this platform, however if you notice in Warzone the CPU is still only hovering at 60-70%. Haswell/Skylake/Kaby-Lake i7s can all hit higher frames in Warzone with adequate RAM/GPU configs. 32GB in Dual-Channel, Dual-Rank would allow you to hit full potential with this CPU/GPU combo, but even 16GB should allow close to that.

[@Jwalker76]

This isn't the first time Toasty bros have done one of these types of systems. They actually did a i5 8400 with again 12gb ram 2666mhz and I think it ran better than this system. Hard to tell because they don't do an average/1%/0.1% FPS numbers. Plus the i5 8400 system didn't require cutting to fit them GPU. Definitely would help upping the ram to 16gb.

[@RanFranklin]

Better video without the other guy.

[@Liminal.Headspace]

​@@PieStudiosWhat are you on about? The 6700 is plenty good even if it's quad core. There's still not a lot of games that use more than 4 cores. The issue is the low RAM in single channel and the 3050 running PCIE 3. There's very little you can do about the GPU, but some more RAM would've been a huge boost. Truth be told, the worst part is using an m710. Those are awful.

[@DraftySatyr]

9:38 onward - nice hand skills

[@brianclift606]

Good video, as normal. I just want to remind viewer and listeners that many of these struggles with lag and freezes can be remedied by slowly lowering settings until you are happy with the balance between visuals and performance. For an entry level rig like this that gets people experience at building and balancing a machine, sometimes 1080 low or 720 high is just fine if it performs well. You can still have fun and learn PC building

[@davideloi9176]

The best ones are mini towers or mid towers. In those cases you even have more space for fans, bigger psus and cooling solutions. I had an hp prodesk 400g, with i5 4460. Put in ram, new hdd formdata, ssd from my previousmpc, new 550w psu and a discrete gpu. Still have everything but the case!

[@Ultimatebubs]

Yeah... I had to use the "tin snips" mod to squeeze a full length graphics card into a Dell XPS 8500 before. The metal drive bays blocked where the PCI-E power cables are attached.

[@user-or2eb7mn3u]

it is dumb, that a low profile GPU doesn't come with the low profile bracket installed as the default.

[@faare_lfader9030]

No it does not, the pcie panel is very often much higher than in this specific lenovo version, most of the time you wont be using the low profile bracket

[@alistairmonro]

​@@faare_lfader9030 if you're using a regular size pc then buying a low profile variant (which cost more) would be silly. The OP is absolutely correct the LP version should come set up for LP as default.

[@nappathebold8666]

I have a similar office build, only difference is its an RX 6400 and i removed the cd drive for a little bit of air flow

[@97BuckeyeGuy]

Look, if we're not gonna get Matty on here for a video, you could at least give us some Jonah. I need to see a curly hair man on this channel EVERY DAY.

[@z33jonah]

👀👀

[@jesustech7922]

Hey Toasty Bros, 👋 I am wanting to get and build my first ever Gaming Desktop pc (I've used laptops for gaming so far) and I was wanting to know what is a good build for 4 pc's one for a budget of 1700 , 1500, 1300, 1200, 1000 US dollars to run 1440p in games. Thanks

[@elsintripas]

I know good build for a $1700 budget and $1500,$1300,$1200, and $1000 to run at 1440p $1700 PC. CPU: Intel Core i5-14600KF Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 UD AC GPU: Whichever RX 7900 GRE RAM: G.Skill 2x16GB Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-6400 CL32 SSD: Lexar NM790 2TB Case: NZXT H5 Flow PSU: Corsair RM850X CPU Cooler: DeepCool LS720S Zero Dark That was my recommendation for $1700 PC build For the $1500 PC build CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX GPU: Whichever RTX 4070 Super RAM: TeamGroup 2x16GB T-Create DDR5-6000 CL30 EXPO SSD: TeamGroup MP44 1TB PCIe 4.0 Case: NZXT H5 Flow PSU: Corsair RM750X CPU Cooler: ID-COOLING FROSTFLOW X 240 Recommendation for $1500 PC build Now the $1300 PC build CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 AORUS Elite AX GPU: Whichever Radeon RX 6750 XT RAM: G.Skill 2x16GB Flare X5 DDR5-6000 CL36 EXPO SSD: TeamGroup MP44L 1TB PCIe 4.0 Case: NZXT H5 Flow PSU: Corsair CM650M CPU: ID-COOLING FROSTFLOW X 240 Recommendation for the $1300 PC Now $1200 CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB GPU: Whichever RX 7800 XT Motherboard: MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WIFI RAM: KLEVV CRAS V RGB DDR5 32GB (2x16GB) 6000MHz CL30 SSD: Crucial T500 1TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 4x4 Case: NZXT H5 Flow PSU: Corsair CX750M That’s my recommendation for $1200 Now $1000 PC build CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 CPU Cooler: DeepCool AS500 Plus Motherboard: MSI B650 Gaming Plus WiFi RAM: G.Skill Flare X5 Series (AMD Expo) 6000MHz 32GB (CL36) SSD: Kingston NV2 1TB GPU: Whichever RX 7700 XT PSU: Corsair CX750M Case: Zalman T7 Yea I think this is all for every PC build

[@jesustech7922]

@@elsintripas thanks dude I will look into these. So far already I got a CPU: Intel I7 13700k GPU: Asus dual rtx 4070 super OC edition 12gb Ram: Teamgroup TForce delta rgb 16×2 gb DDR5 Storage: WD 1tb sn770 nvme Cooling: Be quite! Pure rock 2 150w TDP MB: Asus prime z790-p ATX PSU: Corsair Rm750e (2023) OS: windows 11 home Case: Nzxt h5 flow compact atx mid-tower pc Fans: Corsair Icue ar120rgb digital 120mm All for $1678.77 USD and with taxes on Amazon (no premium) $1837.47 I will look into the build recommendations that you gave me. 👍

[@markstoney44]

i made this exact mod months ago lol its a gem.

[@matthewhelm5480]

I did this exact thing. I have a z240 hp with a i7 6700. I put 32gb of ddr4 in it and a secondary power supply for my gtx 1070 fe. I can run every game. On bo6 I have it on high everything and I run 90-120fps. $50 for the desktop, $80 for the 1070,$20 for the ram,$40for the second power supply.

[@HonzaZalabak]

Will IT support Windows 11?

[@jurpo6]

These lenovo sff are the best to work with in my opinion. Dell really screwed up with the slot layout.

[@TocyBlox]

4:12 that is actually some great thermal paste. On par with thermal grizzly but thermal right include it for free in their higher end coolers.

[@fabriziolongo83]

Nice video. Is it possible to swap motherboard into new cabinet ? If yes ...do you know how connect power switch button and hdd led on motherboard?

[@RobertFixit]

More cowbell! (Optiplex)

[@rodnanong5478]

You should have tried to remove any electronics before cutting. A tiny bit of shrapnel falls to the motherboard and shorts electrical connections --- your board is toast if you fail to see it before powering-up the system. Just saying on the safe side.

[@Gaming_TechBench]

finally, i love this gpu, did you try to oc

[@patrickmcgovern4004]

I'm super lazy so I prefer to use a cutting wheel on my dremel tool. Then I can also smooth out the edges of the cut so it's not sharp. I've use old optiplexes and such to build flips plenty of times and a lot of them have hard drive cages riveted in that get in the way of gpus.

[@grahamjkeddie]

I made this build last month, but with a m720s 😊

[@MegaFinalRound]

I am thinking about doing the same. Do you have to modify the case in a m720s as well?

[@grahamjkeddie]

@@MegaFinalRound Sorry for the late reply. Yes I did.

[@mikebruzzone9570]

Good salvage coverage. I like modular which has come a long way since I bought every IBM PS/2 on launch day in California in 1987, which was 3 units one minute after CL opened on that day for one of each SKU, from Computer Land, to validate as an employee the Orchid Micro channel PS/2 memory add in card available on the same day. PS/2 was different. The various subsystem modules were all Hevi-Duty plastic and in different colors and were snap in. I don't remember hinges and latches were snap in to the best of my recall. mb

[@mikebruzzone9570]

6700K upgrade! Test the PSU limits. New Lenovo PSU of the era. mb

[@mikebruzzone9570]

Oh, I caught the upgrade options. good salvage coverage. mb

[@SWATT101]

Hmmm got the dell 7070, i7 9500, 200w power supply...think I'm going to go with a full size gtx 2 lane, gtx1650 with pcie extension cable to external pcu stand. The only thing is pcie3x16 to pcie3x16 compatibility...and 75w draw...260 bucks or so Cdn. Whatcha think?

[@pierpaolodimaio]

I did the same on my Lenovo M720s, I installed an RX6400, but it consumes 50w more than the integrated graphics card. It seems to work fine, but I would like to replace the power supply, but I can't find any compatible power supplies that are more powerful. Any suggestions?

[@ChristopherOrmond]

Jackson you reminded me of the time my father used my chicken scissors, I have no idea why he used them for sheetrock and plastering.

[@TtoxicPKK]

been waiting for this

[@ELVISKENNEDY-fg6yx]

does changing windows system fix blue screen

[@davideloi9176]

Changing the cooler with a simple arctic base model i lowered the temperatures by 10 - 15 degrees C on an i5 4460

[@moejoe4654]

Nice, in my case I only had to bend the HDD case a bit to accommodate low profile T400 (180w PSU in my m725s). Also, I suggest put a warning about the gloves in text on the cutting part in the video.

[@1st_mhd]

what if you fused the scaling part of the moded ps wt the grafs card ???

[@ripmowt]

So you can't put back the hard drive bracket? I got a SSD

[@TSOLYRICS]

There are two slots for ssd enough

[@TheRealCraftyGuy]

Just to answer your question, I believe that a suped up office pc can be a good canditate for budget gaming. Not to mention the experience you'll gain to actually build PCs would come in handy as well :)

[@MethanolEnjoyer]

Can you try getting rebar working on a newer dell optiplex for anyone who wants to get an arc a380 lp for their optiplex

[@RobiiTech]

Would this work as a streaming rig purely running OBS with the encoder on the 3050?

[@wycko0]

ofc it will

[@bingo5694]

This is a bit Safety Sam, but If you use a dremel, you want to be careful to protect the device from errant shards of metal that can cause an electrical short and damage components. Best practice is to go back and remove the motherboard, power supply & cables, then blow it out clean with canned air or a compressor.

[@rvlyssup]

GPU temp looks pretty damn good...much better than the 1650 LP I had using the same machine but with an i7-7700.

[@enekxYT]

I got e3-1270 V6(i7-7700) Did your i7-7700 got 100 celsius on games like cyberpunk or the finals? I have aigo ice 200cooler and new paste

[@bluelotuscoding]

Can we fit a 3060 ti in this? I got a few of these pcs from my job and wanted to see if its possible.

[@sapasaje6841]

Gpu not required extra power pin connector?

[@ballacker]

4pin PSU its conected directly to the motherboard.

[@tombstone1970]

nest time try artic silver..and a pea size dot in the middle..dont use cheap stuff when it comes to the cpu

[@StellarSlash]

I have a similar PC, what holds it back in Finals is that Finals is not optimized

[@thehitech8890]

Lenovo m920s Board is Lenovo 3132, 8gb DDR4 ram.. i7 64bit my question is what exatcly GCard u recomend for my CPU pls.. help.. even 2gb inmeed to put.. si it DDR3 or DDR4

[@MarioMyers-q7i]

What size is that CPU is that Icore 3 or 4 5 6. 7😊

[@thejetfighter]

Nice video, good info to know.

[@ashfiabrar4394]

Hi @Toasty Bros how hot is your GPU? Fan speed? I tried doing this but my GPU is as loud as a jet. How can I cool it?

[@BuBa-m2s]

I still think the low profile card came with a full size bracket is the stupidest idea from any big company.

[@TheSheepOnTV]

Where do i buy the half size brachet?

[@IdidItDad]

It Should Come With The GPU In The Box.

[@ArthurTM007]

This grapic cards works too in lenovo h50 50 i7??

[@Galactic333]

whats the thing top left called i made a video for fps on my gaming laptop my pc is terrible just so it looks better for a video

[@Ob-lay]

as an amateur pc builder, i feel like they should have got a slightly lesser gpu and maxed out the ram aswell

[@masterstation3905]

Did this exactly with my Z2 G5 SFF PC. I got myself a 3050 LP from Gigabyte to find out the GPU was roughly 1 inch bigger than my 1050Ti. So i used pliers to get rid of the metal so it would fit. Runs perfectly fine now, the cut looks terrible but who's looking inside it anyways 😂

[@caseytwill]

The Z2 is superior to almost any other SFF for sleeper builds. Better power supplies, more interior space, easier expandability.

[@Lavish_TimmY]

Hi bro ❤ show more gta v game text, Hw much Fps on Gta V and can i use RX 580 on this Lenovo pc ?

[@RapidFire-y6t]

would an rtx 3050 low profile work with a 289 watt psu?

[@kubeanie18]

6 gb 3050.. well you can do frame gen ( with a simple mod file that you drop in each game)and ray tracing not bad..

[@anthonypra8899]

Electric screwdriver good large wattage, maybe a hammer drill. with the. ten snaps adapter that you just plug in and it will do the same thing much, much easier, but it's $10 plus the drill. If you got just a drill running around. I noticed that people get the Those cutters a lot. I have bad hands. If you do anything with cutting sheet metal at any time, and you need something like that, that would be a lot better, a lot easier, a lot more useful, faster, something to keep. just to keep in your toolbox.

[@RanFranklin]

I enjoyed this. You guys should do separate videos.

[@joeclifford183]

Why do I feel like cards sold as “low profile” should have the low profile plate installed out of the box?

[@clubone6823]

Where did u put the wireless card

[@hakaniysrc]

Where does the graphics card get its power from? I couldn't see any connection from the supply.

[@rexaustin2885]

My guess, pcie port itself

[@DirtyComponent]

Not gonna lie I got my mother in law in a choke hold when he was applying the thermal paste .. R.I.P to her and the build

[@DraftySatyr]

Is that some kind of weird euphemism?

[@DirtyComponent]

Grey area? ...

[@scvic2006]

What does being a mechanic have to do with the price of apples?

[@thefancult2762]

I was wondering whether I should buy the Radeon 7000 or nvidia 40 series now or should I wait for the newer series coming out later this year. Can someone please point me in the right direction.

[@raynaldo2000]

What is the brand of screwdriver you are using?

[@jwoody8815]

I still use my old standby ive been using since 2002, good old Arctic Sliver 5.

[@thatguyalpha6318]

at the part where you said to use a dremmel or any similar tool of the sorts, it'd be better not to, becuase you might get shards or shrapnel thrown into certain places you wouldnt know about. The scissor tool is more than enough.

[@user-or2eb7mn3u]

almost got the geforce rtx 3050 for an hp 8300 but the internet was telling me it wouldn't work can you do a video sometime about pushing the hp 8300 everyone says its one of the best office pcs to turn into a gaming pc but it uses slow ddr3 ram and i wanna see it with 64 gb of ram which i read somewhere was its limit but now i just see 32 gb being the limit

[@flatoutgmg]

do i have to worry about ram and cpu compatability? wanting to upgrade from 16 to 32gig ddr5 6000mhz.

[@victoresarey4036]

Is there anything against a Asus tuff a620m plus wifi board with a ryzen 5 7600?

[@EkleipsisTM]

Is it possible to add a regular atx psu?

[@petem.3719]

Can I put a 4090 in an LG Gram?

[@WesVR]

bro i actually love ur vids

[@TonicofSonic]

Bruh

[@BREEZYM6015]

​@@TonicofSonicWhich came first, bro or bruh? 😂

[@alexmesaros7484]

Please make a retro gaming pc

[@kairosragasa]

Just bought myself a M710s for 30$. Can't wait to saw this baby in half.

[@thehumet3]

Where to find that gpu u put in the office pc

[@wyattduncan136]

Plz respond to this comment. I have a question would an intel arc A310 low profile GPU work with this? Thanks!

[@lisafan6365]

My office pc can fit a full size 3050 is there any advantage? Temps maybe? I thought to maybe just get the low profile in case I ever have a pc that needs smaller.

[@wycko0]

yes you will get a little better temps but other than that it depends on your ram and cpu

[@Arkoto1]

im paired with a ryzen 5 5500 and a rx 580 8gb card with 16gb ddr4 3200. its a decent budget build with a 3d time spy score of 4154. its an excellent build since you have a clean upgrade path to work with since its on am4 platform. (yes im aware the rx 580 and ryzen 5 5500 is a huge bottle neck but it still preforms just as good as the build in the video if not better.)

[@nissansunnyvideos8446]

Review Nissan SUnny N16 (day 8)

[@Waltkat]

Too bad I can't do this with my M920 SFF. I have a 3.5" 6TB HD installed so that space is being used. I'm stuck with using its current GT 710 or a 1030 DDR5.

[@rocklobster1764]

RX 550 is a much better option for you

[@Waltkat]

@@rocklobster1764 Thanks, but that one is too long and won't fit. Earlier, I bought an RX 640 which basically has the same form factor and it too is too long.

[@gimme1ksubssoicansurprisem485]

just get a new case and put eveyrthing there

[@NikoPlays_MC]

Will it work with i5 2400 it's all I have in my office sff pc

[@faceofdead]

I am considering buying 3050 low profile with ryzen 3400g, b450 aorus and 16gb ram

[@jjpamisa]

may I know that the PSU is still in stock?

[@Bolafett_]

How would a 3050 be with an i7 4790?

[@boondock6055]

Mad lip sniffers,all on point

[@user-ln2dk6xw2w]

i love like this transformations

[@chrisevans1183]

what screen recording did u use?