Old office PC becomes GAMING PC! (Lenovo M93p case swap)

[@pyrophobia133]

older Lenovos are finicky as hell, they throw all kinds of trouble to prevent you from upgrading

[@gamernix5329]

This is awesome! A complete tutorial on upgrading an office PC for gaming and making it look like new. Impressive work!

[@TechDweeb]

Thanks buddy! Hope this helps a few folks out :D

[@rogerbronchal9628]

I love your down-to-earth yet technically superb content. Keep it up man!

[@TechDweeb]

Thanks buddy!

[@delazule]

This is what I always told people to do as a budget option. Get a decent CPU and components from office builds then go from there. I've done it myself multiple times as well!

[@TechDweeb]

And it's fun too!

[@knk4736]

True, I'm starting rn saving up for a slim pc and swap the cases

[@bryanstarmer8313]

Last 10 seconds were an epic treat…keep that up and you will have 100,000 subs by December.

[@TechDweeb]

Haha I hope you're right! SocialBlade predicts that I'll have 10k subs by December, which I'm actually pretty happy with tbh.

[@lummoxicide1502]

I appreciate that your intro is quick and snappy, not a long uninteresting intro sequence that's a quarter of the video 😁

[@lummoxicide1502]

I've grown to love itx pc builds, haven't built one my self but I've been eyeing up the nzxt h210 case, considering getting a used one on ebay and modifying it 🤘

[@TechDweeb]

I've built in that case! I love it. It's like the little brother to my big h510.

[@lummoxicide1502]

@@TechDweeb right now I'm building in a h510 flow, got lucky and picked it up on a sale, just waiting until I can afford a gpu, probably gonna get an rx 6500 xt and do some emulating with it

[@Dingbat1967]

You can usually find adaptors for standard power supplies to lenovo motherboards ... amazon, ebay ... Very useful if the PSU is underpowered and you want to put a power hungry video card.

[@tomcatsdb4755]

Did that w/ a dell optiplex. Many of the office PC proprietary PSUs don't have 6/8 pin PCIE power, so any card that can't be directly powered from the slot is a no go without changing it. The adapters are pretty cheap too.

[@whatwherethere]

6:45 HELLO!! I thought we were talking about computers.

[@baaskabsk8894]

Thanks mate. I liked your video. I have the same slim office pc as well and I'm not a tech nerd. I have basic knowledge about building pc, but not about connectors. I'm about to change my pc case into a middle tower case. One of this kind of videos I really needed. Thanks again

[@HunterTinsley]

I love the boring old PC aesthetic. If I could get them in industrial beige to match my model M, I would!

[@TechDweeb]

I'm with ya. I miss the beige days. Can you imagine what kind of cool beige cases with glass panels and RGB we'd have today if that aesthetic stuck around? The mind boggles!

[@_RedsTech_]

Great build mate! May your subscription rate shoot through the roof!

[@TechDweeb]

Thanky. I hope you're right!

[@pomodorino1766]

Cool project! When the first PC entered my house in the '80s (Korean clone of IBM XT) I had no idea this stuff would evolve so dramatically. The case was so big, with your skills you could fit an entire data center in it 😂

[@TechDweeb]

Someday I would LOVE to do a sleeper PC build, with one of those giant old cases from the '80s 🤓

[@thomas-NK]

@@TechDweeb sleeper build looks amazingly beige and fantastic😊 But airflow is a big pain in the bun:/

[@menliondoes7387]

Your editing style is super unique keep it up bro also you should try an hp z420 trust me theyre good 👌

[@TechDweeb]

Thanks buddy! And thanks for the suggestion, I'll check it out

[@thomas-NK]

Have caseswapped a Dell Optiplex 3020, but its new life became a NAS with a HBA card in the pcie x16 slot, works like a charm and superstable😊

[@TechDweeb]

Nice! Building a NAS is on my to-do-and-also-make-a-video-about list :)

[@thomas-NK]

@@TechDweeb Looking forward to see👍 I can strongly recommend using Unraid for NAS, so easy to swap hardware with no issues. And 100% stable, only downtime is my fault🤪

[@-M.A.K-]

I have almost the same lenovo and i have uptaded with 1 TB Samsung SSD, 16 GB RAM G.SKILL. And i will get an 500 watt power supply with a RX 6600 8GB + ONE NEW CASE ❤

[@star5328]

Now it just needs a 4c8t haswell xeon e3-1230 v3

[@TechDweeb]

That would be a solid upgrade!

[@Bitwise1024]

I've never done a case swap. Touching proprietary hardware makes me break out in hives. I almost got a migraine headache just watching you do it. Great video, though! This would be awesome for playing some great indie titles like Hollow Knight, Dead Cells, etc. Hmmm...maybe Steam OS is what belongs on that drive. Great job taking something poopy and making it less poop-like. 👍

[@neverletthemtameyou]

I subbed instantly. Like 1 second. Love the voice and presentation style.

[@TechDweeb]

Haha thanks buddy!

[@kwaggs]

It's insane what you can do with tech, it won't be long before you just decide to make a homemade 3090ti.

[@georgehunter2124]

Well done, great job Dweeb. I use a Dell OptiPlex 970 (don't laugh, please) with a i7-2600 and 16 gig and a Nvidia GT 1030, this might be a good upgrade path for it

[@youzernejm]

I'm using a 3770k slightly overclocked, that frequency does make it quite a bit faster than the vanilla 2600, but it's not a world of difference. Honestly, I would hold off the upgrade until I had enough for something ddr4. An i7 4790 is just not faster enough in my opinion

[@TechDweeb]

The optiplex 970 was my first sff PC. It had an i5 2400 and I added an AliExpress 4gb 750 ti. This was like 2 years ago, but I don't have it anymore because I gave it away. I REALLY like those optiplex machines, I think they genuinely look good!

[@IanHouzenga-t6o]

I love your videos I will never stop

[@redcommuniste]

respect and hat down dude

[@IanHouzenga-t6o]

You help me out so much I have the same computer and I wanted to switch the same case thank you

[@jacotay2827]

This helped alot! love your content!

[@BudoxXx]

Tengo el mismo modelo, me hubiese gustado hacer esto mismo para ponerle otra fuente de poder más grande y con más voltaje pero en mi caso dónde vivo es difícil conseguir ese tipo de adaptadores (tanto el de fuente como los del panel frontal para el case) y por tanto estoy restringido a dejarlo así 😢. Buen video! Tuve el mismo problema del sonido cuando encendiste por primera vez el PC pero en mi caso era una pelusa en el socket del procesador y eso hacia que no me funcionaran dos ranuras de ram! Luego de limpiar cuidadosamente funcionó todo como debe ser Buen video!!!

[@EDMtech11]

They make an adapter that allows you to go from a standard PSU 24 pin to lenovo board .

[@crampy9009]

Oh nice !!! I wonder when are you gonna reveal your real face 😁

[@TechDweeb]

Oh I dunno. I'm sure I will eventually but I'm in no rush. Not that my face isn't awesome, my face is 10 times better than yours probably, but I kind of like being a pair of talking hands for the time being at least 🖐️🤓👍

[@crampy9009]

@@TechDweeb Oh ya thats right your hands talking, just feels unique & great too !!!

[@IndieBeto]

Let him keep the mistery lol. its part of this channel magic!

[@Sirlarrythecat]

Great video I had been looking into doing a case swap but could never source the cables. Seen a couple videos on using bigger PSU's with some case modding and the adaptor cables meaning you're not stuck with the crappy propriatory PSU and opening the door so to speak to using bigger graphics cards there are also adaptors for those. Could you look at doing a case swap doing these things perhaps into a slightly bigger case.

[@Dio-2710]

Gracias a las recomendaciones y mayor mente por los adaptadores el dia de ayer pude realizar una gestión bastante similar

[@jonlangfitt]

If I need 3.0 and the space I usually just grab a USB 3.0 card with header.

[@aamirpathan5163]

19:36 Aw man that civilian had it coming though

[@TechDweeb]

He did. He committed the crime of having a car that I wanted.

[@aamirpathan5163]

@@TechDweeb By the way, did you try resetting the CMOS to see if the BIOS was just being mentally ill as a petty way to torture you for having transferred it from its OG case?

[@AyupME]

You could take the office case and somehow turn it into a fish tank lol

[@ahmedelboghdadi5328]

22:30 wait what? lol!

[@TechDweeb]

LOL oops! Didn't notice that 🤣

[@TechDweeb]

Just used KZbins editing feature to cut that part out. Gotta be more careful about my recordings :P

[@hailahaiela]

Very educational and creative.Throughly enjoyed it. Suggestion needed making a decision : I have a 2 year old asus phoenix gtx 1650 ddr6. I am getting a chance to exchange it with one month old gigabyte 6500xt eagle. I play mostly AAA games. No e-sports titles. Should I do it or not?? PC specs: Ryzen 3 2200g Gigabyte a320m s2h 2x8 gb 2400mhz corsair Thanks in advance.

[@TechDweeb]

With a 2200g you'll be running the 6500 xt with PCIe 3.0 bandwidth, so it won't perform as well. In most games you'll get a bit of a performance boost, in some games you'll take a performance hit. I'd stick with your 1650. HOWEVER, if you were planning on upgrading to a processor/platform that supported PCIe gen 4, then the 6500 xt would make sense because in that situation it'd perform significantly better than the 1650.

[@hailahaiela]

I shall stick to the 1650 then. Thanks for your quick response.

[@iamstartower]

nice but easier and cheaper to just mod the case... cut a window, paint the case and add some rgb, ssd, ram and a t600.

[@TechDweeb]

Those Lenovo Thinkcentre OEM cases are pretty sexy, I could understand why any gamer would want that aesthetic

[@Tekillyah]

@@TechDweeb Same thing, I love the Legion cases too. Love the T530 Lenovo Legion case, can't get one though.

[@tonyaguilar4538]

Hmm maybe old cases can used as shelf and storage system for pc parts 🤔

[@TechDweeb]

Oh neat idea!

[@170theturbostar3]

nice vid keep it up

[@KurtSiemon-yh3jr]

I got a Lenovo M93p SFF for $52 off of eBay with a better setup for that same model. 16GB of RAM, and 500GB WD Blue with W10 Pro, but juiced up to 32GB RAM, and a 1TB WD Blue with 240GB WD Green SSD for important apps and files. The catch 22 was that the case was banged up to hell, and I wound up having to have that case sit as a relic. I'm bopping into a Pre-Owned beater Antec case, though. We'll see how it does. Lol

[@KurtSiemon-yh3jr]

By the way, you got me subscribed. I'm curious to see what else you do.

[@KurtSiemon-yh3jr]

I forgot to mention I also added a Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce 710 DDR3 SFF GPU 2GB.

[@memenation5105]

Great build, I managed to grab the same system for $80. Just a question if you don't mind, any luck connecting wired controllers to it. If so please explain how because I have tried almost every troubleshooting trick in the book, and I can confirm that my controller and all of the USB ports on the pc are working.

[@TCTOTAL]

Firend thank you❤

[@nontechiehustle]

Like your video 👍🏻 Correct me if i'm wrong, I think the 1 RAM stick that came with the pc is for Server RAM. The RAM has many chips on it 🙂

[@TechDweeb]

Oh that might be the case. It came from a different prebuilt (the M91p, I believe) so I figured it'd work here. I'm gonna dig around and see what I can find and if I can get it working in a different system. Thanks for your comment!

[@ayamgorsky5879]

Dude the thinkcentre case is lowkey the perfect sleeper case. Can you slap regular matx board into it?

[@TechDweeb]

I think so? The main problem will be the power supply, finding a normal ATX power supply that fits in here.

[@ayamgorsky5879]

@@TechDweeb is sfx psu fits?

[@mealot7613]

For the fan not working, i think its the wires that are switched as oems love doing that. Do the colors on the cable match and are they in the same order?

[@KiddyParkerz]

You can also try with rx 6400 but i think the pcie 3.0 wont be mich diff with gtx 1050

[@youzernejm]

Still jealous about that case! I have better results in sottr and Witcher on a 3770k with an r9 380. With that great game sample of 2, I'm wondering if your oem 1050ti isn't really up to scratch, or if these games can actually really use 8 threads and there is plenty of performance on the table. You didn't want to upgrade the PSU because of the price, I guess? Fsr 2.0 came out for gow, are you considering a dedicated video? And, as always, love the video! And the shirt!

[@TechDweeb]

I wouldn't be surprised if you get better performance on that setup. The 3770k is a much better processor than the 4570. And your R9 380 is better than the 1050 ti. Also I suspect that these Lenovo motherboards are the lowest tier of performance (like, sub H81). Yeah I didn't want to spend more on a PSU when the one that came with it is still working fine. Also I kinda like the look if it in this build, with that honeycomb vent on the front. Thanks for letting me know about FSR 2.0 in GoW! Yeah I should definitely do a video on that.

[@youzernejm]

@@TechDweeb in theory r9 380 and a 1050 ti "should" be roughly the same, seen countless benchmarks to check that, but I don't actually own one to compare. I've always had the feeling 380 should be faster, and internet told me I'm wrong. Stupid internet

[@Tekillyah]

You got ripped off. Won't touch that shyt for $100, cool video though, keep it up!

[@waterwind73]

im building my first pc right now this video was helpful but can you make a video explaining all the parts and what they do? cause im clueless

[@philw2884]

I've been wanting this case but thay way to experience in the UK £125 is the cheapest I've seen

[@TechDweeb]

Yeah the prices seem all over the place for this one. Usually it's 55 bucks CAD, but then they go out of stock and the price suddenly jumps up to like 80 bucks CAD. Then a few months later it's back down to 55. 🤷

[@philw2884]

I dose look a really nice case I've been looking at the Jonsbo UMX3 is a similar looking thing are you familiar with this one

[@TechDweeb]

I didn't know about that one but it's a beauty!

[@philw2884]

I took the plunge and ended up ordering the JONSBO RM3 mATX all Aluminium case with glass side panels just £60 in UK only had a quick look over but so far mightily impressed

[@speedymillz6675]

This video has inspired me to do a case swap on my old m910sf. Only question is does the m93 have the same motherboard as the m910sf? I want to use the same case that you have in the video and potentially a 1650 super.

[@TechDweeb]

Nice! I'm not sure about the M910 to be honest. I've never used that PC. Each of these PCs is different, if yours isn't a standard size motherboard (for example, mine was a standard matx size) then you'll have issues mounting the new motherboard in the case. The easiest way to know is to see if you can find videos or forums of other people doing a case swap with your exact pc.

[@joshsadowski8869]

Delete my comment after you read it, but dont forget to turn on Streamer Mode in Cyberpunk.... for ads. Just looking out for you.

[@TechDweeb]

Didn't know about that. Thank you! (not deleting comment because it might be helpful for someone else!)

[@stickyburger7192]

Can you make a top of the line gaming pc using the office pc parts

[@TechDweeb]

It's totally possible, definitely, just make sure you buy a relatively modern PC with a good processor. It's probably cheaper than buying all the parts new, the problem is that most more modern office prebuilt PCs have proprietary cases and power supplies, so you're stuck with the original case.

[@stickyburger7192]

Ah ok thanks

[@parthdhooper5812]

loved honest review on 6500xt bulding a budget editing gaming pc (i5 11400f + rx6500xt) can i record games with 1080p? and wdyt any changes??

[@menliondoes7387]

Depends on how much ram you have

[@TechDweeb]

I replied to your other comment but I'll reply here in case you don't see it. You can record using your CPU with that setup, but I personally would go for the 11400 non-f so that you could get encoding with the igpu and then you wouldn't be sacrificing anything. However, even with a 11400f, you can still use CPU encoding and as long as you are not CPU bottlenecked in the game you are playing then the performance will be just fine.

[@parthdhooper5812]

@@TechDweeb thankyou for the information😊😊

[@tomcatsdb4755]

@@parthdhooper5812 Like @TechDweeb said, If you're going to do video editing / streaming stick w/ the non-f variants and use quicksync, it's usually around a $20 price difference. I'd also say to stick w/ 11 or 12 gen so you get PCIE 4.0 support (better performance on the 6500 that way). Also keep in mind GPU prices are falling, so look for deals there (6500xt was on sale for $175, and the 3050 at $250 both at newegg yesterday).

[@parthdhooper5812]

@@tomcatsdb4755 yup i waiting for the rtx 3050 to reach its minimum pricing just a months because 3050 is one time investment

[@mrjangles1263]

I would like to know where you got the Golden field 21+ case

[@TechDweeb]

Amazon.ca . They were in stock when I made this vid, but they're out of stock again :/

[@mrjangles1263]

the location of the cpu power cable has my ocd triggered

[@TechDweeb]

Haha I totally get that. For $5 you could get an extender. I really should have done that for this vid :/

[@alejandrolosc9640]

Hola, genial su video yo hice lo mismo ayer pero perdí todo lo del panel frontal y el audio que adaptadores se deben conseguir para el 3.0 y etc

[@RoshwyinsTaicoon]

Make a case for a sleeper PC

[@franciscogimenez4178]

What do you do with all the builds you make? Sell them?

[@TechDweeb]

Yup.

[@neverletthemtameyou]

That was a Haswell i5, right? I am running Cyberjunk 2077, lol, on an old i7-3770. That is Ivy Bridge. I sport a GTX1060, but only 3GB of VRAM. And I honestly get a little better results than you did there. Perhaps some settings could have been tweaked, anyway I am running med - high in 1080p. And to be honest, I am IMPRESSED by what a 10 yo pc can do these days.

[@TechDweeb]

Totally. Grabbing a cheap old PC and shoving an SSD and GPU in it is such a great way to get up and gaming. These things are getting cheaper all the time too!

[@minhax]

Where you connect rgb fan cable

[@theboriszaytsev]

I like your shirt.

[@tonyaguilar4538]

Yes sir never have I ever done a case swap but I completely agree why not make and old dentist file holding pc a starter gaming pc for someone as a gift or someone who wants start pc gaming but needs an introduction shoot I would buuld a pc for my friends just to have more people to game with 👁🧠👁😎

[@TechDweeb]

I'm with ya!

[@johnjoson5908]

Im sorry but when you say gigabites it sounds like gigglebites

[@emcee-rit]

Brother can I swap A Lenovo M71E very similar to that system. But I don't know if it supports normal ATX PSU?!

[@TechDweeb]

From what I can tell, yeah, you should be fine. It seems to use a standard 24 pin motherboard power connection. I can't say for sure but I'm thinking you'll be just fine with a different brand PSU.

[@emcee-rit]

@@TechDweeb thanks brother.

[@winsicole]

Can you send a link for the case I cant find it anywhere even on the golden field website

[@TechDweeb]

Nope. It's done, out of production, sadly.

[@winsicole]

@@TechDweeb aww man it looked great wanted to swap my m73

[@toms.1417]

What kind of system runs Cyberpunk 2077 with no problems or slowdowns?

[@fuji5444]

Do you know how to explain the power connector. I also have this motherboard and i cant wire the power connecter with the power button correctly.

[@kwonpv]

this one might help you

[@Dreddy1337]

this possible for optiplex 3020 sff?

[@TechDweeb]

The optiplex SFF PCs have an issue with their stock coolers - the 'backplate' for the cooler is actually mounted to the optiplex case. I've heard of people wrenching the cooler standoffs from the case so that they can mount it in the new case, but I haven't tried that personally. Check out some videos before you decide you're going to give it a try. It sounds like a fun challenge to me, I might try it someday.

[@Dreddy1337]

@@TechDweeb Okay, I won't do it, it looks like coprophilia

[@1996starter]

For 1080p mass video editing for continuously for whole day and some times 4k vid editing and boender rendering and architecture 3d modeling can u suggest a build its also for gaming so pls do suggest minimum requirement but i want fastest windows experience or a laptop for that if u know

[@TechDweeb]

So, you want the fastest windows experience and good performance while doing blender and 3d modelling and gaming all day? And I'm assuming you want me to be reasonable, not like a $6000 PC. So, I'd suggest something similar to my personal PC that I use for art & design, gaming, and video production. You can find all the details and the entire build in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5LEfGeKlLKSrbM Here are the parts I used: Motherboard: MSI MPG X570 GAMING EDGE WIFI Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X RAM: G.SKILL Trident Z Neo 32gb 3600mhz Graphics Card: MSI Ventus GeForce RTX 3080 Power Supply: MSI MPG A750GF 750w 80 plus gold fully modular Cooler: MSI MAG CORELIQUID 280R AIO SSD: XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade (PCIe gen 4 NVME) Storage: Seagate barracuda 8tb Extras: EZDIY-FAB GPU anti-sag bracket, InWin Sirius Loop Addressable RGB Triple Fan Kit, White sleeved braided PSU extension cables Total price was approx $2300. Hope this helps!

[@1996starter]

@@TechDweeb i can get close to this but processor and gpu in market their cost are still very high about 2/3 higher than MSRP even though they said prices are coming down they only lifted on specific parts

[@howardwilson3466]

Will AMD cards work on this pc?

[@TechDweeb]

Can't see why they wouldn't

[@howardwilson3466]

@@TechDweeb I have seen a few post about some Lenovo computers don't like AMD graphics cards

[@Landon.YT44]

To Randal

[@nombusonkosi1989]

Rustage are you mocking my god If you are you will hope you never made that song

[@saschapurner9579]

:-D

[@АлексейВасильев-з4ъ2г]

Колхоз 😆