How To Convert ANY Office PC into a MONSTER Gaming Rig

Got your grandparent's old office PC lying around? Want to convert it into a MONSTER of a gaming machine?! Well, this tutorial will help you boost the performance of any PC and I'll be sharing some of the lesser-known tips to get these machines upgrading in the best way possible!
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[@daveomania_]

Only thing I would add to your guide is to test the components after receiving them prior to cleaning. That way you can be sure you didn't break something during the cleaning process.

[@RMDTech]

Yessss, this is a very important tip! Thank you for mentioning this as I completely forgot it in the video. This is also vital for claiming money back if things are broken!

[@daveomania_]

@@RMDTech Also a good point in regards to refunds. And no problem. Cheers, mate.

[@shaneeslick]

G'day Dave, Hit the mark here, I feel this is the most important point for 'Used Parts Build' videos, yet is missed in nearly every one of them, Just like new parts if it is a full build do a pre-case test of all the parts, if you are just upgrading Install the Driver then run a test like Heaven for GPUs or Cinebench for CPUs & Motherboards

[@matthewhickey5569]

Definitely a lot of value in this build. Almost exactly what I would try to do to build a PC on a budget. Great video.

[@SolidDragonUK]

Probably the best video I've seen regarding budget builds relating to the UK.

[@Karti200]

Like to watch videos like that from time to time. I myself did twice a "Dell Optiplex conversion to gaming PC" my firs time was with OptiPlex 7020SFF - Haswell based system. gave it 4x4GB 1600mhz ram, for the cpu i kicked out an old i3-4130 and placed there a Xeon E3-1230v3 (almost like a undervolted i7-4770) and for an GPU u gave it an GTX 1650 GDDR6 from Zotac. And for a small touch, replaced both cpu and front fan, into 80mm units from Arctic what a amazing pc it was :D

[@TechTested]

Excellent choices is hardware. The GCN video cards aged like fine wine, despite the lack of further driver support. Very good combination.

[@vapingaminchav200]

If looking for an older gpu (in the uk at least) cex basically price matches with eBay sold/completed and can be a gold mine for older gpu's if on a budget or even a retro build just an added tip, keep it up man great to see you sticking to schedule

[@sleepingalongtherazorsedge9361]

That pc on your desk is the exact one i just upgraded. Installed a Radeon RX7600 with a beefy power supply and 32 gigs of ram. Kept the motherboard and cpu and im very happy.

[@SinaFarhat]

Nice! :) Have a good week!

[@GrandmasterBBC]

In general this is a pretty good basic guide. However, I can't believe how he glossed over the fact that most office PCs today have proprietary connections for the power supply which means you can't just throw a standard ATX PSU in there and hope it will work. Quite a big oversight in this video really.

[@anaskhikam]

Hey can u explained it further? Is there any other things to consider turning builtup office pcs into gaming? Maybe the motherboard component (vrm, capacitor) not strong enough for gaming? Or maybe it has different connection with consumer motherboard? Thank you

[@GrandmasterBBC]

@@anaskhikam Tjat's a big topic and a lot of stuff to cover. There are plenty of tutorials on youtube. Many on this channel.

[@user-kz6jy3zd4o]

Great video thanks mate

[@buttery6228]

Great video fam

[@Needle_Tr33]

This is really helpful

[@bubba1683]

keep up the good work love thevids :]

[@RMDTech]

Thanks Bubba! Glad you enjoy the vids! :)

[@creepystuff1018]

Thanks a lot really helps👍

[@janwitkowsky8787]

As a happy GTX 960 4 GB owner, I am glad that it's listed among the RMD approved budget list.

[@toddgilmore118]

My Dell Optiplex 9020 MT has GTX 1650 next to nothing bottleneck. and 32GB DDR3 1600 with 2TB SSD Samsung EVO, with 650Watt 80+Bronze PSU and i7 4790 pushing around 60 to 114 fps at 1080p

[@antattackBAM]

Great video. A problem in the PC community is that everyone thinks you have to spend so much money just to get started. People will laugh at you and your budget, and say it is not possible.

[@therealwhite]

That's when you stop caring about what said people say :) People spend a bunch of money (which in itself is fine) and then go dunk on someone to feel special. It's completely ignorable when you know what you enjoy but people starting out don't have the experience to know, hey I don't care about high settings or goofy monitors or 120fps or whatever. Those things are better on paper but people forget that "good enough" exists and beyond that point it gets hard to practically justify an upgrade. Also, worrying about image quality detracts from the actual experience of playing the games, and unless you're uptight about it (which is again fine) you can lower settings in a modern game and usually it'll still look pretty good. If you can even bother with current releases anymore, gee whiz. I can't so I stick with a ryzen APU mini PC because it plays everything I want how I want. It's not for everyone but $465 for a 680m is not bad, neither is $200 for a Vega 8 and ryzen 5. You just gotta learn about yourself enough to know what you need, and then you can decide whether you need a $500 or a $5000 PC... Or a steam deck. That's a curse word though I might have summoned the demon who's name starts with Ally

[@f3ldwebel]

most thinkstations have insanely good psus with 600+ wattage and are usually 80+ platinum depending on what model you get

[@christophergameing5175]

if you do get a slim tower make sure it uses standerd mounting houlse because you can then upgrae it to largwer case

[@CallMeMilenko]

I've got an Optiplex 3010 I've been using for 2 years. Upgraded to a 480GB SSD, 2TB HDD, Xeon 1230 v2 CPU, 16GB RAM, and an RX 580 8GB. They make adapter for the motherboard so I plan to case swap it soon. A lot of the boards have proprietary connectors so you can't use the front panel if you had a different case. But they have aftermarket adapters for this one and a few others.

[@dothatjustin]

Hey did u ever swap

[@CallMeMilenko]

@@dothatjustin Yes, I ended up swapping the case on a couple of them. There's an adapter kit you can buy for the 3010 motherboards that will allow you to plug in front cables for another case. I swapped the case and gave the PC to my son. I built myself another computer.

[@dothatjustin]

@@CallMeMilenko nice man, thanks for the reply haha. I’ve seen those adapters as well, does it include a spot for the audio too? Do you remember? I’m about to look it up right now. I’ve done one OptiPlex swap before and with no adapters and it’s kinda if a pain but doable, possibly much easier w/ the adapters

[@dothatjustin]

@@CallMeMilenko have you tried swapping anything other than an OptiPlex? Just wondering if it’s possible to do on different older desktops or not .

[@moopmeep5094]

awesoem vid

[@ezecskornfan]

If you think playing old games is bad, let me tell you: old games are usually better than most of what they release today.

[@maalikserebryakov]

True nowadays there is no game, its just a beautiful Graphical cinematic movie lol

[@zakaria_chana]

Hi, thanks for the vid man! About the generic PC case, I found a Sharkoon that looks a lot like the green one you showed, but my question is can the RGB fan lights be turned off on these old cases to let us sleep at night?

[@henningbrodersen5039]

you help me thank you

[@ThatDeluxeGaming]

Thank you, found a cool deal... cant wait to make my $116 usd gaming pc!

[@adambusse8082]

1$$ I hate you for this 😢

[@Ao5pXB]

I've got a 2tb hard drive at home and 32gb of ram and i plan on getting a fujitsu esprimo p720, does this sound like a good start for a gaming build?

[@unknxwn-xyster9752]

What if I have an ATX pc case? Can I transfer the components to the new case, or is that not suggested? Because I have a case for when I buy the other components, but never got around to getting them, so can I get a slim tower and strip the parts over to the ATX case?

[@janwitkowsky8787]

If possible... A new video on the R9 290 with modded drivers and see the performance boost?

[@johnbacon2399]

EVGA has Bronze level PS for right around $40 for a 610W and $30 for a 450W new with a warranty

[@Jping-VR]

I’m trying to put a pc like that into a gaming case and upgrade it from there. Do you think you can help?

[@Bigred7642]

I know some desktops have proprietary connections that make upgrading them difficult. How do I avoid this?

[@zCorruptedGG]

Guys i need help So i got a generic pc that has an h310m pro-vh plus, intel core i3 9100f, gt710, and a generic psu. Any tips on what i should upgrade?

[@undefinedx2]

Please help my windows 10 pc had a dvd player and when i disconnect it it does the blue screen of death and i need to remove it ):

[@trekkerj]

But which type of Dell uses a standard atx power connector to the motherboard?

[@_specialneeds]

Sff pc is just fine. You just have to get a cheap or used case and your fine.

[@GroetenUitNederland]

Tip: look for office PC's with 4 RAM slots on the motherboard if you want 16 GB. It's much cheaper to buy addional 4 GB RAM sticks then 8 GB RAM sticks. Because there are lots of 2 RAM slot motherboards the 8 GB RAM sticks are in higher demand.

[@izodize9033]

what do i need to play call of duty modern warfare 2 in the same pc you used (upgrade)

[@jonathanmajdi9126]

Hey I noticed the rmd discord dosnt have a tech support page. I would be more than happy to help on this page.😀

[@RMDTech]

Hey man, thanks! There is a channel on the discord called #tech-help!

[@mrbroom1046]

Damn the slim pc examples he used is exactly what I got except mine is the 3020 0:52

[@Monkey45983]

Low profile graphics card like a 1650 futs in those

[@I_like_lemmons]

whats the computer you had before the modifications

[@DiamondDepthYT]

I got an i5 4460 pc for free cuz my neighbors threw it out. It surprisingly works

[@Quadromodo]

take a closer look at 10:57 be cause your CPU fan is sucking not blowing.

[@EphirzFn]

Dell optiplex with 1tb ssd: Do I have 32 gbs of storage to you?

[@sgcs]

Nice guide, however I have two things to say: 1. imo a GTX 970/1063/1066 are going to be better choices over the 1050 Ti and GTX 960 4GB, especially when compared to the AMD offering. 2. The USB 3 point is kinda flawed. You might end up buying a bad AMD APU system over something with Sandy Bridge cuz of it.

[@tweakz_tech]

Using a USB 3 add-on card adds €10 or so to the build and gives better usability.

[@sgcs]

@@tweakz_tech I think you missed my point and didn't understand what he meant in the video.

[@user-lb9xk9tk3w]

How would we know if our motherboard is compatible with a gpu

[@user-lb9xk9tk3w]

how do we know if the gpu will fit on our motherboard

[@josephe.9869]

Should or could i upgrade my 2008 or 09 Dell 435t 9000 studio xps for gaming? Like on fortnite or steam games? Approximately how much $ would i have to spend to upgrade it with decent equipment? I dont know alot about computers now so I'd like to get your expertise. Thanks.

[@orenJF]

A PC from 2008 is probably too old tbh

[@orenJF]

I wouldn't bother

[@shamrock_shake1913]

I put like 10% for the computer and 90% for upgrades

[@primetime212fly]

Can I do this with a Dell XPS 8920 Ouad Core i7-8700 Desktop Computer? I just purchased a used one looking into pc gaming, but I want to build it with the necessary parts & help of course. I’m a PS5 console user predominantly. Any pointers will help. 🙏🏾🤝

[@Monkey45983]

Ahit an 8th gen i7 is a good starting point.

[@Duncan-Donuts]

i would NOT get sandy bridge as a minimum i would recomend skylake personally

[@channel-vu5lm]

Me still running my gtx 560 se and my intel core i3 2120 😢

[@_N00bgamer]

can i use a rtx 3060 and ryzen 7 5 700 x ? is the performance like a 800€pc ?

[@user-zi6fn]

If you buy a good mainboard and power Supply, your good to go. On those office pc they dont have a good mainboard for your gpu and cpu

[@sweetdawg9979]

Can this work though if the motherboard has a proprietary connection for power?

[@RMDTech]

In theory yes, but you would need to create a custom adapter, and well, let's just say its probably best not to

[@Steak173]

My GPU is too weak for my CPU, Nvidia Geforce GT 430 and Intel Core 2 Duo E8400. *_L O L_*

[@maalikserebryakov]

What age limit do u recommend. Is 10 years old too much.

[@Journeyman1642]

He built it for 25 pence?? That’s like 31 cents in America

[@olivermartijnse7918]

can you use a gtx 1050 ti??

[@lindomachi8419]

Do you still respond to these old videos of yours?

[@furiousecho9101]

i was lucky my mate gave me a 2019 hp elitedesk

[@kexcyoc302]

You should start building them then selling them

[@User_3202]

Simply just lower your graphics on high end pc and you get 500+ FPS

[@lookatleoplaysgamesiguess]

200 gigs is not enough. Call of duty eats up 200 gigs. RDR2 eats 90. most modern games eat at least 90 gigs now.

[@corruptedreaper3005]

I have 16gb of ddr3 ram is that good enough?

[@l0lan00b3]

If you have a system that supports ddr3 sure

[@dzenko100]

Enough

[@Man_named_guiseppe]

my grandmas hard drive is 1tb and she has a 8gb stick

[@maalikserebryakov]

Most British video

[@heftyjerm2104]

Me, who has 5$: interesting

[@yussef961]

hi thx for the video well of course you can spend 100 pounds on a pc and have a "gaming" pc and this because gaming doesn't mean anything whatsoever... gaming pc a pc which you can play game on well. you can play solitaire etc etc or use an emulator to play comodorre 64 titles for example . or you can even play games from 2001 on a 100 pound 2010 pc... etc etc should be called a gaming pc that can play this year AAA games

[@Spaceboy360]

Bro contradicting his title in the first few minutes

[@mkps1988]

What be good gpu for i5 9400

[@Pokerium]

GTX 1650 1660 or RTX 2060 should do really well

[@mkps1988]

@@Pokerium I pick up gtx 1070 8gb mini for $90 so far no problem with any games I play in 1080p most games at max

[@seeyesgooooo8147]

I can't do this because of xtremely high gpu prices 😪

[@bubba1683]

i feel you :(

[@RMDTech]

All signs point towards GPU prices falling in the next few months 🤞🏼

[@seeyesgooooo8147]

@@RMDTech I hope it falls down 😀

[@seeyesgooooo8147]

@@bubba1683 ohhh tq

[@jirka0716]

I waiting from march to find good gpu to my i5 3470. Is gtx 1050 good for 85 pounds?

[@gotem370]

to play what? a good game has n ot come out in 20 years

[@maalikserebryakov]

Gta V saints Row The -third- turd

[@gotem370]

theyre all just playing fetch, Valheim is the only real game to have been made in the last 45 years@@maalikserebryakov

[@imnigga-o5c]

Gta online Rdr2

[@gotem370]

lol rockstar fanboy@@imnigga-o5c

[@ElitistScroll]

Just build ur own pc at this point

[@maalikserebryakov]

Thats more expensive

[@kviikss]

just add RGB and its done xdd (its a joke)

[@sayblaze]

I5 is ok but I7 faster

[@yussef961]

I feel like a kynge in ye castel with my 3900x and 3080 asus tuf lol

[@haiqalhaziq9735]

the real answer is buy a new rig

[@jasonthegamer3]

How much should it cost if i got my pc for free but its got the requirements for the upgrades

[@user-lb9xk9tk3w]

how do we know if the gpu will fit on our motherboard

[@max795]

Can i do it with a lenovo m93p

[@RMDTech]

There are multiple variants of that PC, but if it is the SFF version the answer is yes. But you'll be limited to SFF GPUs like the GTX 1650, RX 550 or GTX 1050, to name a few