This cheap DELL 3060 is AWESOME

[@zavegaming230]

budget thrifty builds like this are so much more interesting to me than seeing a maxed-out spec top of the line computer filled with rgb lights.

[@andystech101]

Cheers buddy I completely agree with you there, hopefully you’ll enjoy the upgrades I’m going to do with it 🤩

[@victormurori4367]

Facts

[@bxe_prototyp0118]

loving this budget pc series. keep up the work.

[@andystech101]

Thanks and will do 😎🙏🏼

[@NemusDark]

In the U.S we are getting Xeon e3 v3 and e3 v5 for 50$ and 60$ and even some lga 2011-v3 workstation variants , the 100$ and 150$ Gaming pc builds are now more of a reality than before.

[@raiedkhan9568]

hello, nemus tech :)

[@andystech101]

Yes and looking forward to doing some great budget builds this year, I mean with one of those old workstations which come with a half decent PSU for £100 and an RX570 for £50 that’s just magic 🤩

[@NemusDark]

@@raiedkhan9568 Hi!!!

[@violationz4842]

But those are too high watts at 135 while they do go now around 40 quid or lower

[@001dman]

got a SSF 3060 from work for free. i5 8500. planning on a rx 6400 gpu for it.. and tossing an proper nvme in it. also scored 12 250 gig samsung ssds, a ssf 3040 (that i stole its front fan from for this 3060) and a 3020 micro.. no real plans for the 3040. but the 3060 will be a new htpc, and the 3020 will be my new garage computer. love the little optiplexs. as a kid the Pentium 4 ones were my first "gaming machines"

[@greenteesouo]

Very great video! I'm glad you were able to show the support for SSD before I bought this on ebay!

[@andystech101]

Awesome that we’re getting m.2 support these days at such low prices! The future is bright 🤩

[@Alexander-ix2jp]

Great vid. I've been buying these Optiplex machines for a few years now, always second hand, and they're great for pretty much everything - even gaming. I have a 7050MT, upgraded the original 240W PSU to an original platinum rated Dell 360 Watts PSU of the same size, added 32GB DDR4 RAM, i7 7700 and an RX 570 right now, but will upgrade to an Nvidia Rtx A2000 (75 Watts) or 3050 (115 Watts, 6 Pin) in the future when prices go down. The upgraded PSU has a 6 pin power connector, and these proprietary power supplies are usually of really high quality. Tbh, I'm shocked by how modern pc gamers nowadays are totally ok with 500-1000 Watt pc systems, which I find crazy from a power usage and thermal point of view. Anyway, Optiplex = Cheap, super performant, reliable, runs great with Ubuntu Linux, great for gaming.

[@Erikcleric]

Gamers today are not "totally ok" with power needs and usage going up more and more. I dont think anyone is. I certainly am not. But as games get more demanding/complex and GPU's getting stronger, what can you do, you gotta adapt to it. I certainly hope more low TDP cards will be the norm and more power efficient cards overall but im not an engineer or an electrician, i cant really stand behind what i think. But honestly, i think it's a mixed bag, at times we got middle range cards that are way more power efficient than their counterparts a decade ago but i wont deny that i find 4090's 450W TDP to be ludicrous, ive never been excited about the Ultra-tier cards anyway since there is so little difference, gain between gaming at high or ultra settings.

[@andystech101]

Yes totally agree, it’s all got a bit silly on the highend for such a small percentage of gamers, I mean you only have to look at the steam hardware survey to see what people actually want! I think the GTX1650 is the most common used gpu with 3090/4090s not even in the 1%. I mean I sell gaming PC’s for a living and my best market is £350/£400 with £1000 builds sitting on the shelf for weeks on end. Really appreciate the comment and i’m glad i’m not alone 😎

[@andystech101]

That’s an interesting PSU upgrade! I’ll have to do a little research on that as it would make a lot of sense. I think I’ve managed to get a 1660super to run undervolted with the total system power draw at 190/200w but that’s still a little close for me so we’ll see in time if the PSU last 😅

[@Alexander-ix2jp]

@@Erikcleric Yeah, good point, but tbh, I force myself to stick to the low or reasonabley powered GPU cards completely on purpose. If a game that I want to play doesn't run well on a mid-range card with low to mid tdp, I just don't play it. Don't get me wrong, I have been a gamer all my life and very much enjoy it even today, but I won't break a leg over it anymore. For example, D4 has a monetization strategy that I'm not ok with, so I'm skipping it. New graphic card prices have been super high in recent years, and while everyone else is gladly paying the new standard price, I am still holding onto my old Rx 570, and will upgrade as mentioned above when it's cheap enough to do so second hand. If everything else fails I can still get myself a console where price / performance / optimization / stability / power usage is well balanced and meant to last at least a decade. So all in all, imo we always have choice, the question therefore is; where do you draw the line?

[@Erikcleric]

@@andystech101 Those steam surveys, well i dont think the stuff most commonly used is always what people want. it seems to be now what they afford. :) The mid high tier, like 3050,3060, those decent 1440p cards, those im sure people definitely want and did get, i got a 3060ti. But i noticed that alot of todays young gamers or emerging pc builders seem to have no money whatsoever, they seem to scramble to get any sort of rig, even refurbed workstations. I think honestly they dont save enough cash. or maybe its the sign they just dont got a job? But yeah, apart from that, the craze for the ULTRA tier is nuts, its stupid, its a chase that never ends.

[@gandi69]

These are great value, especially if you don’t have gaming in mind and want something like a low power nas or other network device. I bought a 5070 with i3 9100, the wattage draw on idle is silly low like 8 watts which is ideal for stuff that’s on 24/7

[@andystech101]

Some of the T processors as well draw silly low amounts of power!

[@gandi69]

@@andystech101 it’s crazy, this is an MT model with larger psu- 4 ram sticks, two nvmes, a spinning hdd and two fans yet it beats an 7th gen Lenovo tiny/usff in the power stakes and that only has one stick of ram and an nvme drive

[@allangonsalves3387]

Dear Andy, thanks Champ. It was very useful and you were very clear. God bless, take care.

[@andystech101]

Hi Allan glad you enjoyed the video 💪🏼

[@helifynoe9930]

I'm happy with my DELL SFF 7070. It has an i5-8500 CPU, 32 GB ram, Samsung NVMe 980 PRO 500GB, 1T HDD, and an AMD Radeon RX 6400 graphics card. I have the 1T HDD physically disabled, but it still contains the basic Win11 installation. So if the overall Win11 OS on the Samsung NVMe 980 PRO crashed big time, I can have the computer up and going again in just a few minutes by switching on over the Win11 OS on the HDD. The HDD is normally disconnected, all to prevent it too from being possibly corrupted. The computer did not come with a case fan, but fortunately it has some smarts, and so if the GPU is getting hot, the CPU fan also increases speed and thus acts like a case fan blowing hot air out the back of the case. So when I tested just the GPU, while in the process leaving the CPU at about a low 37 degrees celsius, as soon as the GPU got hot, the CPU fan kicked into higher speeds to keep the inside case air at the best minimum temperature, and do so even though the CPU itself was still cool. The Cinebench R23 results were 5,747 pts.

[@andystech101]

Awesome stuff 😎 yeah I brought an RX6400 to test in a 3050 and it got hot in there about 95c! Compared to my main rig which its running at about 77c! Definitely some chocking action going on there! I love the fact these near Dells offer some great features as well for bargain basement prices. I just wish we could recase then easily 😩 cheers for the comment bro really appreciate it.

[@helifynoe9930]

@@andystech101 Giving it the full GPU test, the max GPU temperature in my DELL 7070 rig is 81 degrees Celsius. As I said, the DELL 7070 does not come with a case fan. But I did add one even though there were no further fan sockets on the MOBO. I purchased a slow quiet fan for the case, and connected that to the CPU Fan socket, but did so with a fan splitter cable. The other side of the splitter is connected to the CPU fan, but with the RPM sensor disconnected. This sped up the CPU fan a bit, and of course got a little more case air flow going. Meanwhile, under normal use, everything is still quiet enough not to be heard, and the GPU fan is off most of the time, which is what happens whenever the GPU temp is below 60 degrees Celsius.

[@AlexHusTech]

Nice, I think I was bidding on this one as well lol, great specs for price.

[@andystech101]

Haha glad we didn’t bud each other up! It was listed as a grade a but had a big grade b sticker on so don’t know what happened there!

[@AlexHusTech]

@@andystech101 I didn't go over a certain amount as buying these to flip, great for personal use to mess around with. I have a HP 290 G1 on the way, however only a i5 7500.

[@BluegillBoyMD]

These things are awesome! Did you end up getting it?

[@AlexHusTech]

@@BluegillBoyMD I recently got a similar i5 8500 and 9500 office machine in my build up challenge 1 and 3 recently.

[@BluegillBoyMD]

@@AlexHusTech oh alr that’s cool!!

[@QwecySlim]

I have a similar pc but it's HP 290 G2 MT. i5 8500, 16gb 2666 ram. Threw in an rtx 2060s. Everything was around $285

[@andystech101]

Awesome! That first gen RTX cards are becoming really attractive in price at the moment 😎

[@QwecySlim]

@@andystech101 Yeah

[@DiamondMiner-zt3sg]

I picked up an HP Prodesk 600 that comes with the I5 8500, 16 GB RAM, and 256 GB NVME SSD. All for $80, these builds are far more interesting and quite powerful for a low price.

[@andystech101]

There’s definitely some deals out there. The HP’s are a good option and I’ve even seen some Levono Ryzen 5000 series systems under £100 in the UK 👌🏼

[@wlouisharris]

nice review. I just got one off ebay for 125usd. Not a bad little machine. I wish they had made a tower version of this. I like to throw a few TB drives in them for extra storage. I had an Optiplex 3010 that just died. Clunky machine but it still lasted 12 years. You can't beat these Optiplex if you want a cheap desktop that's solid.

[@andystech101]

They’re definitely less sturdy than the previous models and less mod-able, mainly the PSU is a pain size wise but other than that they seem to be holding up well!!!

[@NemusDark]

With this one you can add a gtx 1060 or 1660super and have a Gaming PC For just 200$

[@andystech101]

Loving the price to performance at the moment!

[@tikotaiko3834]

If you had to add a gpu to this pc Would the gpu's performance stack with the integrated graphics and give you the added performance of the two?

[@Westerstaad]

​@@tikotaiko3834no sadly

[@trollingtime1234]

Picked this up at a local e waste, and all it needs is a new power supply and cleaning. It does have a bad power supply but i know the board works because i tried a known good psu from one of my other optiplexes, the 3060 i have came with no ram and no ssd, so with these stuff, i just got a really nice and cheap pc.

[@andystech101]

Nice find, wish we had more e waste access here in the UK.

[@wlouisharris]

power supply seems like the weak point on Dell Optiplexes.

[@MWcrazyhorse]

I just bought one off e-bay. Let's gooooooo!!!! Budget tinkering!

[@andystech101]

Awesome stuff, enjoy 😎

[@jamesbp]

I got the mud side case version tower with i5-8500 for $80 USD using as a retro gaming rig what a steal wish it was the bigger case but 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@andystech101]

Nice find and a steal at $80 😎

[@TheCOMICCOMMANDER]

I have a Dell XPS 8940, i7 10700 w/ the intended tower cooler, 32gb DDR4, 1tb SSD, and an RTX 3060 12gb. BEAST

[@andystech101]

Nice! That’s a beastly little system. Glad you’ve got the tower cooler as that could have been a problem 😅

[@JohnPaulBuce]

i have a hard time finding an i5 8400 pc around $110 and this optiplex is way more common than a standard tower (those towers get sold out very quickly) so i might resort to this one, only bad part of it is the psu because its prioprietary and hard to replace

[@andystech101]

Hi John thanks for the comment. Yes I find Dell tends to go for the i5 8500 for some reason but you do get the slightly faster clock speed as a bonus. PSUs are always a pain but you can by adapters to fit a better unit. That said I managed to run a GTX1660super undervolted without issue and the next gen cards like the RTX4060 will run completely fine with an adapter 😎

[@JohnPaulBuce]

@@andystech101 the spec sheet says i5 8500t, is that a significantly slower cpu than i5 8500?

[@andystech101]

Yes it’s a down clocked version at 2.1GHz with a 35w TDP. Not really for gaming but will still be ok for basic productivity.

[@JohnPaulBuce]

@@andystech101 oh okay, i need it for gaming, recording, video editing/rendering and that cpu with a t sounds slow to me, ill wait a little longer to get either 8400/8500, not their downclocked versions, i was just about to buy one today and that wouldve been bad 😅

[@andystech101]

If the budget can stretch I’d try and go with 10th gen but the 8500 should do you. Plus you can always buy an i7 8700 down the line.

[@violationz4842]

These on ebay even refurbished are around 20 - 120 pounds which are very affordable and without a gpu this is pretty good

[@andystech101]

They’re coming down fast as well! Spotted a i7 8700 system for just under a £100 the other day 😎

[@violationz4842]

@@andystech101 yh I spotted one for just 27 quid but its on bid

[@houssamijjaali2143]

how can i upgrade the power supply for this system, the motherboard doesnt have a 24 pin power port, is using an adapter for i safe ? (adapter for the psu not the gpu)

[@andystech101]

Yes an adapter is safe but you’ll need to find a PSU that fits.

[@One-Eyed-Willly]

I have this but the I7 cpu. If I buy the pcie 3 m.2 expansion card, can it run at full pcie3. I have a samsung ssd and I was sadden when I wasnt runing at pci3 speeds. Thinks for the vid

[@MirzaKhalid]

If you don't want to use external GPU then use a PCI-E adapter and install the NVme SSD on the adapter then connect to the x16 port. PC runs better. I am using the Dell OptiPlex 3060 SFF edition.

[@ratlord3946]

Is there some custom bios update to make it compatible with 9 gen cpus?

[@andystech101]

Unfortunately no I don’t think so. Have I tried a 9th gen cpu? No but stranger things have happened with Dell but I’m 99% sure it’s locked

[@José-h5r7h]

comment ouvrir le lecteur de CD ?

[@Siabonga34]

On my dell optiplex 3060, I Got a 32gb ram, nvme 980 500gb, and bought a FSP Sfx 450w and now problem is the motherboard has 6pin instead of 24pin or 8pin 😢 and seems like there's no 24pin to 6pin anywhere 💔💔💔

[@andystech101]

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185262146377?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338624526&toolid=20006&customid=173d62757246bb96ca8843ec30bf89ef

[@andystech101]

eBay/Amazon is your best bet 🙏🏼

[@JohnPaulBuce]

yep, same issue i am about to encounter

[@thijsquik6381]

Can you case swap it and if it is possible does it fit in the lian li 205m?

[@andystech101]

I think you can but will be a ball ache and you’ll definitely have no front headers/audio. Hope that helps

[@jetski275]

Dell OptiPlex 5060 for sale on amazon... Can it be upgraded to windows 11 if sold with windows 10 on it?

[@andystech101]

Hi yes you should be offered the upgrade to windows11 and if not you can just burn a usb and install it that way.

[@forzaflyracer3473]

Ram upgrade tip. As long as you dont mind keeping your speed at 2666, upgrade one of your sticks to 16 gb. You will now have 24gb ram which is still more than enough.

[@andystech101]

Or 32GB 🤩 found a new 32GB 2666 silicon power kit on Amazon for £29.95 and brought about 10 of them 💪🏼

[@veszer7166]

is it possible to upgrade the psu of a optiplex 3070?

[@andystech101]

I’m not sure about the 3070 as I don’t have experience but I’m sure a SFX PSU will fit with motherboard adapters.

[@DougYokum]

Have you upgraded it? I’m curious to see how you’ve built it.

[@andystech101]

Here’s a link The ULITMATE DELL OPTIPLEX GAMING PC kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJvWaZlvq9idrNk

[@DougYokum]

I have a dell 3620 with a 7th gen i5 7500 and was wondering if the cpu is even worth trying to get a graphics card and run games because yours was a 8500. Not sure what the numbers mean because I am thinking about getting into pc gaming but I am currently on a budget. I would eventually like to go high end but I can’t afford to right now as it could probably get into the thousands. If you believe it is possible then I was wondering if maybe you can give me some recommendations?

[@archangelmusic13]

what gpu do you recommend for a dell OptiPlex 3060 MT with a gen8 i7 ?

[@andystech101]

Depending if you want to get creative or just something that will fit straight in? RTX3050 6GB is probably the best slap it straight in! If you want to use a power adapter I’d go with an RTX4060.

[@archangelmusic13]

@@andystech101 i really want the A2000 but its way to expensive.i could buy 4 computers for the price of that gpu. i only paid 80 bucks for my pc and that was with free shipping.

[@dausbajing]

hi, sir. I have this one with i3-8100, SSD PNY 250GB, 2x4 DDR4 2400 TeamGroup and Zotac GTX 750Ti. It works so fast. but is it possible to upgrade this CPU to Intel 9th gen?

[@andystech101]

Nice little system? Unfortunately it will only take 8th gen CPUs as far as I’m aware. The i5 8500 is basically the same as the 9400f and the i7 8700 is a better choice over the 9700 anyway as it’s 6core 12thread over 8core 8thread in my opinion.

[@is8662]

what graphics card broo, mine have 128mb of dedicated Vram, can't play much things with itt please help

[@andystech101]

It running intel UHD630 graphics on the cpu. It will show as a low amount but will just use the system ram as vram. Make sure you’ve got 16GB in dual channel and there matching sticks it will help a lot.

[@Seven-fd4wf]

Yo is a Dell OptiPlex 3060 i5 8500 3ghz Rx 580 8gb 500 gb nvme ssd and two 8 Yh ddr4 3.2mhz a decent build

[@andystech101]

Yes that’s a good little entry level PC. The ram will only run at 2666 as that’s the most it will support.

[@Seven-fd4wf]

⁠@@andystech101 thanks but I don’t understand how would it only support 2666 ?

[@notknownguy]

Hey Andy. I've just purchased this model and spec! How's the build going?

[@andystech101]

It turned out fantastic The ULITMATE DELL OPTIPLEX GAMING PC kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJvWaZlvq9idrNk

[@notknownguy]

@@andystech101 awesome, some. Nice little upgrades.

[@retrotech2020]

The Optiplex are great PC's for this. I just picked up 11 3020's fro free, let the modding begin.

[@andystech101]

Share the love I’ll take one haha 😎

[@retrotech2020]

@@andystech101 come and get one.

[@andystech101]

I’ll happily do a video on it 👌🏼

[@retrotech2020]

@@andystech101 I'm on the South coast if you want one.

[@andystech101]

I’m on the Isle of Wight at the moment, where are we talking?

[@gaboragotai]

Its possible to upgrade the Cpu to i5-8600K ?

[@andystech101]

I don’t see why it wouldn’t take the 8600k. You wouldn’t be able to overclock it. Personally I’d go for the i7 8700 6core 12thread.

[@refurbs1971]

The better I5 of the bunch, whats the GPU going to be ?

[@andystech101]

I’m going to try an fit a 1660super in there 😁 we’ll see just on my holidays at the moment.

[@refurbs1971]

@@andystech101 Goodo, enjoy your time off

[@BluegillBoyMD]

Just got one!! Im gonna put a NVME 4TB HDD 2 SATA SSD and a NVME upgrade this thing to 32 gigs of ram aswell!

[@andystech101]

Dam that’s a lot of storage! I just splashed out on a 2TB NVMe to replace my 1TB haha

[@BluegillBoyMD]

@@andystech101 That’s still nice! I might do this upgrade still not fully sure probably just put a 2TB NVME aswell cause that’s gonna be expensive

[@supayam9978]

Can this model suport 9th intel cpu?

[@andystech101]

No unfortunately it’s only 8th gen due to bios restrictions. The CPUs will fit but it won’t post! Standard Dell

[@supayam9978]

@@andystech101 thank you

[@bigbubba0439]

This is my dentist's computer!

[@andystech101]

Hold still, look at the computer this isn’t going to hurt a bit!!!

[@UNIX32]

I wonder what Fujitsu has to offer with a computer of that generation.

[@andystech101]

That is a very good point but I’m not entirely sure but I think they went into laptops.

[@prayze5924]

What psu

[@andystech101]

Just the Standard Dell one it’s 180/240w off the top of my head. The latter probably.

[@larryc1t4]

260W

[@anasnasef3618]

Can i add gtx 1660?

[@andystech101]

Yes you can 🤩 The ULITMATE DELL OPTIPLEX GAMING PC kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJvWaZlvq9idrNk

[@anasnasef3618]

I have the i3 version

[@anasnasef3618]

Will be good?

[@anasnasef3618]

Can i change psu?

[@andystech101]

You can get adapters to change the PSU but I have no experience on these models though it is possible but a 1660 will work with the stock PSU with an undervolt.

[@keine_ahnung_wie_der_heisst]

awesome until you wanna replace a broken part

[@andystech101]

Haha for the price you can just buy another one! Tbh these are pretty reliable units and spares are easy to come by on eBay etc. I’ve seen bare bones with no cpu, ram, storage etc go for as little as £30 so that’s cheap for a spare PSU and mobo 🤩 in perspective a new H310 motherboard is about £60 at the moment.

[@JohnPaulBuce]

@@andystech101 i really hope its the same in our country lol

[@IntelligentBuckethead]

But I would like to say this dell piece of shit doesn't have enough power distribution throughout motherboard to gpu socket and other pcie slots. Truely bad design on the case also.... Dell did not think about any standards on this which you cannot upgrade any other than RAM and SSD. I mean it's a tower version.. why didn't they make any standard cpu which have in the market.? SFF is ok because it's SFF. But this tower version also had version of SFF motherboard and it only fits low power components. Don't buy this branded shit. It's absolute waste of money...