r/SleepingOptiplex

I think it's floating somewhere between jank and gaudy and I'm into it. This is/was a 9010. I7 3770, 16Gb ram, Thermalight x36 was a worry to install to replace the offset Cooler. The hard drive cage saw some dremeling done and then replaced the 2.5 inch cd drive with an SSD caddy. The choice of a p1000 was not ideal, ideally I would have loved a 1650 LP but the price is just unreasonable to find one.

I bought the cheapest vinyl wrap on Amazon, and already had cans of spray paint on hand. It's A wonder just spray painting the inside black makes it feel.

Two things I wanted to do is getting gold DELL logo lettering which is currently in the mail to glue to the front panel, I also bought flexible magnet material to stick a design to the PSU but the print failed so I'll have to come up with another solution. I didnt want to paint or wrap the PSU.

This was a colossal waste of time and money for a computer that is now going to live under my TV running Batocera for emulation. But at least it looks like it will go faster right? ...right?

Got this Optiplex 7080 for free at work so I decided to upgrade it to a Gaming PC I can take with me easily. I've had a few of the parts laying around, just purchased the GPU, PSU, Motherboard Adapter and the 40mm Noctua Fans. Only problem I'm having is that it gets quite toasty in there (also very noisy which I can deal with honestly). CPU is at about 85° and the GPU at 90° or over in Oblivion Remastered even with the fans at 100%. I plan on undervolting the GPU and maybe cutting a hole into the side panel. Any other cooling tips would be greatly appreciated.

Here are the specs:

i7 10700

32GB DDR4 2666 RAM

RTX 5060 LP

Silverstone FX600 PSU

1TB Crucial NVME SSD

256GB Western Digital NVME SSD

4TB Seagate 2.5 harddrive

Thermaltake TR AXP90-X53 CPU Cooler

Found this 5040 on ebay, looking for advice on making a little living room rig. What are the go to mounting solutions for putting flex PSUs in? And is it worth the extra money to bump up the GPU if the CPU is gonna end up bottle necking it even with an upgrade?

i7 10700

Rx6400 (4gb)

16gb ddr4

512gb nvme ssd

The hanging cables is for a 1tb sata ssd I’ll be adding, steamOS was finicky with multiple drives.

Everything works! I am even able to utilize wake on usb to wake the console from my couch!

It's GTX 1650 4GT LP OC, trying to get it into a 3080 SFF. The card is just way too thick. Any options? The whole point of this was to be cheap so I'd like to avoid spending more money.

im going to out a gtx980ti on my optiplex5040 motherboard and before i make the purchase i need to double check with you guys

I kinda got handed this HP ProDesk with an i5 6500, 16GB of DDR4 and a 1TB SSD at no cost. I then spend a very wise CAD$200 for a single slot, low profile Radeon RX 6500 from Aliexpress since the positioning of the x16 slot in this machine is kinda dumb.

The result is this, with a few little tricks to make it run off SATA storage rather than NVME. A fully native SteamOS machine, real SteamOS, not Bazzite or any other look alike attempt. Not the most powerful but it's def faster than a Steam Deck.

Only downside about this Chinese made RX 6500 is that while it has an HDMI port, it doesn't output anything util the OS is loaded, even in Windows. There's no output even to access the BIOS. It does work on DisplayPort however.

Hello, I have a 7070MT and I was thinking of putting an RTX 3050 6GB in my Opti. But since I have a 260-watt PSU and an i7-9700, I was wondering if it's too much work for the PSU and if I should get a 360-watt PSU like the 19YR3 first?

Can someone help me out and point me the right direction on the best way to upgrade this. I want to play fornite decently on a budget. Score this off marketplace for $70.

What should I do to improve performance?

Gonna add a new GPU, obviously. Not sure which one, though. Rx 6400 low profile worked well in my last build.

I should add— I’m not an expert. Sure, I’m capable of some minor tweaking. Not really confident enough to do any cutting/grinding/soldering, though.

Let’s say the budget for new parts is $200. What would you recommend?

i've been using it for like 1.5 years by now and there are no issues (yet), and i just checked how the sata cables are and they were getting pretty warm to touch when the gpu is under full load. i was just wondering, if it fails at some point would it just take the sata cable with it or will it damage other componets like the psu or hdd?, is it safe to keep using it or should i try underclocking it or somthing?

SPECS:

CPU: I7 4770

GPU: GTX 1650 (tu106, 90 watts)

RAM: 16GB DDR3

HDD: 1TB

SSD: 500GB

PSU: 290WATT

the techpower up gpuz shows that the gpu is drawing around 75 watts from the 6pin and only like 15 from the pcie slot...

Um could I get some help

This is by no means the most powerful or bang-for-the-buck sleeper build, but it's mine and I'm happy with it :)

Parts list:

• Intel i5-7500
• Gigabyte RTX 5050 Low Profile
• 500GB WD Blue SN570 Boot Drive (previous build)
• 4TB WD Black 3.5" Gaming Drive
• G.Skill Ripjaws 16GB RAM (previous build)
• Apevia ITX-PFC500W PSU + 24 Pin to 6 Pin adapter
• ID-COOLING IS-55 Low Profile Cooler
• Noctua NF-A8 PWM 80mm Fan

Spent ~$500 in total for the build, info here was immensely helpful in planning + completing the build

I just picked up this small Gateway PC ( GWDC5H27Q58-BK) which makes a great sff gaming desktop. They’re often sold by vipoutlet on eBay for as little as $225-250 including a bundled 27” 1440p monitor, keyboard and mouse. It’s basically a laptop board and uses sodimm ram ( 16GB standard, I had a spare 4gb floating around so I added it to get dual channel). The i5-12600h cpu is 12c, 16t. The PCIe slot allows for a low profile two slot card. There’s a spot for an 80mm intake fan in front, so I added that too.

Here’s my work/gaming computer I got for free work was going to throw it out but asked me if I wanted it. It started with windows 7 now it’s running windows 11 lol and is a 1080p monster.

Specs:

I7 6700

Rx 5700 8gb

16gb of ddr3L

500gb ssd

600w psu

Next is more storage and I’ll be happy for a while lol

I’ll just list all the parts I used, in case anyone wants to build the exact same setup.

Optiplex 7070 SFF (For ventilation, I used an access panel with an aluminum mesh from a car bumper) i7-9700k+16GB Ram

AXP90X53 GREY + Duct mod (with 125W CPU power draw, the temperature maxes out at 80 degrees; I would have gone with a copper one, didn’t expect to be pushing the CPU this hard, will wait Axp90x53 PRO)

Rx6600xt Powercolor Fighter connect with FENVI PCIe 4.0 Riser 30cm 90° angle(Hot air is drawn in through the cutout in the front panel )

Metalfish Flex 600W PSU + Fan Mod Teucer UT-8015 (I chose this fan because its minimum speed is 1200 RPM; if the CPU is under load, it also speeds up) powered by the CPU via a PWM hub.

I placed the 2.5-inch 1TB HDD behind the power supply; it fit perfectly.

Exhaust fans: TL-B4020 x 2 TL-B6B x 1 Intake fan: ID-COOLING 8010-PWM Fans are connected via IDE Molex to the Rgeek FAN-K11—at 50% speed, the fans are completely silent... The entire system is well ventilated; the temperature of all components when the pc is idle is typically 28–30 degrees.

Total Airflow into the Case:

GPU (40 CFM) 
CPU (42.6 CFM)
ID-Cooling (20.2 CFM)
40 + 42.6 + 20.2 = 102.8 CFM

Total exhaust airflow from the case:

2 x B4020 (13.2 CFM) 
1 x B6B (19.2 CFM) 
PSU line (isolated) Teucer UT-8015 (32.4 CFM)
13.2 + 19.2 + 32.4 = 65.2 CFM

System Stability & Thermals:

CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K
Clock Speed: 4.6 GHz (All-core fixed)
Voltage Offset: -125mV Core / -100mV Cache
IMON Slope: 0.80
Stress Test: OCCT SSE Extreme (Steady)
Power Draw: ~125W real (~95W-100W reported)
Thermals: 80°C peak

GPU Tuning & Stability Profile:

Model: PowerColor Radeon RX 6600 XT Fighter
Core Clock: 2650 MHz
Voltage Offset: -100mV (Undervolt)
Power Limit: 130W
Fan Speed: ~1950 RPM
Stress Test: OCCT Extreme (Steady)
Thermals: 71°C (Edge) / 92°C (Hotspot Peak)
Hotspot Average: 89.25°C