pcupgrading Dell optiplex 3020 MT Upgrade plan.

[Joshua1799]

Hey guys, 

I have a Dell optiplex Mini tower 3020, I bought it from my friend for £160 here in U.K, it has an i5 4570 clocked at the stock 3.20Ghz speed, no dedicated GPU, 500 Gb 7200 rpm hard drive with windows 10 pro, a single module 1600 Mhz DDR3 ram stick. I was thinking of going crazy and take a risk and possibly get a higher reward. So as we all know, or who don't know, the dell optiplex 3020 MT has a 290W psu by dell, which makes it unable to put in powerful graphics cards in it, however I was thinking of replacing it with a Corsair CP-9020097-UK VS Series ATX/EPS 80 PLUS Power Supply Unit, 550 W, which am not sure if it will fit the mini tower, if it does I will be making use of a 24 to 8 pin mother board connecter to attach the power supply to the motherboard. If it does I would want to add a great cpu called the gtx 670 from evga the FTW edition with 2GB GDDR5 memory it is a 10 inch long card and I dont know if it will fit in my case, further more I will be adding a 60 gb ssd with the brackets bought for del optiplex, another 4 gb ram stick.

The main questions are:

Will the chosen power supply fit as replacement for the dell 290 W power supply?

Withh the Evga GTX 670 FTW fit in the Dell optiplex 3020?

[Zando_]

IDK about anything fitting, but the VS series aren't very good PSUs. You can probs get a grey label CXM unit or a Seasonic S12II for a bit more. And what games are you planning on playing? 

 

EDIT: And do you have a picture? THere's a couple sizes on Google, and I need to see how big it is to know if anything will fit. 

[Gaurav S Rao]

3 minutes ago, Joshua1799 said:

Hey guys, 

I have a Dell optiplex Mini tower 3020, I bought it from my friend for £160 here in U.K, it has an i5 4570 clocked at the stock 3.20Ghz speed, no dedicated GPU, 500 Gb 7200 rpm hard drive with windows 10 pro, a single module 1600 Mhz DDR3 ram stick. I was thinking of going crazy and take a risk and possibly get a higher reward. So as we all know, or who don't know, the dell optiplex 3020 MT has a 290W psu by dell, which makes it unable to put in powerful graphics cards in it, however I was thinking of replacing it with a Corsair CP-9020097-UK VS Series ATX/EPS 80 PLUS Power Supply Unit, 550 W, which am not sure if it will fit the mini tower, if it does I will be making use of a 24 to 8 pin mother board connecter to attach the power supply to the motherboard. If it does I would want to add a great cpu called the gtx 670 from evga the FTW edition with 2GB GDDR5 memory it is a 10 inch long card and I dont know if it will fit in my case, further more I will be adding a 60 gb ssd with the brackets bought for del optiplex, another 4 gb ram stick.

The main questions are:

Will the chosen power supply fit as replacement for the dell 290 W power supply?

Withh the Evga GTX 670 FTW fit in the Dell optiplex 3020?

That is a pretty nice machine even for just €160! that CPU Goes in for around €120,something

 

Answer:
 

Will It fit?

Ans:Yes It will,Mini Tower and Full Tower don't have a difference in their PSU,except if that system uses proprietery motherboard power (which some HP's of that era do) then you're stuck

Will the GTX 670 work in it?

Ans:I personally don't know,a GTX 670 is easily beaten by the GTX 1050 (forgot if it was TI) and even the GTX 680,same story (forget about the 690 losing) and a RX 460/470 mini will definately fit and will be good choice for the money since they are very cheap used and are not so less than a 560-570 (550? 580? ) or even a 1060/1050TI/1050 will be good though that i5 is more than good enough for a 1060-1070.honestly,I would'nt care about a GTX 670,and If i would,it'd probably fit,im not sure,but get a small version of a 670 and ur good (not that long version)

[Joshua1799]

16 minutes ago, Gaurav S Rao said:

That is a pretty nice machine even for just €160! that CPU Goes in for around €120,something

 

Answer:
 

Will It fit?

Ans:Yes It will,Mini Tower and Full Tower don't have a difference in their PSU,except if that system uses proprietery motherboard power (which some HP's of that era do) then you're stuck

Will the GTX 670 work in it?

Ans:I personally don't know,a GTX 670 is easily beaten by the GTX 1050 (forgot if it was TI) and even the GTX 680,same story (forget about the 690 losing) and a RX 460/470 mini will definately fit and will be good choice for the money since they are very cheap used and are not so less than a 560-570 (550? 580? ) or even a 1060/1050TI/1050 will be good though that i5 is more than good enough for a 1060-1070.honestly,I would'nt care about a GTX 670,and If i would,it'd probably fit,im not sure,but get a small version of a 670 and ur good (not that long version)

The main problem with those cards is the price XD, I can get a gtx 670 overclocked evga ftw graphics card for 60 pounds where as get similar performance from a gtx 1050 for 100 pounds and am on a tight budget

[Joshua1799]

19 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

IDK about anything fitting, but the VS series aren't very good PSUs. You can probs get a grey label CXM unit or a Seasonic S12II for a bit more. And what games are you planning on playing? 

 

EDIT: And do you have a picture? THere's a couple sizes on Google, and I need to see how big it is to know if anything will fit. 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00TE4XSMA/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1    It may not be that good but it does have a good review section of 4.5stars on amazon further more it has the 2 6 pin pcie connectors i require for the graphics card

[Gaurav S Rao]

4 minutes ago, Joshua1799 said:

The main problem with those cards is the price XD, I can get a gtx 670 overclocked evga ftw graphics card for 60 pounds where as get similar performance from a gtx 1050 for 100 pounds and am on a tight budget

Get Used stuff like R9 270X,etc,good deal then.And a GTX 1050 outperforms the 670 with ez. So really,its your decision

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, Joshua1799 said:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00TE4XSMA/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1    It may not be that good but it does have a good review section of 4.5stars on amazon further more it has the 2 6 pin pcie connectors i require for the graphics card

How long has it lasted for those reviewers though. @deXxterlab97 and @STRMfrmXMN can tell you that a high quality PSU is really important. It's like types for your computer. You can cheap out on them to get a better car, but if they blow out you'll damage the rest of your car. If your PSU goes it can kill your mob, GPU, etc. 

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Just now, Joshua1799 said:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00TE4XSMA/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1    It may not be that good but it does have a good review section of 4.5stars on amazon further more it has the 2 6 pin pcie connectors i require for the graphics card

 

[Gaurav S Rao]

15 minutes ago, Joshua1799 said:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00TE4XSMA/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1    It may not be that good but it does have a good review section of 4.5stars on amazon further more it has the 2 6 pin pcie connectors i require for the graphics card

Seems Good by me

[Gaurav S Rao]

6 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

 

Oh

[Joshua1799]

1 hour ago, Gaurav S Rao said:

Get Used stuff like R9 270X,etc,good deal then.And a GTX 1050 outperforms the 670 with ez. So really,its your decision

Yeah why risk it cool, ill go with gtx 1050 then , what about gtx 960, i found a good 4 gb evga gtx 970 online its on auction  you think i should try or 1050 is better?

[Joshua1799]

1 hour ago, Zando Bob said:

How long has it lasted for those reviewers though. @deXxterlab97 and @STRMfrmXMN can tell you that a high quality PSU is really important. It's like types for your computer. You can cheap out on them to get a better car, but if they blow out you'll damage the rest of your car. If your PSU goes it can kill your mob, GPU, etc. 

Yeah it is really bad... you got any good company names? like good quality psu with good brand

in U.K is possible?

[Zando_]

Just now, Joshua1799 said:

Yeah it is really bad... you got any good company names? like good quality psu with good brand

in U.K is possible?

Corsair's CXM units with the grey label are cheap and pretty good. So are SeaSonic's S12II and M12II. 

 

Here's the list, I'd pick something from tier 3 on up:

 

[Joshua1799]

1 minute ago, Zando Bob said:

Corsair's CXM units with the grey label are cheap and pretty good. So are SeaSonic's S12II and M12II. 

 

Here's the list, I'd pick something from tier 3 on up:

 

Unfortunately those certain psu arent available in u.k  is the Evga a good powersupply company?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/EVGA-100-W1-0500-K3-Power-Supply-Socket/dp/B00H33SFJU/ref=sr_1_3?s=com

https://www.amazon.co.uk/EVGA-100-W1-0500-K3-Budget-Power-Supply/dp/B01E4YRP8W/ref=sr_1_7?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=149737013

[Zando_]

3 minutes ago, Joshua1799 said:

Unfortunately those certain psu arent available in u.k  is the Evga a good powersupply company?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/EVGA-100-W1-0500-K3-Power-Supply-Socket/dp/B00H33SFJU/ref=sr_1_3?s=com

https://www.amazon.co.uk/EVGA-100-W1-0500-K3-Budget-Power-Supply/dp/B01E4YRP8W/ref=sr_1_7?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=149737013

Those look like they're on tier 6, so they're not very good. EVGA's high end ones are awesome though. This should be good: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/FQ648d/corsair-power-supply-cp9020101na

[Joshua1799]

3 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Those look like they're on tier 6, so they're not very good. EVGA's high end ones are awesome though. This should be good: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/FQ648d/corsair-power-supply-cp9020101na

corsair cx and vs series dont turn out good it is in deXxterlab97's post, I lost my trust in corsair now

[Zando_]

Just now, Joshua1799 said:

corsair cx and vs series dont turn out good it is in deXxterlab97's post, I lost my trust in corsair now

It's a CXM, not a CX. And it's a grey label on Tier 3. 

[Joshua1799]

Just now, Zando Bob said:

It's a CXM, not a CX. And it's a grey label on Tier 3. 

oh lol

they look similar i didnt know the M makes a difference  silly me

 

[Joshua1799]

3 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

It's a CXM, not a CX. And it's a grey label on Tier 3. 

Is this the same one?

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, Joshua1799 said:

oh lol

they look similar i didnt know the M makes a difference  silly me

 

Just look for any PSU off her 3 and you should be good for a budget build. But make sure it'll fit in your case first.

[Joshua1799]

It is the dell mini tower optiplex 3020, Idk if it will fit

[Zando_]

3 minutes ago, Joshua1799 said:

Is this the same one?

Yup, it's a 450W CMX grey label PSU. But what size is your case?

[Joshua1799]

 

well the case dimensions of the dell optiplex 3020  is 14.2 x 6.9 x 16.4 inches

or 36.0 x 17.5 x 41.7cm

[Joshua1799]

4 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Yup, it's a 450W CMX grey label PSU. But what size is your case?

well the case dimensions of the dell optiplex 3020  is 14.2 x 6.9 x 16.4 inches

or 36.0 x 17.5 x 41.7cm

[Zando_]

Just now, Joshua1799 said:

well the case dimensions of the dell optiplex 3020  is 14.2 x 6.9 x 16.4 inches

or 36.0 x 17.5 x 41.7cm

Do you have a picture or a link? I googled it, but there's a couple different sizes.