Optiplex 7010 mt power

[rour75]

so I'm upgrading a 7010 mt and I want to upgrade the psu but I wanna make sure not to fry the motherboard and the one i have chosen at the moment is a fully modular 750w psu
can anyone tell me if I will fry the mobo and what wattage psu I should use.
sry for the newbie question I'm kind of new to this

[BiotechBen]

38 minutes ago, rour75 said:

so I'm upgrading a 7010 mt and I want to upgrade the psu but I wanna make sure not to fry the motherboard and the one i have chosen at the moment is a fully modular 750w psu
can anyone tell me if I will fry the mobo and what wattage psu I should use.
sry for the newbie question I'm kind of new to this

If the mobo is a standard 24pin power, you'll be fine, but seeing as it is an older Dell, I'd expect something proprietary.

[mariushm]

Yeah, you should first open the computer to inspect the motherboard and determine if it uses the standard ATX 24 pin connector and the CPU 4 / 8 pin connector. 

Dell and HP and others like to use power supplies with proprietary power supplies, in which case you could still use a regular ATX power supply but you'd have to use an adapter cable. 

Searching google Images for "optiplex 7010 mt motherboard" I can see pictures of motherboards that seem to have the standard ATX connector. 

 

The wattage is just how much power the power supply can give to components - it's not a value that can hurt the computer if it's too big. It's just that it may be unnecessarily too big if you won't have components inside the computer that need that much power. 

The processor may consume up to 50-100 watts (depending on how many cores and frequency) and video cards can consume anything between 50w and 300 watts so you don't always need a 750 watts power supply. 

Often it's better to have a high quality 550-600w power supply instead of a cheap lower quality 750w power supply.

[rour75]

9 hours ago, mariushm said:

Yeah, you should first open the computer to inspect the motherboard and determine if it uses the standard ATX 24 pin connector and the CPU 4 / 8 pin connector. 

Dell and HP and others like to use power supplies with proprietary power supplies, in which case you could still use a regular ATX power supply but you'd have to use an adapter cable. 

Searching google Images for "optiplex 7010 mt motherboard" I can see pictures of motherboards that seem to have the standard ATX connector. 

 

The wattage is just how much power the power supply can give to components - it's not a value that can hurt the computer if it's too big. It's just that it may be unnecessarily too big if you won't have components inside the computer that need that much power. 

The processor may consume up to 50-100 watts (depending on how many cores and frequency) and video cards can consume anything between 50w and 300 watts so you don't always need a 750 watts power supply. 

Often it's better to have a high quality 550-600w power supply instead of a cheap lower quality 750w power supply.

so i just checked and the mobo uses a 24 pin connector and a 4 pin for the cpu all i wanted to know is if my psu would fry it
but thats a no so thank you for your response.

[rour75]

also im currently trying to find cables that would split a 8 pin to a sata power and data cable that would work on a fully modular psu

 

[jaslion]

20 hours ago, rour75 said:

also im currently trying to find cables that would split a 8 pin to a sata power and data cable that would work on a fully modular psu

 

Euh thats literally impossible.

 

Data has to go to the board and power to the psu.

 

What 750w psu are you getting?

[rour75]

6 hours ago, jaslion said:

Euh thats literally impossible.

 

Data has to go to the board and power to the psu.

 

What 750w psu are you getting?

its a GAMEMAX RGB 750W psu

[jaslion]

Just now, rour75 said:

its a GAMEMAX RGB 750W psu

Thats a bomb do not get it IT WILL KILL YOUR PC.

[rour75]

1 hour ago, jaslion said:

Thats a bomb do not get it IT WILL KILL YOUR PC.

oh ok any recommendations?

[jaslion]

4 minutes ago, rour75 said:

oh ok any recommendations?

Budget?

[rour75]

1 minute ago, jaslion said:

Budget?

375 also i found this 500w one

[jaslion]

9 minutes ago, rour75 said:

375 also i found this 500w one

For the psu?

 

Odd that it's so cheap as it used to be a decent unit. Risky but on a budget might as well.

[rour75]

11 minutes ago, jaslion said:

For the psu?

 

Odd that it's so cheap as it used to be a decent unit. Risky but on a budget might as well.

thanks for the advice man 
imma buy this one for my budget 

[jaslion]

2 minutes ago, rour75 said:

thanks for the advice man 
imma buy this one for my budget 

Also since you have 375 for a pc.

 

Euhm dont waste it on the optiplex. A used ryzen system + gpu is very obtainable and infinitly better than this optiplex can ever be.

 

Keep in mind even the i7 3770 is barely even relevant still the moment the ps4 and xbone go away which is very soon it's done for for gaming.

 

 

[rour75]

17 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Also since you have 375 for a pc.

 

Euhm dont waste it on the optiplex. A used ryzen system + gpu is very obtainable and infinitly better than this optiplex can ever be.

 

Keep in mind even the i7 3770 is barely even relevant still the moment the ps4 and xbone go away which is very soon it's done for for gaming.

 

 

i mean for what i want to do with it it should last a long time also if you want i can post the part names and prices

[jaslion]

7 minutes ago, rour75 said:

i mean for what i want to do with it it should last a long time also if you want i can post the part names and prices

Sure might be able to help some there too.

 

also stating usecase would be helpfull even more!

[rour75]

4 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Sure might be able to help some there too.

 

also stating usecase would be helpfull even more!

ok get ready its a big boi
geforce gtx 1660 super 6gb   US $120
16GB (4x4GB) PC3-12800U DDR3-1600MHz Non-ECC Samsung   US $18
Dell Optiplex 7010 MT Barebone motherboard and PSU 240w   US $30
Intel Core i7-3770S quad core 3.1 ghz  US $33
Vetroo M2 Top-Flow Air CPU Cooler Heastink with 120mm RGB LED Fan   US $12
Samsung 256GB SSD Solid State Drive M.2   US $18
High Power 80+ Gold 500w ATX Power Supply   US $23
Seagate Constellation 4TB 7200 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5   US $50
windows 10 pro key (from gvg mall)    US $18
all prices were rounded up to the next dollar

[jaslion]

6 minutes ago, rour75 said:

ok get ready its a big boi
geforce gtx 1660 super 6gb   US $120
16GB (4x4GB) PC3-12800U DDR3-1600MHz Non-ECC Samsung   US $18
Dell Optiplex 7010 MT Barebone motherboard and PSU 240w   US $30
Intel Core i7-3770S quad core 3.1 ghz  US $33
Vetroo M2 Top-Flow Air CPU Cooler Heastink with 120mm RGB LED Fan   US $12
Samsung 256GB SSD Solid State Drive M.2   US $18
High Power 80+ Gold 500w ATX Power Supply   US $23
Seagate Constellation 4TB 7200 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5   US $50
windows 10 pro key (from gvg mall)    US $18
all prices were rounded up to the next dollar

Oh wait you dont have anything yet?

 

Well then do NOT go for that old thing like at all. Absolutly get a ryzen based system it will make it so you have a proper decent pc that is supported still. Keep in mind windows 11 DOES NOT work on this system.

 

Also seagate constellations are old AF id not get that drive used as they werent good when new.

 

Also a 3770s is A LOT slower than a normal one.

[rour75]

2 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Oh wait you dont have anything yet?

 

Well then do NOT go for that old thing like at all. Absolutly get a ryzen based system it will make it so you have a proper decent pc that is supported still. Keep in mind windows 11 DOES NOT work on this system.

 

Also seagate constellations are old AF id not get that drive used as they werent good when new.

 

Also a 3770s is A LOT slower than a normal one.

tbh I'm not too familiar with Ryzen systems what would you recommend with parts?
also that seagate drive is brand new from newegg
never plan on going on to windows 11 ill always stick to windows 10 pro unless necessary for safety
the 3770s was the cheapest one to fill in my budget the regular 3770 was about 10-15 usd more expensive
this project is where I'm finding the absolute cheapest vr gaming rig and this is what I have found so far
but if you could help me with finding good deals on a Ryzen build that would be amazing

[jaslion]

3 minutes ago, rour75 said:

never plan on going on to windows 11 ill always stick to windows 10 pro unless necessary for safety

Defo wanna go to 11 when 10 dies in 2025.

 

Oh this is for vr.

 

Yeah not that i7 is NOT going to do it and you'll legit throw up.

 

What headset will be used?

 

Check for a ryzen 2600 at minimum (ryzen 1600 AF is the same thing).

[rour75]

4 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Defo wanna go to 11 when 10 dies in 2025.

 

Oh this is for vr.

 

Yeah not that i7 is NOT going to do it and you'll legit throw up.

 

What headset will be used?

 

Check for a ryzen 2600 at minimum (ryzen 1600 AF is the same thing).

yea 11 will be viable but just not yet 
yes for vr im just a bit of a gamer
they say Intel i5-4590 or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X is minimum cpu spec 
and minimum gpu is a Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
currently a ryzen 5 1600 is US $59.99 used on ebay
and a ryzen 5 2600 is going for about US $70 used on ebay

[jaslion]

1 minute ago, rour75 said:

yea 11 will be viable but just not yet 
yes for vr im just a bit of a gamer
they say Intel i5-4590 or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X is minimum cpu spec 
and minimum gpu is a Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
currently a ryzen 5 1600 is US $59.99 used on ebay
and a ryzen 5 2600 is going for about US $70 used on ebay

Yes but what game? Because that sounds like beatsaber and let me tell you that is playable on an origianl oculus rift (bad headset dont buy it) but anything else is waaay too intense.

[rour75]

7 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Yes but what game? Because that sounds like beatsaber and let me tell you that is playable on an origianl oculus rift (bad headset dont buy it) but anything else is waaay too intense.

oh woops forgot to say what one its a quest 2 64gb i already own it from 2 years ago 

[jaslion]

30 minutes ago, rour75 said:

oh woops forgot to say what one its a quest 2 64gb i already own it from 2 years ago 

Oh yeah that i7 system simply wont do. You need more power even that gtx 1660 is barely enough for the basic games

[rour75]

3 hours ago, jaslion said:

Oh yeah that i7 system simply wont do. You need more power even that gtx 1660 is barely enough for the basic games

oh should i buy that cpu and a am4 mb?
also only games i would be playing is light gorilla tag modding and roblox+mc/modded mc
i have also found a ryzen 5 2600X for 8 usd cheaper than a normal 2600