Posted December 31, 2023 I have a dell optiplex 7040 and it has a i5-6500 in it and a gtx 750 ti im wondering what the best cpu to upgrade to would be and a good gpu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 31, 2023 Upgrade path on Dell prebuilts can be extremely painful and tedious. You may only be able to upgrade to a 6700, Maybe the 6700k but not sure exactly what board they used. And i would stick with something like a 3060 at most. Honestly speaking, unless you get the 6700/6700k for REAL cheap, its probably not worth it. My Gaming and Editing Rig : http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/500716-red-gaming-build/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 1 46 minutes ago, vvaffles said: I have a dell optiplex 7040 and it has a i5-6500 in it and a gtx 750 ti im wondering what the best cpu to upgrade to would be and a good gpu The best CPU that would work is the Intel Core i7-6700. That being said, unless you have one lying around or can get one for pocket change, it won't be worth it as the gains in modern gaming titles would be within error due to the aging architecture. The best GPU would probably be the GTX 1650 as you're limited to Dell's OEM PSU. Replacing that PSU with a conventional ATX unit is not impossible but at that point, you might as well start with a black slate and build a system from scratch or find a newer OEM platform. Those 6th gen processors won't be able to keep up with anything better than the 1650. Intel® Core™ i7-12700 | GIGABYTE B660 AORUS MASTER DDR4 | Gigabyte Radeon™ RX 6650 XT Gaming OC | 32GB Corsair Vengeance® RGB Pro SL DDR4 | Samsung 990 Pro 1TB | WD Green 1.5TB | Windows 11 Pro | NZXT H510 Flow White Sony MDR-V250 | GNT-500 | Logitech G610 Orion Brown | Logitech G402 | Samsung C27JG5 | ASUS ProArt PA238QR iPhone 12 Mini (iOS 17.2.1) | iPhone XR (iOS 17.2.1) | iPad Mini (iOS 9.3.5) | KZ AZ09 Pro x KZ ZSN Pro X | Sennheiser HD450bt Intel® Core™ i7-1265U | Kioxia KBG50ZNV512G | 16GB DDR4 | Windows 11 Enterprise | HP EliteBook 650 G9 Intel® Core™ i5-8520U | WD Blue M.2 250GB | 1TB Seagate FireCuda | 16GB DDR4 | Windows 11 Home | ASUS Vivobook 15 Intel® Core™ i7-3520M | GT 630M | 16 GB Corsair Vengeance® DDR3 | Samsung 850 EVO 250GB | macOS Catalina | Lenovo IdeaPad P580 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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