Should i buy an optiplex with an i7 ?

[Lealush]

Im kind of in the lowest budget, but 2nd gen i7 are still cool. and i though i could just put a gpu there and play. could i ? would it be convinient ? 

[TheDankKoosh]

3 minutes ago, Lealush said:

Im kind of in the lowest budget, but 2nd gen i7 are still cool. and i though i could just put a gpu there and play. could i ? would it be convinient ? 

Yes, put a 1050 ti inside and enjoy gaming bliss, although getting a copy of windows 10 later along will help with playing current games.

[Lealush]

Just now, TheDankKoosh said:

Yes, put a 1050 ti inside and enjoy gaming bliss, although getting a copy of windows 10 later along will help with playing current games.

 the ones in ebay ussually come with windows tho do you think i could upgrade from the 1050 ? would the i7 handle it ?

[TheDankKoosh]

1 minute ago, Lealush said:

 the ones in ebay ussually come with windows tho do you think i could upgrade from the 1050 ? would the i7 handle it ?

yes the 1050 ti will work great, but i was talking about grabbing windows 10 for dx 12 games

[Some random guy 23424234]

1050 ti is great

not 100% sure, but i think 1060 would be possible (anyone confirm pls?)

[TheDankKoosh]

2 minutes ago, Kevinhkn said:

1050 ti is great

not 100% sure, but i think 1060 would be possible (anyone confirm pls?)

no, a 1060 wouldn't be possible due to the 300w power supply

[Some random guy 23424234]

Just now, TheDankKoosh said:

no, a 1060 wouldn't be possible due to the 300w power supply

Oh dang, that psu is that low on wattage, my bad then. but 1050ti is still a good choice.

Just a reminder to OP, some (i said SOME), optiplex model use half height expansion slot. So just double check on that. And 1050ti is available as full slot and half slot (msi announce it, but i have no idea if its release yet)

[Lealush]

Spoiler

2 minutes ago, TheDankKoosh said:

no, a 1060 wouldn't be possible due to the 300w power supply

Oh but those are cheap so.... i'll see what i can do e.e

 

[BrinkGG]

3 minutes ago, Kevinhkn said:

1050 ti is great

not 100% sure, but i think 1060 would be possible (anyone confirm pls?)

Not without a PSU upgrade for the 1060. 

 

MAKE SURE that other people have done graphics card upgrades for that same model of Optiplex. Some of them support GPU upgrades, some don't. 

Otherwise it should be fine. 

[TheDankKoosh]

1 minute ago, Kevinhkn said:

Oh dang, that psu is that low on wattage, my bad then. but 1050ti is still a good choice.

Just a reminder to OP, some (i said SOME), optiplex model use half height expansion slot. So just double check on that. And 1050ti is available as full slot and half slot (msi announce it, but i have no idea if its release yet)

the mid tower version has a full slot so he will be fine

[Lealush]

1 minute ago, Kevinhkn said:

Oh dang, that psu is that low on wattage, my bad then. but 1050ti is still a good choice.

Just a reminder to OP, some (i said SOME), optiplex model use half height expansion slot. So just double check on that. And 1050ti is available as full slot and half slot (msi announce it, but i have no idea if its release yet)

Mmmm... but where am i supposed to check the slots in the optiplex. i mean there is like almost no info in their spec sheets

[Some random guy 23424234]

Just now, Lealush said:

Mmmm... but where am i supposed to check the slots in the optiplex. i mean there is like almost no info in their spec sheets

U got any picture of the model in question

[Lealush]

http://m.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Optiplex-990-MT-i7-3-40Ghz-4GB-250GB-Win-7-Pro-64-Bit-/172418418424?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20150519202348%26meid%3D28ee678b77304544a5ae1465e733b53d%26pid%3D100408%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D7%26sd%3D122237918966&_trksid=p2056116.c100408.m2460 

 

http://m.ebay.com/itm/DELL-990-Win-7-Pro-64bit-8GB-200GB-HD-Intel-Core-i7-/122237918966?hash=item1c75f29ef6%3Ag%3AyGsAAOSwHoFXswzI

[Some random guy 23424234]

3 minutes ago, Lealush said:

http://m.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Optiplex-990-MT-i7-3-40Ghz-4GB-250GB-Win-7-Pro-64-Bit-/172418418424?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20150519202348%26meid%3D28ee678b77304544a5ae1465e733b53d%26pid%3D100408%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D7%26sd%3D122237918966&_trksid=p2056116.c100408.m2460 

 

http://m.ebay.com/itm/DELL-990-Win-7-Pro-64bit-8GB-200GB-HD-Intel-Core-i7-/122237918966?hash=item1c75f29ef6%3Ag%3AyGsAAOSwHoFXswzI

Both seems to be half height. 

 

http://m.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Optiplex-990-MT-i7-3-40Ghz-4GB-250GB-Win-7-Pro-64-Bit-/172418418424?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20150519202348%26meid%3D28ee678b77304544a5ae1465e733b53d%26pid%3D100408%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D7%26sd%3D122237918966&_trksid=p2056116.c100408.m2460 

This link im not 100% sure

 

http://m.ebay.com/itm/DELL-990-Win-7-Pro-64bit-8GB-200GB-HD-Intel-Core-i7-/122237918966?hash=item1c75f29ef6%3Ag%3AyGsAAOSwHoFXswzI

This link, im 100% sure its half height

 

[Lealush]

https://www.amazon.com/Genuine-Dell-Motherboard-Optiplex-Compatible/dp/B009CG73DK

 

 so this cant handle gpus ?

[TheDankKoosh]

2 minutes ago, Lealush said:

https://www.amazon.com/Genuine-Dell-Motherboard-Optiplex-Compatible/dp/B009CG73DK

 

 so this cant handle gpus ?

yes it can, a friend of mine has the same optiplex tower and and he has a 750ti ftw inside (which is a full sized card) without problems

Edit: as long as you get the mid tower version

[Lealush]

So

3 minutes ago, TheDankKoosh said:

yes it can, a friend of mine has the same optiplex tower and and he has a 750ti ftw inside (which is a full sized card) without problems

Edit: as long as you get the mid tower version

Mini tower optiplex not sff optiplex ok

[TheDankKoosh]

3 minutes ago, Lealush said:

So

Mini tower optiplex not sff optiplex ok

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Optiplex-790-MT-3-40GHz-Core-i7-4GB-ram-radeon-gfx-1B-/282261861449?hash=item41b81e3449:g:9AIAAOSwj85YMQSc

These types of optiplex are compatible with full sized cards while the thinner ones are only compatible with single clot cards

[Lealush]

and would an i5 2400 bottleneck any gpu that the 2600 wouldnt ?