Dell Optiplex 3010 FAT

[H4WKEN]

Bout to pick this bad boy up for 100$

 

It has a i5 thats comparable to a i7 2600

 

I have a PSU to swap in it, but curious about PCI Wattage limits.

 

Not really sure about this area..

 

Heard it was 50w then it was 75w

 

What GPU can I safely put in this thing?

[LukeSavenije]

you could try using a 1050 in it. but you should probebly get a cx450 or something from newegg and a better gpu with it

[AngryBeaver]

3 minutes ago, H4WKEN said:

Bout to pick this bad boy up for 100$

 

It has a i5 thats comparable to a i7 2600

 

I have a PSU to swap in it, but curious about PCI Wattage limits.

 

Not really sure about this area..

 

Heard it was 50w then it was 75w

 

What GPU can I safely put in this thing?

Be careful on this. A lot of these dells workstations pc's won't take another psu unless you change cases then you will get bios errors every boot. If you want to keep that psu you can use a 1050ti... if you can get another psu to work then you can up it to whatever you can get to fit.

[Tristerin]

6 minutes ago, H4WKEN said:

Bout to pick this bad boy up for 100$

 

It has a i5 thats comparable to a i7 2600

 

I have a PSU to swap in it, but curious about PCI Wattage limits.

 

Not really sure about this area..

 

Heard it was 50w then it was 75w

 

What GPU can I safely put in this thing?

 

2 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

you could try using a 1050 in it. but you should probebly get a cx450 or something from newegg and a better gpu with it

Ultra Small Form Factor with an ATX PSU?  And no 1050 will fit in that (EDIT - thinking about this I may be wrong maybe they do make a narrow one)

 

Best you can do is a GTX 1030 on that thing imho

[H4WKEN]

Just now, LukeSavenije said:

you could try using a 1050 in it. but you should probebly get a cx450 or something from newegg and a better gpu with it

Sorry it's not the small case. Its the thic one. I'm already putting a PSU in it, but is there any limit on the PCI slot?

[Tristerin]

1 minute ago, H4WKEN said:

Sorry it's not the small case. Its the thic one. I'm already putting a PSU in it, but is there any limit on the PCI slot?

Okay title change - you have the Tower correct?

[H4WKEN]

[H4WKEN]

1 minute ago, Tristerin said:

Okay title change - you have the Tower correct?

About to pick it up in a hour.

[Tristerin]

Just now, H4WKEN said:

I have the same but HP Pro 6300 Microtower

 

The slot should provide 75w power like normal, PSU wont be an issue as long as the motherboard connectors are ATX - are they?

 

BTW Im still checking on the PCIE slot

[H4WKEN]

Just now, Tristerin said:

I have the same but HP Pro 6300 Microtower

 

The slot should provide 75w power like normal, PSU wont be an issue as long as the motherboard connectors are ATX - are they?

 

BTW Im still checking on the PCIE slot

Yeah its ATX. My question is does it matter since I'll be using a PSU with PCI-E connectors on it?

[Tristerin]

1 minute ago, H4WKEN said:

About to pick it up in a hour.

https://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/optix/en/optiplex_3010_technical_guidebook.pdf

 

Page 11 and down - so you get more acclimated with what you are buying

 

No issue with PCIE x16 slot - it gives 75w

 

Taking a look at it, it should have the DELL 42P49 mobo - ATX plug ins

 

Should be good to go!

 

[Tristerin]

2 minutes ago, H4WKEN said:

Yeah its ATX. My question is does it matter since I'll be using a PSU with PCI-E connectors on it?

Im not sure the question tbh, you can use a PCIE connector to add more power to the GPU if needed no problem (if that's what you are asking)

[H4WKEN]

Just now, Tristerin said:

Im not sure the question tbh, you can use a PCIE connector to add more power to the GPU if needed no problem (if that's what you are asking)

Yeah hypothetically if I wanted to throw a 1060 in it, it can pull up to 150w. Does it matter that the PCI is only rated for 75w even though I'm putting in a PSU that will supply the power. 

[Tristerin]

Just now, H4WKEN said:

Yeah hypothetically if I wanted to throw a 1060 in it, it can pull up to 150w. Does it matter that the PCI is only rated for 75w even though I'm putting in a PSU that will supply the power. 

Your PSU handles the difference.  My HP Pro 6300 has a 320w PSU.  Will support the 1060 6gb (at 100% PSU load lol but its platinum rated)

 

There is zero issue - you are good to go

[H4WKEN]

Just now, Tristerin said:

Your PSU handles the difference.  My HP Pro 6300 has a 320w PSU.  Will support the 1060 6gb (at 100% PSU load lol but its platinum rated)

 

There is zero issue - you are good to go

Thanks man, appreciate the help! One last question though, would I be able to mount the mobo in another case? I'm not sure how the standoffs would line up. Just throwing it out there. I got cases laying around too lol. 

[Tristerin]

Just now, H4WKEN said:

Thanks man, appreciate the help! One last question though, would I be able to mount the mobo in another case? I'm not sure how the standoffs would line up. Just throwing it out there. I got cases laying around too lol. 

Yes and standoffs anymore are just screwed in, so you can take standoffs from other cases and put them in the cases you are using and...not all standoffs have to be there (but SHOULD!!! as it keeps the mobo from flexing and touching the metal case and shorting) to install a mobo

[grss1982]

2 hours ago, Tristerin said:

Yes and standoffs anymore are just screwed in, so you can take standoffs from other cases and put them in the cases you are using and...not all standoffs have to be there (but SHOULD!!! as it keeps the mobo from flexing and touching the metal case and shorting) to install a mobo

The problem might be with the front panel connectors.  This is Dell after all and their motto has always been it's their way or the highway.

[Ralphred]

That takes me back, put 100's of those optiplex machines out of the door over the years, they are bombproof compared to the HP/Lenovo equivalents, I think I've still got Pentium D based one in the garage, I'd put money on it booting if I brought it in and let it warm up for 24hrs first.

Mainly sent them out with quadro cards in, even the mini ones (they sold risers to get a full height card in).

AFAIK the service guys used to swap out the PSU's without any effort on that size machine, and they weren't carrying official dell parts.

If you are supplying most of the GPU wattage over the 6pin molex (which is what it's there for) I can't see an issue. Hell, I even remember getting "graphics performance may suffer" i.e "you forgot to plug the psu in, stupid" messages at boot, I think you'd have to really try to actually break something.