r/SleepingOptiplex

Found this Inspiron 3847 at a yard sale for $5. Lucked out and it has the i7-4790 and 16GB RAM! I put in a SATA expansion card and bought a GTX 1650 GDDR6 (slot powered) for $60 on Facebook Marketplace. Threw in an SSD for the Win10 VM and running some spinning drives for boot (TrueNAS Community), Plex, Time Machine backups for Mac, etc. About $150 all-in now and having fun playing some Schedule I, Overwatch, Meccha Chameleon, etc over Steam Remote Play on my MacBook.

Hola amigos, les comparto mi proyecto, fabrique un adaptador de 24 pines a 8 pines para mi Dell Optiplex 9020. Use un módulo step-up de 3 dólares (en Costa Rica las cosas son caras) para en un futuro agregar una i7 de cuarta, una mejor placa de video y hasta un mejor enfriamiento para el prosesador y más ventiladores si fuera el caso. Les comparto imágenes de el proceso y les dejo por aquí el pin out si les interesa revisarlo. (perdonen el desastre de cables)

Pin 1 (Arriba Izq.)+12V PrincipalBlancoCable de +12V (Pin 10 u 11 de la peineta ATX)Amarillo

Pin 2+12V PrincipalBlancoCable de +12V (Pin 10 u 11 de la peineta ATX)Amarillo

Pin 3Tierra (GND)NegroCualquier cable de Tierra de la peineta ATXNegro

Pin 4 (Arriba Der.)PS_ON (Encendido)VerdeCable de PS_ON (Pin 16 de la peineta ATX)Verde

Pin 5 (Abajo Izq.)+12V StandbyMoradoSALIDA POSITIVA (OUT+) del módulo Step-Up(Regulado a 12V)

Pin 6Tierra (GND)NegroCualquier cable de Tierra de la peineta ATXNegro

Pin 7Tierra (GND)NegroCualquier cable de Tierra de la peineta ATXNegro

Pin 8 (Abajo Der.)PWR_OK (Power Good)GrisCable de PWR_OK (Pin 8 de la peineta ATX)Gris

Workstation build (hp z2 g4 500w) i7 8700 MSI RTX 4060 OC 8gb 32gb ddr4 ram 1.25tb total SSD+HDD

So I’ve dropped about $550 into this build. Would like opinions on whether I made an alright choice (I opted for the rtx 4060 for power consumption)

Put this togeather a few weeks ago. running great so far. I did not know anything about building a server going into this, but i did build my own gaming PC. learned everything i know now from Gemini University. First ever reddit post

So I want to buy a 3050 6gb for my 3040 MT and it has an i7-6700 and an ssd but I’m afraid that nimber 31 will get in the way I don’t know what model to get

Hey everyone,

I am currently upgrading a slim Dell OptiPlex 790 Small Form Factor (SFF) desktop. I just installed an Intel Core i7-2600 CPU, and I am trying to add an ASUS TUF Gaming GTX 1650 that requires a dedicated 6-pin PCIe power connector.

Because it is an SFF case, it uses a proprietary 240W TFX power supply. I looked into buying a standard 500W ATX power supply, but a normal square PSU physically won't fit inside this slim chassis. Upgrading to a proper gaming-grade TFX power supply right now isn't financially or physically an option for me, and the card won't boot without the 6-pin cable plugged in.

My planned workaround to get this running is:

1. Buy a high-quality, manufactured Dual SATA to 6-pin adapter.
2. Connect the adapter to two completely separate SATA power lines coming out of the PSU to distribute the electrical current.
3. Disconnect my secondary hard drive and internal DVD drive to free up every possible watt.
4. Keep the PC case permanently open since the dual-slot full-height card is too tall to close the side panel anyway.
5. Crucial Step: The exact second Windows boots, I am opening MSI Afterburner to immediately drop the GPU Power Limit slider down to its absolute minimum (60%–70%) and capping my games strictly at 60 FPS (or 30 FPS for heavier titles) to limit the wattage pull.

To figure out if this could even theoretically work, I calculated my system's total power consumption by looking up the maximum draw of each individual component:

• Intel Core i7-2600 CPU: Up to 95 Watts under heavy load.
• ASUS TUF GTX 1650 GPU: Up to 90 Watts at stock peak.
• Motherboard, 20GB DDR3 RAM, and Main Windows SSD: Roughly 30 Watts combined.
• Total Estimated Load: ~215 Watts.

I know this setup pushes the older 240W power supply dangerously close to its peak capacity and carries inherent electrical risks if the software power limits fail or if the SATA wires overheat.

Has anyone here actually run a similar dual SATA adapter setup on a low-wattage OEM power supply long-term? Did the power supply handle the load with the GPU power limited, or did you experience shutdowns and melting? I would love to hear your real-world experiences or any specific safety precautions I might have missed.

Thanks!

Hello everyone i ask for your support about the upgrades i can do to my Optiplex 7010 Plus.

I have 4 storages as you can see, one with W11, one with Debian, one with batocera and the last one to put media files.

I want a GPU that doesnt require additional power and also that works well with Batocera, also maybe a processor upgrade?

any suggestions are apreciatted.

Snagged this puppy for less than 80 bucks all in here's the specs

Intel core i3 9100

8gb ddr4 don't know the mhz yet

(Plan to upgrade to 16gb)

integrated graphics

(Gt 1030 soon)

256 gb ssd don't know the type yet (sata or NVMe)

Also it's grade b as soon in photo

Im using it for Minecraft bedrock, discord, geometry dash, school work, etc. Will this be a good buy, or once the gt 1030 and 16gb upgrade happens?

even though this has the same 180w power supply as the Optiplex with the same LGA 1700 socket (i tested it with an optiplex sff 7020 i5 14500 and a 3000 i5 12500, both work normally) the gpu will make Windows crash or just freeze the monitor after around a minute of usage.

I tried tweaking in the bios, where sadly there isn't any pcie power management, and touching windows' power saving settings but with no success.

It also doesn't seem to be a driver issue, nothing changes with DDU and nvidia's older or newer drivers.

I didn't try everything, but mind that an LP 3050 will most probably not work on this system without changing PSU or some other action i'm not aware of

Optiplex 9020 I built for $120 all from facebook marketplace.

- xfx rx580 8gb
- 24gb ddr3 1,600mhz quad channel
- 180gb
- i7-4790
- cx750m

Sorry if this isn't allowed here -- I didn't see anything in the rules and I figured this would be my best bet at selling this card to someone who will appreciate it.

I have decided to move on from my Optiplex and I'd like my barely used Yeston 3050 to get into the right hands. It has been used to play games a couple of times, but other than that has basically exclusively idled Spotify. I have had it installed for about 2 months.

I'll sell it to anyone in the USA for $200+shipping. It will come with both brackets and the original box, as well as the warranty card. Payable on Venmo Goods and Services and shipped tracked via USPS.

https://imgur.com/a/XDICNWt

Yes you heard that right, this entire PC for 10 Canadian dollars (or around 7 USD). This is my result after ≈ 3 months of Facebook Marketplace deal hunting. Here are the specs:

+ The base PC is an Acer Aspire office desktop with an Intel i5-12400, 12gb DDR4 RAM at 3200 mghz and a 512gb NVME SSD: free
+ 1660 Super taken from an OEM prebuilt: free
+ Extra SATA cable: $5
+ Dual SATA to 8 pin connector: $10 for a pack of two, so it’s $5 for one

I plan to upgrade to 16gb RAM in the future but 12gb is good enough for me at the moment.