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I7 9700k
32gb 3600mhz memory
Gigabyte z390 ultra
Vega 64
2tb sabarent rocket 4 plus
2tb crucial mx500

1440p freesync display and secondary 1200p pro art display.
Elysian said:
My computer is a Dell Inspiron prebuilt (model 3881, to be specific). The specs are actually alright for general normie internet use and basic office applications, but I’ll have to make some upgrades in the form of a beefier power supply, dedicated graphics card and maybe a second stick of RAM if I wanna play vidya on this thing.

CPU: i5 10400
Mobo: ????? (I know how many slots and ports it has but could not find an exact model name/number anywhere in the usage manual/bios/device information and have yet to open the thing up to check)
RAM: 1 x 8GB DDR4 (2666mhz)
GPU: Intel UHD 630 Integrated Graphics
Storage: 256GB M.2 SSD, 1TB 3.5” hard drive
Power Supply: my dad said it’s 260w but idk the exact make yet

I have Windows 10 since it came pre-installed.
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The Dell Inspiron towers use micro atx motherboards. Yours is likely a H series chooser, like the H410. These proprietary Dell designs use a 8 pin plug, and yours uses a TFX power supply. You can get adapters to convert from the standard 24 pin to an 8 pin plug, but the most you'll get from that form factor is about 300 watts.

The 1650 was a stock option, so you can pick one up and install it no problem, or wait for the new generation of 75 watt parts, the rtx 3050 or the rx 6500/6600.
 
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seeing as it's an inspiron prebuilt, it's probably proprietary anyway. power supply as well most likely. so upgrading the power supply probably wont be an option unless there's space for it and even then you need a converter connecter as it probably doesnt use standard 24 pin power. as for the gpu it's gonna need to be pretty low power for a 260w psu, so idk like a 1650 low profile. itx cards might fit if there's space
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This is why I recommend mxkdi on Youtube. He's a drinking game in itself in the way he repeats phrases, it's boring as fuck, he flips office computers by making them into cheap gaming systems, he's actually pretty good at showing what needs to be done, right there. Very boring, not a channel you would follow but if you have a specific model in mind he's the goto guy IMO.

The mobo will be proprietary but if it's a mini-tower it will have the same form factor as every other power supply. The mobo is designed to accommodate cards of certain sizes so RAM or other components might be in the way if installing a 25cm deep graphics card.
 
DNA_JACKED said:
I7 9700k
32gb 3600mhz memory
Gigabyte z390 ultra
Vega 64
2tb sabarent rocket 4 plus
2tb crucial mx500

1440p freesync display and secondary 1200p pro art display.

The Dell Inspiron towers use micro atx motherboards. Yours is likely a H series chooser, like the H410. These proprietary Dell designs use a 8 pin plug, and yours uses a TFX power supply. You can get adapters to convert from the standard 24 pin to an 8 pin plug, but the most you'll get from that form factor is about 300 watts.

The 1650 was a stock option, so you can pick one up and install it no problem, or wait for the new generation of 75 watt parts, the rtx 3050 or the rx 6500/6600.
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Whoever said it was a TFX power supply was right. It’s a long boi. However, when I googled the model number tons of listings came up for refurbished TFX dell power supplies that had 500-800 watts in them so I’m not sure I’m like super limited by the PSU’s form factor?

I think I could fit a GPU in here so long as it only had 1-2 fans on it. The 3 fan ones might be a bit big.

Also I found out something interesting about this PC...

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IT HAS A FUCKING PLASTIC WIND TUNNEL

There aren’t any fans in here, they just put a massive tube of cheap plastic over the cooler that leads to the back vent in the hope that the air just like, passively goes there I guess. :story:
 
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well, my 1060 arrived earlier than i was expecting and it works just fine. i tried out cyberpunk, put it on high settings and 60 fps. im impressed. im no longer low spec gamer i guess
 
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Elysian said:
Whoever said it was a TFX power supply was right. It’s a long boi. However, when I googled the model number tons of listings came up for refurbished TFX dell power supplies that had 500-800 watts in them so I’m not sure I’m like super limited by the PSU’s form factor?

I think I could fit a GPU in here so long as it only had 1-2 fans on it. The 3 fan ones might be a bit big.

Also I found out something interesting about this PC...

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IT HAS A FUCKING PLASTIC WIND TUNNEL

There aren’t any fans in here, they just put a massive tube of cheap plastic over the cooler that leads to the back vent in the hope that the air just like, passively goes there I guess. :story:
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300W is the highest third party standard TFX power supply


Now, there ARE supplies that claim to be 420-550W TFX "refurbished" supplies, usually from off brand third party suppliers. I wouldnt trust those for an electric chair, let alone a PC. Most likely those numbers are flatly false, or if they have fucked with them in some way, they might put out more power on the 3.3 and 5V rails. Fromt he factory Dell/HP/ece do not make such a high wattage.

The Silverstone power supply has a 6 pin PCIe connector and enough wattage to push a 150W GPU on one of its w 12V rails. This would allow you to support a 1650 super, or technically a 1660 or 1660 super, which despite their 8 pin plugs top out at about 130 watts of power draw, just dont OC it. Seasonic made a 350 watt 80+ gold TFX supply that had 18A per 12V rail, allowing you to push a 200 watt GPU, but it appears to have been discontinued.
 
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Got an old pc of mine and I chose to gut out the cpu heatsink because I know 5 years of no use would leave the thermal paste to dry up along with needing to clean out all the dust inside but the heatsink's fan clip broke (was an old 212 evo)

At the moment, the specs of this are:
AMD-FX 8320
MSI Krait motherboard with an AM3+ socket
Case is a corsair carbide 200R.
PSU was a 600 watt bronze from EVGA but I gotta clean the dust out and see if it can still work.
2 sticks of DDR3 Ram from Corsair that total to 8 GB
A 240 SSD from Kingston that'll I'd use for the OS

Don't have any working GPU's for it but I had a Radeon 250 that came from my first pre-built that used the 8320 (everything else got replaced but I still kept the old mobo, gave the case to an acquaintance from community college) that is likely dead and an RX 480 8GB that could work but that's if replacing thermal paste and the fans on it with an aftermarket lets it work like it used to. Was going to use a BeQuiet Pure Rock 2 heatsink but I can't get shit installed right and I accidentally knocked down the heat sink that some fins got bent so I'm just gonna wait until a few paychecks and have local shop try their hands at it in seeing if everything still works. I wanted to at least try and turn this computer into a rig with Windows 7 for some older games that can't run on either my main PC or the backup PC I've been letting family use since the COVID lockdowns.
 
Machine: Raspberry Pi 400 all-in-one microcomputer, based on the mid-range Raspberry Pi 4B 4GB RAM variant Single Board Computer

  • Broadcom BCM2711 quad-core Cortex-A72 (ARM v8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.8GHz
  • 4GB LPDDR4-3200
  • Dual-band (2.4GHz and 5.0GHz) IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ac wireless LAN
  • Bluetooth 5.0, BLE
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • 2 × USB 3.0 and 1 × USB 2.0 ports
  • Horizontal 40-pin GPIO header
  • 2 × micro HDMI ports (supports up to 4Kp60)
  • H.265 (4Kp60 decode); H.264 (1080p60 decode, 1080p30 encode); OpenGL ES 3.0 graphics
  • MicroSD card slot for operating system and data storage
  • 78- or 79-key compact keyboard (depending on regional variant)
  • 5V DC via USB connector
  • Operating temperature: 0°C to +50°C ambient
  • Maximum dimensions 286 mm × 122 mm × 23 mm

Monitor: SCEPTRE 20" (Amazon, Generic), 1600 x 900, 775Hz Refresh Rate, Adaptive Sync Supported, Speakers, 2xHDMI, 2xVGA, Audio In/Out
Mouse: OEM Raspberry Pi Mouse
OS: TwisterOS (Raspian/Debian XFCE) with plenty of preloaded goodies for daily computing
Power Supply: OEM Raspberry Pi Adapter
Storage: Samsung EVO Select MicroSDXC 512GB for Boot Disk and Storage

I'm glad I kinda waited after the Pi 4 standalone to get into using a Pi as my daily driver, sine I have plenty of off-system platforms (console, my phone) to do my gaming and more serious audio consumption on. After I got a proper monitor I found video playback on this to be far more bearable now, 720p is still the best base performance but hey I can't be a chooser all the time.
 
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After 6 yeas it was time for an upgrade, and by upgrade I mean new everything.

  • Ryzen 5950x
  • Kraken Z73
  • X570 Aorus Master
  • RTX 3090 Aorus Master
  • G.Skill Trident Z Neo 64GB (4x16) 3600 CL16
  • Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB
  • Corsair MP600 NVMe 2TB
  • Corsair MP600 NVMe 500GB
  • Corsair HX1000i
  • NZXT H710 (this was kinda of a dumb choice, I am considering switching to a Lian Li O11 Dynamic XL this spring)
 
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Ryzen 7 3800X
MSI X470 mobo
8GB 1070Ti
32GB 3200 DDR4
1 NVMe drive (512GB)
1 SSD (1GB)
1 HDD (1GB)
850w PSU

All stuffed inside of a NZXT H510 and viewed with a 1200p 16:10 monitor. Could use bigger drives and a case with better airflow. That'll all come in due time.
 
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Ryzen 7 3800X
MSI X470 mobo
8GB 1070Ti
32GB 3200 DDR4
1 NVMe drive (512GB)
1 SSD (1GB)
1 HDD (1GB)
850w PSU

All stuffed inside of a NZXT H510 and viewed with a 1200p 16:10 monitor. Could use bigger drives and a case with better airflow. That'll all come in due time.
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What are your temps? Idle, stress and gaming. What's your air flow setup? Do you use a water or air cpu cooler?

I'm curious, because I might choose this case for a low budget build for someone, and the air flow should be enough.
 
Nobody asked, but fuck I hate that glass panels are what's popular right now. All I want is a case that at least pretends to be designed for airflow and doesn't cook my components. Who even wants to observe the interior of their computer case, when chances are, is just going to get placed on the ground and not so much as dusted until it croaks? That's not even mentioning the searing RGB coming from the windows that makes the nuclear explosions at Hiroshima & Nagasaki look dim in comparison.

I have:
-R5 1500x
-16 GB ?Mhz RAM
-1050ti
-Gigabyte ab350n
-Couger QBX case
-A few hard drives, and an M.2 ssd
-500 watt PSU, because I planned to get a better GPU because bitcoin mining happened, then the next lot weren't worth it, then corona shortages happened and now bitcoin mining is going to happen again.

It's a neat little micro-atx case, though I'd probably buy a mini-atx case if I was to do it again just because the cable management is a pain, unless you willing to buy thin/short SATA cables.

The Crawling Chaos said:
What are your temps? Idle, stress and gaming. What's your air flow setup? Do you use a water or air cpu cooler?

I'm curious, because I might choose this case for a low budget build for someone, and the air flow should be enough.
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Thermals wise it doesn't seem to be the best according to GN, unless you're winning to chuck in more fans.

Of course if you're buying low-end components, it's probably not going to cook itself too easily.
 
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longtimelurkerfirsttimepo said:
Nobody asked, but fuck I hate that glass panels are what's popular right now. All I want is a case that at least pretends to be designed for airflow and doesn't cook my components. Who even wants to observe the interior of their computer case, when chances are, is just going to get placed on the ground and not so much as dusted until it croaks? That's not even mentioning the searing RGB coming from the windows that makes the nuclear explosions at Hiroshima & Nagasaki look dim in comparison.

I have:
-R5 1500x
-16 GB ?Mhz RAM
-1050ti
-Gigabyte ab350n
-Couger QBX case
-A few hard drives, and an M.2 ssd
-500 watt PSU, because I planned to get a better GPU because bitcoin mining happened, then the next lot weren't worth it, then corona shortages happened and now bitcoin mining is going to happen again.

It's a neat little micro-atx case, though I'd probably buy a mini-atx case if I was to do it again just because the cable management is a pain, unless you willing to buy thin/short SATA cables.


Thermals wise it doesn't seem to be the best according to GN, unless you're winning to chuck in more fans.

Of course if you're buying low-end components, it's probably not going to cook itself too easily.
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Thats for the H510 Elite, which is described as "an aquarium where GPU's go to die." The H510 is slightly less heatloaded, due to only one glass side panel. I have a 3600 and a 2060 super in a H510, and it can get toasty as shit.
 
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longtimelurkerfirsttimepo said:
Nobody asked, but fuck I hate that glass panels are what's popular right now. All I want is a case that at least pretends to be designed for airflow and doesn't cook my components. Who even wants to observe the interior of their computer case, when chances are, is just going to get placed on the ground and not so much as dusted until it croaks? That's not even mentioning the searing RGB coming from the windows that makes the nuclear explosions at Hiroshima & Nagasaki look dim in comparison.

I have:
-R5 1500x
-16 GB ?Mhz RAM
-1050ti
-Gigabyte ab350n
-Couger QBX case
-A few hard drives, and an M.2 ssd
-500 watt PSU, because I planned to get a better GPU because bitcoin mining happened, then the next lot weren't worth it, then corona shortages happened and now bitcoin mining is going to happen again.

It's a neat little micro-atx case, though I'd probably buy a mini-atx case if I was to do it again just because the cable management is a pain, unless you willing to buy thin/short SATA cables.


Thermals wise it doesn't seem to be the best according to GN, unless you're winning to chuck in more fans.

Of course if you're buying low-end components, it's probably not going to cook itself too easily.
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I'm fully in agreement with you regarding the H510 mini oven properties and the GN review, but ehhh, it's a low end system (Ryzen 5 2400G coupled with a MSI RX 570 8gb OC). It's just an option that I have in my list, among others like Cooler Master MasterBox MB311L, or Fractal Design Meshify C (the latter being the best Money/Value/Airflow imo).

You can have a glass case with very good airflow (see the lian li o11 dynamic xl) and nice subtle themed rgb effects. I personally too hate the puke rainbow rgb themes that people chose for their setups, if you're gonna put lights in your system make it look nice and consistent, and build it around a theme. I have a vaporwave/synthwave rgb theme and I think it looks halfway decent.


edit: I know, I know... the sag is huge. I'm searching for a discreet gpu card holder. I tried the Cooler Master ELV8 but it was too short for that behemoth. If I don't find anything, I'll 3d print my own.
 
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The Crawling Chaos said:
I'm fully in agreement with you regarding the H510 mini oven properties and the GN review, but ehhh, it's a low end system (Ryzen 5 2400G coupled with a MSI RX 570 8gb OC). It's just an option that I have in my list, among others like Cooler Master MasterBox MB311L, or Fractal Design Meshify C (the latter being the best Money/Value/Airflow imo).

You can have a glass case with very good airflow (see the lian li o11 dynamic xl) and nice subtle themed rgb effects. I personally too hate the puke rainbow rgb themes that people chose for their setups, if you're gonna put lights in your system make it look nice and consistent, and build it around a theme. I have a vaporwave/synthwave rgb theme and I think it looks halfway decent.

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edit: I know, I know... the sag is huge. I'm searching for a discreet gpu card holder. I tried the Cooler Master ELV8 but it was too short for that behemoth. If I don't find anything, I'll 3d print my own.
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What CPU cooler is that, I like how there’s a tiny screen on it.
 
asus prime mb
i7 haswell or skylake forget overclocked 5ghz
16mb 3200ram
2080 super gigabyte oc
8.25 TB ssds (only one 1tb nvme)
ultra wide monitor

boy is it showing its age...
 
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