This is an excellent video. While I may not need to break down my 9020SFF, your video helps me understand where all the connections are and how to get at them. Great job!

This is one of the best review video of a SFF computer. Liked and subscribed.

Excellent presentation, patient, thorough, and informative. Much appreciative, as I just acquired a refurbished 9020, and there is not much room for those PCI cards as that will be a tight fit. Thank you for sharing.

@rockrecordreport7136

Жыл бұрын

Yes, with the SFF model that is the problem, one needs the mini-tower version / model of the 9020 to really get rocking. But the 9020 is a great PC . Early in the video you see the various models, and the one on the far right is preferred imo.

Very helpful! Especially because you included the part of how to put it all back together :)

I have this 9020 SFF too.... I actually have a GTX 1050ti in the smaller (Black) PCI. It 100% works and videos on KZread showing it in the PCI no issues..& I have 4tb 3.5 with a sandwiched 500gb SSD for Win 11/Linux....

@jensdbe

2 жыл бұрын

Nice to see. That a lot of power in a small enclosure.

@Charlottesville798

2 жыл бұрын

@@jensdbe kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZZies8isYpCTiLQ.html

@griffinnguyen2937

2 жыл бұрын

late question, but have you had to make any cooling/airflow upgrades in such a small case?

@Charlottesville798

2 жыл бұрын

@@griffinnguyen2937 None whatsoever.. put it in & go!

@frgaming6500

2 жыл бұрын

So does your gpu over heat because I am am thinking of doing that

I found one of these for 5$ at a thrift store, all it needed was a new hdd which I had lying around. Works great

This helped me with cleaning my pc months ago and now I’m doing it again

@lostinprint8577

Жыл бұрын

How do you clean it???

@Kolifyz

Жыл бұрын

@@lostinprint8577just take put the front part of the case then get a Pony tail brush and start brushing that part and then u will see the fans brush that part to and then u will see another part on the bottom also brush that part to

I turned a similar Dell into a small gaming rig. Turned out pretty nice and can play any title I throw at it with ease. The old Dells are a good platform for budget gaming rigs!

@rubberbandman1410

2 ай бұрын

What all did you end up having to upgrade, if you do not mind me asking?

@jensd_be thank you so much for making this video! Your presentation was not hurried, and everything was well explained to your audience as you completed the various steps. This video is worlds better than the manual and content that Dell provides for its own product! I have "Liked" this video, and also Subscribed to your channel. My 9020 SFF arrived from eBay today, and I will be using it for a pfSense firewall for my home lab. With an i7, 8 GB of memory, and a 1 TB HDD, it should fit the bill nicely. Thanks again "from across the pond".

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for sharing.

Most awesome thing I've seen in forever.

Big thanks on how to tear it down I can finally get a full on micro gaming pc inside without it being suspected

I remember i used once machine in 2020 - for almost whole year.. It made my respect and enjoy these small SFF mod builds Had that 9020 SFF with Xeon E3-1250, 4x4GB 1600mhz ddr, 500GB SSD and GTX 1650 - i enjoyed it soo hard

@Rashid-Mahmood_sahi

Жыл бұрын

I am using a 9020 right now but am using GT 710. And still love it.

@echubaroff9661

Жыл бұрын

@@Rashid-Mahmood_sahi low profile card ?

@Rashid-Mahmood_sahi

Жыл бұрын

@@echubaroff9661 yep

@Office-Clerk

Ай бұрын

Using 9020 (4770, 16gb 1600, 500gb ssd in cd bay + 3,5 2tb hdd, rx6400). On linux it just flies faster than modern pc's on windows. Wonderful machines, and almost completely silent in office tasks.

Keep up the good work Salutations from Morocco 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦

Great video right to the point, just picked up a DELL Optiplex 9020 with an intel i7 VPro Prosser 8g ram with 2 500 GB SSD drives in the unit it was a gift now to see if it works no idea if it works something to play with. once more a great video👍

@jensdbe

Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

@lberthelon

Жыл бұрын

Well, it's working, supper fast 25 sec. boot up it's running windows 10 Enterprise? the Dell PC can from my friend's scrap yard he got a bunch of PCs in and handed me one.

I really enjoyed this video Jens wow I especially like it since I own a dead and refurbished DELL 3020. After watching your video over a couple of times I think I might be able to resurrect my machine...

A useful video!👍👍 Recently, I found a similar PC., a Dell Optiplex 7010, it had been thrown out so I rescued it and after the usual cleaning and new thermal paste and fitting a new cmos battery, it's currently working well with Linux Mint Mate installed. The PC., had 16 gig of ddr3 ram., installed and a 256 gig ssd., and a third generation i7 CPU., which all work, but I fitted a 500 gig ssd., and because that plastic caddy can take two 2.5 inch drives I also fitted a 320 gig HD., for storage, which meant that I also had to fit another sata cable, but there was a spare sata port on the MB.. Also thrown out was an ASUS 18.5 inch wide screen VGA., monitor and after a good clean it's also currently working well.

Very well explained and video quality is very good Thanks.

I have 2 oldies. A Dell 9020 and a HP Z440. Both serve me well..

That x1 slot looks more like a 4x slot and it has no rear plastic on it so you can put a full size card in that slot from what I can tell! Interesting that they have the x16 slot as the second slot instead of 1st. Kinda makes 2 slot GPUs harder to fit since they will be right up against the PSU housing. Could use the x4 slot though but will take a bandwidth penalty using that one assuming the board will even let you use a GPU in that slot. Surprising they decided to put 4 ram slots on the SFF version. From what I recall you can max them out to 32 GB of ram if you use 4x 8GB modules! Annoying that they started using a load baring heat sink mount for that one. Make case swaps a little tricky. Not to mention the rear IO faceplate appears to be part of the case and not removable. :( Not sure on the SFF versions but with the mini towers the 7010 and 9010 used standard PSU connector and had removable rear IO faceplates (the mobos also had proper brackets on the backside too though they are glued on so you have to use them when using after market cooloers). The downside is the SATA ports are near the GPU PCI-E slot so 2 slot cards will obstruct them. Right angle low profile sata cables would need to used in that case. Or a PCI-E SATA card if the mobo supports booting from one of those.

no hay un video de como aplicar esta placa a otro cajon para tener mas espacio a la hora de instalar otros componentes? tengo una y quisiera instalarle una nueva fuente pero no tengo espacio, y he leido que hay comprar adaptadores para poder cambiarla de cajon

Great. I followed your every step and it worked perfectly. But there's just one problem, my system unit is working but I'm not getting any display. I've tried using a different cable, connected my monitor to another device and all, everything shows my monitor is still working but it's still not giving any display when connected to my system unit

Just bought a 9020 SFF, love it. But I can't get the mainboard to recognize memory dimm greater than 4 gb. Bios at A25, i7 cpu. I have 2 sets of mixed memory dimms, 2 at 4gb, 2 at 8 gb. The 8 gb are only seen as 4 gb. Can't figure out why.

What screwdriver did you use to disassemble the fan? Please, I need it urgently

exactly XMS3 as ram memories I use for optiplex 7010 4x8=32GB

I know the video is about the Optiplex 9020, but if you went to a Pre-owned Dell Precision Tower SFF 3420 I7-6700 you can install a NVME as a boot drive and get DDR 4 memory (will take 64GB). True, your not gonna stick some kind of expensive Monster Video Card in it. For a daily driver you can't hardly beat them for the cost.

Cool video!

thanx. helped me find the clock battery really fast.

I put an i7-4790 CPU in both my 9020SFFs, one is being used as a Home Theater PC - it has an SFF (low profile) 1050Ti video card for driving a 4K TV, the other 9020SFF is on a work bench for downloading and displaying schematics on a 23" monitor. The work bench PC also has a USB3 802.11ac/a/b/g/n WiFi dongle to access the internet - the 9020s did not come with WiFi or Bluetooth from the factory. And both SFFs have been upgraded to SSD drives - I'm not very patient :-)

@jensdbe

2 жыл бұрын

Curious to see your Geekbench scores with the upgraded CPU to compare. SSD is a must and basically transforms any older machine, which people thought got outdated, to a fresh and snappy-feeling PC. Somehow I like the SFF form factor. Small and professional with plenty of power.

@darthbubba866

2 жыл бұрын

@@jensdbe Well, since you asked nicely I'll download the latest version of Geekbench and see what numbers I get. 👍 I've also "upgraded" quite a few "outdated" desktop and laptop computers just by replacing the HDD with an SSD. It was great when I vastly improved the performance of a room full of computers at the local homeless vets service center with some SSDs I bought at auction. Boosting RAM from 4GB to 8GB helped too, but not nearly as much.

@darthbubba866

2 жыл бұрын

@@jensdbe Downloaded Geekbench 5.4.4 - It reports an OpenCL score of 23114 and a CPU Benchmark of 1006 (Single Core) and 3778 (Multicore). Anything else?

@rosmeartoo

Жыл бұрын

I have an Optiplex 9020 i7 MT and am trying to determine if it has UEFI as I want to install an 1TB M.2 PCIe Gen3 NVMe Internal SSD as a boot drive. Do you know the answer ? ( I want to use the PCIe 3 16 x4 slot)

@darthbubba866

Жыл бұрын

@@rosmeartoo I have the 9020 SFF (Small Form Factor) version. Tap F2 as you start boot-up to go into the BIOS. Mine has the Legacy/UEFI Boot Option located there. Hope this helps. 👍

Awesome breakdown! I bought this to make my own Minecraft server with, this video helped me understand the upgrade potential and how to clean it. Nice job!

@jensdbe

9 ай бұрын

Glad to hear :)

Thank you please I would like to ask abut the motherboard it’s support adding Wi-Fi and Bluetooth card ?

these dell and hp pcs are bargains. i had an optiplex 3040 , then moved to an hp prodesk .. highly recommend if your looking for a budget pc

@jensdbe

2 жыл бұрын

Second that. For the price you can get these, a new office PC makes no sense

After doing all that my pc does not turn on, in the power button blinks an orange light, any request?

@darlingtonfuludu7808

Жыл бұрын

This is a common problem with Dell optiplex series, and the causes are many, such as a faulty speaker, bad ram slot, etc. In summary Dell are known to induce shorts in their machines without reasons.

I threw an RX 6400 graphics card in mine which gives me an HDMI out makes it surprisingly decent for gaming with a 16 GB ram upgrade.

@jensdbe

6 ай бұрын

If it is only for HDMI, you can easily go from DisplayPort to HDMI with the right cable. But yeah a RX6400 is a good choice. Should perform near the same as a GTX 1650. Definitely need to look into that range of cards :)

Thank you for the video. I've bought that machine today as an replacement to my over decade old pc. Good to know how to strip it down, it seems more easy than in the bigger types of towers. Is that kind of a case able to support an additional drive, as in a combo of an ssd and hdd? (Doesn't seem to from what I see...)

@jensdbe

Жыл бұрын

Officially there is no support for a 3,5" and 2,5" drive but you could put the 3,5" drive in the place made for it and you should be able to find some space for the 2,5" SSD. You would need a SATA power splitter cable but those are easy to find.

Very nice video. I got the same 3.5" to 2.5" hdd/ssd caddy from aliexpress plus a sata power splitter cable so I put another drive. One question, did you manage to put caddy nicely into the blue bracket? I managed to only secure it with two screws/latches instead of four.

@jensdbe

2 жыл бұрын

The caddy is an original one, the SSD fits in fine with 4 screws and it goes in the blue bracket without screws. Here are some pins that fit in the holes of the caddy when bending it a bit. Doesn't feel too strong. Interesting idea to get these on Aliexpress, probably not too expensive. Will check that out.

@alansavelski5240

2 жыл бұрын

@@jensdbe I had trouble with pins, only 2 from one side went into the holes on a caddy nicely, but never mind, drives are secured and not moving. Any plans on futher upgrades for 9020? Would be nice to see how i7 4790 and some nice graphic card would improve the performance.

@jensdbe

2 жыл бұрын

If i could fine one for a good price, that's definitely the plan

ima game on it

@jensdbe

Жыл бұрын

Sure, should work fine. If you find a slot powered GPU, you can even play pretty recent games on it. Don't expect top performance on recent titles or 4K gaming but for sure enough fun.

Good video actually i am on the look up for a used one in my country.

@jensdbe

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck with the search :)

@adrianafamilymember6427

2 жыл бұрын

@@jensdbe what monitor you using? For this video if you know.

So I have a gaming monitor, and when I connect it to my SFF 9020, no video outputs, does that signify that those 2 video ports aren’t meant for gaming monitors and just regular display monitors?

@jensdbe

4 ай бұрын

A gaming monitor is not very different from a "regular" monitor. It typically just has a faster refresh rate and supports special modes to optimize that. It should just work regardless.

I'm trying to identify f_usb on this motherboard. Are they the 9 pins just above the 4 different connection ports on the bottom right corner of the board.? Trying to add a network card and it requires f_usb

@jensdbe

2 ай бұрын

Have a look here: dl.dell.com/topicspdf/optiplex-9020-desktop_owners-manual_en-us.pdf page 28 should have what you need (9. front-USB 3.0 connector is probably what you are looking for)

On the Precision T1700, which looks very similar to this mainboard, SATA 0 and SATA 1 are 6 Gbps and SATA 2 is 3 Gbps. Is this also the case with the Optiplex 9020?

Thank you for sharing this very informative. I got the device sir and the problem is when turning on its just keep on beeping .

@jensdbe

Жыл бұрын

The beeps are most likely happening in a certain pattern. You can search for the "beep codes" online to understand what the issue is. In a lot of cases this is due to bad memory.

does it work with low profile gpu?

@jensdbe

Жыл бұрын

It does :)

Sir for SMPS update to 450 watts it is available in market...

Dell Optiplex 9020

Can I use it for gaming I bought some today

Looks like no USB3 ports??

@jensdbe

2 жыл бұрын

There are two in front, the right ones and two in the back: two bottom left ones. They have a different label with SS (SuperSpeed) instead of just the USB logo. Forgot to mention that in the video but you can see it in the footage around 01:02 and 01:19

@darthbubba866

2 жыл бұрын

They're there, they just don't have the standard blue plastic tabs inside the socket.

Why not throw the plastic cover on the cpu and also remove the dvd and hdd cage? Duck tape the ssd to the case and throw the dvd since i dont need it, therefore you have better accesability to the ram and better airflow right? Is this a good idea, am i missing something?

@jensdbe

Жыл бұрын

The plastic cover for the CPU is guiding the airflow so it's useful. DVD/HDD cage keep things neat and I still used the DVD drive from time to time.

Can you answer my question? Do your fresh installed windows 11 on unsupported pc still recieve updates and work well? I think i will update mine but I don't know if it will recieve updates forever or if it is going to work well. Can u give me some information about your?

@jensdbe

2 жыл бұрын

For now I have received updates as on any other PC without any issues. Only Microsoft can tell if it will stay that way I guess.

@ricardomartins4384

2 жыл бұрын

@@jensdbe thanks 👍

I need optiplax 9020 sff motherboard and powersupply

Are these machines quiet and power frugal?? The little amount of warm air coming out is not really suggesting more than 60 W but it's probably more.

@jensdbe

2 жыл бұрын

As far as I could measure, the machine is pretty economic on power consumption. I managed to get around 15-20W during regular usage.

@jean-pierredevent970

2 жыл бұрын

@@jensdbe wow, that's good

Any Idea if you can fit another SATA SSD 2tb in the other side of the drive bay and what bus connection it will need ??? as I'm just about to go for a 16gb version and upgrade to 32gb

@jensdbe

11 ай бұрын

There is a bracket with room for two 2,5" drives as far as I know. I don't think it is a standard option though. Physically there is space for another drive so if you are fine with it just "dangling" in there, that should work. You can connect it to one of the free SATA ports. For power, you might need a splitter to create an extra connector.

What type of RAM? I see many options: ECC, Registered, Fully Buffered, etc..

@jensdbe

Жыл бұрын

Regular DDR3 DIMMS, no ECC or registered/buffered as that's typically only supported for servers.

Hi,is this PC good for video editing?

If you have to choose between Dell OptiPlex 9020 MT Tower (Premium Business Desktop Computer, Intel Quad-Core i7-4770 up to 3.9GHz, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD + 3TB HDD, DVD, WiFi, Windows 10 Professional) and HP EliteDesk 800 G1 Tower (Intel Core i7 3.4GHz Processor, 16GB Ram, 1TB SSD, WiFi & Bluetooth, Wireless Keyboard Mouse, Microsoft Office 365, Windows 10 Pro), both for simple daily tasks, which way you would go? Also, would I be able to hook up on any of these two PCs a 8TB HDD? Thanks for any info.

@jensdbe

Жыл бұрын

Both the Dell and HP are on the 4th gen Intel Core platform. For me the HP would be a better choice. 16GB of RAM is better, larger SSD, ... As there is no regular 3,5" HD yet, you would also have space for that 8TB H (which should just work out of the box).

@afan.pasalic

Жыл бұрын

@@jensdbe Thanks, I appreciate it.

Can you make a video to install apps or o.s after computer wipe out.

@jensdbe

2 жыл бұрын

You can find a few of these on my channel. For example this one regarding a fresh install of Windows 11: kzread.info/dash/bejne/m4SXlrammNmTYdI.html

Will a normal pci-e parallel (lpt) card work here or one is forced to buy from dell?Thanks.

@jensdbe

Жыл бұрын

As long as the card is low profile, it should just work. A regular card will not fit in the case.

I have now the same PC but i have the i5 4690.

Have you or anyone else had luck installing a xeon such as a e3 1240 v3 or 1245 v3[on board graphics]? Best i could do was an i5 4670k. I had no issues with the 3rd gen/xeon upgrades. I would buy pentium systems and add in the i7 non-k equivalent cpu.

@jensdbe

2 жыл бұрын

I read that some people did this successfully. Only take into consideration that such Xeon has a larger energy consumption so that might be too much for the board/PSU, especially if you are also using a dedicated GPU.

I wonder how to install a soundcard? 👀

@jensdbe

Жыл бұрын

Only a low profile sound card would fit. I think the easiest is to use a USB-connected variant.

What is the point of taking the motherboard out of the case?

@jensdbe

Жыл бұрын

No real point in that. Just to show how that is done in case it would be needed. Also gives a more clear view on things.

does it need any power replacement if you put in a better GPU?

@jensdbe

Жыл бұрын

I believe it comes with a 255W power supply. Most of the low profile cards are not that power hungry so that should be fine. Like a 1050Ti or 1650 should work without issues.

Where does the wifi card go ?

@jensdbe

11 ай бұрын

As there are no M.2 slots on the motherboard, you can use a regular low profile PCIe wifi card.

I'm playing PUBG with the OPTIPLEX 9020 Micro

I can't transfer net over usp and wife in optiplex 9020 plz tell me the solution sir 🥺 plz reply 🥺

What dell machine would you recommend if I want to addd multiple hard drives as I want to build a nas?

@jensdbe

Жыл бұрын

Very hard to tell with this little information. Depending on the number of drives, check which model could fit it. Typically more than 4 will be very hard with a pre-built HP/Lenovo/Dell machine. If you want 2-4, then a tower is probably easier. For basic NAS operations (like file sharing etc.) any Intel Core with ~4GB of RAM should be enough. Faster CPU and more memory depending on other tasks you want to do on that NAS.

@MohamedFareedh

Жыл бұрын

@@jensdbe yeah looking for anything between 2 to 3. Anything will be an overkill. Yeah just doing basic file sharing mainly for photo storage really.

Does this work like a normal pc it's only the size small right

@jensdbe

2 жыл бұрын

Correct. It has regular components. Nothing specifically for small PCs except maybe the DVD drive

2:29 is there a way to put an hdd instead of ssd

@jensdbe

2 жыл бұрын

Sure, the 2,5" SSD is in a frame that makes it 3,5" So if you don't put that frame, you can fit a regular 3,5" HD. See kzread.info/dash/bejne/eIuCzq-dYqvPp84.html

Does 32gb of ram work on this?

@jensdbe

2 жыл бұрын

I believe so, yes

@Zetr0

2 жыл бұрын

I believe it will as it does have 4 ram slots

@Scorpionwins23

Ай бұрын

Yeah it does, I bought 4x 8GB for mine and it runs like a charm.

can a i play lol in that? I will buy it

why is EVERY damn video on these particular computers done with SFF types and NOT minitowers???? two different types with different options and abilities.

@jensdbe

11 ай бұрын

I guess the SFF was a lot more popular in the typical target audience for these machines. The tower version often doesn't make a lot of sense in a business environment. There is no need for additional HDs or SSDs as everything is acessed over the network and thetebis no need for a GPU in the case. Even if there would be, the power supply typically can't handle a card that is not available in a low profile version anyway.

@robertravena

11 ай бұрын

@@jensdbe I bought oen off Ebay earlier this yr and replaced the power supply with a 500 watt, added 32g ram, a gtx 1650 super GPU and added a 1TB SSD.

Can a 1650 fit in here?

@jensdbe

Жыл бұрын

A low profile version should fit and the power supply should be fine for it as well.

@giovstheworld5360

Жыл бұрын

@@jensdbe idk if it’s a low profile but it’s a evga 1650 so would that fit? thinking ab buying this for my cousin and putting the 1650 in there

@jensdbe

Жыл бұрын

@@giovstheworld5360 not 100% sure but a quick search shows me that EVGA doesn’t have a low profile 1650. You can simply see that it ia half the height of a normal card.

dell optiplex is to old ... 4 gen is ancient ...

but sir why i can’t play dvd 📀 in 9020 is there any solution 😢

@jensdbe

Жыл бұрын

Playing DVDs works fine with me. What issue do you have?

@Modified_junction

Жыл бұрын

@@jensdbe in files it says “please insert a disk into drive E” i tried many discs but didn’t works what should be the issue sir..??