I did want to add that I initially wanted to have a 580 in here, but considering the results, it wouldn't have really mattered and I know that there's no way you can run one on the 290 power supply anyways. So, what GPU are you planning to run in your OptiPlex build? Speaking of which, we've picked out the GPU so it time to get to the build.

@seriksson9721

4 жыл бұрын

Good question, as development is progressing all the time and I think gpu will be better in terms of performance and energy efficiency. I remember the performance of gpu from earlier that required almost 1000 watts psu. Personally, I think something slightly better than 1050 ti is enough, and if you get a little more performance for a little more money then .... I am happy to listen to your recommendations.

@krimnullz3166

4 жыл бұрын

Do you think it would work with a undervolt

@triniking1234

4 жыл бұрын

I wonder how the GTX 1650 Super would've done.

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

@@seriksson9721 For sure. I have a 760 here and it made the 1060 6GB look like it was sipping power by comparison and it was on the level of something like a 1050.

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

@@krimnullz3166 Sure. The question is how far are you willing to under volt, keeping in mind you'll have to drop clocks as well and at what point are you just going to be at the level of the 570/1060? I mean, if you have one already or can get one for super cheap, it wouldn't really make sense to go that route rather than just getting a 1060.

I can't believe how underrated this channel is... High Quality videos, Smooth voice that I can listen to everyday, Guides for upgrading the Optiplexs... Surely you earned my sub

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

I really do appreciate that.

@Fizzoid

4 жыл бұрын

Ditto! Came across these videos after looking to upgrade a Vostro 3900 (i5-4460 with a 300W 80 Bronze PSU) and I can't believe how underrated these videos are!

Here before this channel inevitably takes off. Love the quality and level of detail!

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Now if I could only get these out quicker.

Damn man recently the content is 🔥

Your channel is completely underrated. This is a very "real" video giving you realistic info and tips. Awesome work man!

Killer timing as I just purchased a 9020 and was just shopping for the GPU for it. Thank you for the videos, I look forward to more from you as I build my first gaming PC. Your optiplex buyers guide is what got me started, you answered a lot of questions I was having while looking for a way to start building a cheap, but good starter PC.

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm happy I could help.

Just wanted to say thank you so much for putting this together. Just pit together a system following your advice. It is insane how good of a deal used PC’s represent today.

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

It really is. Spend console levels of money for much higher performance.

I stumbled onto your channel and am so glad I did. This is the definitive source for anything Optiplex!

Watched 2 of your videos. This is absolutely fantastic. The level of detail you are providing is outstanding. Keep grinding and this is going to be a very well-known channel very very soon.

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I appreciate it.

I'm so happy i found this channel keep up the good work man, i almost 99% never sub or write a comment but you deserve it !

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I really appreciate it!

@wp-wisdom

4 жыл бұрын

You're not that special @Anas Benhayoun

Great videos ! I've just installed today on the very same unit, 9020 , a AMD Rx 480 sapphire nitro+ 8 Gb and a EVGA 500w GD psu.The GPU fitted just about perfect ,and I didn't have to remove the HDD cage(as seen on others).Wanted the Rx 580 nitro+,but as I've checked the dimensions it turned out that the 580 what a little bit longer so I just went for the 480. The psu ,5 min install,simple.Tested few games ,NFS Payback ,Metro 2033 Redux, Apex Legends,some Dirt Rally (nothing fancy,more to come),all on ultra ,60 fps or even more .I got the i7 4790 non K ,with 12 Gb ddr 1600 .The whole system with the upgrades cost me about 285 £.I got the tower unit (CPU,MB,RAM,250 gb SSD ,500 Gb HDD,Wi-fi card) for 130£ ,the PSU 50£,and the rx 480 from amazon 99£ (refurbished though).Overall ,as a casual gamer I think it will be enough.I'll be changing the CPU cooler as well in the future.

@Wheel333

3 жыл бұрын

I got the same gpu it was a tight fit, but had to saw a little tab of plastic off the pcie retaining clip.

Your guide was perfect for what I needed I actually ended up going with a 1060 6gb in my 7020 build. Thanks for the video!

I just upgraded from a 7010 DT (which I have for sale) to a 7020 MT, this channel is great for what I'm using this for, my setup is a PULSE RX 570 ITX 4G G5, and a ARESGAME Power Supply 650W 80+ Bronze Certified PSU (AGV650) with the i5 CPU. I got the machine off of ebay from a local seller so the cost was low. I plan on upgrading the 16GB of ram to 1600 MHz as I currently have 1333 MHz in the system, thanks for the advice and for having such an informative channel! SUBSCRIBED!

I really like the details you go over and the reasoning for picking certain optiplexes. I got a hp elitedesk with i7 6700 recently but it's a complete crapshoot with completely non standard PSU connectors and only one available sata power that's too short for PCIE to SATA cables. The standard parts that the optiplexes use seem much more interesting for upgrading!

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's what I've found with HP. You leave a lot more to chance. I've seen some that won't even supply 75 watts to the PCIe connector so you can't even add a decent GPU. Though, I thought it might be fun to do a comparison between these OptiPlex's and the ProDesk 600/800 systems.

@seriksson9721

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheGameBench It sounds like a good idea, and or content from an HP SFF to a larger case. I have some thoughts about it myself, but you are much better.

Just bought 8 optiplex MT desktops so pretty happy to see this!

@38entamitc98

4 жыл бұрын

from where?

@sahilsarwari7398

3 жыл бұрын

Probably bought them at a bulk price from a school who are replacing these with new pcs

@samvin7206

3 жыл бұрын

Oh sorry I never saw any response to my comment! I purchased them to build gaming desktops for some of my friends who want to PC game. I built each of them a PC with i5-4590 or the i7-4790k it was purely luck of the draw. I also installed 16gbs of ddr3 and MSI GTX 1070 8gb. I also upgraded the power supply to 600 Watt PSU.

@southboundtp2067

3 жыл бұрын

@@samvin7206 I found a GREAT bulk deal and currently doing the same thing, the content here is everything. . .

Wow great guide! Becoming a fan of the channel with how descriptive and informative it is.

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I really appreciate it.

Your explanations are clear and detailed. GOOD JOB. Thx.

Great video! I've been watching your videos on modding these Optiplex systems. I have done the same thing (adding better power supply and graphics cards) with the Dell Workstation T1650 and T1700 which are in a very similar case. The only major difference is the front panel design.

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the Precision is essentially the same. However, they can be found with a 360 watt PSU with a 6-pin PCIe connector. However, the OptiPlex XE2 has that PSU as well.

Very nice work on showing Watt's consumption vs people just guessing and trying to make others "believe" they need 400 - 500 watt PSU's, adapters and more lies than just a Sata to 6 / 8 pin adapter and you are good with a stock 290 watt PSU. Thanks! Great video! Professionally done!

You Know what!!! job is done none can do better respect!!! respect!!! respect!!! standing ovation Fantastic video. I was waitting to this video for awhile , and you didn't disappoint

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Wow! That's some high praise. Thank you so much!

Fantastic video. I was looking forward to this video for awhile , and you didn't disappoint. I am still currently clearing out all of my Sandy/ivy bridge Dell Optiplex's. I have picked up a few 4th gen systems. This video saved me a TON of time. Keep up the great work. -Cheers

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! I'm really happy that it helped you out.

Very interesting video about an always current detail. Everything is a compromise and I think you mention important and good things. The Optiplex series is good and affordable should be a very good choice. Thanks so much.

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@seriksson9721

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheGameBench In fact, we viewers are or should be eternally grateful that you want to share your knowledge. I usually look at Yes tech city as well and especially his pursuit of used parts, but it is often the case to find the harmony in the building as well. It should preferably be both affordable, perform well and not burn up.

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

@@seriksson9721 Yep, I watch his videos too. I've been building since the late 90's and I had never thought to mess with pre-builts since owning my first, and only, one in the mid 90's. His videos are actually what inspired me to start messing with these OptiPlex's.

You gained a sub from you current, but mostly you old videos. Solid work

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! You're talking about my older console vids? If so, I plan on making more of those.

Just found you bloody brilliant ime 56years old from redditch just took early retirement looking to get into pc gameing watched many build bids over the past couple of weeks but found yours solid and truffle ime going down the route of doing a pre built and upgrade as ime hands on and do my research. ime going to look again in my local cash converters as ime 100% sure they have some of these recomend optiplex in for around a £100. My local C.E.X ALWAYS has GPU's and ssd hdd in abundance at good prices Many thanks for sharing with us love deffo got my sub respect

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I'm glad you found it useful and appreciate the support.

Thank you just got me a Dell Optiplex 3020 i5 4570 this week for 100.Didnt know what GPU to use

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Just keep in mind that the SATA power connector on the 3020 will keep you from installing certain GPU's. Look for a more flexible card or a shorter card. Anything with a backplate that's long enough won't work with the SATA power cable plugged in.

@iceyberq

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheGameBench do you know any rx 570s that work with it?

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

@@iceyberq If anything has a shot, it's going to be something that has closer to the reference clock speeds of 1244MHz on the core and 1750MHz on the memory. I've been trying to get the Asus Srix 570 or 470 for a decent price to do some power testing to see how much they consume, but there aren't a lot of them for sale.

@iceyberq

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheGameBench I see I'll prob just go with a 1650 since I found one on b&h for 110

Can you do a show that explains what CPU options we have with 4th gen i5? Thank you. I am using these cheap optiplex pc. To learn how to work on and later build a pc. This way if I make a mistake and break stuff. I am not out of a lot of money.

You make awesome in depth videos that aren't the same conventional semi science that lots of hardware guys spew. Would love to see a video about power supplies and the problems with 80+ as a measure of quality!

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah! I would love to do that video. That's one of my pet peeves.

this guy is the ultimate OptiPlex guide on KZread

Dropping a comment for the algorithm .

@neutrino9689

4 жыл бұрын

Good for you!!! Show that algorithm who's the boss :)

@FWTG

4 жыл бұрын

@@neutrino9689 That Algorithm needs all the love it can get!

Ty very much, yes, very helpfull to me and family 👪 I'm the family tech so your videos are cool 😎

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm glad you found it useful.

These videos are so informative, and don't make me go to sleep unlike hardwarecanucks.

Amazing video bro keep it up

Thanks for the great video! I will install a gtx 1650 super in a few days using the stock PSU. I will let you know if it worked or if everything exploded :D

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, you'll be fine. The 1650S pulls less power than the 1060 6GB, so you won't have any problems with the stock PSU.

@aubah

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheGameBench Yep all went just fine :)

@aubah

4 жыл бұрын

Guys, do you think that the 8 pin gtx 1660 super will be fine too? www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N166SOC-6GD/sp#sp

@aubah

4 жыл бұрын

Or maybe the 125wat max consumption of the card might be too much for a 75wat pcie + 25wat sata cable and adapter?

@Tom-cx6vh

4 жыл бұрын

What kind of performance did you see I really want to do this!

you should do a follow up video with a haswell i7. id like to see the 1070 performance with the cpu upgrade.

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

You read my mind. I'm already doing testing for that. I just picked up the last CPU I need and I'm going to do a similar video using i5's and i7's from the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th gen as a comparison. And I'll be using a 460 all the way up to a 1080 Ti.

Just picked up an Optiplex 9020 i5-4590 8gb RAM and a 1050Ti for just over $200. Should be here soon and I'm glad you tested the same 1050Ti I got.

This is by far the most detailed video I have seen . Looks like you are somebody who knows his stuff. Thank god for youtube recommendations. Quick question: why are you not putting new videos, the last one was a long time ago :-)?

@TheGameBench

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I really appreciate that. I've been taking a break, selling systems since demand has been so high, but I recorded a new video yesterday and I'm planing on focusing more on the channel.

I have a 9020 i7. Guess i will keep saving money to buy a 1070 or 1660

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, you could even go with a 1080 or 1080 Ti. Seeing the 1080's go for around $280 these days.

@josedeleon1923

4 жыл бұрын

The Game Bench Would you also recommend an RTX 2060?

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

@@josedeleon1923 Depends on what you can get it for. It's use for ray tracing is pretty limited and you'd be looking at about an extra 10 FPS over the 1070 for about $100 more. If you want to go new, it's not a bad way to go, but for the same price, you could get a 1080 which is 2060 Super territory.

@xtinctt2723

4 жыл бұрын

Is the optiplex 7010MT better or the 9200

My plan is to get an rx 570 8gb and an upgraded PSU for a 9020 with an I7

@robomarston8253

4 жыл бұрын

You don't really need the new psu. If you get a 9020 with its original 80+ Gold PSU you are fine. The i5 4570 and the i7 4790 have the exact same 84 Watt power consumption.

@urmomsahoe1

4 жыл бұрын

@@robomarston8253 Its needed to stuff an rx570 into to it as well.

@robomarston8253

4 жыл бұрын

@@urmomsahoe1 did you watch the entire video? The PSU works with the dell PSU

@urmomsahoe1

4 жыл бұрын

@@robomarston8253 ya I ended up with a 9010 but its still a good idea to upgrade to PSU anyway even if it could run it.

@2234045

4 жыл бұрын

@@robomarston8253 I've just picked up a sapphire rx 570 8gb and it comes with an 8 pin connector.. Im a big reluctant to power it through molex to pcie or sata to pcie cable... What do you think? 🤔

Great video, very in-depth. I purchased a 790 i5 2400 a few years back and would've definitely appreciated this knowledge (by going with a haswell model). Anyways, I've fitted an RX 570, 16gb of ram, SSD, and I'm looking into fitting a xeon e3 1280/90. Anyways, great detail and information. I've watched your other optiplex build guide videos and they're quite amazing, since you're the only channel that covers the SATA port blockage on certain models along with the case mod by removing the HDD cage.

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I really do appreciate the feedback. That Xeon will be an even better option that the 2600. Higher boost clocks and more cache.

I just got a used optiplex 390 Stripped out the guts and installed my current pc parts. And Im so glad my rx580 fits perfectly without removing the drive cage Its beautiful! Thanks man!

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Nice! And, no problem.

But mah drives? 😅

@FWTG

4 жыл бұрын

Edgar this needs a T shirt.

I just finish my first game pc and this series off videos are top tier, first i buy a 790 small form factor for normal use, later i get a 9020 case mid tower when my work was updating their work pcs (i am from Latin America and in here is too expensive to buy new parts) and i did a case swap to have the space to a good gpu (i needed to take the hd cage and adapt the front usb), with some money i could get a new power suply and a cool zaphire rx 580, a ssd and now for the first time in my life a can play current games. Been a gamer in a third world country is hard my last means of gaming where a 360 and a laptop of 2012, you can imagine a have a loong wish list of game s i want to play I am grateful for all the guidence i get from this channel

Very good video hope to see more.

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Next video will be up in a few days.

I just finished my first halo build but videos like this is what helped scrape your way to the top

@TheGameBench

Жыл бұрын

Should probably make a new one for the i7.

I just stumbled upon a 9020 i7 4790 MT for $169 at Goodwill and bought on a whim. I am going to build my father a hot rod media computer. Thanks for the great content! Can't wait for more!

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

That's awesome, and thanks! I'm glad you found it useful.

I recently replaced the motherboard in my optiplex 390 it works great!!

Best videos i ever watch about optiplex.. Explained perfectly

@TheGameBench

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

i totaly enjoyed your video, thank you for the good content

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I appreciate that.

i absolutely love this channel

I found this at the perfect time. I do think that now (9 months later) it would have been nice to have seen power figures for a 4x4GB RAM setup just in case that makes a big difference. In any event, you've given me the data I need to select GPUs for some flips.

@TheGameBench

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the difference between, say... a 4x4GB vs 2x8GB setup is going to be pretty negligible. Glad I could help out. Though I don't think I would push the 1060 anymore unless people listened to updated buyers guide.

love your channel u really deserve a sub

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Also, I saw you left a comment about your 4770k... but it's gone for some reason. Anyways, I'm actually working on the video now, but I'll tell you that I would recommend a 1070 or 1080. But you'll have to change out the power supply. The 1660 Super is close to the 1070, but will run off the stock 290 watt PSU, but if you have a 4770K, that might be more power draw than I would recommend.

very detailed ! thumbs Up!!!

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Great video!

I love your channel! Your how to videos on opti are through and precise, thank you for sharing. They helped alot, from deciding which model opti to buy and reasonable upgrades like the case fan, power supply, graphics cards and hdd cage removal. I am not a gamer. I am building a 2014 opti 9020 gen4 i7 haswell for video editing, hoping to use it for adobe suite and blender. Sort of like a v8 engine stuffed under the hood of an old volkswagon, I would love to see a modern motherboard utilizing PCIe NVMe hard drive and intel cpu build inside the optiplex case. Thanks for all you go, gamer bench guy!

Great video man!! very useful indeed. Keep it up :)

@TheGameBench

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Will do.

Liked and sub’d. Perfect video. No BS. All info.

After watching your channel for weeks I thought u had like 500k subs lol🤣by how professional your video’s are

I bought a GTX 1650 OC along with an Optiplex 7020 with the i5-4590 thanks in no small part to your videos and advice. I wanted to build a low cost PC for 1080p/60 fps gaming. It's been years since I've done PC gaming since I use a PS4 Pro. I'm just waiting on Newegg to ship. Should be an interesting experience!

Thank you really really helpful and detailed 🙏

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Glad I could be helpful.

Very solid advice, thank you for your thorough testing and price to performance graphs. 1060 6gb is a solid choice.

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. I appreciate it.

Great video, very helpful

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! I'm glad you found these useful.

this is a really good video. congrats

@TheGameBench

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Appreciate it.

Mentioning Dunn-Kruger, nice!

Just gonna say very nice valuable information and that nice though and first hand experience whit the system was very interesting

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I really appreciate it.

I have a gtx 970 in mine, with a thermaltake 500w psu and 16gb of viper ram, works great.

Great Video. Keep it up.

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I just want to thank you for all this work you've done to teach and help us! I'm in the process of collecting the parts to build a revamped Optiplex (or similar), and your videos have been the most helpful so far on KZread! You've got yourself a subscriber... Thanks!

@TheGameBench

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm glad I could be of some help.

I just found this channel and Whoa! is amazing! I want to dive a little bit into the pc gaming world, i have a HP Prodesk that has an i5 4th gen and this is perfect for me to start comparing and looking; I am not so smart guy, but DUDE The info, and the quality, you make things look like very clear and kinda easy, man keep it up with the content is just amazing. Thabk you. By the way, are you the same guy of Nick930 channel? 🤔 the voice... 🤔

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Hmmm... similar, but nope. Not me.

I’ve had your vids on a loop for weeks. Other youtube channels as well. What I don’t understand. I must say nobody has fully gone over the multiple errors and issues that can occur which are extremely taxing on my nerves and wallet. For example hdd not found, thermal sensor, etc. maybe I’m just unlucky but in my case (9020 MT) pun intended. If I could start over I’d buy a cheap ryzen set up and be done with it. Nonetheless I admire the effort dedication and time not to mention overall knowledge you provide.

@TheGameBench

3 жыл бұрын

Well, the temp sensor error can happen due to the sensor failing... obviously, but it can also be due to just being dirty. The HDD error could be due to a bad hard drive, the drive could be missing the proper boot information or it was corrupted, or it could be because the install on the drive is MBR/legacy and the system is set to UEFI, or vice versa. It's been three weeks, so I'm sure you've already moved on from the 9020, but I'm sorry I didn't get to your comment sooner and that you had so many problems.

New sub. Good stuff

Thanks you champ It really help me a lot Almost buy 1660 ti

Thank you for this video, you did a lot of footwork for us budget Bums, I don't know why some folks would even want to criticize you in a negative way, but I AM NOT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE! LOL thanks again!

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Honestly, I'm not. You just have to look at dislikes on videos. People will hate on anything. But I appreciate the support, like this, and that keeps me wanting to make videos. Besides, I want to help people... I don't care if people who don't have any idea what they're talking about come out of the woodwork.

@goodlookinghonkey8382

4 жыл бұрын

People will go to strange lengths to find something wrong. Lol, It's life to some people.

thanks this review answers my worries on psu and sata to 6/8pin connection.,

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

No problem. Just make sure to get the one I linked to in the description. There are some garbage cables out there, and I've been using these for a while now and they've been good.

Got really lucky finding an Optiplex 7010 DT with an i7-3770, 16 GB of RAM, 500 GB HDD, keyboard, and mouse for only $110+$30 shipping. Only issue was the 240W PSU and the fact that the case was too small to fit the new 600W EVGA PSU ($38.01) and MSI GTX 760 (friend gave it to me for only $7 shipping) that I got for it. So I ordered a new mid ATX case ($37.91) that'll becoming in soon to fit in all the new upgrades. All in all the total cost came up to $222.92 then with the Dell monitor ($16.99) and Dell speakers ($24.52) I found it goes to $264.43. Having lots of fun building this and I can't wait for the case to come in so I can finally finish the build which I feel overall was low cost for what I got. After the end of the year I'll probably be GPU searching though I'm not sure what will fit the i7-3770.

Awesome video. Just got an optiplex 9020 with an I7 4790. Gonna pair it with an rx 580 8GB.

@sergejpopovic1583

3 жыл бұрын

Do i need to change power suply?

Love your Optiplex vids. Just wanted to point out my experience with upgrading the GPU. I too was using a 9020. Upgraded power supply and an i7 instead. Great so far. I was going to install a spare RX580(Red Devil version). Unfortunately the fan shroud on the Red Devil version is so large it interferes with the rear slot quick release locking tab. Crap....it wouldn't close all the way so couldn't use it. Luckily I had a spare RX570 that worked fine. So it seems that locking tab might get in the way of "some" GPUs depending on brand and how they're designed.

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, I had completely forgotten about this when I made this video. I'll be doing an updated video to cover more CPU's and more GPU's and I'll make sure to include that tip in there.

Appreciate the thorough breakdown! Agree 1060 6gb is probably best choice, but I wouldn't feel bad about an under-volted rx 570 either, especially w a freesync monitor.

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's not a bad Idea. I really I had thought to mention that in the video.

Thank you very much for this videos! Really loving these, here in Mexico, is quite hard to get a PC nowadays, Covid and a lot of factors really affected the prices, so a couple of friends want to get into PC gaming, mostly eSports titles, hell, one of them only wants to play League of Legends, so him was a very easy scenario (i5-2400 and a RX 560 pretty much). However, in my case, I really do need a PC, but buying new doesn't convice me a lot because again... Price, Ryzen 7's, no matter the generation, are getting as high as 250 to 300 dollars, when they used to run at 100 before... Fool me, oh well, still, I was able to get a full i7 3770 with 8gb RAM 1600 kit for 150, which seems good for a newbie in content creation. However, I do quite some more heavy tasks as mentiones before, but I also want to play a couple of games that tend to be only in emulation, do you know if the GTX 1660 would be a bottleneck? Or should I get a bit lower? Still, thank you very much for these videos, I totally appreciate them, regards from Mexico!

@TheGameBench

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, the 1660 would be fine on an i5. I would say you should go with a 1070/1660 Super/Ti, or a 1080, 2060, 2060 Super or a 2070 and be fine at 1080p. Much higher than that, I'd suggest jumping up to 1440p.

i5-3470 rx570 (the bottleneck is 7%) vs gtx 1050ti (the bottleneck is 0.7%), I am getting the same price for both (Sapphire nitro+ Rx 570 8gb and gtx 1050ti 4gb), and we all are waiting for your next video as well, Thank you so much for making videos for midrange budget pc gamers

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I really appreciate it.

FINALLY someone filming the screen during benchmarks instead of wasting performance on screen capture. So tired of “it gets another 10 fps without screen capture”, there’s no point in showing a bench if it’s not accurate to the real experience.

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

My thought's exactly. Though I am considering getting and external capture device and use another system to capture the footage. Would save me a lot of time.

@nunyabusiness896

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheGameBench Fair enough. As long as you aren't robbing frames from the computer running the game, I'm good with it.

Very good analysis bro. Have a 17 2600 paired with a 1060 3gb and 17-3770 with the rx 580 8gb. Both run well although a 1070 or a 1660 super would seem a better match in my opinion. Although the 580 is factory overclocked to 1430 mhz, I run it at 1290 to conserve power and doesn't seem to make a fps difference at 1080p

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! And yeah, even with the 2600 you still have a lot more headroom on the GPU. I picked up a 9010 with a 3770 and it make s a good alternative to the 9020 with the i5 since you can get them with for about $160. Something I really wasted to elaborate on in the buyers guide, but didn't have time.

WELL DONE MY GUY, IM GAMING LIKE A CHAMP NOW BECAUSE OF YOUR ADVISE...#AWEH

I have been going back and forth as to what to order, This video has been alot of help, but it looks like prices have shifted. I would really like to cap the cost of a card to $120 and right now the GTX 1060 all look like they are north of $150. I believe I read at one point (from a comment here, made by you) I could run the RX 480 on the stock power supply, But in the video you state its really a bad idea. Buying a new power supply isn't out of the question either, but would rather allocate that additional funds to a new monitor.

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

If I said 480, then it was a typo. You definitely shouldn't off the stock PSU. The 570 might be fine, but it's really cutting it close. I've been seeing that with the 1060 as well. It's been that way for a while and you really have to be patient to get one closer to $120. People are nuts to spend $150 on one. At that price, a brand new 1650 Super makes more sense. If you can find an ex-miner 480 or 570 for around $60, that will give $60, give or take, for a good PSU and the adapter.

Excellent video. Bought my boy a 7020 with an i7 and been looking for a GPU to replace the stock 1Gb because it just makes Fortnite not look as nice as it should. Been looking for a while now on what my possible options would be. You made it much easier to decide. Now to find a well priced GTX 1060. Thank you kindly for the advice

@michaelmeyer981

3 жыл бұрын

yes sir, also a 1660 super would be a good choice.

@wimpiepieterse1228

3 жыл бұрын

Michael Meyer - I actually ended up getting a 1070 from a friend that broke up his mining rig so I’m going to end up using the other video in this series to mod the case so it can fit. I’m now impatiently waiting for a 24 to 8 pin converter cable for the PSU upgrade (had a 550W spare). My son is probably still a bit young to appreciate what is happening to his PC, but I think this investment will hold him well. Since my initial post I also added an SSD as OS and moved the SATA for storage and could already see a difference. Thank you for the kind advice

Good video. Thanks. Just happened on your channel. Subscribed.

I seen you on Facebook. Come to watch a video. Good stuff.

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for watching!

Great video. After seeing the power draw of the 1660 I'm confused why my 1650 wont work on my Shuttle i3-2100 with a 250W PSU, hence why I'm now looking an Optiplex machine or similar

@TheGameBench

3 жыл бұрын

Hard to say without knowing more about the power supply, but just keep in mind that the wattage rating of a power supply is quite dynamic. And what I mean is that just because a power supply says it's a 250 watt unit, doesn't mean that's what it can supply. What's important is what is the constant power rating and how much of that can it supply to the 12v rail. My guess would be that it doesn't supply enough power to the 12v rail and/or that rating is a peak rating and not constant.

Thanks! Im going with a Zotac Geforce GTX 1070 mini 8GB

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

I've used quite a few of those.

Thanks for doing system power consumptions with the gpus. I currently have 1050 with stock 290 PSU. I'm surpised it was 146 watts and I guess I should be fine with stock cpu, but Im surpised to see the 1060 only drawing 233 and 1070 drawing 243. Nvidia understated the amount of wattage for their GPU. I might look into the 1650 super with current stock PSU unless I decide to upgrade my PSU for the GPU that requires external power

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Sure. The 10 series has been very power efficient. However, that 1070 is drawing a bit less power than a regular one would be. I would expect the average 1070 to be closer to around the RX 570 and RX 480 in terms of power consumption. From everything I've seen the 1650 Super should be fine as well, even less power consumption than the 1060. I did recently get one to test with and I'll be doing some power consumption tests with is as well.

I'm glad I stumbled upon this channel. I use to have an I5 2400 paired with the Zotac 1060 6gb mini, and in Battlefield 5 I use to get constant stuttering and frame drops. After I upgraded to an i5 8400 with the same 1060, the stutterings are completely gone with a higher average fps. I think games are starting to use 6 or more cores in order to run buttery smooth. The prebuilt desktop I purchased was the Refurbished Acer Aspire TC-865 along with a 500-watt Evga PSU and an additional 8gb of Ram which totaled up to 430 USD + my $150 gtx 1060 6gb= 580 USD. My question to someone is "Did I overpay"?

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's crazy how many people have gotten upset about my comments about the 2ng gen i5 in my buyers guide video. Like it was a personal attack or something. Quite a few people have even argued with me about it in the comments section. I actually bought a 990 with an i5 2500 that I'm going to do a video on and I found that which thew average frame rate wasn't all that different, the 1% and .1% lows were. I think most people still don't get why they're more important and your comment about six cores is spot on. Newer games are just using more and more cores which is why the i7's, even the 2nd gen, are still relevant while the older i5's are really not aging as well. You've got a pretty solid system there and with 16GB of DDR4 and a decent PSU, I'd say that $430 wasn't a bad price at all.

@Fatmasters11

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheGameBench Thanks for the reply

I got a 3010 with an i3 for 70 bucks with shipping. Plan to upgrade the psu and add a video card. I also have a compatible i7 from an old optiplex I tore apart. Already checked and it’s all compatible. Also gonna flag the bios to the latest version so I can have 16gb of ram

The Optiplex video you did is the reason why i got my Dell Optiplex 9020. These are my specs: CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590 CPU @ 3.30GHz Memory: 16.0 GB DDR3 SSD: BTO-240 GB HDD: 2TB GPU: Intel(R) HD GRAPHICS 4600 (So obviously I do not have a graphics card) Based on your video and some research I did, I will need to upgrade my PSU. I am still confused on what graphics card I should purchase. Thanks for the information, I appreciate it. ALSO I SUBBED TO YOUR CHANNEL!

@TheGameBench

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I appreciate it. You don't need to upgrade the power supply depending on the GPU you're going to go with. On the nVidia side, you can go with the 1050, 1050 Ti, 1650, 1650 Super, 1060 3GB/6GB, 1660, 1660 Super and the 1660 Ti. The AMD side is a bit more limiting as Polaris is pretty power hungry. So, you're really looking at the 460/560. There are some 470s and 570s that will work that are closer to the reference clocks, but the only one I've tested that I can absolutely suggest, is the Asus Strix RX 470 non-OC. The 5500XT might be an option as well, but I've not been able to get one in for power testing. You'll just need a SATA to PCIe 8-pin adapter for the RX460/560 and all the nVidia cards up to the 1060 3GB, which I've linked in the description. If you want to go with the RX470 Strix or 1060 6GB and up, on the nVidia side, you'll want to use a dual SATA to PCIe 8-pin adapter as those cards will potentially use more than the 54 watt limit from a single SATA power connection. If you really want to, you can replace the power supply, but I really only suggest it if you're going with a higher end 470/570 or an RX 480/580. If you're gaming at 1080p, the 580, 1060 6GB, 5500XT and 1660 are pretty much the best cards I'd pair with the 4th gen i5. If you're gaming at 1440p, the 1070 and the 1080 makes sense, but I would suggest the 1660 Super or 1660 Ti over the 1070 as you're getting similar, or better, performance, but it can run on the stock power supply. Sorry for the long response... but as you can tell, I need to make an updated video.

@afmggamez8193

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGameBench thank you for that valuable information I truly do appreciate it. Ill continue to do research on what I should do.

@TheGameBench

3 жыл бұрын

@@afmggamez8193 Happy to help.

@afmggamez8193

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGameBench could you narrow it down on what's the best options? I want to upgrade my power supply too.

@TheGameBench

3 жыл бұрын

@@afmggamez8193 What's your budget?

Great channel and a great guide. I am curious as to where you put the drives after you cut-out the 3.5" cage?

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I just put the HDD in the bay right under the optical drive. There are brackets that will adapt a 3.5" drive to a 5 1/4" bay, and there should be extra screws in the front panel that you can use so it will work with the latch. For the SSD, I just use some 3M Command strips to hold it to the side panel right next to the fan. If you want more specifics, that video should be up on Thursday.

Nice video and informative except I had to repeatedly pause the video to catch what GPU's you were talking about as they are not listed below in the info panel

I tried an AMD xfx Radeon rx 580 after I went from a 450 wt Insignia power supply to an EVGA 550 B5 modular power supply. When I first fired up the system it was beautiful. Then I got the gift of no pointer and Everything in the taskbar just left of the time and date disappeared. The cursor came back but it had a little blue blinking wait circle tagging along with it. If I clicked to open anything it appeared on the taskbar but never ran. I finally ran it past support and they pronounced it DOA. I returned it today. MEH ! Now I have to start GPU shopping again. I just thought this would sort of complete your GPU comparison. Thanks again for all of your great tips.

Speaking of witch so manny times😂but nice videos👍

Just got an 9020 with an i7 4790, 8gb of ram and a 1tb hdd for £170, added my gt 640 and it ran games pretty well compared to my old pc (amd athlon 4400+ or something) decided to look for a gpu and managed to find a gtx 1050 ti for only £75, hopefully it works with my stock psu

I have a Optiplex 9020 with i5 4570 16gb of ram 240gb ssd evga 600w psu rx 570 armour 8gb. Im happy with it.

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Trust me, the 570 would have been my choice if not for power consumption.

@afmggamez8193

3 жыл бұрын

I have an optiplex as well but dont know what i should put in it

amazing bench for the eternal Haswell, still good in 2022. if there was compare to i7 4770 would be perfect to see bottleneck shift from outdated i5 to still good i7 3,5Ghzish 4core+4HT which feeds here a 1660ti well as a Xeon 1246 v3, the unknown cheap i7 4771

So, you were right this system does impede the 1070 a bit. By the way what glorious card a 1070 is. It appears we are moving towards needing more than 4 cores/ 4 threads for gaming. I think a 4-th gen i7 would still hold. Cant wait to see more videos on this channell.

@TheGameBench

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yeah. I thought the Far Cry 5 results were especially interesting, how they just... plateaued like that. I very surprised that it even started to effect Doom.