We Built A Small Form Factor Sleeper Gaming PC That Crushes 1440P!

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We transformed a boring Dell Optiplex 7060 into a gaming beast! This small form factor (SFF) office PC was upgraded with a powerful Intel i7-8700 CPU and a surprising Low Profile RTX 4060 GPU. We sourced all parts from eBay and were blown away by the performance.

Discover how we overcame the challenges of limited space and inadequate power supply in this SFF gaming PC build. From case modifications to thermal management, we've got you covered. Don't miss this epic budget gaming build!"

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00:00 Introduction
00:53 Video Sponsor Ad Spot
02:02 The Build
06:11 It's Pretty Clean!
07:16 Overall Perfromance and Benchmarks
08:55 Cyberpunk 2077 1080P And 1440P
10:22 Ratchet and Clank 1440P
11:04 Forza 1440P
11:36 MK1 1440P
12:01 Fallout 4
12:31 Horizon Forbidden West
12:53 CPU and GPU Temps
13:28 Is It worth Building?

[RyCryst]

My father works IT for his company. Every 2 years they refresh their desktop pc's. I got the same version of this except with a 9700 for free. It was awesome. I ended up throwing a bigger ssd some more ram and a RX 6400 low profile in it. It ran awesome! This was a couple years ago.

[mako]

With the obscene costs of graphics cards, I definitely like seeing the options for putting together some low cost capable gaming systems.

[jgl]

My pc for the last 6 years was I5 8600k 3.6 16gb 3000mhz 1070ti, playing everything 1440p, from day ones, now is the same cpu but better coolers and OC to 4.8, same ram and a 4060 ti 16 gb, playing everything on high 1440p never under 60fps, I think that I'm good to go for the next 3 to 4 years. Thanks for your videos to tell people that not everything is buy new.

[remix]

I also brought 2 friends with such setups to play on the PC but still with i7 6700 non k and 10 or 20 series nvidia gpus. and haven't had any complaints to date

[TheGameBench]

You can easily swap the stock cooler with something like the ID Cooling IS-55, which is going to cool a lot better and be quieter. All you need are four m3x18 or m3x20 screws to mount it to the factory mounting. You just need to ditch the chassis intrusion switch as well as use a right angle SATA cable on the optical drive if you have one.

Also, one thing to note with the 3060, 5060 and 7060 is that if you buy one planning to upgrade to a 9th Gen i7 or i9, they will NOT work in these systems. Dell never released the microcode to be able to run them. You can inject the microcode yourself by modifying the BIOS and flashing that modified BIOS, but it's risky. You're better off just buying the 5070 or 7070. However, the 9th Gen i5's do work on the latest BIOS, likely because they're pretty much identical to the 8th Gen with a slight bump to clock speeds.

[nickfury]

You might also consider putting an 80 mm fan in the bottom intake vent to help improve airflow. I set up a 7060 SFF for my sister to use, and I installed a Noctua NF-A8 in the intake vent. I used a two-way PWM splitter to connect both it and the cpu cooler to the cpu fan header

[samuellopez-jenw]

This was just like my first set up! INSANE Value!!! ran hot but does the job+++ even edited and streamed w it.

[oJoaoPotter]

14:00 that GPU anti-sag support is divine

[SaltyOldBaldurian]

Just FYI, I didn't just "like", and I didn't just "subscribe", I liked, subscribed and then "full-screened" the video for all that juicy full screen goodness. I don't even give Russ that kind of treatment. ;D

[dragonfirerich]

There's some space for an 80 mm fan on the front. Between that and changing the stock cooler to something with a beefier heat sink, those CPU temps should become less scary.

[geothornton]

Another note is that if you have an extra 50-100 dollars in your budget you can sometimes get up to 11th gen optiplexes. You can get optiplex 3000s for around $250-300.

[the_east]

for the PSU you can also put a huge double sided tape under it and it wont go nowhere no more 😂

[Voidsworn]

Oh, good. I was thinking of doing something like this (measured dims of PSUs, interior of case, etc) but never got to doing it. Nice to know it works

[Tommy_The_Gun]

It is a shame that blower cooler GPUs are hyper rare nowadays. I mean for low to mid range small & low profile GPU, this type of cooler is ideal. If that RTX 4060 would have a blower, it would probably run way cooler in a small case like this. Sadly, it seems that blowers are now delegated to professional use only - meaning that GPUs that use them are way more expensive. Even non-professional, costumer gaming GPUs, if they have blower, they are for whatever reason way more expensive vs open air cooler GPUs.

[ihendrawijaya]

I have Optiplex 5060 sff, which is the same as yours except without some legacy ports. Throw A2000 on that little PCI rather than longer one. Works well, but need 1 extra intake 80mm fan for better cooling when the lid is closed, pretty solid and stable

[shadowsong]

one of the most often cited limitations of these systems are the power supplies and this is a genius solution to that problem.

[princekells]

Sometimes pc building is simply but these other guys makes it so luxurious i asked myself see style of consoles so simply

[ochitokes]

I have an i7 8700. Do not sleep on it. It even performs amazing in RPCS3 1620P

[spiderrman]

I have a PC from the 80s I'm considering making into a sleeper build

[owenhill]

It would make an absolute killer of an emulation box to sit under your TV!