RTX 4060 in an Office Computer is Kinda Awesome!

Based on the success of the RTX 4060 TI in an OptiPlex video, we are going to test the, even more, power-efficient RTX 4060 in the $359 Amazon PC…is it worth doing? The 4060 Ti actually was very impressive due to its software capabilities in even a 10+ year old office computer. Yes, they’re expensive but in certain use cases they can be quite impressive!

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[RanFranklin]

Bottleneck advice: for nvidia cards if you’re bottlenecked by your CPU go into the nvidia control panel turn on DSR— this turns on dynamic super resolution so even if you have a 1080p monitor it’ll let you play in 4K by running in 4K it ignores the bottleneck of the cpu running at 100% and will put a larger load on the GPU end result you will actually get more fps in 4K it’s really cool if you can’t upgrade your cpu but have a higher end gpu for the time being. DSR is amazing you can simply be on a 1080p 144hz monitor and normally a game will not show 4K as an option but DSR manipulates the game into thinking you have a 4K monitor hooked up. On one of my rigs I threw a 4070 asus tuf oc card into a i7 7700k overclocked the cpu and using DSR I get 144-200fps ultra settings on every game even remnant 2, dead island 2, diablo iv, fortnite - and the game doesn’t need to support DLSS TO USE DSR ! This can buy you more usage out of an older cpu/mobo and still have a really good gaming experience. Some games you may need to run high/medium or low instead of ultra settings if there is no dlss compatibility.

[shawnwomack]

Great video. Buying an older model office pc and upgrading it to a fast-gaming pc where it can play some modern games is definitely a great way to save money since gaming PCs are pretty expensive. I'm glad I found this channel because I plan on doing the same thing.

[nadarath]

Did you guys ever think about testing driver overhead on those older cpus? Nvidia VS AMD driver overhead might be interesting.

[glenvershum]

I put a 4070 in a Victus 15L. The 500w ps is mor than enough, and the I5 12400 works well with the 4070. The ASUS dual just fits if you stretch the case a little. It goes back fine and the gpu does not run hot. The cpu runs cool for normal gaming, but cinebench heats up the cpu to 86c. I will change out the exhaust fan. You guys should really try this on air, You guys are great. My wife and I watch all of your videos.

[darthwiizius]

That would probably work well if you put a basic i7 in to replace the low power i5, though the same can still be said for the 2060 that was in it first too.

[Viking]

I still have an i7-7700K and would love to see you guys get one and drop it into this system (if it supports it) and run those games again with the 4060/4060ti. It seems like it would be fairly balanced with those GPU's.

[TheJamesKF]

When your game runs better at 4k than 1080p the CPU is definitely holding you back. Perfect example here of an unbalanced CPU/GPU combo. Jacking up the res makes it GPU bound and the CPU can keep up.

[UrbanCanvasStore]

you are such a good content creator love ur vids!!!

[DengueBurger]

Note that for cyberpunk 10:10 it’s usually running around 100% cpu utilization vs 50% GPU utilization so you’re totally bottlenecked by the CPU.

[Letters_To_Myself.]

Great video! Thank you for experimenting with different setups to show us what is possible.

[theuvcrew]

Great video; was looking for a i5-6500 Skylake with a 4060 pairing. This video hit the spot. Thanks.

[mythicul]

Never thought 4060 and awesome would be in the same sentence

[mattwright]

This is something I would have done in college. Love it... I remember running diablo 3 on launch day with a dual Xeon system I got for $100 from a programmer who had closets full of them. I slapped a GT 630 in that baby and it gamed... well enough.

[MrTechnofuzz]

You need to put 40-series cards in old workstation PCs with xeons. They have extra cores and are dirt cheap. Don't forget 4060s/tis use 8pcie lanes so you will see some small disparity with PCIe gen 3.0.

[PapaBelaShow]

Sir iam using only pentium g4560 give idea what should better GPU i will use for streaming, Thanks More power

[glidestriker]

Hi I’m guessing the 4060 would work decently good

[larry-uqgy]

When doing this kind of taboo stuff, do include the frametime graph on the msi afterburner. It's more fun that way.

[bloxoss]

Nice video! I'm surprised the parts pair as well as they do. I just wish the card was either named correctly or was cheaper. I got my 4070 for $510 which was kind of a steal compared to the 4060-ti 16 gb.

[Pravculear]

now i want to see a 4090 in a optiplex just to see how well that would work.

[TheTyfreeman]

I'd be interested in this 4060 with the xeon w2135 lenovo pc yall did a while back