How To Convert ANY Office PC into a MONSTER Gaming Rig

Got your grandparent's old office PC lying around? Want to convert it into a MONSTER of a gaming machine?! Well, this tutorial will help you boost the performance of any PC and I'll be sharing some of the lesser-known tips to get these machines upgrading in the best way possible!

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[daveomania_]

Only thing I would add to your guide is to test the components after receiving them prior to cleaning. That way you can be sure you didn't break something during the cleaning process.

[matthewhickey]

Definitely a lot of value in this build. Almost exactly what I would try to do to build a PC on a budget. Great video.

[SolidDragonUK]

Probably the best video I've seen regarding budget builds relating to the UK.

[Karti]

Like to watch videos like that from time to time.

I myself did twice a "Dell Optiplex conversion to gaming PC"
my firs time was with OptiPlex 7020SFF - Haswell based system.

gave it 4x4GB 1600mhz ram, for the cpu i kicked out an old i3-4130 and placed there a Xeon E3-1230v3 (almost like a undervolted i7-4770) and for an GPU u gave it an GTX 1650 GDDR6 from Zotac.
And for a small touch, replaced both cpu and front fan, into 80mm units from Arctic

what a amazing pc it was :D

[vapingaminchav]

If looking for an older gpu (in the uk at least) cex basically price matches with eBay sold/completed and can be a gold mine for older gpu's if on a budget or even a retro build just an added tip, keep it up man great to see you sticking to schedule

[TechTested]

Excellent choices is hardware. The GCN video cards aged like fine wine, despite the lack of further driver support. Very good combination.

[sleepingalongtherazorsedge]

That pc on your desk is the exact one i just upgraded. Installed a Radeon RX7600 with a beefy power supply and 32 gigs of ram. Kept the motherboard and cpu and im very happy.

[bubba]

keep up the good work love thevids
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[GrandmasterBBC]

In general this is a pretty good basic guide. However, I can't believe how he glossed over the fact that most office PCs today have proprietary connections for the power supply which means you can't just throw a standard ATX PSU in there and hope it will work. Quite a big oversight in this video really.

[toddgilmore]

My Dell Optiplex 9020 MT has GTX 1650 next to nothing bottleneck. and 32GB DDR3 1600 with 2TB SSD Samsung EVO, with 650Watt 80+Bronze PSU and i7 4790 pushing around 60 to 114 fps at 1080p

[zakaria_chana]

Hi, thanks for the vid man! About the generic PC case, I found a Sharkoon that looks a lot like the green one you showed, but my question is can the RGB fan lights be turned off on these old cases to let us sleep at night?

[janwitkowsky]

As a happy GTX 960 4 GB owner, I am glad that it's listed among the RMD approved budget list.

[AopXB]

I've got a 2tb hard drive at home and 32gb of ram and i plan on getting a fujitsu esprimo p720, does this sound like a good start for a gaming build?

[christophergameing]

if you do get a slim tower make sure it uses standerd mounting houlse because you can then upgrae it to largwer case

[fldwebel]

most thinkstations have insanely good psus with 600+ wattage and are usually 80+ platinum depending on what model you get

[unknxwn-xyster]

What if I have an ATX pc case? Can I transfer the components to the new case, or is that not suggested? Because I have a case for when I buy the other components, but never got around to getting them, so can I get a slim tower and strip the parts over to the ATX case?

[CallMeMilenko]

I've got an Optiplex 3010 I've been using for 2 years. Upgraded to a 480GB SSD, 2TB HDD, Xeon 1230 v2 CPU, 16GB RAM, and an RX 580 8GB. They make adapter for the motherboard so I plan to case swap it soon. A lot of the boards have proprietary connectors so you can't use the front panel if you had a different case. But they have aftermarket adapters for this one and a few others.

[Jping-VR]

I’m trying to put a pc like that into a gaming case and upgrade it from there. Do you think you can help?

[Bigred]

I know some desktops have proprietary connections that make upgrading them difficult. How do I avoid this?

[zCorruptedGG]

Guys i need help
So i got a generic pc that has an h310m pro-vh plus, intel core i3 9100f, gt710, and a generic psu. Any tips on what i should upgrade?