I have a dell optiplex 7050 and was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for a decent but not too expensive graphics card I could get. I'm willing to upgrade the PSU if it's need but would prefer not to have too. Thanks
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Nobody said a PSU has to be in the case.I had seen the 3050 online a few times but wasn't sure if I was willing to pay for It and was looking at a 1650 or doing a PSU swap and getting something like a 580 8gb as these would both cost me around half of what the 3050 would where I live. Idk if you have any experience with the optiplex PSU swap but I've heard that it only fits sfx psu which cost a lot more for no better performance really.
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Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D |
Motherboard | Gigabyte X470 Aorus Gaming 7 WiFi |
Cooling | DeepCool AK620 Digital |
Memory | Asgard Bragi DDR4-3600CL14 2x16GB |
Video Card(s) | Sapphire PULSE RX 7900 XTX |
Storage | 240GB Samsung 840 Evo, 1TB Asgard AN2, 2TB Hiksemi FUTURE-LITE, 320GB+1TB 7200RPM HDD |
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Doesn't Dell have some peculiarities with the motherboards on their PCs more often than not?Nobody said a PSU has to be in the case.
You could have it external and just run the cables in.
Yeah that is an option but my end goal with the pc in the future is to have a sleeper build and I don't see the point buying a PSU that's never going to fit.Nobody said a PSU has to be in the case.
You could have it external and just run the cables in.
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Is this a minitower, or the low profile desktop or SFF?I have a dell optiplex 7050 and was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for a decent but not too expensive graphics card I could get. I'm willing to upgrade the PSU if it's need but would prefer not to have too. Thanks
It's Mini TowerIs this a minitower, or the low profile desktop or SFF?
System Name | Gamey #1 / #3 |
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Processor | Ryzen 7 5800X3D / Ryzen 7 5700X3D |
Motherboard | Asrock B450M P4 / MSi B450 sumpin' |
Cooling | IDCool SE-226-XT / IDCool SE-224-XTS |
Memory | 32GB 3200 CL16 / 16GB 3200 CL16 |
Video Card(s) | PColor 6800 XT / PNY RTX 4060 Ti |
Storage | 4TB Team MP34 / 2TB WD SN580 |
Display(s) | LG 32GK650F 1440p 144Hz VA |
Case | Corsair 4000Air / TT Versa H18 |
Audio Device(s) | Dragonfly Black |
Power Supply | EVGA 650 G3 / EVGA BQ 500 |
Mouse | JSCO JNL-101k Noiseless |
Keyboard | Steelseries Apex 3 TKL |
Software | Win 10, Throttlestop |
The 1650 is definitely what I was thinking cause the 3050 is much to expensive for me. I'd heard of others removing the drive cages and squeezing in regular PSUs but I'd also heard bad things about the adapters for the motherboards so I hadn't really considered itIf you don't want to change out the PSU on the MT, a used GTX 1650 is your best lowest cost option. Any cheaper than that will be way worse. Any more and you should consider the 3050 6GB as its secret weapon is DLSS which will lengthen its usable lifespan. Also the 3050-6GBs seem to respond well to undervolting the cores and the VRAM OC's well (which is needed with a 96-bit bus).
The MT has a nonstandard-shaped PSU buit if you remove the drive cages on the swing out door, it looks like it'll fot a regilar PSU. You'll need adapter cables to run regular power to Dell's custom Mobos but I've bought them for around $12 for a 2-lack for the 7020/9020 MTs and no explosions yet!
System Name | Skunkworks |
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Processor | 5800x3d |
Motherboard | x570 unify |
Cooling | Noctua NH-U12A |
Memory | 32GB 3600 mhz |
Video Card(s) | asrock 6800xt challenger D |
Storage | Sabarent rocket 4.0 2TB, MX 500 2TB |
Display(s) | Asus 1440p144 27" |
Case | Old arse cooler master 932 |
Power Supply | Corsair 1200w platinum |
Mouse | *squeak* |
Keyboard | Some old office thing |
Software | openSUSE tumbleweed/Mint 21.2 |
Ok, so you have plenty of GPU choices. Out of the box, the 7050 had only the choice of 25w GPUs, so you'll have to do a power supply replacement regardless.It's Mini Tower
The 7050 was only certified for 25w GPUs, 75w models like the 1650 are known to burn out their power supplies or misbehave due to limited power.If you don't want to change out the PSU on the MT, a used GTX 1650 is your best lowest cost option. Any cheaper than that will be way worse. Any more and you should consider the 3050 6GB as its secret weapon is DLSS which will lengthen its usable lifespan. Also the 3050-6GBs seem to respond well to undervolting the cores and the VRAM OC's well (which is needed with a 96-bit bus).
The MT has a nonstandard-shaped PSU but if you remove the drive cages on the swing out door, it looks like it'll fit a regular PSU. Measure it out. You'll need adapter cables to run regular power to Dell's custom Mobos but I've bought them for around $12 for a 2-pack for the 7020/9020 MTs and no explosions yet!
System Name | Gamey #1 / #3 |
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Processor | Ryzen 7 5800X3D / Ryzen 7 5700X3D |
Motherboard | Asrock B450M P4 / MSi B450 sumpin' |
Cooling | IDCool SE-226-XT / IDCool SE-224-XTS |
Memory | 32GB 3200 CL16 / 16GB 3200 CL16 |
Video Card(s) | PColor 6800 XT / PNY RTX 4060 Ti |
Storage | 4TB Team MP34 / 2TB WD SN580 |
Display(s) | LG 32GK650F 1440p 144Hz VA |
Case | Corsair 4000Air / TT Versa H18 |
Audio Device(s) | Dragonfly Black |
Power Supply | EVGA 650 G3 / EVGA BQ 500 |
Mouse | JSCO JNL-101k Noiseless |
Keyboard | Steelseries Apex 3 TKL |
Software | Win 10, Throttlestop |
The 1650 is definitely what I was thinking cause the 3050 is much to expensive for me. I'd heard of others removing the drive cages and squeezing in regular PSUs but I'd also heard bad things about the adapters for the motherboards so I hadn't really considered it
The 7050 was only certified for 25w GPUs, 75w models like the 1650 are known to burn out their power supplies or misbehave due to limited power.
I think I'll just go with the 1650 for now because pretty much anything else with better performance needs more power than what I haveSounds good.Probably just a typo but(already fixed!) the 1650 is the GPU to get and look for the later 1650 D6 model. The original 1650 shipped with slower DDR5 VRAM but the later model updated to faster DDR6, giving 10-15% more FPS. Every FPS counts in lower end GPUs.