I got one of the Optiplex 3020 SFF and ordered a Dell AMD Radeon R5 430 2GB PCIe Low Profile Graphic Card off ebay. The PC runs very slow how it is, so I thought a better and dedicated GPU would (with some RAM upgrades) make it better. Well, the RAM upgrade is good and the PC starts, shows now 16GB of RAM. However, the GPU did not work. After the PC started normal with the original connections to the built-in graphic, I shut it down and put the new (well used off ebay) dedicated GPU in. The PC did not start, did not do anything. After like 5 minutes (to give it time to recognize) I pressed the power button long to shut the PC down, then took the dedicated Radeon R5 GPU out again. Closed everything up again and started the PC normal. So the graphic card did not work... The PC is slow, like very slow, it has the original 500GB HDD (65GB still available), I checked the HDD health and all is good, only 2% fragmented, did not need any cleanup or defrag. It has now 16GB of RAM in it.
So...
1) Why did the GPU not work? / Any suggestions which one similar would work?
2) Why is my Dell Optiplex 3020 SFF still so slow, what can I do to make it faster? (Win10Pro-64, 500GB HDD with 65GB still available and optimized, 16GB RAM, using built-in graphic right now with 1 monitor connected, not hundreds of apps/programs in the stat-up sequence). It literally takes over 10 minutes after putting in the password for the user at start up until it can be used and then takes forever to load webpages and even general programs or picture viewers, anything I do takes forever... What is wrong with it, what can and should be updated?
Y e s
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September 14th, 2020 21:00
I have already solved the problem with dell support. According to dell support, it will work. Thank you for replying and trying to help!
bradthetechnut
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September 14th, 2020 18:00
Hi @Y e s,
Not quite sure if you meant your current CPU is an I5-4590 or if that's what you're upgrading to.
Your 255w PSU won't have any trouble with a 50w R5-430.
Marco43
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December 18th, 2022 04:00
will a AMD radeon. R5 430 2gb graphics card work in optiplex 3010 tower?
redxps630
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December 18th, 2022 08:00
Yes according to user validated benchmark
bradthetechnut
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December 18th, 2022 09:00
Of course. : ) 265w PSU can easily handle the 50w card.
angie.323U
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April 9th, 2023 18:00
Hello, how did this graph work for you on the dell 3020 sff?
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I got one of the Optiplex 3020 SFF and ordered a Dell AMD Radeon R5 430 2GB PCIe Low Profile Graphic Card off ebay. The PC runs very slow how it is, so I thought a better and dedicated GPU would (with some RAM upgrades) make it better. Well, the RAM upgrade is good and the PC starts, shows now 16GB of RAM. However, the GPU did not work. After the PC started normal with the original connections to the built-in graphic, I shut it down and put the new (well used off ebay) dedicated GPU in. The PC did not start, did not do anything. After like 5 minutes (to give it time to recognize) I pressed the power button long to shut the PC down, then took the dedicated Radeon R5 GPU out again. Closed everything up again and started the PC normal. So the graphic card did not work... The PC is slow, like very slow, it has the original 500GB HDD (65GB still available), I checked the HDD health and all is good, only 2% fragmented, did not need any cleanup or defrag. It has now 16GB of RAM in it.
So...
1) Why did the GPU not work? / Any suggestions which one similar would work?
2) Why is my Dell Optiplex 3020 SFF still so slow, what can I do to make it faster? (Win10Pro-64, 500GB HDD with 65GB still available and optimized, 16GB RAM, using built-in graphic right now with 1 monitor connected, not hundreds of apps/programs in the stat-up sequence). It literally takes over 10 minutes after putting in the password for the user at start up until it can be used and then takes forever to load webpages and even general programs or picture viewers, anything I do takes forever... What is wrong with it, what can and should be updated?
THANK YOU for any help!
bradthetechnut
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August 29th, 2024 03:19
The first thing to do with a used/refurb PC is replace the size 2032 CMOS battery. Bad batteries affect BIOS and therefore PC operation.
Load OS on an SSD. I'd suggest making an image of the HDD to load on an SSD, but don't want to chance a slow but transferring.
As for GPU, they do occasionally die. 53w RX 6400 is a very good GPU to go with your PSU. It can play games like Fortnite and Minecraft.