Optiplex 5060 MT - Power Supply replacement

nice you said MT. now we know what it is. the ATX spec, supplies are come in lengths from 140mm to way longer and (for higher watts for sure) and hit some things in most PC, not full sized Towers but yeah , Fit and Hits is first. what you should say is what PSU you want or just state the wattage . but I just looked at your case and it as NON ATX shape PSU. no standard. fit. so are you saying to move it outside? using the posted here many times adaptor (100s of times) but oddly there is a stamped , punch out plate just the right of PSU rear. ( id check out this first very carefully) this forum engine hates, IE11, mangles all text.... but here goes... the PSU connectors 4 and 8 pin are not ATX spec, they are HP, spec, only. and we have adaptors. far as I know dell never publishes parts lists, like HP does so well (hp parts surfer , rules) this makes it hard to find all PSU that fit this PC. (and I see none or on ebay to look at) my 3020 uses an non standard Standby power feed too, 12vdc not 5vdc ATX spec, the adaptor cable cures that too. I'm sorry I can do the what really DELL PSU';s fit here, larger watts. (id go 700watts) Corsair or fancy DSP. see this page for adapter PSU http://pcdied.com/intel-magic/Dell/3020/3020.html see photo below of , funny PSU punch out , I think (cant look close me) seen in next post, this edit now has no add photo (IE11 horrors)

Anyone ever figure out if a nice big PSU can be fitted into an Optiplex 5060 MiniTower.

I am buying an EVGA 1050ti tonight in prep for this machine showing up Monday.  Even though it supposedly only draws 75w, I too want to make sure the machine is not overloaded.  Adapters are very easy to find to make a given PSU work on a given Motherboard.  The ENTIRE point of getting this specific graphics card

What PSU do I need to get to supply about 500W or more that fits this case?

Many thanks in advance!

Chuck

 

There are ZERO 500W upgrades.

You could get a Moddiy adapter and use an evga 500W OUTSIDE the case.  EVGA 100-B1-0500-KR

https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-BRONZE-Supply-Warranty-100-B1-0500-KR/dp/B00DZ6R9GE/

 

https://www.moddiy.com/products/Dell-OptiPlex-3040-3050-3060-Main-Power-24-Pin-to-6-Pin-Adapter-Cable.html

 

Standard units connections and size DO NOT fit into the case.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCQTj1ei3Ew

 

does not fit inside

 

 

 

 

 

I ran out of editing time before noticing I never finished this sentence in my post.  Here is the rest of it:  "The ENTIRE point of getting this specific graphics card...is to run either FlightGear Flight Simulator OR Microsoft's NEWEST Flight Simulator Deluxe Premium ( haven't downloaded it yet, as it is a bloom'n 128GB - no go on my pathetic little 4Mbps connection).  I'm hoping the i5 8500 with at least 16GB ram will run it and a 4GB vid card."

I don't know yet how much Flight Sim can run locally, and not be dependent on Internet bandwidth.  If there are any helpful suggestions on configuring this machine for its intended purpose, I am ALL EARS.  I am disappointed in to learn there simply IS NOT an aftermarket PSU that fits this case.  Darnit. That's largely the point I went with a "tower", albeit a mini tower to have next to the couch in the livingroom ONLY to play Flight Sim on the TV.

Any better ides to go about what I'm after than how I'm doing it, please advise.

Chuck

There are ZERO options for oem power supply

Request denied

Updating to a 55W gpu is going to be a problem the 1030 uses 40w max

Dell does not support Flight simulator or any other software

https://flightsimulator.zendesk.com/hc/en-us

This card might work but its not better or faster than a GT1030 2gig card

https://www.amazon.com/BTO-GeForce-Graphics-Monitor-Support/dp/B08GQ8RD18

https://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GeForce-GV-N1030D5-2GL-Computer-Graphics/dp/B071DY2VJR

The amount of vram has very little to do with performance

Thats why GDDR3 is better than DDR4 and GDDR5 is the best choice for performance.

DDR4 GT1030 cards are horrible and should never be purchased.

DDR3 GT730 cards work barely and the amount of ram is marketing and cannot be used as a reference for performance.

 

Minimum Spec	Recommended Spec	Ideal Spec
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Intel i5-4460	Ryzen 5 1500X Intel i5-8400	AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 2700X Intel i7-9800X
GPU	Radeon RX 570 Nvidia GTX 700	Radeon RX 590 Nvidia GTX 970	Radeon VII Nvidia RTX 2080
VRAM	2GB	4GB	8GB
RAM	8GB	16GB	32GB
Storage	150 GB	150 GB	150 GB (SSD)
Minimum OS version	Windows 10 Nov 2019 update (1909)	Windows 10 Nov 2019 update (1909)	Windows 10 Nov 2019 update (1909)