Is your 5070 under warranty? For the best and timely service on your new or in warranty Dell products, please contact Dell Support direct using the "Contact Support" link. It's always below the last post in a thread, or use the link herein:
I'd get the slowness issues taken care of first. It sounds above and beyond ridiculous. Trade PC if by chance unresolvable.
Then the video and sync issue. May need to use "Contact Support" for that also.
SFF's typically can't take much of a variety of GPU's. With knowing what CPU you have, we can recommend a GPU with the least amount of bottleneck that will still go with your PSU. Bottleneck may be less of an issue though since you want to video edit, but gaming isn't a use or primary use.
You mentioned sound quality isn't as good. The 5070 SFF probably has a lower watt PSU than your Inspiron tower. So there might be less power behind the music. Also, do you use Windows Media Player in Win10? Are the equalizers set the same, as well as SRS WOW effects? I save screengrabs. It makes it easier to set things the same from PC to PC. WinXP had a settings transfer option. Nothing wrong with wanting a soundcard.
I don't see why you wouldn't be able to edit videos on your 5070. My first Windows PC had 450MHz CPU and 128MB RAM. Now that was a PC that couldn't handle video without lines through the screen.
IMO, I don't think Optiplex's are what they used to be. MT's used to be bigger and PSU's had more power. However, newer ones have more powerful CPU's. You should've had much better luck with it out of the box.
If going new, an XPS or Precision might be better suited for what you want. Ironically, refurb Optiplex's 7010/7020/9010/9020 would do better than the particular 5070 mentioned. There's good deals on those including XPS and Precision refurbs.
No need to have to open separate threads on separate issues on one PC. Much easier to have it in one place.
Well, I just wrote a long reply and tried to post it and couldn't. Had to sign in first and once I did Dell told me: Exception ID: 37FF74E2. So I have lost everything I wrote. No idea why I would get this error. It is a single computer, no router, no nothin'.
Anyway, as I was saying in my attempted post, I appreciate your comprehensive reply. Dell has not been helpful on these issues except that uninstalling and reinstalling the graphics driver resolved the lack of audio syncing.
My CPU is Intel Core i7-9700 CPU @ 3 GHz (8 CPUs), ~ 3 GHz. I'd appreciate any recommendations you have for a better graphics card.
RAM 16384 MB. Would it be advisable to get more?
It is disappointing to hear that this is not a great computer. My Inspiron will be sent back to me at some point.
Music-wise, I am just listening to things on YouTube right now. I am comparing with my Inspiron. Seems better today--maybe the reinstall of sound and video drivers helped.
Thanks for letting me know I can post all questions in one place.
Dell chat isn't available a lot of the time. Just tried it again.
How are you doing on the slowness issues, did that get resolved? Anti-virus software can easily slow down a PC. But if you have Win10 and are using Windows Defender, it doesn't slow it down that I ever heard of.
If not already, shouldn't be necessary, but having the OS on an SSD can help speed things up. My previous 755 booted in 17 sec. on an SSD and everything was instantaneous.
There isn't a GPU I can recommend that's 75w or under that's strong enough for your CPU. In other words, the card wouldn't be as good as your CPU. You have a great 8-core CPU.
The only way I could recommend a GPU is if the PSU was upgraded. For that to happen, the PSU would have to sit outside the case, a less than desirable option. It's the same as if you had the MT since MT's are now smaller for the Optiplex.
Also, I couldn't find the wattage of your PSU. It probably won't be able to handle a 75w card.
The GTX 1080 ti came up as having only 0.21% bottleneck with your CPU, which is really good. However, it needs a 600-650 watt PSU. There's also the chance it won't fit in your SFF. A GT 1030 is only 30w, but wouldn't be an improvement.
Here's the good news. You have Intel's UHD Graphics 630 IGP operating at 350 MHz with a burst frequency of 1.2 GHz. That's way better than the standard graphics on my 7010.
It doesn't happen often, but if people try to put completely different PC's in one thread that things can get Confucius. Then we'll suggest a thread for each PC or open their own thread.
Bigger reply above doesn't mean somebody else might not find a GPU for the 5070 SFF, but those were my findings. I found a video in which a GTX 1050 ti went into a 5050 SFF, but it's not said what CPU it has. Said GPU came up to weak for your CPU.
16GB RAM is really good. Shouldn't need to increase for more speed. It's more than good enough for most uses. Exception being if you had an application requiring more than 16GB.
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Is your 5070 under warranty? For the best and timely service on your new or in warranty Dell products, please contact Dell Support direct using the "Contact Support" link. It's always below the last post in a thread, or use the link herein:
https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04
I'd get the slowness issues taken care of first. It sounds above and beyond ridiculous. Trade PC if by chance unresolvable.
Then the video and sync issue. May need to use "Contact Support" for that also.
SFF's typically can't take much of a variety of GPU's. With knowing what CPU you have, we can recommend a GPU with the least amount of bottleneck that will still go with your PSU. Bottleneck may be less of an issue though since you want to video edit, but gaming isn't a use or primary use.
You mentioned sound quality isn't as good. The 5070 SFF probably has a lower watt PSU than your Inspiron tower. So there might be less power behind the music. Also, do you use Windows Media Player in Win10? Are the equalizers set the same, as well as SRS WOW effects? I save screengrabs. It makes it easier to set things the same from PC to PC. WinXP had a settings transfer option. Nothing wrong with wanting a soundcard.
I don't see why you wouldn't be able to edit videos on your 5070. My first Windows PC had 450MHz CPU and 128MB RAM. Now that was a PC that couldn't handle video without lines through the screen.
IMO, I don't think Optiplex's are what they used to be. MT's used to be bigger and PSU's had more power. However, newer ones have more powerful CPU's. You should've had much better luck with it out of the box.
If going new, an XPS or Precision might be better suited for what you want. Ironically, refurb Optiplex's 7010/7020/9010/9020 would do better than the particular 5070 mentioned. There's good deals on those including XPS and Precision refurbs.
No need to have to open separate threads on separate issues on one PC. Much easier to have it in one place.
I linked your other threads below for reference:
https://www.dell.com/community/Optiplex-Desktops/Suggestions-for-sound-and-video-cards/m-p/7618992#M43142
https://www.dell.com/community/Optiplex-Desktops/Audio-and-Video-Not-Syncing/m-p/7618849#M43135
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Well, I just wrote a long reply and tried to post it and couldn't. Had to sign in first and once I did Dell told me: Exception ID: 37FF74E2. So I have lost everything I wrote. No idea why I would get this error. It is a single computer, no router, no nothin'.
Anyway, as I was saying in my attempted post, I appreciate your comprehensive reply. Dell has not been helpful on these issues except that uninstalling and reinstalling the graphics driver resolved the lack of audio syncing.
My CPU is Intel Core i7-9700 CPU @ 3 GHz (8 CPUs), ~ 3 GHz. I'd appreciate any recommendations you have for a better graphics card.
RAM 16384 MB. Would it be advisable to get more?
It is disappointing to hear that this is not a great computer. My Inspiron will be sent back to me at some point.
Music-wise, I am just listening to things on YouTube right now. I am comparing with my Inspiron. Seems better today--maybe the reinstall of sound and video drivers helped.
Thanks for letting me know I can post all questions in one place.
Dell chat isn't available a lot of the time. Just tried it again.
bradthetechnut
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June 5th, 2020 15:00
How are you doing on the slowness issues, did that get resolved? Anti-virus software can easily slow down a PC. But if you have Win10 and are using Windows Defender, it doesn't slow it down that I ever heard of.
If not already, shouldn't be necessary, but having the OS on an SSD can help speed things up. My previous 755 booted in 17 sec. on an SSD and everything was instantaneous.
There isn't a GPU I can recommend that's 75w or under that's strong enough for your CPU. In other words, the card wouldn't be as good as your CPU. You have a great 8-core CPU.
The only way I could recommend a GPU is if the PSU was upgraded. For that to happen, the PSU would have to sit outside the case, a less than desirable option. It's the same as if you had the MT since MT's are now smaller for the Optiplex.
Also, I couldn't find the wattage of your PSU. It probably won't be able to handle a 75w card.
The GTX 1080 ti came up as having only 0.21% bottleneck with your CPU, which is really good. However, it needs a 600-650 watt PSU. There's also the chance it won't fit in your SFF. A GT 1030 is only 30w, but wouldn't be an improvement.
Here's the good news. You have Intel's UHD Graphics 630 IGP operating at 350 MHz with a burst frequency of 1.2 GHz. That's way better than the standard graphics on my 7010.
It doesn't happen often, but if people try to put completely different PC's in one thread that things can get Confucius. Then we'll suggest a thread for each PC or open their own thread.
bradthetechnut
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June 5th, 2020 15:00
Bigger reply above doesn't mean somebody else might not find a GPU for the 5070 SFF, but those were my findings. I found a video in which a GTX 1050 ti went into a 5050 SFF, but it's not said what CPU it has. Said GPU came up to weak for your CPU.
bradthetechnut
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June 5th, 2020 15:00
16GB RAM is really good. Shouldn't need to increase for more speed. It's more than good enough for most uses. Exception being if you had an application requiring more than 16GB.