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January 29th, 2023 10:00

Upgrate Dell Optiplex 3050

Hello,

I want to upgrade my dell optiplex 3050 i3 7th gen pc. It has an intel B250 motherboard. Will these changes be correct??

1. RAM 32GB 3200MHz (16x2)

2. PSU 650 watt

3. GPU GTX 1650

4. M2 1TB PCIe NVMe Internal SSD

Thanks

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January 29th, 2023 13:00

In order to help you the exact form factor of your system is needed. That is whether you have a micro, SFF, or tower system. The specs vary depending on your form factor.

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January 29th, 2023 14:00

As mentioned by JOcean, your upgrade plan would be depending on which form factor you have.  In general, Dell propriety designs have limited your upgradeability.  Here are my thoughts.

1.  RAM 32GB with correct specs will work with down clock to 2133/2400

2.  PSU 650w won't work with OEM drop-in.  It will required some mod or to sit outside and will required appropriate adapter cable.

3.  GPU GTX 1650 will work with mini tower and 240w PSU

4.  M2 1tb PCIe SSD will work

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January 29th, 2023 15:00

just to add to JOCEAN and chino contributions, you can use Dell oem 360w psu to power gtx 1650 in a 3050 tower. The 360w psu is a direct drop in and fits like a glove.

user validated 2x16 gb memory for 3050. confirming chino that 3050 memory spec Non-ECC dual-channel 2400MHz DDR4 SDRAM. (Memory performance on Intel® 6th generation processors will be at 2133MHz).  So the 3200 mhz included in list below will run at 2400 w your i3-7100.

HMAA2GS6CJR8N-XN 2x16GB
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x16GB
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x16GB
TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 2x16GB
CT16G4DFD8266.C16FD1 2x16GB
BL16G26C16S4B.16FD 2x16GB
KD4AGU880-36A180U 2x16GB
CB16GU2666.C8ET 2x16GB
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C22 2x16GB
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