9010, PSU upgrade?

Howdy, Chris!

Yes, ALL display cards require a power supply... does yours require one with higher output ~ I doubt it.

Be SURE to install it in the best 'slot' for your card... Normally there is a 'latch' at the end of that motherboard connector.  Hopefully your card is "half-height" and that logistic won't hinder your progress?

FUNNY.. just today day I had a half-height "VIDEO card" that simply would NOT fit into the motherboard!  I didn't want to 'force things' or damage the connector (or card)... so I read the SPECS again... YEP ~ it IS "compatible"!

The FIX?  LOOSEN the two Phillips screws on the mounting bracket and try again... That card is working now as I type... as seen on a 50" (TV - HDMI) flat screen!... Oh yea...

(By the way, with power disconnected I re-tightened the Phillips "in place".)

Anthony 

(NVIDIA GEForce)

So back to the original question - What PSU's work in a 9010?

Hi @ChrisNeedsAPart,

But we also need to know - What size is your 9010?  Knowing this speeds troubleshooting as components in different sizes vary.  What GPU are you attempting to power?

Hi,

@bradthetechnut 

Can you suggest a PSU and GPU upgrade for my Optiplex 9010 SFF? I have an i7 processor and a 1 GB ATI card

PSU's in SFF's are rarely upgradeable, unless one goes with having the PSU outside the case.  One exception is if it were a 9020, I could suggest the 315w PSU that's for an XE2 SFF.  If I remember right, 9010 has a 24-pin connector to the MB and 9020 8-pin, and the XE2 8-pin.  I don't know if an adapter can be used.  I haven't heard one of our experts, speedstep, also a Rockstar in this forum, comment on it, or anyone else for that matter.  YouTube might be a place to check.

Along the lines with what speedstep would recommend, a 30w GT 1030 GDDR5 low profile is the best GPU to use in many Optiplex's, including your 9010 SFF.  It'll work with your stock PSU.

I don't have enough info on what 1GB ATI card you have to know if it'll work or not.

Really appreciate your valuable reply @bradthetechnut 

This is the GPU I have now. 

In one of your earlier replies, you had mentioned of a guy who used a boosted Gigabyte GTX 1050Ti LP 4GB Graphics Card with dell optiplex 9010 and stock PSU.

Would it be a sensible upgrade to go for Gigabyte GTX 1050Ti LP 4GB Graphics Card?

Hi @bradthetechnut ,

I'm so sorry. I mistook an earlier reply I saw in a forum thread for yours. My bad.

https://www.dell.com/community/Optiplex-Desktops/Optiplex-9010-SFF-GPU-Compatibility-with-the-EVGA-1050-Ti/m-p/6246000/highlight/true#M30578

This is the forum thread and the reddit link from it (https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/6j87el/dell_optiplex_9010_sff_as_a_budget_gaming_pc/) I came across, due to which I had the GTX 1050 TI in mind. It does not mention anything about replacing the stock PSU.

Do you suggest it?

I do kind of wish the reply your referring to would've been linked; it's not too often I've commented on GPU's.

Unfortunately, no, the 75w GTX 1050 TI won't work in a 9010 SFF with 240w PSU.  The dude referred to likely had an MT, which has 275w PSU.

Optiplex 9010 Tech Guide 

A tip for checking out GPU's - Key into Google search the GPU you're thinking about, then add "watts" to the description.

That's ok, thanks for the correction.  I also looked at the reddit post.

I still can't suggest using the GTX 1050 Ti in a 9010 SFF.  It would be at your own risk if you still wanted to try it.  Also noted that the PSU in the reddit post is 240w.  If it were to work, you could always post back.

I am currently using a MSI GTX 1050 Ti LP video card in an Optiplex 9010 with a stock 240w PSU, it just plugs into the PCI-express x16 slot using the low profile bracket. had a few issues to start with when I also upgraded the memory to 16GB RAM at the same time as installing the card but just had to move the RAM around and find the the socket to put each chip in, now works fine. Now looking at either swapping out the HDD for a SSD or maybe just add a SSD drive for windows and use the HDD for installing games onto

Hi @Faithless_UK,

That can very well happen - OS on an SSD and HDD used for storage.  SSD only takes 5v (less power hungry) and an HDD 12v.

You said you have a 240w PSU, so I take it you also have an SFF.

If by chance you find your PSU is stretched beyond its limits, there's a couple ideas.  Use 2 SSD's, being one for storage.  I might be going against the grain on that one, but some people do it.  You may even want to try it anyway.

Another idea is a Dell Vostro SFF 400w PSU will work in a 9010 SFF, but the screw holes may not line up.

Not exactly sure what the question was, so hopefully that answers it.

Update:  YouTube and bottleneck regularly gets checked.  Optiplex 9010 + GTX 1050 ti + YouTube List  People running GTX 1050 ti's on smaller PSU's has been quite regular.  Some of the smaller PSU's, plus some of the MT model Optiplex's with less than 300w PSU's, have been handling 75w cards.

To check bottleneck, we need to the exact CPU and GPU.  Not just "I7" for a CPU, but more like "I7-4790."

I too have a 9010 optiplex i7-3770. I'm going to install it but what I'm going to do is put the battery as power saver instead of full performance and have the graphics as a Windows 95, not windows 7 or so that it could lower the watts.

I bought the 400w from evga bronze.

So, I've been doing a lot of research and talked to my friend about power supply. I come to found out the tower that I had is a MT just as Xenos said. I then bought a desktop tower which is a normal tower. He said its also considered an ATX. Now, I just got a 1050ti 4gb from him as well, cheaper than what most people say. But with that, I'm not going to do heavy gaming, maybe I'll play CS go or I'll just watch movies but no heavy gaming. I'm going to be mostly using it for light softwares. But its going be used for everyday gaming. I also bought the 400w supply, I did the power supply calculator and it seem to not go above 400w nor is it near 350w or so. Its about in the 300w as recommended.

I heard a lot of people got their gpu or motherboard burned. Is that true? Thanks!

Your 75w GTX 1050ti will be fine with your 400w power supply.

Your MB and GPU won't get burnt.  We haven't had any feedback as such.  Good PSU's protect from any potential overloads.  Sparks won't fly out of your PC and keyboard like in Star Trek.

There is a catch with your CPU-GPU combo, checking with PC Builds:

Graphic card is too weak for this processor:

Intel Core i7-3770 (Clock speed at 115%) with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Clock speed at 120%) x1 will produce 54.91% of bottleneck. Everything over 10% is considered as bottleneck.

So I found a different 75w card:

Graphic card and processor will work great together:

Intel Core i7-3770 (Clock speed at 100%) with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Clock speed at 100%) x1 will produce only 3.66% of bottleneck.

Oh yah, no need to have to run Win95 graphics.

Thank you bro, but I don't know what that means lol. Does the 1050 works fine tho? Maybe I should upgrade the card according to your research.

I think I know what you're asking, so first I'll explain this scenario example:

Processor is too weak for this graphic card.

Intel Core i3-2100 (Clock speed at 100%) with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Clock speed at 100%) x1 will produce 32.76% of bottleneck. Everything over 10% is considered as bottleneck.

It means the processor will bring down the GPU card, or significantly lessen the performance you see.  Picture a bottle of data, and all that data has to go through a narrow neck.  The lower the % of bottleneck, the bigger the "neck" is.

With the first scenario I gave you, GPU would underperform as compared to CPU.