Optiplex 3020 upgrade help

Question

So I just got into pc building and wanted to know if this will work so bought a i5-3470 and wanted to know if I put it in will the system still work or will there be problems I also got 8gb of ram and an rx470 and a 256gb ssd and was wondering if this would work and if not what to do to optimize this configuration

speedstep · Answer

stock power supply 290W is too small for RX470.

non dell cards will require secure boot off in bios.

Slot Width Dual-slot Length 9.5 inches
241 mm TDP 120 W Suggested PSU 350 W Outputs 1x HDMI
3x DisplayPort Power Connectors 1x 6-pin Board Number C940,
D000-03,
D009-07

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Optiplex-Precision-Supply-HU365EM-00/dp/B016PLIUFY

RX470 Length 9.5 inches

TDP 120 W

Suggested PSU 350 W

Power Connectors 1x 6-pin

bradthetechnut · Answer

Graphic card and processor will work great together: Intel Core i5-3470 (Clock speed at 100%) with AMD Radeon RX 470 (Clock speed at 100%) x1 will produce only 5.8% of bottleneck.

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