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hello, i wanna know the best gpu upgrade for my 3010 DT,
Specs :
CPU :I5 3340
RAM: 8 GB (2X4)
GPU:NVIDIA GT 730 ZOTAC
MOBO:Optiplex 3010 DT- model-042P49
PSU 250W High
Efficiency 80 GOLD PLUS (Default)
i see a rx 570 too cheap and i wanna buy it, but idk if i can put in my MOBO
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Posted April 19th, 2020 17:00
best gpu matching your cpu is gtx1050Ti. You need to get a low profile card to fit DT case (only MT case takes full height gpu).
Graphic card and processor will work great together
Intel Core i5-3340 (Clock speed at 100%) with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti(Clock speed at 100%) x1 will produce only 0.21% of bottleneck.
recommended psu is 300W. stock psu of 250W is a little weak. If you want peak spec performance of gpu, upgrade psu (has to be small form to fit DT case).
RX570 works well too w i5-3340, but its recommended psu is 450W. In general AMD gpu are more power hungry than nvidia at similar spec.
Intel Core i5-3340 (Clock speed at 100%) with AMD Radeon RX 570 (Clock speed at 100%) x1 will produce only 4.75% of bottleneck.
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Posted April 20th, 2020 10:00
if i wanna use the RX570 i need change the case and the psu? because i can't use ATX psu with DT Case
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Posted April 20th, 2020 11:00
You can put the power supply outside the case. I don't know, but you may need adapters to convert standard power connectors to the weird dell proprietary motherboard.
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Posted April 20th, 2020 12:00
Are you thinking of the SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 570 mini graphics card? It got good review https://techguided.com/best-low-profile-video-cards/
for RX 570, you either have to install ATX psu outside case, or move to a minitower case. If you swap case you need to work out Dell proprietary front panel connector pinout on motherboard as well as other connectors. will be a lot of work.
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Posted April 20th, 2020 13:00
and if i buy the MT 3010 Case and i swap my PC, Dell proprietary front panel work fine without too much work?
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Posted April 20th, 2020 16:00
It is likely that MT and DT of 3010 use same front panel pinout. In 3010 technical guide both MT and DT have 16 pin FP connector. In that case transplant of DT board to MT case is straightforward.
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Posted April 21st, 2020 18:00
i choice the 1050 ti but, i see in the guide book, the DT have a pci-E with a 50W Max, the gtx 1050ti requires a 75w PCI-E
what happen if i install in my DT ?26092
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Posted April 21st, 2020 19:00
Optiplex 3010 SFF + GTX 1050 Ti + YouTube SFF of course being smaller than DT. The YouTuber doesn't get to the GPU until toward the end of the video.
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Posted April 21st, 2020 20:00
the optiplex was not designed for gaming application. 50W max was for the Dell oem discrete video card 1GB AMD RADEON™ HD7570. p.27/38 https://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/optix/en/optiplex_3010_technical_guidebook.pdf
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Posted April 22nd, 2020 13:00
For Dell Optiplex's, that's quite common for MT and DT models to have the same MB.
One of our Rockstars, possibly speedstep, stated that often Dell understates their PSU's. That could explain why GT 1030's and GTX 1050 Ti's are working in the smaller models without upgrading PSU. This would also include MT models that don't have 300w or higher PSU's. (This pgh. does not state all possible GPU's.) Speedstep has quite often recommended the GT 1030. Though it recommends 300w PSU, it's only 30w.
What I haven't seen are complaints that the GT 1030 and GTX 1050 Ti didn't leave enough power for their system. Besides the GTX 1050 Ti, the GTX 1650 also has a TDP of just 75w. Another YouTube List Yet it does appear as if 50w is max in the Tech Guide for 7010 models also.
On occasion, a YouTuber will post a video when a GPU they tried with a higher wattage didn't work in an Optiplex. The 120w GTX 1660 is one example of this. PSU would need upgrading.