If you want to upgrade your Dell OptiPlex 7010 Small Form Factor, this is the page for you. These machines are quite popular as they are often available for very low prices on eBay or Amazon. By carefully selecting components to upgrade this old machine can be given a new lease of life.
Table of contents
Upgrade the Hard Drive to Solid State Drive
By far the best value upgrade for this machine is to replace the hard drive for a solid state drive. It provides a massive boost in responsiveness and takes very little time or expertise to do.
For an SSD upgrade you have several options:
- Swap the Hard Drive for a Solid State Drive.
- Swap the CD/DVD Drive for a Solid State Drive.
- Upgrade to a PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive in the PCI Slot.
Here is a video that shows the relative boot speed of an OptiPlex 7010 when using the original hard drive, a Samsung Solid State Drive and Western Digital PCIe NVMe drive:
Here are some figures that show the performance figures produced by CrystalDiskMark:
- Standard 3.5″ Hard Drive included with the machine:
- Samsung EVO 860 500Gb Solid State Drive:
- Western Digital Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe Solid State Drive:
Other than the obvious performance increase, I found this machine to be quite sensitive to the vibration caused by the hard drive. Swapping to an SSD made it near silent.
Swap the Hard Drive for a Solid State Drive
The hard drive bay in the OptiPlex 7010 is a standard 3.5″ bay, so a bracket is required to fit a 2.5 Solid State Drive securely. But other than that, it is a very simple operation. You could choose to fit the SSD without a bracket, it has no moving parts so it should be fine.
You can clone hard drive to a new SSD using the cabling for the DVD Drive. I used Macrium Reflect free edition to clone the drive. Here is a video that shows how to clone the hard drive and then replace it completely.
I installed a 500Gb Samsung EVO 860 SSD, because I already had one from another machine, but any SATA SSD would work. You will also need a bracket like this one from Amazon.
Swap the CD/DVD Drive for a Solid State Drive
If you don’t use the CD/DVD Drive on the Dell Optiplex 7010 you can easily swap it out for an SSD with the use of an 12.7mm Optical bay caddy, like this one from Amazon. This means that you can keep your hard drive and use it as additional storage. Swapping the DVD drive out for an SSD is very easy. Here is a video that shows how it can be done.
You can use the same procedure as above to clone the drive.
Upgrade to a PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
An NVMe Solid State Drive provides the very best performance, but the procedure is slightly more complicated for two reasons:
- The Optiplex 7010 does not have an NVMe slot.
- It does not support booting from NVMe.
There are two options to make an NVMe drive bootable:
- Using a Clover Bootloader to boot from a USB Flash Drive.
- Modifying the BIOS to support NVMe natively.
Both options work well, modifying the BIOS is a cleaner solution, but more risky. Please follow the separate post for instructions on how to modify the BIOS. Here is how to do it with a USB flash drive:
The equipment I used, all from Amazon:
- Western Digital Blue 500Gb NVMe M.2 PCIe Drive
- Cheap M.2 NVMe to PCIe Adapter
- This tiny Sandisk Ultra Fit USB Flash Drive
Here is the drive installed into the adapter:
By using Clover Bootloader, the USB Flash Drive will enable the machine to boot from the NVMe drive. I put the USB Flash drive in the back of the machine:
These Sandisk Ultra Fit drives are really neat, it barely protrudes from the machine. The next step is to make the flash drive bootable:
- Download and run Boot Disk Utility.
- Insert the USB Stick that you are going to boot from into the machine.
- Select your USB Stick and click format:
- Open your newly formatted drive and copy EFICLOVERdriversoffNvmExpressDxe.efi to:
- EFICLOVERdriversBIOS
- EFICLOVERdriversUEFI
Copying the NvmExpressDxe.efi to the drivers folder adds NVMe support to Clover which will enable booting from the NVMe drive.
I deleted everything else from the EFICLOVERdriversUEFI folder, so it only contained NvmExpressDxe.efi. I also modified the config.plist to reduce the boot delay, you can copy my config from here.
Then all you need to do is make sure your machine is set to UEFI boot, and select the USB flash drive as the primary boot device.
You can clone your existing hard drive to the NVMe drive, but only if it is formatted with the GPT partition scheme. If your current disk uses MBR you will need to do a fresh install of Windows on to the NVMe drive.
After I finished the NVMe upgrade, I removed the hard drive and SATA cable to make the airflow a bit better:
Note, If you remove the hard drive completely you will get an error on boot which says:
Alert! Hard Drive not found. To continue press F1 key To change setup option press F2 key To run onboard diagnostics press F5 key
Press F2 to go into the BIOS settings, go into System Configuration and then Drives and then untick SATA-0. Then it will boot without any error messages.
You may be wondering if it is worth putting an NVMe drive in a machine this old, but I think it is for three reasons:
- If you choose the SSD carefully, you can get one for very little money.
- NVMe drives are less CPU Intensive than SATA drives.
- It’s much faster, but cost is about the same.
Ram Upgrade
Additional RAM will only make a significant difference if the applications that you typically run demand more RAM than you have. In my opinion, 4Gb is the minimum to run Windows 10 smoothly.
Additional RAM can make a massive difference to performance, but the performance increase does depend on what applications you typically use. In my opinion, 8Gb is the minimum to run Windows 10 smoothly.
The Optiplex 7010 uses DDR3 PC3-12800 which is quite expensive and depending on how much you already have, might not be a worthwhile upgrade. My machine had only 2Gb installed, so I bought 2 x 8Gb sticks from Amazon.
The maximum amount of memory you can install into the Dell Optiplex 7010 SFF is 32Gb. The technical guidebook states that 16Gb is the maximum, but this is incorrect. It has 4 Ram slots (2 Banks of 2) and each can take 8Gb of Ram. I have personally tested it with 24Gb (2 x 8Gb and 2 x 4Gb). Motherboard is pictured below:
CPU Upgrade
Upgrading the CPU can make a lot of difference to the performance of the OptiPlex 7010, depending on what CPU the machine already has and what you are using it for.
According to the technical guidebook, these are the CPUs officially supported for the OptiPlex 7010 SFF:
| CPU | Mhz | Max Mhz | Cores | Threads | Single Core | Multi Core | GPU |
| Core i7-3770S | 3100 | 3900 | 4 | 8 | 768 | 2889 | HD 4000 |
| Core i5-3570S | 3100 | 3800 | 4 | 4 | 748 | 2394 | HD 2500 |
| Core i5-3475S | 2900 | 3600 | 4 | 4 | 713 | 2262 | HD 4000 |
| Core i5-3470S | 2900 | 3600 | 4 | 4 | 712 | 2263 | HD 2500 |
| Core i5-3500S | 3000 | 3700 | 4 | 4 | 666 | 2234 | HD 2500 |
| Core i5-3450S | 2800 | 3500 | 4 | 4 | 679 | 2048 | HD 2500 |
| Core i3-3240 | 3400 | 3400 | 2 | 4 | 621 | 1377 | HD 2500 |
| Core i3-3225 | 3300 | 3300 | 2 | 4 | 614 | 1384 | HD 4000 |
| Core i3-3220 | 3300 | 3300 | 2 | 4 | 598 | 1332 | HD 2500 |
| Core i3-2130 | 3400 | 3400 | 2 | 4 | 590 | 1331 | HD 2000 |
| Core i3-2125 | 3300 | 3300 | 2 | 4 | 604 | 1376 | HD 3000 |
| Core i3-2120 | 3300 | 3300 | 2 | 4 | 565 | 1259 | HD 2000 |
| Pentium G860 | 3000 | 3000 | 2 | 2 | 537 | 974 | HD |
| Pentium G850 | 2900 | 2900 | 2 | 2 | 536 | 1001 | HD |
| Pentium G640 | 2800 | 2800 | 2 | 2 | 465 | 784 | HD |
| Pentium G630 | 2700 | 2700 | 2 | 2 | 473 | 857 | HD |
| Celeron G540 | 2500 | 2500 | 2 | 2 | 387 | 706 | HD |
| Celeron G530 | 2400 | 2400 | 2 | 2 | 431 | 797 | HD |
For the table above I took the single core and multi-core scores from Geekbench.
You can see there is a vast performance difference in the lowest specification CPU and the highest one.
Looking on eBay I think the Core i5-3570S and Core i5-3475S have the best price/performance ratio. The Core i7-3770S is around double the price of the 3570S. The Core i5-3475S is good value and has the benefit of HD4000 graphics.
All of the CPUs above are 65W Thermal Design Power (TDP) chips. As an experiment I putt an Intel Core i5-2400 (95W TDP) in the machine and it worked fine, but I would suggest that you stick with the 65W CPUs.
Graphics Card Upgrade
If you want to upgrade the graphics card, due to the limited space and power, there are really only a few options available. I installed the MSI Geforce GTX 1650 OC Edition and despite my initial concerns about cooling, it worked fine.
As you can see, the installation of the card is quite tight and does not leave much room for the cabling, but it works fine when it is installed. It does run quite hot, but it handled plenty of games without any problems. Obviously it is not going to be a high end gaming platform, I played:
- It Takes Two.
- Dishonoured Two.
- The Wild at Heart.
- Brawlhalla.
- Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3.
- Orcs Must Die 3
- Unravel 2
- Plants vs Zombies
I played most of these games at 4k, some at 1080p, but they all ran very smoothly.
Final Media Centre Setup
In the end, I installed this in my living room connected to my 4K television, and it looks like this:
As you can see it fits quite neatly in the TV Unit. The final configuration of the Optiplex 7010 was:
- Intel Core i5-3570S
- MSI GeForce GTX 1650 OC Low Profile
- 24Gb RAM
- 1 x 500Gb SATA SSD (For Windows) and 1 x 2Tb SATA SSD (For Game Storage).
For the storage of the SATA SSDs I used this Corsair Dual SSD Mounting Bracket to fit both of the SSDs into the existing 3.5″ Hard Drive Bay.
I also used a Microsoft All-in-One Media Keyboard – which although feels a bit cheap, works really well. Then I added two Xbox Wireless Controllers and an Xbox Wireless Adapter. We have had a lot of fun with it.
Conclusion
I think the Dell OptiPlex 7010 Small Form Factor is a really neat little Office Desktop or media centre machine. It looks good and has good connectivity options.
If you don’t add a graphics card, another useful thing for these machines is a DisplayPort to HDMI cable, like this one from Amazon. It makes connecting it to a modern screen easy.
Are these machines worth upgrading? I think that depends on what you are using them for and what specification you are upgrading from. If you choose your upgrades carefully, you can gain a lot of performance, for not a lot of money.
Jordan Lewis says
Hey! Great in-depth review of the 7010. Really appreciate it. I bought my machine refurbished with a 1 8gb ram in. I wanted to get another 8 GB ram to make 16gb. I read that this machine only takes 4gb in each slot which is obviously confusing. And the maximum is 16gb so 4x4gb. Is this true ? Why does it say this ? I just don’t want to waste money if Its going to damage the machine or not work. But the 8gb stick seems to be running fine. So confusing. If you get a chance to reply I would really appreciate it! Cheers mate.
Paulie says
Hi Jordan,
I think it would work fine, but I cannot say for sure right now. What I can test is 2x8Gb sticks with 2x4Gb, for a total of 24Gb. I will try it out and report back shortly.
Paulie says
Hi Jordan,
I have now tested the 7010 with 2x8Gb and 2 x 4Gb, for a total of 24Gb of Ram. Works absolutely fine. So I think adding another 8gb stick would work perfectly well.
lloyd says
Hi Paul,
I have a Optiplex 7010. After reading your notes, I will save me time on research and plan for the upgrades.
my current CPU is i5 3470, can I swapped it with i7-3770s; Will my motherboard accept the i7 and GPU is 4000?
thanks
lloyd
Paulie says
Yes you can. But I would only do that upgrade if you get the i7-3770s for a really good price. The performance difference wont be massive.
Agha says
Wondering why you have placed the NVME PCIe adapter in the black PCIe slot and not the blue one? Isn’t the blue one a version 3 PCIe slot and the rest all version 2?
Adnan says
Adnan
I have enjoyed reading your interesting article about upgrading Dell optiplex 7010 , I have the same . you have said it is possible to used 32 GB , but you did test for 24 GB
in General , can we do upgrade with harm to motherboard ?
note that i will use 1600 MH as maximum can be used
Paulie says
I also tested 24GB and that was also fine.
Greg says
Thank you for all of this info. This is my first time modifying anything on a PC and your guide has been very helpful. I am at the point of upgrading my i3 processor that my SFF came with. I was wondering if it is possible to use the 3770k over the S model without having to add anything else like extra cooling. The K model, at least on amazon is significantly cheaper and more available than the S is the only reason I’m thinking about it
Paulie says
Hi Greg, I think it would be fine. Especially if you used some reality high quality thermal paste. As I said in the post I tried this and it was fine, but your mileage may vary.
Alvin Chong says
very detailed excellent write up great job Paul
Sayed Alawi says
well
I have purchased SSD adapter from Ali express and also SSD , I installed both adapter and SSD , windows detect the new storage and I make it healthy and windows cloned on the new SSD , the problem which I came across and so fra not solved it that , I have downloaded the boot disk utility usefully and I created the new bootable flash drive , but when I am trying to do the next step copy file NvmExpressDxe.efi to the drivers folder a message pop up stating the volume is not accessible and have no file system , I restarted my pc and select f2 to enter bios and I entered changed to UEFI then restart computer boot clover work but cannot run windows , the issue is back to I couldn’t replace or even access flash memory to do change in coping and replacing some file as you suggested , do you have any idea to solve
Andy says
Many thanks for taking the time to educate me in fitting an ssd drive. Chuffed to find this great info.
Paulie says
Very pleased you found it helpful Andy! Gives the machine a massive boost.
Sayed Adnan Alawi says
I would Like to thank Mr Paul for interesting and useful topic “upgrading optiplex 7010 ”
finally I became able to boot from NVME successfully .
to boot from SSD via SATA , it takes maximum 5 second to boot and start windows 10
to boot from NVME M2 , it first takes around 10 second to boot from USB to selecting windows from list , then takes 2 second maximum to boot from list to windows ,
I am thanks full to you
I think it is time to update Display Card
Aldi says
Hi Paul, Great article, i bought this Dell Optiplex 7010 with second condition and the memory came with this PC was not originally from Dell, but other third party brand (8 GB DDR3 PC12800 1.5v). However recently this PC keep showing the BSOD (blue screen) Memory Management. I tried test the memory module using memtest and the result was so many errors reported. My question is, should i replace the memory ? if yes, which voltage should i buy ? 1.35v or 1.5v ?
Paulie says
Hi Aldi, buy dual compatible 1.35V/1.5V like the ram I linked in the Ram Upgrade section. Be sure to get 1600MHz for maximum performance.
https://amzn.to/3ET2rvy
TechiFad says
Great article to understand upgrade to your Dell OptiPlex 7010, thanks for sharing detailed info with us.
Leemedia says
Thanks for all the information you’ve provided. I already have a ssd in my 7010 and am going to add another ssd for storage. I have a DVD drive also; if I want to keep it do I need a PCIE to SATA expansion card? Just not sure, would love your advice.
Paulie says
You can connect all three no problem. But I would suggest you look at my NVMe guide for the 7010 before adding another SSD. Will provide you with a massive speed boost.
Greg says
Thanks for your attention to upgrades for the DELL Optiplex 7010 SFF. It’s an older computer now (about 10 years or so), and one I picked up refurbished from Amazon in a hurry last year after my laptop had crashed & I’ve been recently exploring my upgrade options.
You’re right on with the RAM – this machine can handle 4X 8GB DDR5 & that is what I did… It now zips through most apps super fast. I also changed the CPU from an Intel i7 3770S to a 3770K which is unlocked, and can deliver better speed when needed. 3.1 to 3.5 GHz mightn’t seem like much, but it has sped things up considerably all around.
Greg says
I do disagree about the GPU, though. I followed your (as well as a few others I found online) advice and bought an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 LP (low profile) GPU from Amazon & while it was a pretty tight fit, it booted up fine, and even seemed to boost the speed my already really fast web browsing. However, anything that needed dedicated graphics – games, movies & even Youtube – immediately gave me a black screen and required a reboot. I tried tweaking the power settings for both the GPU and Windows, etc., etc. but nothing worked. The simple reality is that the GTX 1650 requires a minimum of 73W to operate while the Optiplex 7010 SFF PCLe (16 pin) GPU slot maxes at 50W – the 1650 just isn’t compatible with the stock PSU for this PC.
I sent the 1650 back & went with a an NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and it works GREAT. I have done some tweaking/reconfiguring with both the NVIDIA GeForce software and the MSI Afterburner OC software, but after a few days, I think I’ve hit the “sweet spot” – it now runs games like DOOM (2016), DOOM Eternal (2020), Unreal Gold and Madden NFL 22 razor sharp and with super smooth frame rates…
I’m still thinking of doing the research and getting a more powerful PSU (which would have to sit outside the PS’s case & have the wires from everything running into it), but for those looking to upgrade the graphics capability for a Dell Optiplex 7010 SFF in a very big way without PC engineering or a lot of bucks? The MSI NVIDIA GeForce 1030 LP is the way to go.
Greg says
I do disagree about the GPU, though. I followed your (as well as a few others I found online) advice and bought an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 LP (low profile) GPU from Amazon & while it was a pretty tight fit, it booted up fine, and even seemed to boost the speed my already really fast web browsing. However, anything that needed dedicated graphics – games, movies & even Youtube – immediately gave me a black screen and required a reboot. I tried tweaking the power settings for both the GPU and Windows, etc., etc. but nothing worked. The simple reality is that the GTX 1650 requires a minimum of 73W to operate while the Optiplex 7010 SFF PCLe (16 pin) GPU slot maxes at 50W – the 1650 just isn’t compatible with the stock PSU for this PC.
I sent the 1650 back & went with a an NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and it works GREAT. I have done some tweaking/reconfiguring with both the NVIDIA GeForce software and the MSI Afterburner OC software, but after a few days, I think I’ve hit the “sweet spot” – it now runs games like DOOM (2016), DOOM Eternal (2020), Unreal Gold and Madden NFL 22 razor sharp and with super smooth frame rates…
Jeff Cornelius says
Hello, my optiplex 7010 SFF will not fully recognize the RAM that I have installed. It should indicate 24gb (2x 8gb timetec from Amazon along with the 2x4gb sticks that were in the computer before) but it only sees 16gb. What do I need to do?
trs96 says
@Jeff are the specs different between the two sets of ram ? The 7010s usually come with either Samsung or Hynix DDR3. Are both kits 1333 MHz or is one kit 1600 MHz ? The ram timings and latency can also make a difference in how well different brands of ram work together. You want an exact match of all the specs if possible.
trs96 says
@Jeff forgot to mention that the very first thing to try is re-seating the ram. Remove the DIMMs and then re-install. Make sure that they fully lock into the socket. It’s very easy to not fully seat the DIMMs which would make the OS not see them.
Jeff Cornelius says
I currently have only the two new sticks of timetec 8gb DDR3l-1600 installed, in DIMM slots 1 and 2. In this configuration only has an indicated 8gb installed RAM.
Jeff Cornelius says
I have verified that the RAM is seated and it is. I also removed one of those new sticks and it is only indicating 4gb RAM now. I thought that I was using the correct RAM based on this page and at this point I am in need of a recommendation. Also, I replaced my existing SSD (255GB) with one of the same brand with 1TB after it was cloned. For some reason my Dell still indicates 255GB.
Jeff Cornelius says
I have two other questions. When I went to replace my existing SSD (255gb) with a 1TB SSD of the same brand my 7010 only indicates 255GB. Did I make a mistake when I cloned the SSD? Also, I am in desperate need of a ieee 1394 firewire card to install so that I can input all of my mini dv tapes (which are recorded in HD using a Sony HDR-HC1 HDV camcorder. Any suggestions? I only need one until I get all of this HD footage saved digitally. Thank you!
trs96 says
“I currently have only the two new sticks of timetec 8gb DDR3l-1600 installed, in DIMM slots 1 and 2. In this configuration only has an indicated 8gb installed RAM.” This could indicate a problem with the slot itself. Try moving them to the other two slots (3 and 4) and see if it shows 16GB installed.
Andy says
Thank you very much Paul. Would I be able to run 4k monitor on 7010 i53470 sff
Chris says
Thank you for the info, Paul. I upgraded my 7010 with 32GB RAM, Samsung EVO 860 500Gb Solid State Drive, and also went with the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 as another visitor recommended; I may go with the I7. I mainly use my PC for work and occasional gaming (mostly vintage stuff running emulators). It is a shame the 7010 is not Windows 11 compatible.
Jesus Ferrer Jr says
My 7010 has a 4000 graphic card. Whats a good upgrade for it
Ryan says
Hello Paul and All,
First, thanks for the great write up.
I have expanded RAM and added a WD 1TB Blue SATA SSD in my optical drive (using SATA). I used Macrium Reflect for cloning. Cloning apparently was a success, though I cannot boot from new SSD. I have tried everything under the sun that I could find online, including: reordering BIOS boot (obviously), turning PXE off in NIC section of BIOS (because I kept getting PXE-E61 && PXE-M0F errors) – turning PXE off prevented these errors from appearing on boot, setting new primary partition to active via command prompt, ensuring that I am booting from legacy (as both old drive and new SSD are MBR). My machine is a refurb from microcenter with a i7 3.4 running windows 10 pro.
In windows boot manager, my device (under manager [not loader]) is [device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume2], while under boot loader device and osdevice are both set to [partition=C:] – from some other research is seems that all three of these should be set to [partition=C:] My new drive is (D:).
As admin in cmd prompt, when I try to run bcdedit /store D:\boot\bcd I get back [The boot configuration data store could not be opened.
The system cannot find the file specified.] , so I am unable to /set any defaults here.
Any help would be greatly appreciated – getting to my wits end here and worried my original drive is going to die while I am in school…
Marek Feterik says
Great excellent manual for worked low budget PC.
jim snodgrass says
Paul,
Excellent article and the videos are superb, Thank you..
What I would like to do is to retain the CD/DVD Drive, and the OEM Hard Drive, and add in a new 2TB SATA 3 drive into the configuration. It would appear there are enough SATA ports on the motherboard (3 ea) but is this config possible? are there enough space, POWER cable harnesses, and connectors to add this third SATA port for an SSD?
Ron says
hi, regarding upgrades for the 7010, would a decent PCIe sound card be of any value. I know it was originally produced as a business machine and as such may not have been given sound quality a high value. Many thanks.
MICHAEL Bellamy says
The Clover USB boot doesn’t work for me. I followed your advice exactly, using the modified config.plist.
When Clover boots it shows 4 legacy drives, along with HD1 and HD2.
But when selected both give the error: _6
and it stops.
I am now updating the bios to A29, adding nvme drivers to the bios as per your other post. I’ll change the BIOS boot to UEFI and hope it works.
Please advise if I might have missed something.
ArO says
Hi, I’am greate problem, how boot from NVMe multiboot ventoy ? Clover is old, grub 2 have function load=nvme, maybe boot. I only use linux/unix, android, beos, amiga os, windows only on VM, like new edytions live: win10/11ktv 6.5PE, so strelec this edition WinPE 8+10+11 + latest full portable soft pro ver.(ok.4.9GB .iso) from ru but i running in virt-manager and not networking, ArchLinux. Greets, from Poland
TZ says
Just to confirm, I’ve upgraded mine with 32 GB RAM. It runs Debian just fine.
Henry says
Hi,Paul.
I have a Dell 7010MT. I downloaded A29 for 7010 but can’t upgrade to the most recent BIOS. No matter I use a freedos bootable USB or Windows based Support Assist,still can’t upgrade to the most recent BIOS.
I want to know if I should switch any jumper from the motherboard? I didn’t do anything to the motherboard before.
Hope to hear from you and give me some advice. Thank you.
Phil says
Hello,
Excellent page. What is the largest hard drive size I can put in my Optiplex 7010?
Thanks a bunch!
Phil
Dan says
Phil,
I have a Seagate 16TB hard drive installed in my 7010 and it works just fine. I believe any 3.5 inch drive should work. The one I have is in their Exos X16 Enterprise series, model# ST16000NM001G. I hope that is of some help.
Dan says
I run 32 GB of RAM (four 8 GB sticks) and the OS recognizes it just fine. I wanted the fastest memory available so I spent the extra cash for CL9 RAM, which is supposed to be faster than the standard CL11. Crucial part number BLS2K8G3D1609ES2LX0 if anyone is interested. I can’t say the extra money was justified though because I haven’t noticed much difference in performance.
Don says
How can i upgrade usb gen 2 port to higher? my slots are taken by graphics card 1650.
Reese says
Is there any knowledge of 64gb ram optiplex 7010’s using stock Dell motherboards?
I recently caught one at a GovDeals auction, and after researching the service tag, the website says it can be loaded with 64gb 2133mhz ram.
I was SUPER EXCITED, but all other research about Max performance upgrades suggest 1600mhz & 32gb ram, that I went ahead and got new under 30 bucks.
My 2nd issue is: to utilize dedicated graphics, max overclock or unlocked settings in bios., you need more than the 240W stock PSU can supply.
Does anyone know if this Seasonic SSP-500SUB FLEX ATX 500W POWER SUPPLY WILL FIT THE SFF DELL 7010 CASE?
My measurements say yes, but I maybe off a 1/4 inch or so due to motherboard
& case lid “lipsa”. It’s a super close & tight squeeze I think.
3rd issue
Found a 8gb rx580 drr5 GPU on Amazon. Says 185w power consumption.
They recommend for minimum 500w PSU.
My upgrade research has came back with items regular Dell searches say the OEM power supply can’t handle it overclock and max gaming settings with a faster lga1155 than my i5-3470 stock
They said even some LGA1155 xeon CPUs can breath amazingly new life into the machines & give 8k visuals
Help… please & thanks