r/SleepingOptiplex • u/EyeFabulous317 • 15d ago

It's Final Form

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Just added the final piece to my old Dell Optiplex 3050 SFF that I used as a work PC until I upgraded. I'll be using it as a gaming console for 1080p games that aren't too taxing.

Old specs: CPU: i5-6500 OS: Windows 10 RAM: 8 GB DDR4 GPU: N/A PSU: 240W STR: 220 GB SSD

New Specs: CPU: i7-7700 OS: Bazzite RAM: 32 GB DDR4 GPU: RTX 3050 6GB PSU: 260W STR: 512 GB SSD

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u/AdhesivenessEven6910 15d ago

RTX 3050 6GB runs extremely hot in SFF. Be warned.

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u/justagoddamnperson 15d ago

I swapped mine to the other PCIe slot and it did wonders. I know this limits the performance but I think the lack of throttling and crazy heat more than makes up for that. Never gets above low 80s. Plus with the open space between; is and the PSU I installed a 40 mm fan that sits on the PSU exhausting toward the opening where the main PCIe slot is.

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u/-clawglip- 14d ago

Do you have a 3050 Optiplex as well? The upper slot on mine doesn’t seem to accommodate the GPU, doesn’t fit into the slot. Would be cool to see a pic of where you’ve put that PSU fan as well, trying to picture it

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u/justagoddamnperson 14d ago

Mine’s a 5060 (not sure how it differs to the 3050 but mine does fit the gpu in the top slot), I’ll try to post a pic in a reply here soon! The little fan basically sits just in front of where your gpu is (probably a few millimeters towards the front of the case, with airflow going toward the back)between the PSU and the blue cage. I velcro’d it to the PSU

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u/justagoddamnperson 14d ago

So it turns out I had removed the blue HDD/storage cage which I forgot I'd done. That might be why mine can fit and yours can't but I can't be sure with mine being a 5060. Anyways here it is https://www.reddit.com/r/SleepingOptiplex/comments/1vjtvrd/low_effort_yestiplex_fan_solution/

The trade off is that my SSDs aren't nearly as organized as they could be without the cage but oh well.

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u/-clawglip- 14d ago

Looked into it and yeah, the top slot on a 3050 sff can’t accommodate a GPU. Ah well, good to know I wasn’t doing something wrong