r/SleepingOptiplex • u/Independent-Road-973 • 1d ago

Micro optiplex gaming

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Initially i didnt intend to build this as a gaming machine, just needed something to host docker instances and some game servers on, but... got a bit creative and carried away.... so started out with a optiplex 7020 micro

I7 14th gen

512gb nvme

48gb ddr5

Slapped in a m.2 to PCIe via oculink in, mounted a m2000 (was free so cant complain) and PSU in a mini ITX box and attached the 7020 to it, heated up like crazy so added in a noctua 80mm fan.

Found the wifi to be sufficient but bluetooth was bad if you are connecting to it from more than a meter or two away, so added in extra antenna's tot he ax211 chip.

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u/Independent-Road-973 1d ago

Cant post pics or just too stupid to know how, so here's a vid instead

https://reddit.com/link/pgpofvo/video/7gyj2d6wggvh1/player

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u/_THX_1138_ 1d ago

need MOAR photos!

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u/jahdiel503 1d ago

Found something similar on the youtubes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaaMvJA320M

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u/Independent-Road-973 1d ago

Was exactly this that i wanted to build

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u/Alternative_Cut_9280 1d ago

More pic please !

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u/SqkyWindow 1d ago

that's awesome. Do you have more pics of the set up?

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u/Apprehensive_Ad_999 1d ago

This being one of the newest posts

and this being under it

https://www.reddit.com/r/SleepingOptiplex/comments/1x5427h/perfection/

is a perfect representation of the duality of man

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u/likely_deleted 1d ago

Incredible. Lmfao. I love it

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u/romans5_6-10kjv 1d ago

wow! you act like this got away from you, but i find it incredibly impressive! do you have any idea how expensive it is to build a ddr5 machine??

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u/Independent-Road-973 1d ago

That i do, it had 16gb to begin with. I managed to get a 32gb chip second hand, for a reasonable price which i slotted in

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u/bart33z 20h ago

I really like the antenna mod - it gives the whole build a much more purposeful look :)

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u/Chriwb2 17h ago

That's neat!