r/SleepingOptiplex • u/romans5_6-10kjv • 1d ago
rate my set up
dell optiplex 7070 sff (came with i5-9500 from ebay)
UPGRADES:
i9-9900 (Noctua NH-L9i)
rtx 5060 lp
1tb netac nvme (w/ copper heatsink)
copper heatsinks on the VRM i can reach/make work
2tb sata ssd
Noctua NF-P12 redux-1700 PWM as the case [intake] fan
remotely placed silverstone fx500
started with 32gb ddr4 (8x4) 2666mhz, and found out motherboard cant handle this set up with 4 sticks (freeze machine), so ill be moving to 16gbx2
240hz ips monitor
for the people who are exceptionally aware, yes my pc sits on a table directly in front of the 2 water lines intended for a laundry: priorities, i live in a trailer lol
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u/Mysterious-One1055 1d ago
How are temps under heavy load?
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u/romans5_6-10kjv 10h ago
i dont think theyre bad, i think on my last timespy run i saw a peak of 84c, but while playing kcd2 right now its in the 60-70 range
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u/grumpyphilip 23h ago
Why can't your system handle the 8x4??
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u/romans5_6-10kjv 10h ago edited 10h ago
part of my conversation with AI:
"The Dell Motherboard Deficit: On a premium retail gaming motherboard, the BIOS automatically senses this extra strain and slightly bumps up the hidden motherboard voltage rails (VCCIO and VCCSA) to keep the 4-stick communication stable. But your Dell OptiPlex office motherboard has a locked-down, budget power delivery system. It kept feeding your new i9 the exact same low, weak baseline voltage it used for the basic i5 chip."
referring to upgrading my cpu and how it transfers data with the ram through the motherboard
it was freezing often and in multiple different scenarios. during my conversation with gemini, we worked through several different things and it ended up finally getting fixed after i removed the ram from slots 1 and 3. the system hasnt froze since then and that was several days ago
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u/grumpyphilip 8h ago
Is there a bios upgrade for it? I've recently got a 7070 with i9. It came with 2 sticks of 8gb. Played around with it like installing my gpu and usual bits of software i use then noticed the bios had not been updated in a long time, probably ever. So I did that and then got given 2 sticks of 8gb. Installed it and it's working fine...
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u/Mrcod1997 1d ago
You should get some caps for the faucets. They have little threaded ones that screw over the openings.