Professional fabricator here if you want a cleaner cut with your cut off wheels. Hold your grinder upside-down facing away from you and for Pete's sake clamp your work piece down securely. Great job in the end though. Looks amazing.

I really like how you explained the reasoning for all the parts and it made sense. A lot of pc build channels just kind of throw parts together and the reasoning is just because of the budget or because it’s really powerful. This felt a lot more down to earth

Well done. Not the cleanest work, but at least it is more relatable this way. Everyone with access to a basic workshop for an afternoon or two can manage a good looking mod like this. $450 for an SFF build with 4C8T and a 3060 is wild! Most of us won't get bargains like you did, but the important part is to show you don't need all shiny new stuff to have fun.

This is objective proof that a little bit of actual color will always look cooler than RGB on a boring monochrome box. Great job!

on the GPU, I think you can try get an unused Dell GPU bracket. A lot of people throw them around. It should work for most if not all desktop optiplex models.

This is the kind of stuff that I did back in the early 2000s that made me a pc enthusiast. this video took me back.

The fan mod hugely inspired me to do something similar with my upgraded 7040. Did slightly smaller fans at a horizontal mount. Made a 10deg difference.

Most of the older OEM cases were designed with the knowledge that some folks would put a heavy CRT monitor on top of the side of the case. The Dell T series even lists the weight rating. So yeah, they are definitely overbuilt!

Solid work there bud! I don't think I've ever seen an Optiplex look so good. If I can make one suggestion, tho, it would be to affix mesh where the fans would have been in the side panel for dust mitigation; otherwise great planning and execution.

This is exactly what I did back in 2008 when I had no money and wound up with a decent gaming rig. Think I spent about $800 in all upgrading an office PC. It worked. Today I have a 2 rigs one I spent $4,500 on and the other $2,500.

Awesome build! I'm doing something similar with an optiplex 5050 I found for cheap, and a spare GTX 1070 I have from my main pc. Building mine for my girlfriend to game on. Was searching around for a solution to the psu issue for the card and found your video. Extremely helpful and yours turned out really nice!

That Chrysler blue paint job is amazing. I really like it a lot. I don't know if anyone remembers but there was a time when a person could order from Dell a PC with a custom paint job. Many colors. I remember there was a cherry red and a purple one. This was back in the Windows XP or Vista days. I'm new to seeing your channel. I want to say you did a great job with that computer.

I did something like this with a slim profile DELL cheese grater - the empty cases are real cheap to buy. I put my own components in it and everything was great for a few years- and then the thermal paste totally dried up which caused the PC to shut down repeatedly a few minutes after logging onto the desktop. I had to go in and re-goop it. That's when the pain-in-the ass session started - all of the original install: - struggling to fit in the tight fitting MoBo - had to remove it and re-install it. - the tedious attaching all the I/O cabling - the tedious and time consuming forming into shape (cable flow mgmt) and doing all the zip lock tie downs for all the cabling ... all up in smoke - Had to it it all over again.!!! All of that extra work - just to get at four screws on the back of the MoBo to be able to pop-off the CPU Fan block - for the re-goop. Why? because all of these cases only have just one side panel to pop off. Never again!!! - I don't care how cool and sexy the old or new PC case looks like. If it doesn't have a second back side panel to pop-off - not interested. Great build /Mod you did there BTW!

You gave me some great ideas for my own 3050 project. Thanks.

I love this dude! You said "You won't see that" about as many times as I do lol!

Solid build my man. Been hotrodding optiplexs for a while and I have to say this video is giving me the itch to do another.

I came across this video today. It’s my first time seeing any of your content. Instant fan. I subscribed to your channel. About to build a new computer and it’s been a long time. Last PC I built was when the Visiontek Ti4600 was released.

I am really impressed with the fact that you actually explained in depth how to do these mods, and various problems, etc. I recently purchased one of these optiplexes and was wondering how to make it work with some better parts. This video and part 1 gave me all the answers.

Good work bro. I did one of the slim optiplex for my son. Only thing that would fit was a 1050 low profile. I also had to cut a hole . Used a hole saw and put a gold fan cover it looked amazing. Yours look amazing.

What a beautiful potato. It is gorgeous. It went from a boring office PC to a custom, entry level, gaming PC. All for $440.

Awesome to see this old stuff getting modded and repurposed instead of becoming waste! Old school PC case modding FTW!

Damn, this was somehow a really wholesome process as a whole. It makes me wanna build a budget rig just so I can do a mod here and there and see what I can come up with. You earned a sub, cheers!

Dude i love how you take cheaper pc's and do your thing to make them look and run better. Keep it up mmy dude👌👌👌

Man your are genius . I also has planing for this kind of mod but i don't have the instrument like you have

That bright blue paint looks amazing. - very very close to the same color as your pcie x16 slot.

Great build, just 2 comments that may have been pointed out already, but I am not reading 800+ comments. RGB Ram and SSD - invisible in the build, so no need to be RGB. And about drilling - always better to drill before you cut the base, it will be much safer and steady when drilling.

Outstanding work. I love it when people get creative with old Optiplex! Wish I got your drive and creativity, and most importantly, tools and an actual workbench.

I've done some mods in the past and when doing smaller cuts use a drill bit for the corner and cut from there . Use both hands on the Dremel, tape your cut lines they will be cleaner . If you have cutting discs that are smaller due to use keep them for curved cuts as it's easier to turn with a smaller disc than a larger one. Final tip and the most important use is a metric ruler and tape . The machine was built using a metric scale the fans are in mm it will give you more accurate measurements . Example the width of the two fans plus the gap in the middle it's easier to know 240mm plus the width of the gap over 3 3/4 + 2/16 + 3 3/4 =7 10/16 maybe ...

AMAZING BUILD! Great project and thanks for showing that anything can be fun to mod, no matter what you start with!

I've been watching your videos for the last hour or so, this one earned a sub from me 👍 I've done a couple of these office PC upgrades myself for personal use over the years, and I think everybody who's done one would have liked to do it up like this. This was incredible, pushing the limits & finished with a clean paint job & fit. If the cuts were cleaner & add proper mounting for the GPU, this would be perfect. Very well done and entertaining to watch. Respect!

You could've done some things differently. For an example, could've just cut 2 circles on to the original side panel & attach that mesh from the other side using screws

Great video, I just picked up a 5050 off of ebay & I found your video when I searched for what mods I oculd do to it. This was perfect, love the color & the fan setup on the sidepanels. Damn nice job bro - You got a follower right here!

Amazing work and attention to the detail. There is so much potential in old hardware but people are lazy snobs, cursed to always want new and better.

You deserve more subs, also I heard Xeon Chips work on these if you plan on making another video in the future. What a PC, damn good video and its going to help me in my project as well!

Its terrifying watching the way you use these tools, man.came out so dope tho.

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I love this video, 27 minutes felt like 8 very amusing. I wish I could build a pc myself

for future reference you can get reinforced dremel wheels just for metal and thicker materials, they work excellent, they're black and have these fibers that run through them for strength

Been waiting for this specific video. Looks great just from the thumbnail

The "RGB = more FPS" always gets me, all the times!!!

the blues colors look good the fan grill on the side panel also looks good

Thank you so much for the education and new ideas.

words cannot descibre how awesome this one turned out, congratulations my man!

Very nice work and great paint job! It looks killer! Great video!

I have that same dual 120mm grill from AC Infinity but the white version. They have worked great in my case modding I've been doing and have provided much more airflow!

Damn, i was expecting you to put double 120s on that side panel for big airflow... Still a really good mod.

I have a Dell tower that I want to turn into a sleeper too and you gave me some ideas.

Love it... Used to tinker with IBM case for an upgrade... Brings back memories except for the RGBs... Never liked 'em but can't seem to shake 'em since almost everything nowdays comes with RGBs built in... Still Great built... Cheers Choom!

that paint job is on point!

I dig it. One of the better optiplex builds I’ve seen

I love the customization. Taking a cheap workstation and modding it with ventilation and paint is awesome, unique, and a great budget build.

I did something SUPER similar with my 5070 mt. A nice little gaming box when it's all done, this can easily be done with metal snips too if you don't have a bunch of power tools, just be aware that front panel assembly becomes a lot weaker after you remove all that metal, avoid trying to man handle it after it's easy to bend and mess up the alignment (although that's not a hard fix) also be cautious of the gpu height anything above 115mm or so will end up interfering with the side panel if it's pcie power connection is on top, which is most of them. You can relocate the connector to the side if you are comfortable with a soldering iron and know what you are doing, but id just get a GPU that fits, it's much easier.

That is such a SHARP looking case by the way.

Well done. Best looking Optiplex I've ever seen.

Welcome back man! Not sure why I didn't get any notifications, I see you have been back for awhile now. Great video man ! Get yourself one of those new cut off tools I have the Milwaukee m12, Ridgid, DeWalt, and Ryobi have one as well.

Im glad I saw this....i just got into PC gaming and I wanted to get something cheap for now, and I saw this on ebay....definitely gonna get it

Only thing i'd suggest it taking a file to those rough cuts, smooth them out to save your hand in the future

This looks so clean...

Love that business class machine for file / media servers.

Exceptional work, would love to have seen a 10.2 "Sapphire RX 580 NITRO+ Special Edition installed in there instead of the 3060, would have been a such perfect match for the color scheme of this little Optiplex

I made a very similar build on a Dell inspiron 3668 with a i5 7400 and a zotac Gtx 1080ti, worst thing was the temps but after under volting the Gpu and fan tuning my problem was solved

Hi, I have the same Dell Optiplex 3050, now after seeing this video you have given me a few ideas... I'll think about what I'm gunna do.Thanks for the Info it is a Brilliant job you have done. Thanks from the UK.

Interesting that the psu works because that 8 pin connector has a 12V vsb and those 24 pin power supplies are 5V vsb. But it looks like it ran for you without any problems. Beautiful build btw.

Super awesome build man! I loved your reasoning behind everything. This video just gave me so much motivation to show my 7010 sff some love. ❤

I really love this video. Great job man. You've inspired me to do something I've wanted to do for a while. Thank you.

I've done something similar with an Optiplex. It was my first actual PC build back when I was too broke to afford anything better.

I just did a whole case swap. I found that the normal SFF Optiplex limits it for quiet a few things. Honestly just spending like 50 bucks for a new motherboard and power supply will be the best thing to do if you actually wanna expand the use of an Optiplex for things like gaming.

I highly doubt it’d fit, but you should’ve gone somehow more balls to the wall and put in a 120mm aio on the top part of the side panel or alternatively it kind of doesn’t make sense for the budget but getting a 92mm aio from asetek though it is over $100 last time I checked. That GPU stuff you showed wiggling it is kind of bad and should really be properly screwed down even though the Evga 3060 is pretty tiny. Anyways, amazing video not enough people are this crafty

Just a suggestion on the cutting. You should cut wider than your line than grind/sand back to the line. Will give you perfect results that way. Other than that, I enjoy the videos!

You remind me of me like 20 years ago! Only it was dell 8330's I think some was or something like that. Back in pentium 4 days lol. But modding old computers/ part bashing to make the best of what you could find.

i just had to leave a comment man i love videos like these and there isnt enough of them on yt..im so glad i stumbled upon this video im only 8 mins in and im in lovee with whe whole concept good work man a sub was earned

Well done! I like the idea for the side panel intakes! You can fit fans in the front of the case, if you get the Noctua NF-A9x14 PWM fans. They're really thin and should allow you to install them in front of the GPU. I've been able to fit a 3060Ti in my Optiplex with these fans in the front as well. I'd also get some feet for the bottom to raise the chassis up a little and cut a hole in the bottom for the PSU to breathe its own air. Currently, it's sucking in hot air from the GPU. You can also thread a screw through to tool-less PCI-E bracket. I put screws through mine to secure things into place more.

this is the channel ive been looking for

Love the custom build !.. keep them coming!

Awesome work on the modding and the computer build.I am at the moment building a computer case for the fallout theme.

Like the Budget Build; That power supply is sweet; In the future put a piece of scrap cardboard in the case when using the cutting wheel, just to prevent burn marks you may regret. Looks Sweet MOPAR!

Like your videos dude. Hope you come back soon. Get that back healthy!

Dude hell yeah anyone can shove a GPU in an older office machine, you made this thing custom and it came out looking great! Love the blues too, really surprised at the transformation here.

Wow...!!! Vaya EQUIPAZO te ha quedado, amigo. Me suscribo a tu canal. Gracias por compartir cosas sobre esta máquina potente.

My first gaming rig was an Optiplex that I cobbled together. I cut the case up with some tin snips because the gpu was too big to fit in. I think it was an 8800gs or something like that..

Amazing Case Mod! I wish I had the skills to do that I could replicate the Lian Li PC-6010 Fish tank Side Panel!

Bro, killer build !! Thanks for the ideas

Turned out really nice looking. I just cut out a piece on my side panel for a 9020 put some clear plastic, just need more money to get a GPU and I did take out the HD cage. There's a i7 4770 with a SSD. I like how your's has the M.2 socket.

Great work, love your take on cooling. Like seeing this family of Optiplex get some love. Any more mods in the pipeline?

Brilliant, super cool mod!!

Really enjoyed watching the process!

Really neat to see people take 'junk' and make it into a useful rig again. We're in a world that likes getting the latest n' greatest even when it's not needed as an upgrade. So much so that used stuff often doesn't get considered.

Clamp a straight edge of timber and use that to guide your cutoff wheel, you'll get a much better result, quicker and safer.

I was waiting for this !!!!

I did something similar with a Lenovo SFF office PC I got for $50. I went with an i5 6500, 16GB of RAM and an RX 6400 low profile. Its pretty solid for what it is.

Since there is a power limitation you could use low profile cards and they are cheaper

Look at you spreading the thermal paste like a fancy pants !

Love optiplex mods. Nice work!

I love how this is the least sleepy sleeper ever!

I like it. I just picked up an Optiplex 7040 that has a 1660 ti in it and I worry the 240w PSU might not be enough.But, not having the patience you do, I think I'll look for a case that I can just transplant everything into and go that route.

Quite enjoyed this OptiPlex hecks they don't want you to knows about! ... heh, I painted My OptiPlex 5055's internal exposed interior for corrosion resistance (over the galvanized coating provides) and Heat Cured Urethane Conformal Coated the Motherboard and VGA adapter thingie and Memory and NVME SSD... uh, yea.. and!!! And used Silicon Dielectric Grease between the CPU and socket! and will be for the various exposed contacts and swapped out the AC power supply with a Pico type Power Supply for a '78 pickup computer! ... over kill just in case I sink it! maybe I'll add a water sensor ball cage thingie to shut it all down and uhm... yea! lol,

Love the blue box, great idea!

I think I preferred the hexagonal grills. Painting those up blue as well would draw the eye, and keep folks from looking through the holes.. and seeing the internals... Looks good either way tho.

Cool build, very well done! I know someone who recently spent around 1000$ on a pre-built with a 3060 in it, Insane how you end up with pretty much the same thing for 550$ less.

Son : i want 3050 Mother : we have 3050 at home 3050 at home