Want a fun drinking game? Take a shot for how many times I say "Dell Optiplex 3040"! I promise not to say the model name as much for the next video lol

Dude we’re so spoiled with modern cases. This is a cool project you have going👍

Lol less than a minute in and I can't count the number of times you've already said the full model number over and over. Must've been fun xD Jokes aside, awesome video.

You are very good and entertaining man. Keep up the good work :)

Dell Optiplex? More like Dell Optiflex now. :D

WOW...Kenneth you are a real tech wizard 🧙‍♂️...amazing lesson on size matters with making all the parts fit into the Dell Optiplex ! Thanks dude for teaching us how to upgrade our computers 💻 into gaming beasts...!!! Scarboro 🇨🇦☮️💚

thank you for not being loud and using slow music unlike every other channel ever. Keep it up.

Love seeing an optiplex spec’d out. My optiplex 7010 has a i5-3470 , 12 GB RAM, GTX 1060 3Gb. Runs every game I want to play with respectable settings of course 🤝

I subbed because of that montage video too! I like how you explained why it was wrong. I felt like wow I can probably learn a lot from this guy. This upgrade is pretty nice!

the first mod you should always do when messing with older cases is to get rid of that raw machining grey finish on the frame. nothing else matters until thats no longer grey

I just finished building a Dell optiplex 9010 into a gaming PC for my little brother. Glad to see I'm not the only one giving Dell optiplexs second lives. Keep it up. Subscribed

You got me! I'm binging all your content after seeing that Verge supercut haah!

That looks fantastic. I use that Pro 7 cooler all the time, its a bloody good cooler for the price and nice and small for smaller cases.

This is great Content. I like Paul's hardware and Jayztwocents etc etc, but this is unique and takes a lot of work. I love fixing up older computer's, but never really thought about case modding. This day and age it seems easier and cheaper to get a case. Love the video let's see some benchmarks and if it's not too personal price over performance

Abit late to the party here. I forgot I subbed to you since the verge controversy! Glad I remembered. As of now I also plan to mod my old OEM PC by giving the case a fresh new look by spray-painting and replacing the outdated hardware, pretty lucky I saw this video because it immediately lit up my eyes in your channel. Hope it works!

Liked & subscribed, thank you so much for covering turning the 3040 optiplex into a sensible machine. I bought a n i5 6 core 3060 Optiplex and thought, what was I thinking buying a machine with such limited upgrade potential and hardly any space for anything until I was your videos on the subject! You totally restored my sanity, thank you SO MUCH!!!!

Some benchmarks would be nice to see how that boy runs. Badass mod man, these are the same Optiplex we use at work with office workers, sadly after EOL IT just trash them :(

"This rainbow fan cable is ugly as sin" ALSO (Referencing RGB lighting) "Yes, this looks nice, I'm very happy with that." Full-chroma-scale design philosophy: "Am I a joke to you?"

Great mod! I love seeing old office PC’s given a new life rather than ending up in a recycling center. These are great for people just getting into PC gaming that can’t afford a high end system. The only thing I would do different is opening up the back where the PSU is a bit more. Could have some overheat issues if it can’t push the hot air out. Maybe just a few drilled holes. Other than that, solid build! Can’t wait to see more vids!

Was about to sleep but manage to see it in my recomended, pretty sweet mod man ,earned a sub

what rgb strip are you using

Stellar job, as always. Also, congrats on getting a spike in subs again! Thought the Verge thing happened a while back, weird it's resurfaced, but hey, as long as the channel's growing, it's great. As always, I got a couple cool ideas to further "prettify" this build, just a few suggestions. That piece of the side panel you cut out? Try bending it and making a PSU shroud. If you want to keep the up facing PSU fan, just cut that side panel and bend it so it only covers the "rat's nest", or just drill holes over the fan, might look cooler if you're up for it. Needless to say, if you went RGB and wanna go all out, there are some cool 80mm and 90mm RGB fans I found on AliExpress, I can link em if you're interested. Also on there is a good and cheap braided extension cable set for like $12, I used it in my project and it's awesome. Speaking of my project, it's almost complete, got a few small things to add, but I'll share some of the pics here. To remind you, this is all 2013/2014 components from my old rig, pimped for today's standards with mostly bought cheap RGB and other guff from AliExpress, also a modded GPU AIO cooler and a very shitty and restrictive gaming case. Proved to be quite a challenge... Anyway, here are the pics imgur.com/a/ULHAaj5 Wanted to log the whole build and AIO modding process, but it was so damn hot and I usually work without a shirt, so that would've been awkward, lol. Anyway, hope you like it.

rubber edge trims would be absolutely great on those cuts and car window film tint for the acrylic for the scratches to be gone forever... along with turning the top as a fine mesh hole for better airflow! man I love case modding

I've cut up cheap cases for years and I think you did a great job!

It just wasn’t strong enough, WAS IT!?!

To be honest Kenneth, I came here from the super cut and i find that your video in that part was more interesting as im a noob pc builder and your input n thoughts in the video was much more educational because at first, i thought the verge pc build was meh ok but turns out it was NOT ok at all so hi there!

You got another sub and bell. Such a joy to see young enthusiast building and modding. Great job man. Wish you all the best. Looking forward to see more videos.!

Cool project. You have an excellent demeanor and calm energy which is good for computer videos.

I subbed from the verge video and forgot I subbed. Good video.

Now that’s what you call a custompc

Great tutorial! You just answered A LOT of questions I had from the first video. Looking forward to the next one, Cheers.

😏 Dremel is your friend ☺️

Yesssss YEEEEET MORE POWAA

Can't leave without subscribing your channel.. Look forward to see these kind of projects again and again. This mod was freaking awesome dude!!

Speaking of modding a case... (not OEM case's like this) So many cheap cases have a major design flaw. The front panel blocks the front intake fans. It's so weird that they are made like that, I modded my case to expose the front fans. My temps went down dramatically. Noice! I'm newish to PC building, and I noticed it, and glad I found a fix after researching a little. You should definitely make a video about that.

WHOO I'm one of the Verge people.

like if you have a dell optiplex

Great video... I buy an off lease office pc every time I see one for a dirt cheap price locally. I dont cut in any windows because the stock motherboard and cooler are just ugly. However, there is some rubber trim you can get on Amazon that sticks right next to the rough edges and makes the cut out look more finished. Also adding 4 feet to the bottom will let you have a bottom mounted intake fan pulling in cool air. Hot air rises and that is why a second fan on the top of the case is perfect, plus they make all sorts of fan grill covers to camouflage rough dremel cuts. An i7 with 16gb of ram a 120gb ssd and a 1tb mechanical drive paired with a gtx 1650 oc ddr6 model makes an awesome cheap gaming pc. I do not upgrade the power supplies to add better graphics cards however. If I'm going to buy a new psu and adapters I feel like I might as well build from scratch.

Great video! I'm all about modding and making stuff from nothing. The first video of yours I saw was the reaction to the verge "pc build". Glad I watched more! You gained a sub

Hello 😁

Great man! Just great! Wish I could try all this stuff. I also felt really good hearing the satisfaction in your voice😁 Got my sub!

I saw the super cut video just today and glad i found u my man, i subscribed and u keep it up!!

This video made me subscribe. I used to do similar stuff back in my day putting 386DX and 486sx/dx computers in my old XT computer case.

Awesome video! I'm going to do this in the near future with my 7010. Thank you.

I like that the SFX PSU just screws in perfectly.

This is the roots of PC modding , good vid.

Bro that’s cool looking. Nice job!

It's refreshing to see someone doing actual case modding in this day and age. If I could make a suggestion, radius your corners with a 1" radius and use rubber door edge molding on the cut edge to give the window opening a nice finished appearance. The narrower the molding the tighter of a radius it will make. Anyway, keep up the good work and I hope you go far.

I did come from the super cut and you did gain a new sub. Looking forward to more content.

Uploaded videos more like this, watching it was so satisfying

I'm glad to know that my PC has this much potential...😄 film the benchmark

it looks like the psu's back vent is blocked. The psu cant exhaust, trapping its heat.

hey men I am working with my dell 3050 do you recommended to get the corsair sf 600 or do you think that the EVGA 500 will do the work done?

thank you for the shortcut. Didnt know crtl+shift+esc opens task manager!

was thinking of doing a build like this myself with an old dell original XPS case my only issue is that the MB stand offs and the motherboard layout are dell's own so it will be a top to bottom job only using up to date parts rather then the existing dell ones...LOL...great vid...you have a new sub

That looks fucking amazing 😂 keep these prebuilt office PC mods coming bro loving it

Could always bend a sheet of acrylic and make a shroud to cover all the cables in the bottom to make it look way cleaner.

I've owned a couple optiplex's in the past and turned them into gamer's but never with this much modding. Nice job bro.

I really like that footprint tall and not too deep

I'm a simple man I see a video on pcs I click, i like custom pcs so I subbed

Now it's a Dell Opticomplex PC. Because it's all complex with the upgrades and mods

I just scrapped my optiplex it served me well for many years

This is dope! Love the video and creativity! 🍻

hi am from kenya i use the dell optiplex 3040...i thought it could not be upgreded at all dem this is awsome.........

I just modded my dell inspiron 3670. Added 4 fans, new psu, nvme, and cut out holes on top for venting. I have a 5040 sff that i wouldnt dare to do mods on but with your video i now have an idea on how to so thanks!

That's individual, but I would go with 'wolf under a sheep's fur' build: would not cut a window in a side panel, but stick with that PSU, video and replace the ram with 32 gigs. CPU cooling - maybe that too, but a smaller one with fan sitting on the other side, just to keep the case intact.

Bro, I personaly love your work. I wish to have a PC like this. I'm not a rich man, i don't have the money to buy one pc. I'll love to have one for my self.

Would be dope to get a piece of sheet metal and bend it with a break then rivet it in place to make a PSU shroud to hide the rats nest. Nice work, earned my sub!

Very cool mod project! Such an improvement to the look of the ugly stock case. I've got an Optiplex 9020 on the way, which I had been planning on swapping into a better looking case. A friend told me however, that there's all sorts of proprietary Dell stuff that doesn't really allow case swapping, so that kind of put the brakes on that idea. But luckily, I've got a bunch of Lexan lying around my garage, all the tools in the world, and a steady hand, lol! Thanks for sharing this video dude!

This is great. I did something similar to my dell optiplex 7010. Which I would of highly recommended over this pc because the 7010 Mini Tower has a bigger chassis which is much better for cable management and for airflow mods. The only downside is the age of the processors which is sandybridge and ivybridge. Some newer models use Haswell tho. I threw an R9 Nano in mine. Works great.

This gives me motivation for my Dell 790... So far just need to clean and put all the upgraded parts. I'll post benchmarks once shes all done.

More Pics from the Optiplex Mod!! imgur.com/a/Obh7Bbe As you can see, I still have a couple odds and ends to wrap up (front panel where optical drive used to be. Also got some red overspray on the black half of the front panel. Going to paint that whole side black anyway to get rid of silver tag. Also will need to find some feet to raise the system some. If I can muster up the courage, I will probably paint the motherboard (not quite there yet..lol) And finally, I will have to do something about the cables at the bottom.) I want to add a vinyl graphic to the plexiglass window (not sure what yet though.) I going to install some mesh wiring at the bottom over the hole for the PSU. I bought EZDIY-FAB RGB for the ram, but had no where to connect them. I will have to find some sort of controller, since I can't seem to install them on the board. I also plan to pick up a I7-6700K to go along with the ZOTAC 1070. it actually runs really well with the I5-6500, but I want to use this as a Photoshop rig, so the multithreading should help a lot with that. Anyway, I'm pretty happy with the results. Please leave comments on what you guys think. This is my first time trying anything this ambitious with a computer. Thanks!!

Suggestions: Get a decent grinder, must've taken forever cutting that hole with a dremel. Paint the inside of the case black. Cut out the back of the case around the psu so it can breathe properly and drill the proper holes for mounting it.

love this video, please bring more content.

Impressive stuff man! You've got some serious skills.

The computer looks great, and its clear that you have a lot of work into it. My only recommendation would be to go ahead and make yourself some custom length (and possibly sleeved) cables for the interior to clean up the "rats nest" that you mentioned in the video at the bottom of the case. They aren't hard to make at all, and will GREATLY improve the aesthetic of the PC now that you've got that big beautiful window.

Really great content. Hopefully you will be able to get many more subs and viewers, you deserve it.

oh man. I have a old (2002 ish) sony vaio tower when they went black and sleek and I had already done one "sleeper" build in it. I really wanted to add a window like this just to go further, this is awesome

Good job!!! I thoroughly enjoyed it, my dude!

Nice transformation. But: You absolutely should open up the hole for the PSU exhaust, so it doesn't cook to death. That's the only negative thing which appears to me.

Thank you for such a nice video ❤️. I was able to come far in upgrading my Dell optiplex for this video. ❤️❤️👌

Try maybe adding a custom psu shroud made of acrylic would do well to hide those cables. Nice video btw 👍

This is awesome, thank you for creating this video.

I purchased a Dell Optiplex 780 on FB Market for $20! I only had to install an HDD and a power cord but I of course went further.

I have the same... why you dont buy an adaptor to 24 pin to 6 pin for the motherboard

You never told us how you wired up the SFX power supply to the motherboard.

i hope after this, that you eventually bought an angle grinder. one of the first things i bought for my pc building, and it is a GODSEND.

would have like to see how u assembled it

I plan on doing this same thing with a Lenovo P310 I have lying around.

I worked a lot with metall. I would use a normal flex with 1mm thick blade from pferd. Faster than dremel.

You are so freaking welcome

I like how you pulled it off and it really looks great. but I noticed around 15:30 that the power supply air flow is choked. I hope you don't take this the wrong way but I suggest trying to widen the clearance for the power supply's air flow and add a screw hole mount at the same time.

It looks like I'm 3 yrs. behind, but thanks for the great video. :)

This is a sexy upgrade honestly, i wish I cloud do that on my 7050 MT dell but the problem is the 24 pin to 6 pin power cable is so annoying, i found an adapter to convert 24 to 6 but its not specified for dell ppl say your computer will explode if you use it 💔😓

I always liked the look of some the business oriented oem pc from dell and acer. Might try modding one some day.

Your verge video was so funny. Great channel. :)

Always lucky when a prebuilt PC allows for so much upgrading! I'm currently struggling with some old office PCs that either 1. don't boot with cards that don't support legacy boot (as far as I understood) 2. are proprietary as all hell so power supply upgrades are impossible or 3. don't accept different CPUs. Recently wanted to mod the case of a Fujitsu Celsius 410 with a sidewindow, but the toolless sidepanel hinge was so loose it could barely hold the panel on.

As A Builder Myself... Yes Most Of Us Would Like To See The Benchmark

Hey! I'm doing that too brother! Except im using a different optiplex tower. Good build, now my goal is to do better

Such a cool video mate 👍🏾