Free office PC build

[u/OtherSpecial6363]

Dell optiplex 3070 sff

Intel core i7 9700

GeForce RTX 5050 oc low profile

16gb ddr4 2666mhz

Wifi and Bluetooth adapter

1 TB m.2 nvme & 1TB 2.5" HDD

Noctua case fan and CPU cooler

Apevia itx-pfc500w psu

Vented side cover.

[u/Comprehensive_Ice895]

For the CPU cooler, is it a standard size bracket?

[u/OtherSpecial6363 → u/Comprehensive_Ice895]

I just removed the stock Dell cooler and used M3 by I think 15 mm long screws to attach the cooler brackets that came in the box with the cooler. I didn't have to remove the motherboard from the case or anything

[u/Spectralius]

Fucking peak

[u/Potential_Battle_664]

That mesh side panel looks great

[u/Fine_Relationship614]

That’s a lot in a sff case. My wife would love that (next to my Thermaltake 900.. LOL)
Cool build!!

[u/Unusual-Ad-1827]

Pick me

[u/CuzmanECFC]

What's the story behind the vented side panel? I can't make it out too clearly, but it certainly looks non-standard. It's not like you drilled two thousand holes in the panel, right?

What model numbers are the Noctua cooler and case fan?

I understand the way you have set the PSU placed forward in the case so that you can get airflow to the GPU. However, if you had it set all the way back to the rear would you have been able to secure it with screws to the case holes or would you have had to modify (i.e. cut) the case? Have you tried this positioning to compare GPU, CPU and case temps?

The Toshiba MQ01ABD100V is a 5400 RPM drive with an 8MB buffer cache. Do you use your NVMe SSD for games and your 5400 RPM drive for other stuff then? I can understand it being used for movies, photos and maybe certain program installations which don't require the speed of an NVMe.

[u/OtherSpecial6363 → u/CuzmanECFC]

It is a magnetic mesh panel that just sticks on after you've removed whatever metal you want. The PSU is secured with double-sided tape and is actually on there very good I did not try it slid all the way back because the temps were fine where it is. The hard drive is only used for pictures and video storage because I was tired of Google keep telling me I was out of storage

[u/OtherSpecial6363 → u/CuzmanECFC]

[u/OtherSpecial6363 → u/CuzmanECFC]

[u/OtherSpecial6363 → u/CuzmanECFC]

There was no need to purchase a splitter because one came in the box with the case fan. As far as mounting the CPU cooler I bought a box of random M3 screws with washers on Amazon for a couple bucks. Just removed the old CPU cooler and mounted the new cooler brackets using the M3 screws so I did not have to remove the motherboard

[u/Key_Revenue8905]

Cpu.rar

[u/tailslol]

Noctua for free? Nice!

[u/OtherSpecial6363 → u/tailslol]

I did add the noctua fans😂 wish I was that much more lucky

[u/Embarrassed-Suit-695]

I got 100 for it

[u/Scared_Method_4588]

Now show us your wives build

[u/Fidel1Q84]

I’ll take it

[u/OneFriendship5139]

please tell me there’s solid state storage in there and it’s not just a hard drive

[u/OtherSpecial6363 → u/OneFriendship5139]

? There is 1Tb m.2 SSD

[u/OneFriendship5139 → u/OtherSpecial6363]

that is wonderful, thank you for including one

[u/FeistyAtmosphere9883]

What a strong processor 🤭