Turning an Office PC into a GAMING PC - How to Build a BUDGET Dell Optiplex Gaming Computer

Video Description

In this video I'll be taking a Dell Optiplex 7040 with an i7 6700, and turn it into a full fledged GAMING PC! Even though Dell has done its best to keep people from doing upgrades on their systems, and coming up with all kinds of techniques to prevent reuseability, there's always work arounds! (Which I'll show in this video ;) ) The parts I used in this video: Front panel adapter: https://amzn.to/3UlweHc 24-pin to 8-pin adapter: https://amzn.to/3UJMt21 Dell Optiplex 7040 Desktop PC: https://amzn.to/3Wvin3J Antec case: https://amzn.to/3ULhliX Xilence 750W PSU: https://amzn.to/3UKZTeg Lexar 16GB DDR4 RAM: https://amzn.to/3JM9Y4k Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:01 What parts do you need? 2:07 Salvaging parts from the Dell Optiplex 5:51 Adding parts to the motherboard 7:07 Preparing the new case / Cable management 8:57 Placing parts into the case 10:40 Connecting cables through the PC 13:00 INSERTING the Graphics Card 13:52 Testing, testing, testing 14:32 Dell BIOS errors + exhaust fan 15:39 She boots! (dick) 16:00 Benchmarking and testing for fires 16:27 Final touches + RESULT!