[SOLVED] how to make the 1060 work on my pc ?

[toranshaiq2001]

A month ago I broke my ps4 pro and had nothing to do in the house, I have this pc laying around which I only used for Netflix and internet, it’s the Optiplex 9020 Core i5 - 4590 3.3ghz I wanted to play games so bad so I ordered a gtx 1050ti cause it was budget and I just wanted to see how it feels to play on pc, I was blown away that even a budget gpu performed so well so I wanted to buy an even better one the 1060 6gb but as I was trying to order my brother said my PSU won’t be able to turn it on and blah blah I don’t know squat about pc so then I did some research and know a lot more now, bottom line - what will be a decent cheap PSU that would fit perfectly and make the 1060 on my pc ? And I read somewhere that I would need an adaptor as well? Sorry I’m new to pc . The gtx 1050 ti with 2 fans fits perfectly just leaving 2 inches of gap between the HDD surfaces

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[feelinfroggy777]

A 1060 will require additional power from the PSU as the PCIe connection is only good for 75 watts.

If your computer has a ATX PSU inside of it, then this PSU will drop right in and do the job. If the optiplex case does not support an ATX PSU, then you will need a different case.

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[NightHawkRMX]

One more member of pc master race. Ok so a rock solid budget psu is a corsair cx550m 550 watt 80+ bronze modular psu. What motherboard is in your computer? Some oem motherboards have nonstandard power connectors that may need a 24 pin adapter to work. Also, some nonstandard oem cases may not have the right slot to accomodate an atx psu like the one above.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Judging by the pictures i see online that case is non-standard and cannot accomodate a standard atx power supply. The psu that in it right now is a proprietary small form factor psu that likely coulr not power a 1060. You may need to take your current components out of that computer and move them to a new case since you cannot upgrade the psu in its current case. This is not an easy task and it can be time consuming. Also your motherboard could be non standard and may not be able to be moved.
You most likely cannot upgrade the current psu since it is a non standard size. Also you may not be able to move the guts of the pc to another case because of a non standard size mobo. If this is the case you may need to get another computer. However If it is a standard micro atx or mini itx mobo it may be worth getting a differant case, chucking the old pcs components, a 1060, and a new psu in it.

 

[punkncat]

The OptiPlex 9020 comes as various models. There is a SFF, DT, and MT model. It's important to know which one.

If it's SFF there is "essentially" nothing you can do outside one of those external video card cases, and TBH I am not sure what that takes to connect to a PC. Since you already mentioned the 1050ti I doubt this.

If it's a DT model, assuming you get a half height card you may be able to do something. Check the form factor of your PSU on that model as it won't be ATX.

It it's an MT model you are good with standard ATX PSU. I suspect this is the one you have.

 

[hang-the-9]

If the 1050 Ti worked fine, why are you even bothering to buy yet another new video card to replace it? Cost is probably not worth it for the system you have to buy both a new power supply and a video card. Your CPU is not bad but it may start to be a bottleneck for a 1060 6gb. Unless you are going to use it with a 120 or 144hz 1080p monitor it's not worth the extra cost and hassle to replace a new video card.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Likely if the 1050ti fit, the 1060 will and maybe an atx psu. I recently used one of those sff I5 dells and there is noooo way a 1050 ti would fit in it. He likely has the bigger case version that coulr fit a 1060. It may have an atx psu aswell. Without knowing the specific model it is hard to say whats needed for a 1060