Hello All,
I was curious about how I might be able to push the most performance out of an optiplex 780 SFF for gaming, specifically for the game STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT II.
Currently I've got a Q6600 and a gt 710 1gb vram card with 10gb ram. Gaming with this is, well not the best as you might guess. I have fun while I play and it runs, but it's stuck at low settings, lowest resolution, and I'm looking to get smooth 1080p gameplay with this system. I know that that the max CPU that it will take is a Q9650 clocked at 3.0ghz.
My first question, is there anyway to overclock that thing up to 4.2ghz? My motherboard won't support overclocking, so it would have to be done outside of the bios.
My second question, I'm aware that the case won't allow a psu upgrade because it won't fit, but that got me thinking does it even have to? I'm thinking about upgrading the psu to a standard 400w psu and letting it kind of sit beside the case while the cords run through the back into the case. Could this work, or is it unsafe?
My next question is that now that the psu is 400w, could I put a gtx 1650 SUPER in it or will the cpu bottleneck it badly even if it were overclocked? I'm aware that the card might not fit in the case, and in that case (no pun intended), I would keep the side lid off and let the card stick out.
Next question, would you recommend me buying a new pc case that would allow me to house things more securely, and how necessary would it be?
and lastly, I currently have 10gb of ram. should I upgrade it to 16? keep in mind, the goal is to get a playabe 50-60fps on 1080p, while keeping my current system.
Thanks,
Alfking
I was curious about how I might be able to push the most performance out of an optiplex 780 SFF for gaming, specifically for the game STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT II.
Currently I've got a Q6600 and a gt 710 1gb vram card with 10gb ram. Gaming with this is, well not the best as you might guess. I have fun while I play and it runs, but it's stuck at low settings, lowest resolution, and I'm looking to get smooth 1080p gameplay with this system. I know that that the max CPU that it will take is a Q9650 clocked at 3.0ghz.
My first question, is there anyway to overclock that thing up to 4.2ghz? My motherboard won't support overclocking, so it would have to be done outside of the bios.
My second question, I'm aware that the case won't allow a psu upgrade because it won't fit, but that got me thinking does it even have to? I'm thinking about upgrading the psu to a standard 400w psu and letting it kind of sit beside the case while the cords run through the back into the case. Could this work, or is it unsafe?
My next question is that now that the psu is 400w, could I put a gtx 1650 SUPER in it or will the cpu bottleneck it badly even if it were overclocked? I'm aware that the card might not fit in the case, and in that case (no pun intended), I would keep the side lid off and let the card stick out.
Next question, would you recommend me buying a new pc case that would allow me to house things more securely, and how necessary would it be?
and lastly, I currently have 10gb of ram. should I upgrade it to 16? keep in mind, the goal is to get a playabe 50-60fps on 1080p, while keeping my current system.
Thanks,
Alfking
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