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[Guide] Install High Sierra or Mojave on the Dell Optiplex 7010 / 9010 Desktop PC - Revision II

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I would put an extra fan in the front to pull air in and through the case. There are small holes that let air in, just no fan. Personally I would never put a 580 into an Optiplex MT. Not designed for cards this large and power hungry. At most I'd use an ITX RX 570 that fits and is quieter.

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I was looking at the 580 you have on the guide of gpu. I was leaning towards the 570 but amazon had a open box msi 580 from your guide for 134 and thought I'd try it out. Should I cancel the order and just get the 570? I also just received my fenvi card. I'm currently using a Nvidia gt 710 that I borrowed from a friend. Thanks looking forward to your input.
 
I was looking at the 580 you have on the guide of gpu. I was leaning towards the 570 but amazon had a open box msi 580 from your guide for 134 and thought I'd try it out. Should I cancel the order and just get the 570? I also just received my fenvi card. I'm currently using a Nvidia gt 710 that I borrowed from a friend. Thanks looking forward to your input.
If you mean this 580 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078Q78L93/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
I think that should work. It's not as long as most and not overclocked so it's got good potential. I've never owned one so you'd be the first to report on it.
 
I also picked this nvme adapter from my local frys for 17. 99 will try it out later as I installed the os to a 500gb Samsung Evo 860 that I picked up for 78 but tempted to get a nvme since it's such a good deal and would like to have windows os installed as well.
 

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PCIe riser card to allow me access to the sata ports.
Nice solution
and is quieter
My Daily Mac - a 7010 (EDIT: corrected much later from DT to) MT - i5 with just HD4000 graphics and stock fans, never push it hard but in normal use, it's the most quiet machine with fans that I've ever been near. Still being wowed by these machines eg. - in sleep - the daily mac uses 3 Watts, the well built but stock parts machine from a UK builder uses 7 watts.
 
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My Daily Mac - a 7010 DT
I had a 3010 DT briefly before I sold it and it was also amazingly quiet. Not sure why that form factor has the quietest fans. If it was a 7010/Q77 I would have kept it but I'm already owning too many hacks as it is.

it's the most quiet machine with fans that I've ever been near. Still being wowed by these machines.

This may be why it's now the #5 best selling desktop on Amazon.com right now. You get an i5, Win10 Pro license and 16GB of ram for much less than a junky new Win10 Home machine from Walmart that costs over 300 dollars and has a meager 4GB of ram. The Acer PC at #3 below is good spec wise but they give you the cheapest H310 motherboard and a garbage PSU with those. Not sure if the PSU can be swapped out either. It also doesn't work with Mojave like the 7010.

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I had a 3010 DT briefly before I sold it and it was also amazingly quiet. Not sure why that form factor has the quietest fans. If it was a 7010/Q77 I would have kept it but I'm already owning too many hacks as it is.



This may be why it's now the #5 best selling desktop on Amazon.com right now. You get an i5, Win10 Pro license and 16GB of ram for much less than a junky new Win10 Home machine from Walmart that costs over 300 dollars and has a meager 4GB of ram. The Acer PC at #3 below is good spec wise but they give you the cheapest H310 motherboard and a garbage PSU with those. Not sure if the PSU can be swapped out either. It also doesn't work with Mojave like the 7010.

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Is there any advantages of getting one over the other from hp an dell models?
 
Is there any advantages of getting one over the other from hp an dell models?
It's mostly what brand you prefer. I like the build quality and looks of the Dell desktops. I don't like the 5 pin fan header nonsense but that's something that is tolerable. With the HP models you get a normal 4 pin header for the CPU fan and you can swap the fan out easily. PWM control still works.

If you also need more mechanical HDDs for storage the HP SFF and MT models win there too. So if you were using one as a large capacity media server the HP MT is the better choice. You get three standard HDD bays. You can also convert the two 5.25" optical drive bays to hold more drives. So you could use up all of the five Sata connectors with large capacity HDD's. Add 32 GB of ram and it's a capable server.

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So I got the Msi rx 580 and it works out of the box. You have enough clearance for the sata ports but you loose the pci e 1x as it's a double slot. Which kind sucks because you can't use the Fendi card and a nvme add on.
 

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Which kind sucks because you can't use the Fendi card and a nvme add on.
There is a way to use the x1 slot and the Fenvi Wifi/BT card. Takes some work but might be worth it.
 
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