I recently bought a Dell Optiplex 790 for about 15 bucks which I was going to use as a second PC. It came with windows 7 and booted fine, nothing wrong with it. I hate using HDD for boots drives since they are really slow now that I am so used to having windows on an SSD. So a couple of days ago I bought an SSD, (CS900 PNY 120gb SSD), brand new. I made a windows installer on my flash drive deleted all partitions and tried to install windows 10 onto the new SSD. Which came up with this error, "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu". I have tried everything I can think of to fix it but it still won't let me install windows 10 onto the SSD. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Picture: … [Read more...] about Windows cannot be installed to this disk. WIndows 10 Error (Dell optiplex 790)
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PSU Upgrade for Dell Optiplex 7010
haydenwhite400Oct 1, 2018, 3:19 AM Hello. I just purchased a GT 740 and found that it requires extra power than the PCI-e slot provides. I have a dell Optiplex 7010 Mini Tower and am wondering what kind of power supply I need to get and how much wattage. Any help is much appreciated! Thanks! … [Read more...] about PSU Upgrade for Dell Optiplex 7010
How do you upgrade a Mini ITX Dell Optiplex 9020
I currently use a Dell Optiplex 9020 and I have been looking to upgrade it with a graphics since my PC plays on intergrated graphics. I also do not know any power supply that can fit inside the case. the current PSU is a 255W 80+ Bronze, and I am sure that a graphics card like a GTX 970, 1060 and a 1070 (My preference) won't work with a 255W PSU. https://imgur.com/FnktLZb That is the PC I use … [Read more...] about How do you upgrade a Mini ITX Dell Optiplex 9020
GTX 1050 SSC on DELL OPTIPLEX 3010
So I recently got a dell optiplex 3010 mt (the biggest one) and I wanted to upgrade it to play pubg or fortnite so I thought of getting a EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 SSC GAMING , and I was wondering if it would fit or if with the original psu the graphics card would run without a problem... I have a budget of 150 and I was thinking that other option could be buy a gt 1030. What should I do? My specs: i5 3470 8gb ram ddr3 1tb wd hdd Psu 240w … [Read more...] about GTX 1050 SSC on DELL OPTIPLEX 3010
CPU upgrade in Dell Optiplex 990 DT
Hello, I'm upgrading my Dell Optiplex 990 DT's cpu and it currently has a 2nd Generation i3 in it. It also has 4 sticks of 4gb ram 1333mhz modules.I am considering buying the i7-2600k, https://ark.intel.com/products/52214/Intel-Core-i7-2600K-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHzIT SAYSMax # of Memory Channels2and i have 4 sticks installed(I tried a i7-3770 which failed but that was because it was a 3rg gen)is this compatible and will the i7-2600k work with the rest of my oem system … [Read more...] about CPU upgrade in Dell Optiplex 990 DT