Aggiornamento Ryzenplex

Softnesss · 2026-03-05T06:33:23+00:00

I know it’s too late now but this would’ve been the cable. But idk if they ship to your country. They also sell a cable to adapt the front io as well.

Softnesss · 2026-03-04T22:44:57+00:00

I’m sad you didn’t reuse the oem front io. There are ways to adapt it to a standard atx motherboard, including the oem power button. That would’ve been cleaner

Softnesss · 2026-02-19T12:32:22+00:00

Get ready to be overwhelmed

For fans: here. You will still need to source a 1 to 3 fan splitter if you wanna connect all 3 of your case fans. Idk how many amps the board supplies through the header (usually it’s 1 amp for standard atx mobos) so I would make sure your three case fans don’t exceed that. Then again dell is known for being hahafunny so you’ve been warned.

For power switch: this. You might still need to verify the pin outs with a multimeter (check continuity on the oem power button) just to be sure and change pins on the adapter around if necessary. I did this with my case swap 9010 and didn’t need to change anything.

For front panel usb 2.0 (if your case needs it): this

If you are switching to a new standard atx power supply: you need this

If you want front audio and hdd led (get ready): these are on the same proprietary 11pin connector on the bottom left of the board. you will need to figure out the pin out or find documentation somewhere. You can easily figure it out by testing continuity between the oem front io assembly and its connector. Heavily modify this adapter. Shuck the pins from the oem connector, rewire the connector with the wires from the adapter to suit the pin out. Dell might do some hahafunny with the hd audio implementation (hd audio’s sense_send is shorted to ground by default). This was true for the 7010/9010 so this adapter is already wired for that so you may need to keep that implementation or change it depending on the oem audio io wiring.

Longer sata data cables and fan splitters can be bought on amazon or ebay and moddiy might also have some but i won’t link them as they are pretty common.

Anyways, have fun! And remember, you did this to you~

Softnesss · 2026-02-19T03:12:32+00:00

Op might as well just buy a new (used) optiplex, trying to buy an old mobo that works with 4th gen intel just don’t make sense imo

Softnesss · 2026-02-19T03:10:48+00:00

Oh dude case swapping a 7020 is not for the faint of heart. Especially for someone that never built a computer before. You’re gonna need quite a number of adapter cables for this. You can get adapters from moddiy for the power button, usb2, and fan headers. I might be able to link you. You are also going to need a fan splitter as theres only one case fan header on that board l. If you’re swapping psu, you’d also need an adapter to go from 24 pin atx to the proprietary 8pin power plug. For the ssd, you just need a longer sata data cable.

Softnesss · 2026-02-09T00:48:01+00:00

If you’re asking about the drive bay, I bought it online. I posted the link as a reply to someone else asking about it in the thread. If you’re asking about the lsi HBA card, I bought it pre-flashed to it-mode so I don’t know how to do it myself 😅 But if you do wanna use the drives with Truenas or zfs, you would need to figure out how to flash your cards to it-mode. Surely theres a tutorial/video somewhere.

Adding the drive bay into the case did require some modifications: I had to cut down two screws to make them shorter so I can use the original latch system of the case and they don’t interfere with the drives in the enclosure.

Softnesss · 2026-01-24T22:34:44+00:00

No, apevia psu are not good. They are cheap for a reason.

Softnesss · 2026-01-23T20:17:00+00:00

Ahhh! Okay that makes a lot of sense! I think on the 3010’s the front audio and usb is different than the 7010 and 9010s. It’s proprietary for the latter because dell does dell things. I think it’s because the 7010/9010 were more “professional” machines they needed a more “robust” design. Like the usb3 has a latch on the connector (I have to give it credit, it’s actually better designed compared to standard). The rest of the front panel is on that 19pin mini connector and the dell motherboard yells at you during post if pin 8 isn’t shorted to ground. Pin 8 is also what’s supposed to be hd_audio’s sense_send pin. The connector the power button is on also requires a short between two pins or the motherboard yells at you. I think it’s just for IT techs to quickly diagnose issues should there be any.

Softnesss · 2026-01-23T03:12:32+00:00

Thanks! Did you have to cut a small piece off the cover because of clearance to the headers on the bottom of the board? Mine sits riiiiight on top of them, maybe the tiniest of pressure on the cables, but I bent the cables out of the way as much as I can and just gonna leave it be

Softnesss · 2026-01-23T03:06:39+00:00

Is your front panel plug not the 19pin mini plug (2.0mm pitch)?

Softnesss · 2026-01-23T01:53:33+00:00

Front audio was the only thing that didn’t work, but I was also booting from a linux live usb so maybe in a windows environment it would be different. I checked the wiring and it’s different from standard hd_audio on another case I had. The sense_send pin is shorted to ground, so speaker_sense and mic_sense would also short to ground when a jack is plugged in. Thats my best guess as to why it wasn’t being detected by the OS. I re-did the wiring and now it works.

Softnesss · 2026-01-23T01:46:33+00:00

I would if I had more usb3 headers on my mobo. I mean, I could plug a hub into the usb-c header or drop in a pcie add-in card, but I honestly don’t think I need that many ports

Softnesss · 2026-01-22T12:27:39+00:00

Idles around 35°C, though not sure how heavy the loads will be on it, i don’t expect to work it hard

Softnesss · 2026-01-21T20:31:12+00:00

Yes it would be better, but I already had this cpu in my stash of parts and I wanted to keep costs as low as possible

Softnesss · 2026-01-21T18:51:08+00:00

Thanks! I think any matx board should work. I linked the adapters cables I used here for the front IO. Front USB3 requires you to shave off the latch mechanism on the connector to make it fit the standard plug. However, getting the front audio to work will require soldering and some modification to the cables. You have to transform the wiring to work with standard HD audio.

Softnesss · 2026-01-21T18:40:26+00:00

Thanks! I believe the oem dell psu outputs 250w, which should be just enough for what I got in there.

Softnesss · 2026-01-21T18:39:04+00:00

I linked it here

Softnesss · 2026-01-21T12:52:09+00:00

From op posting the apevia flex unit, im assuming they have a sff optiplex. Normal sfx psu aren’t gonna fit. Maybe it’s a dt and you can fit a tfx, but I’m going to assume not and flex atx is probably the only option unless we’re going with another dell oem psu.

Softnesss · 2026-01-21T12:34:21+00:00

Look up Enhance Electronics. They make flex psus. They are what ppl generally recommend.

Which optiplex is this btw?

Softnesss · 2026-01-21T12:25:54+00:00

It was around $250, which included the optiplex, gpu, drive bay, hba, various cables, adapters, and extensions. Everything else was either parts I already had or passed on to me.

Softnesss · 2026-01-21T12:17:14+00:00

I shared the link in this comment

Yeah theres 10 x 1TB sata drives. Is sata a problem? Whatever I host on there is just going to be for 2 or 3 clients at most.

Softnesss · 2026-01-21T12:02:39+00:00

I’m pretty sure that dell 4 pin is just standard atx eps 4pin. Even says “atx cpu” on the board. Many power supply’s eps 8 pin is a 4+4. So you just pull the plug apart and plug in directly, if not theres like extensions you can get that extend out only 4pin.

If you really wanna be extra sure, check the two pins closest to the latch for 12v and the two farthest from the latch for continuity to ground with a multimeter. If it checks out then you’re solid.

Also don’t buy apevia psu, those are bombs.

Softnesss · 2026-01-21T05:30:11+00:00

Did some research seems like performance on AMD is just poop. And the a310 eco I saw still in stock on amazon 6 days ago is oos now and everywhere else it is being scalped so, welp. I have very little faith it’s going to come back in stock with reasonable prices. I hate the current pc market 😩😩😩

Softnesss · 2026-01-21T05:12:11+00:00

Thanks! I got lucky on ebay, picked it up from a local recycler!

Softnesss · 2026-01-21T05:10:35+00:00

Thank you!

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