


Homelab/ Media Server: ESXi 6.5 - 250 GB SSD for VM's/ESXi boot - FreeNAS - HPE Proliant ML10 Gen 9 backbone - i3 6100 - 28 GB ECC - 10x4 TB WD Red RAID Z2 - 10TB WD Red for expendable data - Corsair 750D - Corsair RM650i - Dell H310 6Gbps SAS HBA - Intel RES2SC240 SAS Expander Headphones/amp/dac: Schiit Lyr 3 - Fostex TR-X00 - Sennheiser HD 6xx

Rig: i7 10700k 5.1Ghz, 4.8 Ring - Z490 Vision G - EVGA RTX 2080 XC Ultra 2025Mhz - 4x8GB Vengeance Pro 3000Mhz 15-17-17-34 3500MHz 16-19-19-38 - Samsung 950 Pro 512 NVMe Boot + Main Programs - Samsung 830 Pro 256 RAID 0 Lightroom + Photo work - WD Blue 1 TB SSD for Games - Corsair RM850x - Sound BlasterX EA-5 - EK Supremacy Evo - XT45 X-Flow 420 + UT60 280 rads - EK Full Cover GPU Block - EK XRES RGB PWM - Fractal Define S2 - Acer Predator X34 - Logitech G502 - Logitech G710+ - Logitech Z5500 - Steel Series QcK XXL What OS is it running? This is a bit of a weird issue, and did it come with a GPU already that the 1030 replaced? If its getting to the windows screen its trying to boot. To put it all in perspective, my computer in my signature only pulls about 500 watts in game load, I very much doubt yours pulls half as much. It won't be a power issue, that GPU has no external power, and the Optiplex itself won't draw all that much either. That said, lets at least try and get you up and running. 1030's are really just a way of getting more display outputs. That GPU uses very little power, I don't want to be that guy to say it was a waste of money, but they sort of are. Is this due to lack of power? If so, is a bigger PSU/different pc the only option here? When I turn the pc on it just sits at the windows logo. I had done a bit of reading online before buying it and was fairly certain it would still work. The GT 1030 has a power requirement of 300w, but the 3020 has only a 290w psu. Was planning on putting a GT 1030 in it that I had laying around. So I recently bought an Optiplex 3020 for my kid to play light games on.
