The Dell OEM RX 550 on CachyOS Linux (HP Slimline 270, i3-7100, 16 gigs DDR4)
For the videos from BasicDadTech (for some reason I've always read his channel as BasicTechDad so apologies for mispronouncing the channel) go here:
• Best Low Profile GPU for your Optiplex SFF...
• Low Profile RX 550 in 2025 - Still a Good ...
• Will Thermal Paste Help GPU Temps? (RX 550)
He has a great channel, and I really like his content. Check it out if you haven't.
For my previous video on this HP slimline go here:
• Upgrading My Linux Mint Gaming PC To a Cor...
These aren't serious benchmarks, I'm just eyeballing the averages here. In my previous video I said I was done upgrading my HP slimline 270 desktop, and I thought I was, but I couldn't help the urge to tinker around with it more, so I picked up the Dell OEM RX 550 4GB GPU to see how much of an uplift it gave my little HP Slimline which is now, maybe around or just below the specs of an original Xbox One. It was hanging around an Xbox 360 level, so it's almost a console generation leap in performance.
PC Specs (Entry level gaming PC in 2017):
HP Slimline 270-p033w Desktop Tower
Intell Core i3 7100 (2-cores, 4 threads running at 3.9 ghz)
Dell OEM RX 550 4gb model
16 gigs of DDR4 running at 2133 mhz
128 gig NVME SSD for the boot drive
500 gig mechanical Hard Drive as the game drive
180 Watt PSU
0:00 Introduction and Lots of Talking
6:49 God of War 2018
10:13 Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered
11:55 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
14:00 DOOM 2016
16:47 In Conclusion
#linuxgaming #rx550 #cachyos #i3