Message from @VirtualTools_

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2020-12-17 06:10:02 UTC  

@VirtualTools_ what about if I find someone who made a list of the parts I would need for a good cheap gaming desktop

2020-12-17 06:10:12 UTC  

Do you think that would work

2020-12-17 06:10:19 UTC  

By research i also mean deal hunting

2020-12-17 06:10:33 UTC  

especially now more than ever, so much stuff is being scalper, out of stock, or just a bad price

2020-12-17 06:10:43 UTC  

its a pretty hard time to find good prices on stuff

2020-12-17 06:11:20 UTC  

It'll probably be a month or more before i start buying parts

2020-12-17 06:11:37 UTC  

Hopefully that changes some by then

2020-12-17 06:11:46 UTC  

A list of parts is a good idea though, just keep an eye out for good deals 🙂

2020-12-17 06:12:09 UTC  

This is a lot of work......

2020-12-17 06:12:11 UTC  

Lol

2020-12-17 06:12:27 UTC  

Yeah thats why for first time i always reccomend prebuilt+gpu

2020-12-17 06:12:35 UTC  

either new on both or a mixed of used

2020-12-17 06:12:39 UTC  

depending on budget

2020-12-17 06:12:43 UTC  

Wait a hot minute

2020-12-17 06:12:59 UTC  

Optiplex 7010

2020-12-17 06:13:27 UTC  

Yes

2020-12-17 06:13:51 UTC  

But i put in in an Antec Nine Hundred case

2020-12-17 06:13:52 UTC  

I bought a Optiplex 7020. I need a refresher since it is late for me. DT? Is that full or small size?

2020-12-17 06:14:06 UTC  

DT is the 2nd biggest, but its half height case

2020-12-17 06:14:11 UTC  

MT is the full size case

2020-12-17 06:14:25 UTC  

SFF is the small half height case

2020-12-17 06:14:40 UTC  

and USFF is the barely upgradable at all super small case

2020-12-17 06:15:46 UTC  

The DT was fine until i wanted to add a GTX 275, which is definitly NOT gonna fit in there, so i put it in an Antec Nine Hundred case and learned how much proprietary BS dell used

2020-12-17 06:16:45 UTC  

I'll have to figure out which variant I have, then.. My dream of a PC that runs more than Minecraft may not be so distant after all

2020-12-17 06:18:03 UTC  

Through a quick glance, it seems I may have SFF

2020-12-17 06:18:21 UTC  

Heres a thing from dells site showing the differences

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/766007595881463879/789013598994169856/OptiplexSizes.JPG

2020-12-17 06:18:39 UTC  

Look like the bottom ones? or the top ones?

2020-12-17 06:18:51 UTC  

Bottom

2020-12-17 06:18:55 UTC  

It's SFF

2020-12-17 06:19:01 UTC  

good, the top ones are really old

2020-12-17 06:19:42 UTC  

I miss my Windows '98 MT tho ;-;

2020-12-17 06:20:03 UTC  

But anyway

2020-12-17 06:20:31 UTC  

Knowing I have SFF, is it possible to upgrade the graphics card after all?

2020-12-17 06:20:35 UTC  

There are SOME graphics cards that work in the 7020 SFF

2020-12-17 06:20:44 UTC  

at least according to this video

2020-12-17 06:21:10 UTC  

Specifically, two decent ones would be a 1650 Low Profile, or a 1050 ti Low Profile

2020-12-17 06:21:31 UTC  

That's literally all the components I wanted to upgrade: RAM, hard drive, and graphics

2020-12-17 06:21:37 UTC  

Yep 😄

2020-12-17 06:21:46 UTC  

These are popular for compact simple gaming pcs

2020-12-17 06:22:18 UTC  

And I obviously added a PCIE chip so I don't run a Ethernet cable through the house