Message from @VirtualTools_
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@VirtualTools_ what about if I find someone who made a list of the parts I would need for a good cheap gaming desktop
Do you think that would work
By research i also mean deal hunting
especially now more than ever, so much stuff is being scalper, out of stock, or just a bad price
its a pretty hard time to find good prices on stuff
It'll probably be a month or more before i start buying parts
Hopefully that changes some by then
A list of parts is a good idea though, just keep an eye out for good deals 🙂
This is a lot of work......
Lol
Yeah thats why for first time i always reccomend prebuilt+gpu
either new on both or a mixed of used
depending on budget
Wait a hot minute
Optiplex 7010
Yes
But i put in in an Antec Nine Hundred case
I bought a Optiplex 7020. I need a refresher since it is late for me. DT? Is that full or small size?
DT is the 2nd biggest, but its half height case
MT is the full size case
and USFF is the barely upgradable at all super small case
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
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
Through a quick glance, it seems I may have SFF
Look like the bottom ones? or the top ones?
Bottom
It's SFF
good, the top ones are really old
I miss my Windows '98 MT tho ;-;
But anyway
Knowing I have SFF, is it possible to upgrade the graphics card after all?
There are SOME graphics cards that work in the 7020 SFF
at least according to this video
Specifically, two decent ones would be a 1650 Low Profile, or a 1050 ti Low Profile
That's literally all the components I wanted to upgrade: RAM, hard drive, and graphics
Yep 😄
These are popular for compact simple gaming pcs
And I obviously added a PCIE chip so I don't run a Ethernet cable through the house