Hello guys,
Im looking to upgrade my aio to have a external gpu via a pcie riser/extender using either m.2 or a pci port (I know risky) .
This is due to the fact I have very limited cash at the moment and want to get back into pc gaming, i have owed various high end rigs in the past, but simply not enough cash to build an entire rig at this point,
I know ill run into various problems such as bottlenecking (especially if i use the old pci interface) but still roughly 75% of the gpu will still be utilized, as well as the act ill have to unplug any existing components such as wifi cards, this is not a problem for me as i use ethernet anyway. as well as needing to find power for the card im open to suggestions on how to do that xD
This is the board i have : https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dell-Inspiron-23-5348-AIO-Intel-Motherboard-s115X-IPPLP-RH-TH-XHYJF-/151827014476
I have a i3 4170 and 8gb ram also. What are my options with the motherboard, it says in the manual there is a m.2 port but yet to find it. If you spot one let me know because I know m.2 is just as fast as thunderbolt.
I Figure all in I can get the parts on the cheap for 150 quid tops accounting for a ssd the riser and a 1050ti and hoping the upgrades will make this pc be able to run fluently on games.
If somebody could provide their insight on this that would be awesome,
thanks team.