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Gaming made from scrap?

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 Greetings!

I'm reaching out to the community for some opinions on a concept idea, my goal is to take a old CPU that is a GX280 for free not complete system.

The other device is a laptop which is a k52f laptop, and it was free however it needs a new hard drive as mine is bad. My idea is to take the dell CPU, and transform it into a external eGPU. Upgrade the k52f ASUS laptop into a system that will work with some sort of eGPU, not looking for a top gaming experience just a little boost into gaming like StarCraft3 in mid graphics. Any ideas or opinions on the cheapest way to increase gaming ability, or should i just build a CPU at home?

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10 minutes ago, cneifert said:

My idea is to take the dell CPU, and transform it into a external eGPU

Wot?

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

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If what i'm reading here is correct, you want to use the CPU from the GX280, a Pentium 4(?) and use the iGPU on that in an external capacity?

If so, the first question is: Why? You're going to invest time, resouces, and money on something that's already going to be an overwhelmingly unremarkable gaming experience. Spend that money elsewhere.

The second question: How do you plan to achieve this? So far as I know, there's not a way to externally use a CPU as a graphics processor.

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