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Hey I have been offered to buy a couple of computers from a old work(for very cheap) So i was wondering if anyone here had an idea which one of them that are best for gaming, or just best overall.

 

The computers are:

HP XW 4600

HP XW 4400

Dell T 3400

Dell T 3500

 

I dont know the specs for them so if someone knows them you can please tell me :)

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there's actually a nifty little thing called Google, perhaps you've heard of it?  It's great for looking up info.

 

anyway, I doubt any of those cheap office computers have a GPU, which means no gaming, except for very basic games.  look up the specs to confirm.

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Only the T3500 seems worth it, if you can get it cheap throw in a GPU and you'll be set. I used a T3500 very breifly with an 8800GTX in it and I was very impressed at the performance

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Hey I have been offered to buy a couple of computers from a old work(for very cheap) So i was wondering if anyone here had an idea which one of them that are best for gaming, or just best overall.

 

The computers are:

HP XW 4600

HP XW 4400

Dell T 3400

Dell T 3500

 

I dont know the specs for them so if someone knows them you can please tell me :)

Google each model, you can find the specs easily.

They are all not really good for gaming..

Most of them have 512MB GPU's so yeah.. The last one (the T 3500) had 12GB RAM, so might be worth it for that alone if it's real cheap :P

 

These PC's are from the Windows XP era, so yeah..

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there's actually a nifty little thing called Google, perhaps you've heard of it?  It's great for looking up info.

 

anyway, I doubt any of those cheap office computers have a GPU, which means no gaming, except for very basic games.  look up the specs to confirm.

Have you heard of Google? If you Googled the model name, you would have seen they have Quadro GPU's ;)

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there's actually a nifty little thing called Google, perhaps you've heard of it?  It's great for looking up info.

 

anyway, I doubt any of those cheap office computers have a GPU, which means no gaming, except for very basic games.  look up the specs to confirm.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Specs+of+HP+XW+4600+HP+XW+4400+Dell+T+3400+Dell+T+3500

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Google each model, you can find the specs easily.

They are all not really good for gaming..

Most of them have 512MB GPU's so yeah.. The last one (the T 3500) had 12GB RAM, so might be worth it for that alone if it's real cheap :P

 

These PC's are from the Windows XP era, so yeah..

Well for that one it was about 50 usd :P

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If you're willing to spend a little extra on GPU like GTX750Ti or GTX960 or R9 270 (or something a little older and cheap if you can find any), Dell T3500 seems to be ok if you want to use these for gaming after plugging those GPU.

 

But if you can't spend more than what it is on these PCs, I don't think they are that good for gaming. They are meant for workstations, not gaming...

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Well for that one it was about 50 usd :P

Hmm, that one seems kinda worth it..

RAM is a lot more expensive nowadays. You're not gonna be able to game in it though.

here is a small comparison between that PC's GPU and this GPU 100 dollar GPU (Link)

 

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=32&cmp[]=2768

 

That GPU outperforms the card in that PC. So yeah.. No gaming, but might be worth it because RAM

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If you're willing to spend a little extra on GPU like GTX750Ti or GTX960 or R9 270 (or something a little older and cheap if you can find any), Dell T3500 seems to be ok if you want to use these for gaming after plugging those GPU.

 

But if you can't spend more than what it is on these PCs, I don't think they are that good for gaming. They are meant for workstations, not gaming...

Okay thanks for the good response!

Would you recommend to get a new CPU for the dell t3500 aswell as GPU?

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Hmm, that one seems kinda worth it..

RAM is a lot more expensive nowadays. You're not gonna be able to game in it though.

here is a small comparison between that PC's GPU and this GPU 100 dollar GPU (Link)

 

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=32&cmp[]=2768

 

That GPU outperforms the card in that PC. So yeah.. No gaming, but might be worth it because RAM

Sounds good. Any new GPU and CPU you would recommend?

 

 

 

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Sounds good. Any new GPU and CPU you would recommend?

 

 

 

 

The CPU seems pretty decent..

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Xeon-L5520-vs-Intel-Core-i7-3770K

 

As for GPU, how much are you looking to spend?

Maybe go for a R9 270 or R9 280

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Okay thanks for the good response!

Would you recommend to get a new CPU for the dell t3500 aswell as GPU?

 

 

About 500 usd :)

 

not much you can do on the CPU. Probably need to take a look on the original config what CPU is in there. It's a pretty old motherboard (few generation behind) so the CPU for it is pretty hard to be found, unless you can find somewhere that still sells them. But I'm betting whatever CPU is in there it should be enough for gaming so I won't be looking to far into the CPU if gaming is your sole intention. Just make sure the cooling is adequate you should be good to go in the CPU department seeing you probably has budget restriction (at first)

 

As for GPU, I would advise at least go for R9 270 or GTX750Ti. These should be good enough and easy to find around nowadays. The system does support PCIe2.0 so it should not significantly bottleneck these GPUs. If you want to go higher, probably R9 280 or GTX970.

 

However, after seeing how much you are willing to spend on GPU I wonder why don't you build a new system from scratch then? That's a lot to spend on only GPU and if I were to push towards your budget I'm worried your GPU will be bottlenecked by the old system. But if you insists on having those old PCs, I guess my advise above still applies and I don't think you need to spend that much to get a new GPU for the Dell.

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not much you can do on the CPU. Probably need to take a look on the original config what CPU is in there. It's a pretty old motherboard (few generation behind) so the CPU for it is pretty hard to be found, unless you can find somewhere that still sells them. But I'm betting whatever CPU is in there it should be enough for gaming so I won't be looking to far into the CPU if gaming is your sole intention. Just make sure the cooling is adequate you should be good to go in the CPU department seeing you probably has budget restriction (at first)

 

As for GPU, I would advise at least go for R9 270 or GTX750Ti. These should be good enough and easy to find around nowadays. The system does support PCIe2.0 so it should not significantly bottleneck these GPUs. If you want to go higher, probably R9 280 or GTX970.

 

However, after seeing how much you are willing to spend on GPU I wonder why don't you build a new system from scratch then? That's a lot to spend on only GPU and if I were to push towards your budget I'm worried your GPU will be bottlenecked by the old system. But if you insists on having those old PCs, I guess my advise above still applies and I don't think you need to spend that much to get a new GPU for the Dell.

The 500 usd was for the CPU and the GPU eeh. I dont know is it still alot?

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The 500 usd was for the CPU and the GPU eeh. I dont know is it still alot?

 

Aaahhh... I see... but again, there's an issue with CPU availability and there's not much upgrade on the CPU department as well as far as I know based on quick googling.

 

I think for 500USD you should build a new system. I'm not well versed on the pricing in US since I'm not from there probably someone else knows better. But my concerns are the reliability of the old system. If you are on tight budget, plonking a new GPU should do fine for gaming but I don't expect that to last long. but if you have such budget perhaps a new system is much wiser spending.

 

but again, if you insists on buying those old system I think what you need to do is only to get new GPU into the system and you're set to go... Btw, check the power supply condition and compatibility as well.

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Aaahhh... I see... but again, there's an issue with CPU availability and there's not much upgrade on the CPU department as well as far as I know based on quick googling.

 

I think for 500USD you should build a new system. I'm not well versed on the pricing in US since I'm not from there probably someone else knows better. But my concerns are the reliability of the old system. If you are on tight budget, plonking a new GPU should do fine for gaming but I don't expect that to last long. but if you have such budget perhaps a new system is much wiser spending.

 

but again, if you insists on buying those old system I think what you need to do is only to get new GPU into the system and you're set to go... Btw, check the power supply condition and compatibility as well.

okay, but the problem with the CPU wouldnt that be able to fix with a new motherboard? I have no clue just a wild guess.

The problem with the 500 usd is that i already have a computer that i have been using for gaming but its getting kind out of date it only has a radeon hd 7670 on it(Laptop)

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okay, but the problem with the CPU wouldnt that be able to fix with a new motherboard? I have no clue just a wild guess.

The problem with the 500 usd is that i already have a computer that i have been using for gaming but its getting kind out of date it only has a radeon hd 7670 on it(Laptop)

 

sure you can fix that with new motherboard. I didn't suggest that because for me that would be a new system already  :lol: but that definition is only applicable to me probably, shouldn't have to so stuck up with that :P

 

If you're willing to get new motherboard for it, I think you can grab new CPU and GPU as well then, I'm going to recommend a better case for it if you have some money left.

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sure you can fix that with new motherboard. I didn't suggest that because for me that would be a new system already  :lol: but that definition is only applicable to me probably, shouldn't have to so stuck up with that :P

 

If you're willing to get new motherboard for it, I think you can grab new CPU and GPU as well then, I'm going to recommend a better case for it if you have some money left.

Haha okay thanks for the response!

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Just be aware that specs listed online will not be the same as the specs actually inside of the PC. With Dell they have many different variants of the same model so just keep that in mind. :D

Yep noticed that xD Just got the computer home, only one problem no power cable...  :D  But It had a really shitty quadro fx 1800 GPU in it. Cant find the processor or the RAM in it thoe but oh well. Can buy the cables tommorrowxD

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