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Hi, i was looking at my local deals on best buy and stumbled on this dell workstation for $200

Slap a rx460 in there and

BOOM

you got yourself a budget gaming PC...Right...

am i right?

 

Tell me!

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Vista

Core i5-8400

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GTX 1050ti

1TB 7200RPM HDD
MSI H310M PRO-VD

EVGA 450BT

Cooler Master masterbox lite 3.1

Arctic Cat

Core 2 quad q8200

8GB DDR2 ECC

GTX 550ti

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Dell precision t3400 motherboard

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http://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-refurbished-optiplex-desktop-intel-core-i5-4gb-memory-250gb-hard-drive-black-silver/5710148.p?skuId=5710148

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Vista

Core i5-8400

8GB DDR4

GTX 1050ti

1TB 7200RPM HDD
MSI H310M PRO-VD

EVGA 450BT

Cooler Master masterbox lite 3.1

Arctic Cat

Core 2 quad q8200

8GB DDR2 ECC

GTX 550ti

1TB 7200RPM HDD

Dell precision t3400 motherboard

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it is good; going to need a low profile gpu there is a 1050, 1050ti and 750ti. \

https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=-1&IsNodeId=1&Description=1050 low profile&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=36

Edited by GDRRiley

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a Wii and PS2 as your only consoles.

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Asrock RX9070xt Steel Legends, Corsair RM750X, 500gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 3x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a Obsidian 750D airflow.
GF PC: (NightHawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb 860 evo, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

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Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

HP probook 445R G6 review

 

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3 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

it is good; going to need a low profile gpu there is a 1050, 1050ti and 750ti. \

https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=-1&IsNodeId=1&Description=1050 low profile&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=36

Nice catch on the low profile

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1 minute ago, SageOfSpice said:

You'll also have to pay mind to the PSU. From what I've seen, there isn't a whole lot of selection for that form factor. No clue what the wattage is, and I doubt it's going to have GPU connectors.

max is 1050ti since there is no psu connectors - 75w from pci-e slot.

idk

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8 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

it is good; going to need a low profile gpu there is a 1050, 1050ti and 750ti. \

https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=-1&IsNodeId=1&Description=1050 low profile&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=36

Well RX 460 Reference is "technically" a low profile

Spoiler

Image result for rx 460 low profile

 

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What i worry about the most is

1. the gen of the core i5

Its a 2nd gen...

2. is best buy giving me a good price on the workstation itself

Best of myself(1000th post)

 

Vista

Core i5-8400

8GB DDR4

GTX 1050ti

1TB 7200RPM HDD
MSI H310M PRO-VD

EVGA 450BT

Cooler Master masterbox lite 3.1

Arctic Cat

Core 2 quad q8200

8GB DDR2 ECC

GTX 550ti

1TB 7200RPM HDD

Dell precision t3400 motherboard

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4 minutes ago, SageOfSpice said:

You'll also have to pay mind to the PSU. From what I've seen, there isn't a whole lot of selection for that form factor. No clue what the wattage is, and I doubt it's going to have GPU connectors.

Nope, I'm pretty sure this is the PSU that comes with it.  It's only 240W, and no GPU connectors.

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2 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Well RX 460 Reference is "technically" a low profile

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Image result for rx 460 low profile

 

no that is single slot 

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a Wii and PS2 as your only consoles.

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Asrock RX9070xt Steel Legends, Corsair RM750X, 500gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 3x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a Obsidian 750D airflow.
GF PC: (NightHawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb 860 evo, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 35mm F1.4, Helios 44

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1 minute ago, v0nn_toaster said:

What i worry about the most is

1. the gen of the core i5

Its a 2nd gen...

2. is best buy giving me a good price on the workstation itself

Go used. Build your own. Salvage parts - you'll get a lot more PC for your hard earned cash. 

idk

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1 minute ago, v0nn_toaster said:

What i worry about the most is

1. the gen of the core i5

Its a 2nd gen...

2. is best buy giving me a good price on the workstation itself

it is fine http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-2400-vs-Intel-Core-i5-7600/803vs3890

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a Wii and PS2 as your only consoles.

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Asrock RX9070xt Steel Legends, Corsair RM750X, 500gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 3x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a Obsidian 750D airflow.
GF PC: (NightHawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb 860 evo, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 35mm F1.4, Helios 44

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1 minute ago, v0nn_toaster said:

What i worry about the most is

1. the gen of the core i5

Its a 2nd gen...

It's pretty good given the price.

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4 minutes ago, Wolther said:

Your gonna buy this then want to upgrade everything. It's only got 4 gb ram, 250g gb of hard drive storage, only usb 2.0 and no 3.0. Only good thing about it is that i5. Which you could buy used for really cheaply now 

250gb hd is fine, 4gb of ram is usable 

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a Wii and PS2 as your only consoles.

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Asrock RX9070xt Steel Legends, Corsair RM750X, 500gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 3x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a Obsidian 750D airflow.
GF PC: (NightHawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb 860 evo, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 35mm F1.4, Helios 44

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1 minute ago, Droidbot said:

And once you install GTA V, a quarter or so of your hard drive has just vanished.

Games keep gettin bigger

yeah true. I have go threw almost 1tb of storage so far

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a Wii and PS2 as your only consoles.

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Asrock RX9070xt Steel Legends, Corsair RM750X, 500gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 3x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a Obsidian 750D airflow.
GF PC: (NightHawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb 860 evo, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 35mm F1.4, Helios 44

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20 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

it is good; going to need a low profile gpu there is a 1050, 1050ti and 750ti. \

https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=-1&IsNodeId=1&Description=1050 low profile&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=36

Im pretty sure I have one at my work and if I do I can guarantee you not even half height cards will fit

 

Breaking things 1 day at a time

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