Is this old Dell PC upgradable?

[Pooherino ツ]

So I got a relative who is getting rid of their old PC. They live kinda far away so I just wanna make sure it is upgradable before I go out there and pick it up from them.

 

I have an old gtx 680 that I planning to install once I get it. I don't have a lot of money so I don't care about gaming at high settings or anything as long as it runs.

and of course i will get a new PSU as well.

I installed cpuid through teamviewer and got these info from them.

I think it is upgradable I just wanna ask you guys to be 100% sure.

 

Thank you

 

 

 

[grimreeper132]

3 minutes ago, Pooherino ツ said:

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yes, but it probably better to get a new PC as sandy bridge is quite old now, so any parts you get CPU wise will be second hand

[dlink377]

Maybe asking about what Dell model he had is a better choice.

 

Spec wise it is not bad, but it is too old for my taste. I might be a bit slow, and you might need a SSD and RAM to make it usable.

 

I personally will not get it, unless I don't have any PC.

[Pooherino ツ]

Just now, grimreeper132 said:

yes, but it probably better to get a new PC as sandy bridge is quite old now, so any parts you get CPU wise will be second hand

Im not thinking about upgrading cpu

[grimreeper132]

Just now, Pooherino ツ said:

Im not thinking about upgrading cpu

ah right, yea, RAM wise I'd imagine it's DDR3 so that's upgradable, also check as if it's got two full height PCI-E slots you can shove a GPU in there, as long as the PSU is powerful enough to do so

[swordsman247]

Model # and form factor? Ram and hard drives are an easy thing to change usually... graphics card and power supply might not be as simple.

[Pooherino ツ]

3 minutes ago, dlink377 said:

Maybe asking about what Dell model he had is a better choice.

 

Spec wise it is not bad, but it is too old for my taste. I might be a bit slow, and you might need a SSD and RAM to make it usable.

 

I personally will not get it, unless I don't have any PC.

He doesnt know, he's not a tech savvy person, and all the stickers and stuffs are gone

[swordsman247]

10 minutes ago, Pooherino ツ said:

He doesnt know, he's not a tech savvy person, and all the stickers and stuffs are gone

At this point a free pc is a free pc. I would go get it and hope you can upgrade it. If not you could fix it up and sell it.

[dlink377]

10 minutes ago, Pooherino ツ said:

He doesnt know, he's not a tech savvy person, and all the stickers and stuffs are gone

An i3 Sandy Bridge is a bit slow nowadays, however, if your PC worse than that or don't have any PC to begin with, it is a better than nothing.

 

You need to add another 2GB RAM to make it usable, and if possible an SSD unless you can live with it.

[Pooherino ツ]

2 minutes ago, swordsman247 said:

At this point a free pc is a free pc. I would go get it and hope you can upgrade it. If not you could fix it up and sell it.

thats true, thanks for the advice

[Pooherino ツ]

2 minutes ago, dlink377 said:

An i3 Sandy Bridge is a bit slow nowadays, however, if your PC worse than that or don't have any PC to begin with, it is a better than nothing.

 

You need to add another 2GB RAM to make it usable, and if possible an SSD unless you can live with it.

true, yeah ill upgrade the ram and I already have an ssd so yeah

[TheDankKoosh]

Ebay: i5 2400/2400s for $40-50

2x4 ddr3 for $25

decent psu over 500w (evga 600 b1 I would suggest in this case) $40

overall: $115 and you can have a decent. gaming pc