Graphics card or wifi

[Kkdeelefante]

So im trying to upgrade a very old system a dell optiplex gx520 and wait before you start complaning on why im spending money on this pc, let me tell you that at some time im gonna sell this pc so it has to be able to run something at least, on the mean time here is my problem the pc has one pci (not express) slot at the very bottom and i want to populate it either with a gpu mainly for gaming or deep learning (just ligth stuff) or a wifi card due to its location i dont have easy access to a ethernet connetion, both im gonna take advantage before selling but wich one its more viable to buy you know for resale because the gpu can give you better graphics and the wifi card more flexibility 

 

Edit: im gonna change the procesor for something like a pentium or a core 2 duo so by any means i dont spect to run something like crysis

[BeefyMeats]

[PineyCreek]

Odd.  I guess it depends on the form-factor, but the spec sheets for the GX520 show a PCI-E slot in there.  I guess they could be reusing model numbers though and you have a really old unit.

[manikyath]

1 hour ago, Kkdeelefante said:

one pci (not express) slot at the very bottom and i want to populate it either with a gpu

good luck finding an acceptable legacy pci GPU.

[Cohacq]

PCI Graphics card are all about 15 years old by now. It's not worth the bother or the money to find one unless you're going out of your way to make a retro build.

[PineyCreek]

I'd only use regular PCI at this point if I was forced to run a really old I/O card or a dial-up modem.  Other than that...meh.

[Kkdeelefante]

8 hours ago, PineyCreek said:

Odd.  I guess it depends on the form-factor, but the spec sheets for the GX520 show a PCI-E slot in there.  I guess they could be reusing model numbers though and you have a really old unit.

It is the small form factor model so no pci-e slot

[Kkdeelefante]

8 hours ago, BeefyMeats said:

Yeah i know i dont need wifi if i have a dongle and that is how i have it til today but for sake of simplicity it comes handy a wifi card 

[hardtofindinthefuture]

why tf would wanna upgrade a Celeron D system? the Celeron D was garbage even when it came out.

[AntiTrust]

10 hours ago, Kkdeelefante said:

So im trying to upgrade a very old system a dell optiplex gx520 and wait before you start complaning on why im spending money on this pc, let me tell you that at some time im gonna sell this pc so it has to be able to run something at least, on the mean time here is my problem the pc has one pci (not express) slot at the very bottom and i want to populate it either with a gpu mainly for gaming or deep learning (just ligth stuff) or a wifi card due to its location i dont have easy access to a ethernet connetion, both im gonna take advantage before selling but wich one its more viable to buy you know for resale because the gpu can give you better graphics and the wifi card more flexibility 

 

Dell OptiPlex GX520 - MT

CPU Intel Celeron D 326 / 2.53 GHz (single core)

RAM  512 mb DDR2 400Mhz

HHD 80gb

 

 

I am normally not much of an elitist, but dude selling this system to someone would be a crime. Even the garbage man might reject it. Don't rip people off and claim it can game

 

[manikyath]

3 hours ago, AntiTrust said:

 

Dell OptiPlex GX520 - MT

CPU Intel Celeron D 326 / 2.53 GHz (single core)

RAM  512 mb DDR2 400Mhz

HHD 80gb

 

 

I am normally not much of an elitist, but dude selling this system to someone would be a crime. Even the garbage man might reject it. Don't rip people off and claim it can game

 

we have a few systems at work that are a few generations newer than that, due to their value we decided to strip them and put them on a pallet to recycle them, because the recycling company will give us about 90 cents per desktop.

[aezakmi]

If you're looking for PCI you should definitely check Zotac

They have 520GT and 610 PCI editions

 

Otherwise there are 8500, 8600GT old models, Ati has 4350, 5450 and I think some 6 models out, all PCI

 

[Sors]

That CPU is going to bottleneck any video card you put in the system, dont waste money on that and just get the wifi.

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

Why not put a USB adapter card in there?  A system that old sure can use a couple extra USB ports. 

[Kkdeelefante]

5 hours ago, v0nn_toaster said:

why tf would wanna upgrade a Celeron D system? the Celeron D was garbage even when it came out.

Ok that was my mistake im gonna change the cpu for a pentium d or a core 2 quad if compatible something to pair with that?

[DrAwesome821]

16 minutes ago, Kkdeelefante said:

Ok that was my mistake im gonna change the cpu for a pentium d or a core 2 quad if compatible something to pair with that?

that mobo would only support up to a pentium d

[hardtofindinthefuture]

47 minutes ago, DrAwesome821 said:

that mobo would only support up to a pentium d

even then, the pentium d is still garbage,  just avoid anything with d in the name..

[PineyCreek]

1 hour ago, v0nn_toaster said:

even then, the pentium d is still garbage,  just avoid anything with d in the name..

I'll point out @v0nn_toaster that you just responded to @DrAwesome821.  See quote for reference.

[hardtofindinthefuture]

7 hours ago, PineyCreek said:

I'll point out @v0nn_toaster that you just responded to @DrAwesome821.  See quote for reference.

But @Kkdeelefante should still get the notification 

[PineyCreek]

8 minutes ago, v0nn_toaster said:

But @Kkdeelefante should still get the notification 

Right, I was just saying that you were mentioning to avoid anything with D in the name.  When you were quoting @DrAwesome821

[Princess Twilight Sparkle]

Sell it as is, as a legacy machine for some sort of collector. Don’t bother doing anymore than cleaning it up.

[Kkdeelefante]

29 minutes ago, Princess Twilight Sparkle said:

Sell it as is, as a legacy machine for some sort of collector. Don’t bother doing anymore than cleaning it up.

Ok i guess its the more reasonable thing to do