Upgrading a gx620

[ScrapGamer]

Well I manage to get my hands on a dell optiplex gx620, as well as a PNY brand Geforce Gt 610, but i got a long way to go to turning it into a gaming pc. If there's anyone out there who have some advice or parts to spare, please let me know.

[Taf the Ghost]

25 minutes ago, ScrapGamer said:

Well I manage to get my hands on a dell optiplex gx620, as well as a PNY brand Geforce Gt 610, but i got a long way to go to turning it into a gaming pc. If there's anyone out there who have some advice or parts to spare, please let me know.

https://www.cnet.com/products/dell-optiplex-gx620-620dmin/specs/ ?

 

It's not much worth putting the effort into? You could put a GT 1030/RX 550 into it, maybe, to get it to play modern media. Though even that's a bit of a stretch.

[ScrapGamer]

3 minutes ago, Taf the Ghost said:

https://www.cnet.com/products/dell-optiplex-gx620-620dmin/specs/ ?

 

It's not much worth putting the effort into? You could put a GT 1030/RX 550 into it, maybe, to get it to play modern media. Though even that's a bit of a stretch.

well it's the thing im working with that has a PCIe x16

[Taf the Ghost]

1 minute ago, ScrapGamer said:

well it's the thing im working with that has a PCIe x16

What form factor? That matters.

[ScrapGamer]

16 minutes ago, Taf the Ghost said:

form factor?

what is that?

[Taf the Ghost]

2 minutes ago, ScrapGamer said:

what is that?

Which size of case is it in.

[ScrapGamer]

3 minutes ago, Taf the Ghost said:

Which size of case is it in.

well it ain't the tower version.

[Taf the Ghost]

4 minutes ago, ScrapGamer said:

well it ain't the tower version.

Is the GPU a full size or a half size card?

[ScrapGamer]

i think it's a intel Pentium 4

[Taf the Ghost]

14 minutes ago, ScrapGamer said:

i think it's a intel Pentium 4

It is. From 2005. It'll have trouble playing games from 2010.

[ScrapGamer]

19 minutes ago, Taf the Ghost said:

It is. From 2005. It'll have trouble playing games from 2010.

well i want to upgrade it

[Taf the Ghost]

31 minutes ago, ScrapGamer said:

well i want to upgrade it

http://downloads.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_optiplex_desktop/optiplex-gx620_user's guide_en-us.pdf

 

You need to find out which chipset it uses, then find the best CPU that it'll take. Some GTX 600 series GPU is probably the best that'll fit, and it's probably low profile. 1 GB sticks of DDR2-800 as well.

[ScrapGamer]

14 minutes ago, Taf the Ghost said:

chipset

 

[ScrapGamer]

4 hours ago, Taf the Ghost said:

http://downloads.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_optiplex_desktop/optiplex-gx620_user's guide_en-us.pdf

 

You need to find out which chipset it uses, then find the best CPU that it'll take. Some GTX 600 series GPU is probably the best that'll fit, and it's probably low profile. 1 GB sticks of DDR2-800 as well.

it's a LGA775 Socket

[aezakmi]

4 hours ago, Taf the Ghost said:

http://downloads.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_optiplex_desktop/optiplex-gx620_user's guide_en-us.pdf

 

You need to find out which chipset it uses, then find the best CPU that it'll take. Some GTX 600 series GPU is probably the best that'll fit, and it's probably low profile. 1 GB sticks of DDR2-800 as well.

Presler Core only, 4 gigs max, let's say OP finds a 2GB stick, a P4 945 and that 610... it'll be something, a newer card would be better tho but it'll cost.

[ScrapGamer]

30 minutes ago, aezakmi said:

Presler Core only, 4 gigs max, let's say OP finds a 2GB stick, a P4 945 and that 610... it'll be something, a newer card would be better tho but it'll cost.

so what cpu i can use that's cheap?

[LienusLateTips]

37 minutes ago, ScrapGamer said:

so what cpu i can use that's cheap?

P4 945 is like... $5? It's absoulute garbage though, and will have trouble loading the desktop of Windows 7.

[ScrapGamer]

1 minute ago, JDE said:

P4 945 is like... $5? It's absoulute garbage though, and will have trouble loading the desktop of Windows 7.

i mean for modern gaming

[LienusLateTips]

6 minutes ago, ScrapGamer said:

i mean for modern gaming

Chuck the thing out, start from scratch.