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    Dell Optiplex 980 MT Upgrades

    Okay thanks for the advice. I will keep that in mind. It doesn't matter really how long it takes within reason. I am going to be looking at a couple different vendors I will most likely buy the power supply new and ram but the others like the CPU is going to be kinda hard because it is an older...
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    Dell Optiplex 980 MT Upgrades

    I am going to upgrade a Dell Optiplex 980 MT. I am going to be getting a new power supply in the 450-600 watt range not sure exactly because I am bidding for everything on eBay. I will be adding 8 gigs of ram (2x4) which will total to 12 gigs. I am going to upgrade the CPU down the road or when...
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    Dell Optiplex 980 MT Graphics card

    Looking into more detail I might just stick with the one on ebay.
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    Dell Optiplex 980 MT Graphics card

    Thank you I will be looking into the Seasonic power supply so I have more room for upgrades. Do you know of a good graphics card to pair with this that will work with the power supply, bios and windows 10 it is okay if it is a little bottlenecked by the CPU because I plan to put an i7 in it when...
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    Dell Optiplex 980 MT Graphics card

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/EVGA-600-W1-80-WHITE-600W-3-Year-Warranty-Power-Supply/263833414661?epid=2030234176&hash=item3d6db26c05%3Ag%3AVwMAAOSw99Ra4QF1&_sop=12&_sacat=42017&_nkw=power+supply&rt=nc&_dcat=42017 That is the power supply I have been looking at and does anyone know if I will need to...
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    Dell Optiplex 980 MT Graphics card

    Yes I know I may get that in the future, along with a power supply. I ordered a 128 gig samsung SSD so I can load windows steam and some of my most played games on to it and have a fast SSD. When I do upgrade my power supply I will most likely be be going with a 500 watt to 600 watt power supply...
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    Dell Optiplex 980 MT Graphics card

    I have been looking at the GTX 750 ti Sells for 50-ish dollars
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    Dell Optiplex 980 MT Graphics card

    Okay, I am looking to buy a Dell Optiplex because they are cheap on eBay and they are easy to find. It has an i5-750 at 2.67 GHz, 4gb of ram (I am going to upgrade to 8 or 16gb), a Radeon HD 3450 and a 305w power supply ( I think). I am going to be using this computer for a BUDGET gaming...
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    Upgrading a HP Compaq 81000 Elite SFF

    I believe 4 gb
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    Upgrading a HP Compaq 81000 Elite SFF

    Also, the HP 8100 is going for 9.99 plus 35 dollar shipping so 44.99 which is cheaper than trying to upgrade my computer that I have, also it has better performance and tons of guides for fixing it. I have a laptop Gateway laptop with an Intel i3 380m 6gb of ram 128 MB of integrated vram but it...
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    Upgrading a HP Compaq 81000 Elite SFF

    I will try I am a High school student with a low paying job and my school requires a computer for homework, do you have any recommendations that I can find on eBay for cheap. I have a desktop computer but it is ancient, I tried to figure out upgrades for it but it is pretty much a dead end. It...
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    Upgrading a HP Compaq 81000 Elite SFF

    I was looking online at the HP website for this machine and it says the power supply is at 240 watts. I am looking into the ports and the port is rated for 25w maximum and the graphics card is rated at 30w
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    Upgrading a HP Compaq 81000 Elite SFF

    The power supply is 240w. I have seen people run it off of the stock power supply. Also, I am doing more and more research and I find out the Xeon x3470 is pretty much the i-7 but half the price on eBay. Will this be a problem? Here is a video of a GT 1030 in the HP 8200 . The power supply is...
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    Upgrading a HP Compaq 81000 Elite SFF

    Thanks, I got this idea from many DIY upgrades for budget gaming, while I am mainly going to use it for school stuff like Google docs, powerpoint etc. I want it to be able to play basic games like Rocket league and maybe CSGO. The reason I am not leaving the i-3 in there is that I want this...
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    Upgrading a HP Compaq 81000 Elite SFF

    Also if there is a better graphics card option for under 70 USD, that is supported by this desktop please leave a link or leave the name of the graphics card.
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    Upgrading a HP Compaq 81000 Elite SFF

    Hello, this is my first time posting to this forum! I am planning on buying and upgrading an HP Compaq 8100 Elite SFF for school uses. I want this to be a budget build. The computer has an I-3 550. I want to upgrade the processor so I look up the computer on HP and I see that the computer had...
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