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I just rebuilt an older PC a relative was gonna throw away. It was one of those "here take it, it's old and slow" machines. They were dead set on getting a new machine anyways. Here's it's factory specs:
Dell E520:
Pentium 4 (775 Prescott)
1GB DDR2 533
250GB HD
Integrated Graphics
305W Power Supply
Here's its specs now:
Core 2 Duo E6400
4GB DDR2 800
1TB Western Digital Blue
Radeon HD 4830
500W XClio Power Supply
I had to saw off the top half of the video card mounting bracket (because of the BTX form factor on older Optiplex's / Dimensions stuff is upside down) on the Radeon 4830 to make it fit, but after I did that it fits completely snug. Normally the Dell E520 would only take single slot cards, but the heatsink on this MSI branded Radeon takes up just the right amount of room
It's expandable to a Quad Core (1066fsb Core2Quads) and 8 GB of ram, but I don't have those on hand. Right now though it seems to be working out nicely.
Before:
After:
With the top half of the bracket sawn off, the video card fits PERFECTLY. At the other end it's literally a few millimeters from some capacitors.
Just thought I'd share
Dell E520:
Pentium 4 (775 Prescott)
1GB DDR2 533
250GB HD
Integrated Graphics
305W Power Supply
Here's its specs now:
Core 2 Duo E6400
4GB DDR2 800
1TB Western Digital Blue
Radeon HD 4830
500W XClio Power Supply
I had to saw off the top half of the video card mounting bracket (because of the BTX form factor on older Optiplex's / Dimensions stuff is upside down) on the Radeon 4830 to make it fit, but after I did that it fits completely snug. Normally the Dell E520 would only take single slot cards, but the heatsink on this MSI branded Radeon takes up just the right amount of room
It's expandable to a Quad Core (1066fsb Core2Quads) and 8 GB of ram, but I don't have those on hand. Right now though it seems to be working out nicely.
Before:
After:
With the top half of the bracket sawn off, the video card fits PERFECTLY. At the other end it's literally a few millimeters from some capacitors.
Just thought I'd share
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