I was given an old Dell Optiplex SX270. The previous owner said it wouldn't turn on. Turned out it had a couple of bad caps on the motherboard, $3 later I had an awesome SFF running great.
I put 2gb DDR + Pentium 4 3.40GHZ/1M/800 SL7E6 with a 320gb SATA drive. This puppy screams. I can play 720p MKVs virtually fine (no go for 1080p). I've only run into a couple of problems, most of which were fixable after an immense amount of research. The integrated Intel GMA910 won't support Vista/7 Aero, so the UI is kind of crappy.
Anyway, I'd like to find a decently priced/used OEM small form factor pc similar to what I have, but maybe with upgradable graphics.
I've found the Dell GX270 has a free AGP slot, and the GX280 has a 16x PCI Express slot.
What do you guys think about that? Having a half-height graphics card with a p4/3.4, 2gb ram ? Would that be able to do 1080p mkvs?
Thanks!
I put 2gb DDR + Pentium 4 3.40GHZ/1M/800 SL7E6 with a 320gb SATA drive. This puppy screams. I can play 720p MKVs virtually fine (no go for 1080p). I've only run into a couple of problems, most of which were fixable after an immense amount of research. The integrated Intel GMA910 won't support Vista/7 Aero, so the UI is kind of crappy.
Anyway, I'd like to find a decently priced/used OEM small form factor pc similar to what I have, but maybe with upgradable graphics.
I've found the Dell GX270 has a free AGP slot, and the GX280 has a 16x PCI Express slot.
What do you guys think about that? Having a half-height graphics card with a p4/3.4, 2gb ram ? Would that be able to do 1080p mkvs?
Thanks!