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Sort of. I got two dead, but free, Dell SX280's from work. They're USFF's with external 220w power supplies.
The boards had burst caps, which is apparently normal for SX280 motherboards, so I ordered a motherboard out of an Optiplex 745 USFF, since they're hardware compatible and can take dual core CPU's. I have some DDR2-800 and a 250gb HDD I'll be throwing in once I get the mobo. At first, I'll be using the 3ghz P4 that it came with. It's a hot little chip, so I'm hoping to upgrade it soon. Because I want a cool, quiet, and cheap secondary computer, I was actually considering a $50 Intel E1200 and BSEL modding it to a 1066mhz FSB chip. Thoughts?
Anybody have any experience using a Dell Optiplex 745 USFF? I see that it has a GMA 3000 GPU... I'm hoping it's enough for HD playback after a processor upgrade.
The boards had burst caps, which is apparently normal for SX280 motherboards, so I ordered a motherboard out of an Optiplex 745 USFF, since they're hardware compatible and can take dual core CPU's. I have some DDR2-800 and a 250gb HDD I'll be throwing in once I get the mobo. At first, I'll be using the 3ghz P4 that it came with. It's a hot little chip, so I'm hoping to upgrade it soon. Because I want a cool, quiet, and cheap secondary computer, I was actually considering a $50 Intel E1200 and BSEL modding it to a 1066mhz FSB chip. Thoughts?
Anybody have any experience using a Dell Optiplex 745 USFF? I see that it has a GMA 3000 GPU... I'm hoping it's enough for HD playback after a processor upgrade.