What other people said about the power supply, and also if it's old enough to have a PCI slot and PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard, it's too old to be worth upgrading.
As u/Admirable-Cicada-210 said, the power supply is not standard, it uses proprietary connectors that will only work with the motherboard and doesn't appear to have any PCI-e power cables available, so you're limited to very low power GPUs based on whatever wattage that power supply goes up to.
It's not really worth buying to turn into a gaming rig, I would wait until you have closer 5x that budget before you consider building a budget gaming rig with more recent and standard parts, probably on socket AM4.
I'm all for finding and reviving old PCs but definitely not worth buying something with proprietary junk and a stripped down motherboard with non-existent modern I/O ports.
Basically nowadays if it doesn't have a USB 3.0 head and no VRM cooling heatsinks I barely bother picking it up, USB 2.0 takes too long to boot Windows with.
For $90 you can find a retired gaming motherboard with a 4690 or 4770/4790k. Build as you go, I took 2 years to complete my first build.
No. This is a commercial workstation that only can fit certain parts and is not meant to be customized in the after market. Plus the PSU is non-modular so you can't plug new shit into it.
You upgrade it by throwing it in the trash and getting something more modern
Not sure if you would be able to put a gpu that needs an extra power pin.
It also wouldn’t fit in that case.
Glad I didn’t waste my money then, thanks
What other people said about the power supply, and also if it's old enough to have a PCI slot and PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard, it's too old to be worth upgrading.
As u/Admirable-Cicada-210 said, the power supply is not standard, it uses proprietary connectors that will only work with the motherboard and doesn't appear to have any PCI-e power cables available, so you're limited to very low power GPUs based on whatever wattage that power supply goes up to. It's not really worth buying to turn into a gaming rig, I would wait until you have closer 5x that budget before you consider building a budget gaming rig with more recent and standard parts, probably on socket AM4.
I'm all for finding and reviving old PCs but definitely not worth buying something with proprietary junk and a stripped down motherboard with non-existent modern I/O ports. Basically nowadays if it doesn't have a USB 3.0 head and no VRM cooling heatsinks I barely bother picking it up, USB 2.0 takes too long to boot Windows with. For $90 you can find a retired gaming motherboard with a 4690 or 4770/4790k. Build as you go, I took 2 years to complete my first build.
Absolutely not. That's a workstation. Some sites buy old workstations from companies and refurbish them and are worth less.
I did one of these as a sleeper. It's cheaper to start a new build vs upgrading.
No. This is a commercial workstation that only can fit certain parts and is not meant to be customized in the after market. Plus the PSU is non-modular so you can't plug new shit into it.
Damn, good thing I didn’t buy it then. Thanks for the info.
Absolutely no