My sister has a refurbished Dell Optiplex GX240. 256mb RAM, some form of P4 and a 40GB hard drive.
For christmas she wants is 'made quicker' so I am going to get some SD RAM (probably 512mb in additon to the 256 she has to make 768mb). But she also wants a TFT screen as the 17" CRT she has is ancient and is starting to make weird noises. To be as good as her brother she wants a 19" 1440x900 screen that her little 32mb ATI graphics card would die at after loading the BIOS...
Simple fix, get a decent graphics card. Problem: The expansion slots are like half the width of normal ones. Is it possible to get her a proper (ATX or mATX) case that has full-size expansion slots for a decent graphics card that the Dell's motherboard, processor and hard drive would fit in and work correctly?
I know it might seem stupid but I've only ever built custom builds and don't know if there's anything different to prebult computers such as Dells...
Thanks
Jack
For christmas she wants is 'made quicker' so I am going to get some SD RAM (probably 512mb in additon to the 256 she has to make 768mb). But she also wants a TFT screen as the 17" CRT she has is ancient and is starting to make weird noises. To be as good as her brother she wants a 19" 1440x900 screen that her little 32mb ATI graphics card would die at after loading the BIOS...
Simple fix, get a decent graphics card. Problem: The expansion slots are like half the width of normal ones. Is it possible to get her a proper (ATX or mATX) case that has full-size expansion slots for a decent graphics card that the Dell's motherboard, processor and hard drive would fit in and work correctly?
I know it might seem stupid but I've only ever built custom builds and don't know if there's anything different to prebult computers such as Dells...
Thanks
Jack