Someone once said that "you can't turn a hoe into a housewife" -but maybe you can turn a potato into a gaming PC? I enjoy watching people on YouTube push their potatoes so I wonder if anyone else is doing the same here. I recently made my wife a low end gaming rig out of a Dell Optiplex 755. -even spray painted the thing purple and white. I'll update this post with some pics later but I'm proud of what I was able to accomplish. All of that aside, lets go over specs
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83 GHz (LGA 775 socket)
8GB of DD2 2 RAM (4x 2GB)
Nvidia GT 730 GPU with 2GB of VRAM
1x 3.5" 250GB HDD for the Windows 10 install
1x 2.5" 1TB HDD for games (HDD ripped out of Toshiba Canvio casing, placed inside the PC with the USB cable going out the case and into a USB port)
Currently I'm getting games like Dirt 3, Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed, Life is Strange, and Yooka-Laylee (with some lag spikes) running on this machine. As for resolution I max the more optimized games at 720p with medium to high settings. The tougher games usually get 16:9 resolutions under 720p. If anyone have any constructive ideas for improvement (and not "get a new PC" because that takes away the challenge), feel free to drop them here.
Now that I'm at the end of this post, someone else take a turn. I'm interested to see the things people here come up with!
UPDATE 1
Because it was requested, here are some pics of my wife's gaming rig...
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83 GHz (LGA 775 socket)
8GB of DD2 2 RAM (4x 2GB)
Nvidia GT 730 GPU with 2GB of VRAM
1x 3.5" 250GB HDD for the Windows 10 install
1x 2.5" 1TB HDD for games (HDD ripped out of Toshiba Canvio casing, placed inside the PC with the USB cable going out the case and into a USB port)
Currently I'm getting games like Dirt 3, Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed, Life is Strange, and Yooka-Laylee (with some lag spikes) running on this machine. As for resolution I max the more optimized games at 720p with medium to high settings. The tougher games usually get 16:9 resolutions under 720p. If anyone have any constructive ideas for improvement (and not "get a new PC" because that takes away the challenge), feel free to drop them here.
Now that I'm at the end of this post, someone else take a turn. I'm interested to see the things people here come up with!
UPDATE 1
Because it was requested, here are some pics of my wife's gaming rig...
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