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Re: Re: Looking for screenshots/a
By: Lonewolf to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Feb 28 2026 09:11 pm

You can buy a PCIe extension ribbon cable and mount your GPU outside of your SFF case. I used one and it worked well.

You'd also need to get power to the GPU, requiring some extension
cables for the power connectors. It would be interseting to set up a
GPU externally that way.

I seem to recall seeing some GPUs now that use USB 3.x for a high-speed connection, which would be easier to connect to a PC. And I'm not
sure, but I imagine that for power, those probably include a power
supply so that you can plug them into a wall power outlet.

Yeah, the reality is that there's only one game that I really want the
my higher-end card for is War Thunder, and I've stopped playing as much
while I've been busy with other things. My SFF system has a GT 1030
that's better than the built-in video that should suffice for most (and
I played WT on an i7-4790 with it and got 35-40 fps on custom settings)

I get around 140 fps on the high setting now.

I have a lot of stuff, and want to avoid buying any more in 2026 by
making the most of what I have.



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Lonewolf wrote to Nightfox <=-

But then I came across a Dell Workstation 5820 on eBay that has an i9-10900X 3.70 Ghz Zeon 10 core CPU and 4 PCIe slots with two 8 pin
PCIe power connectors.

I love Dell workstations - they're built like tanks and most of the
disassembly is screwless. I supported a couple of generations of them
at work and had a T3400 that ran for 10 years or so...




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Re: Re: Looking for screenshots/a
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Lonewolf on Mon Mar 02 2026 10:35 am

I love Dell workstations - they're built like tanks and most of the disassembly is screwless. I supported a couple of generations of them at work and had a T3400 that ran for 10 years or so...

I like them too. A few years ago, I decided to replace my BBS PC with something newer & faster, and rather than build my own like I normally would, I bought a used Dell workstation on eBay. I really like that it's screwless and easy to get into and upgrade - I've upgraded it a few times now (more storage, RAM, & dedicated video card to help with transcoding with my Plex media server), and it has been very easy to upgrade.

Nightfox

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Re: Re: Looking for screenshots/a
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Lonewolf on Mon Mar 02 2026 10:35 am

I love Dell workstations - they're built like tanks and most of the disassembly is screwless. I supported a couple of generations of them at work and had a T3400 that ran for 10 years or so...

I still have and use a Dell Optiplex 7010 full desktop, no screws to open, no screws to replace peripheral either.
I also have a Dell Optiplex 790 in a thin case, same thing, I run my plex server on this one, both have the i5 and 16GB RAM.
I love the old Dell's Bought these Dells from work for $50 each years ago, also bought a Dell laptop for $50 at the same time from work.

Denn

...It said "insert disk #3", but only two will fit...

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Re: Re: Looking for screenshots/a
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Lonewolf on Mon Mar 02 2026 10:35 am

Lonewolf wrote to Nightfox <=-

But then I came across a Dell Workstation 5820 on eBay that has an i9-10900X 3.70 Ghz Zeon 10 core CPU and 4 PCIe slots with two 8 pin PCIe power connectors.

I love Dell workstations - they're built like tanks and most of the
disassembly is screwless. I supported a couple of generations of them
at work and had a T3400 that ran for 10 years or so...

This is my first true Dell workstation, but I gotta say, it is very impressive. It has space for multiple NVMe drives as well as 8 dimm sockets, very expandable. Money well spent for this bargain from eBay.

LW
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Re: Re: Looking for screenshots/a
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Mon Mar 02 2026 10:35 am

I have a lot of stuff, and want to avoid buying any more in 2026 by
making the most of what I have.

I can agree with the point of not wanting to put more e-waste in our lives.
I don't really PC Game aside form FFXIV, so im making do with my amd 5700 ryzen and a 9060 xt 16gb box for the time being.

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