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Location: SW Cheese Country
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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
Dell makes cheap kinda sorta almost industry standard stuff. We had many Dell computes that did the job they were bought to do. Baking any upgrades was always a pain it possible at all without Dell parts.
It is the major reason I build my systems with all 100% industry standard parts. PCI-E cards will be had to find expect used on EBAY. Like finding 15 inch tires for a 911.
Likely your motherboard is in a Dell case, so no replacement motherboard will fit. I bet you can find a friend or relative with an old computer they don't use and buy it cheap.
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PCI-E (x4 or x16) are current tech still. PCIe 4.0 just came out a few years ago.
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