Dell E521 To Low Budget Gaming Build?!?

Rellincat

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I have inherited a Dell Dimension e521 tower. I was wondering if it would be cheaper to scavenge some parts (maybe just the case) than to build a PC from scratch.

If I could, what would I be able to upgrade to make this a half decent PC (Mobo, CPU, GPU, PSU) for maybe Starcraft 2, MMO's, Minecraft, and maybe Rust.

If not possible, could I scavenge some parts from this PC like case or PSU?

I'm looking to get this done cheaply and efficiently with little to no fiddling to make parts work or dealing with crashes.

Thanks.
 

becksy513

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you could get the 125w 6400 black edition. a dell optilex heatsink and fan to cool it. also there are plenty of good powerfull gpu,s that are pci express x16.

you will need a decent psu with extra power cables for the new gpu and 16Gb of ram would go in if you rely needed it. 8Gb wil do tho