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I am thinking of building a new pc that can handle games at 1080p 60fps. I think my best option is to buy an optiplex 3010 and take the i5 3470, 8gb of DDR3,HDD,MOBO and buy a new case and a GTX 1050ti. Thoughts?
 
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Not sure about Dell's systems, but I suspect the main limiting factor may be the power supply. The Optiplex 3010 has a PSU supposedly rated at 250W which is a bit on the low side. The worry is whether Dell has used a form of proprietary motherboard/PSU which could limit getting a higher wattage PSU more suited for gaming purposes.

General warning: some prebuilts may not allow hardware upgrades. Also possible that Nvidia cards have less trouble than AMD cards for some older systems.
 
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i wouldn't say it's a great idea to be honest. What's your budget exactly? For a very reasonable price you could get a decent Ryzen 5 1400, B350 mobo and 8gbs of ddr42400 ram for about 300-350, then get your case the 1050ti and a decent PSU and you have something that will game a whole lot better than the dell and at least give you an upgrade path.
 
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I have $300
 
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Would recommend that you save some more cash because getting games at 60fps with the budget can be hard!
 
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Even at medium settings. I want to play GTA V and CSGO
 
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I agree with the others, best to save up more money and get something worth buying that will do what you want it to.

Buying those systems is really a bad idea any way you look at it.

They are basic workstations that companies got rid of because they are too old.

Putting money in those to try and make them some sort of gaming machine is just throwing good money after bad.

 
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I can buy a Optiplex 3010 for around £80 used and buy a 1050ti for £140. I would also need a new case and psu correct?

 
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Saw the specifics of dell now. It really depends on how desperate you are. Just like Jankerson pointed out, this 300 will be almost impossible to upgrade, I suggest you save more to get this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£61.96 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI - B250M PRO-VH Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£54.99 @ Box Limited)
Memory: G.Skill - NT Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£56.60 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Toshiba - 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£30.49 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card (£119.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Deepcool - SMARTER MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£19.04 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX - XT 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.27 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £387.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-21 20:30 GMT+0000
 
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I highly recommend you stay away from those refurb boxes, save some more money and build new.

You would have a much better computer in the end.
 
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Exactly. :)

Save up a few more pennies and get what Vapor did for you.

MUCH better than that refurb garbage.

 
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I am 14 years old, could I not just use an old optiplex and upgrade it. I would only want to use it for around 3 years until I have a job.
 
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By the time you would get done playing with that thing you would have spent the same amount of money as the computer Vapor laid out for you.

All those refurbs are is a black hole of spending good money after bad.

Unless one wants a basic email machine they just aren't worth playing with or putting any money in at all.

Every time some hit the market we see this, they aren't a deal or even worth buying.

Other than for those of us who have a bunch of spare parts around so we don't have to spend any money on them at all.

And that's if the box was a give away.

 
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