Hello guys, I recently acquired a Dell PowerEdge SC1430 from a buddy. It didn't have a hard drive but I got everything setup and installed. Windows 7 works well. Had a PCI audio card that worked.
My only area of concern is that it doesn't have a PCI Express slot. The video card that was in my old PC was PCI Express. The windows 7 rating for graphics and Aero experience are both 1.0.
Is it possible to buy a adapter to hook up a PCI express card into a PCI slot? Even if there is, would it benefit me much? I only need the PC to run Lightroom and Photoshop Elements for Photography. So far both those are running great on it and faster then my old pc.
So in closing would I be better to: A)If there is a adapter buy it B)buy a actual PCI card (guessing they aren't made anymore so probably of eBay) or C)leave as is but instead of using a widescreen monitor (which isn't supported by onboard graphics) find a regular 4:3 monitor?
I plan to build my first PC in 6-9 months. Buying it piece by piece when I find parts on sale, so whatever I do would be a short term solution.
My only area of concern is that it doesn't have a PCI Express slot. The video card that was in my old PC was PCI Express. The windows 7 rating for graphics and Aero experience are both 1.0.
Is it possible to buy a adapter to hook up a PCI express card into a PCI slot? Even if there is, would it benefit me much? I only need the PC to run Lightroom and Photoshop Elements for Photography. So far both those are running great on it and faster then my old pc.
So in closing would I be better to: A)If there is a adapter buy it B)buy a actual PCI card (guessing they aren't made anymore so probably of eBay) or C)leave as is but instead of using a widescreen monitor (which isn't supported by onboard graphics) find a regular 4:3 monitor?
I plan to build my first PC in 6-9 months. Buying it piece by piece when I find parts on sale, so whatever I do would be a short term solution.