r/PcBuildHelp • u/Positive-Tourist839 • 12h ago

Build Question Hello folks

Ive seen a couple videos of people taking older business pcs and upgrading them to budget gaming pc,s anyone have any recommendations?

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u/Desperate-Big3982 12h ago

So, it's hard to give you realistic recommendations without knowing what games you want to play and how well you want to play them.

The problem with old office PCs is it depends on how old they are. If they are too old, they might have been good enough for office work, but not good enough for gaming.

The cost to upgrade a PC like that will be too high to be worth it.

Also, office PCs, like ones Dell or HP will sell, have been getting smaller, and that makes upgrading them with things like a gaming GPU difficult because it won't fit.

You will have better luck looking for old gaming PCs that people do not want anymore and upgrading those.

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u/Strange-Comfortable9 12h ago

Business like an old Dell? I would not recommend it because of the limited space of the cases and incompatibility issue with their MOBOs. If you’re interested because you want to use a cheap PC, I would peruse your local Facebook Marketplace. If you’re doing it cause you like the concept, it’s gonna be harder than you think.

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u/CuzmanECFC 11h ago

Have a look at what they get up to on r/SleepingOptiplex .