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Originally posted by: amdskip
Not bad, may have to pick this up. I just can't build a machine as cheap as Dell can.
Originally posted by: darkstaff
I was going to buy one of these with dreams of putting in a awesome graphics card and even perhaps a RAID controller... but alas, from: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/buyer/reviews/83738/dell-dimension-3100.html
"motherboard has no AGP or PCI-Express 16x slot for a graphics card, you can't replace the graphics card with anything better. For a system designed for home entertainment, this is a serious"
+Fred
Originally posted by: mordantmonkey
Originally posted by: darkstaff
I was going to buy one of these with dreams of putting in a awesome graphics card and even perhaps a RAID controller... but alas, from: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/buyer/reviews/83738/dell-dimension-3100.html
"motherboard has no AGP or PCI-Express 16x slot for a graphics card, you can't replace the graphics card with anything better. For a system designed for home entertainment, this is a serious"
+Fred
Isn't the 3100 chassis ATX? couldn't you replace the mobo with a much nicer ATX board and it would still be cheaper than you could build it for?
Originally posted by: russw
Thanks. Not too bad. Expiration date not found, so I don't know when this pricing will end.
Originally posted by: linuxwannabe
Originally posted by: mordantmonkey
Originally posted by: darkstaff
I was going to buy one of these with dreams of putting in a awesome graphics card and even perhaps a RAID controller... but alas, from: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/buyer/reviews/83738/dell-dimension-3100.html
"motherboard has no AGP or PCI-Express 16x slot for a graphics card, you can't replace the graphics card with anything better. For a system designed for home entertainment, this is a serious"
+Fred
Isn't the 3100 chassis ATX? couldn't you replace the mobo with a much nicer ATX board and it would still be cheaper than you could build it for?
according to that link it says "...and because the proprietary Dell motherboard..."