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Next step may have been a misstep (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by Zenjal@lemmy.world to c/buildapc@lemmy.world

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Hello!

Still on my server buildin journey, but I acquired a Dell Insperon 3670. The board says it's atx but everything I'm readin says it's a proprietary board, and thus can't be easily moved. My issue is I have 2 12tb HDDs I wanna shove in it without and available cradles. I have a different case was some free slots but my other concern is the psu, its also theirs and the board requires an adapter to be used with other hardware, I believe. I wanna run Minecraft and Valheim off this thing and have a GeForce 1050 I can cram in there to help, how should I figure how much power I have available to do this?

Thanks again y'all's!

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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

It looks like it might actually be almost ATX. Just eyeballing it, it looks like about half the screw holes are in the right position. However, that means a different case might have standoffs in the wrong position. You'd need to remove them or cover them with electrical tape or something. But even after that, the front panel ports are on the same board, and may not fit.

But in any case (no pun intended), it looks like that case doesn't have any real drive bays. At best, you can tuck one in front of the PSU, and stick the other anywhere it'll fit.

It looks like you'll be pushing the limits of the PSU, too. Newegg's calculator suggests you'll be over 400 W, and the best one you can get in that model is 365 W.