Recent content by marcus_4

Ok guys, I know it's been A while, I went on vacation, and when I came back my parts had arrived. GPU works fine, and I happy with it. The cooler was pretty large, so I did a mod on the hard drive tray. Fits now. The PSU didnt fit, but not because of the weird cutout on the dell, for the dvd...

Ok, I have done a bit more research on the PCI/PCIe thing. the machine has two low profile I/O shield grill vent thingies. The top one is for PCIe x16, and will be used for my graphics card. It is a black port, where there (left to right) is the big slot, the small slot (connected) and then the...

Hello people, I'm new here, and this is my first thread, so please help with answers. I got a Dell Optiplex 980 Small Form Factor machine for free, and want to upgrade it to an awesome workstation-esque machine. I would be doing some 3d design/rendering, possibly photoshop, probably some video...