I am a sucker for that style of case. I have a Inspiron 530s that I modernized with new components. Sadly your E510 is BTX, so you can’t really reuse the case, like I did with the 530s, which is ATX.
Gammarevived
Would make a decent HTPC.
Gr3yfox21
Aww. she’s a nice lady with an optical drive good enough for late 90’s AOL shareware. Oh crap. Now you know my phub search
-Justanotherdude
The way this title is written hahaha
Thanks for the laugh
ButtfUwUcker

URA_CJ
Careful, a obsolete 486 PC was my gateway drug into PCMR back in 2000!
If you get it working again, roll back to XP and get a All in Wonder Radeon with DVI, then you’ll have a godly retro gaming PC that will work with modern HDMI displays allowing you to even play retro consoles and all the classic PC games!
dondaplayer
Hey, I got one of those!
Well, it’s ’big brother’ in a way. E520. Core 2 duo, I think it came with 2GB RAM and a 160GB drive. Wonderful machine for windows 7 because that’s what it came with. Though it runs hot a bit warm and I do agree the cooling system is most of the case. Bad ass intake though. Good luck!
handymanshandle
Lemme guess: hyperthreaded Pentium 4 or Pentium D with 2GB of RAM?
If it’s the latter, count your blessings that Dell used a lot of space for cooling. These need it.
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Hey that’s exactly what my dad said about me!
I am a sucker for that style of case. I have a Inspiron 530s that I modernized with new components. Sadly your E510 is BTX, so you can’t really reuse the case, like I did with the 530s, which is ATX.
Would make a decent HTPC.
Aww. she’s a nice lady with an optical drive good enough for late 90’s AOL shareware. Oh crap. Now you know my phub search
The way this title is written hahaha
Thanks for the laugh

Careful, a obsolete 486 PC was my gateway drug into PCMR back in 2000!
If you get it working again, roll back to XP and get a All in Wonder Radeon with DVI, then you’ll have a godly retro gaming PC that will work with modern HDMI displays allowing you to even play retro consoles and all the classic PC games!
Hey, I got one of those!
Well, it’s ’big brother’ in a way. E520. Core 2 duo, I think it came with 2GB RAM and a 160GB drive. Wonderful machine for windows 7 because that’s what it came with. Though it runs hot a bit warm and I do agree the cooling system is most of the case. Bad ass intake though. Good luck!
Lemme guess: hyperthreaded Pentium 4 or Pentium D with 2GB of RAM?
If it’s the latter, count your blessings that Dell used a lot of space for cooling. These need it.