Old pc upgrades
Evening,
So bear with me on this and be gentle...
I have an old PC...2008 but it's bullet proof.
It's been through various house and office moves and it's always been rock solid.
It's had a few basic upgrades. It's had a couple of graphics cards and another 4gb of memory. It's all good but...
I need to modernise her a bit. I'm after bluetooth, usb 3 and usb c.
Clearly it doesn't support usb3 on the motherboard and the PCI cards I've found for only give me one or the other and then they are at the back. I have a spare 5.25 bay with and I also have a front panel card reader ( no audio ) which could be swapped out.
I've also got a couple of sata connectors spare on the motherboard and a plethora of spare 3.2 and 5v power cables.
So is there a PCI card that will allow me to connect a usb 3 and USB c front panel. I was hoping there would be an appropriate connector on the card.
Or maybe a self contained unit that will plug into the spare sata connectors?
Do such a beasts exist?
Bluetooth I was thinking just a mini dongle plugged into one of the existing 8 usb 2 slots.
Am I right in assuming my 2.4ghz wireless keyboard and mouse are not Bluetooth and so I would have to also keep the dongle that came with them?
Cheers
Dave
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