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the last expansion slot - SpookyZalost - October 18th, 2018 so my desktop's expansion slots are filled from top to bottom except for one. it's a PCI expansion slot and I'm not exactly sure what to put there? I was kinda leaning towards an IDE/Floppy Controller card but I've also thought about putting an old soundblaster card with FM synthesis there. still I'm curious if anyone has a better idea. any thoughts or ideas on something cool to add there? RE: the last expansion slot - Thomas - October 18th, 2018 Wireless card RE: the last expansion slot - SpookyZalost - October 18th, 2018 Already have one lol, see that red card? It's an Asus pci-e wifi ac card RE: the last expansion slot - SpookyZalost - January 30th, 2019 so I finally filled it with something. a fire wire card I picked up... but that's only temporary until I find a better card to put there... as of this moment my desktop has every single expansion slot filled... so much IO... lol. from top down in order dual Serial ports ASUS wireless AC PCI-E expansion card. PCI-E - AVerMedia C027 Analog/Digital capture card PCI-E - Serial/Parallel port expansion card (supports all parallel port communication types) PCI - random 3 port fire wire expansion card. (temporary until I can find something better) PCI-E X16 - EVGA Geforce GTX1060 Graphics card. this after I picked up a new case for $40, it's a nice antec case with way more room. as I'm writing this I'm also waiting on a windows XP computer I built from spare parts that came with that antec case to finish installing windows XP... it's going to be a nice machine for playing the games my modern/main PC can't... this is probably going to be fun lol.  RE: the last expansion slot - Darth-Apple - February 5th, 2019 That has to be the most packed PC I think I've seen yet... I know with some of my old desktops, that was always my worst nightmare. Some of them didn't come with working ethernet on board, so I had to add an ethernet card just for internet. One needed an IDE controller for some reason or another. I believe the ports onboard were slow and acted funny during bootup with more than one drive. It was a mess... Nice setup, thanks for sharing. RE: the last expansion slot - SpookyZalost - February 10th, 2019 heh I may just start posting more pc's I've been building here since I've just finished an XP machine build. in fact most recently I upgraded it's gpu from a geforce 7950 to a geforce gtx580. that one still supports windows XP but should play any game that my modern desktop can't due to age and incompatibility it's kinda awesome.