Hey everyone,
I'm new to this site and everything dealin w/ the hardware of a computer. I'm kinda in a bad spot now and i've always kinda been since i bought this computer! Well my question in general is Can anyone tell me is there any way to find the CPU slot my motherboard has...??!?? Specs are... Dell Dimension 3000 Pentium 4 3.00GHz and 1GB of ram! Little backround info on why i need this answered.. i'm a gamer and always have been for about 5 yrs now but when i bought this computer some 4 yrs ago it had the intel graphics controller as a video card, i upgraded if u can call it an upgrade to the only direct x 9 video card that was pci only..a nvidia FX5200, now i'm trying to get the fps for the newer games that are coming out and i need a new motherboard for my comp so i can get a PCI-E. PLEASE HELP ME OUT.... BECAUSE DELL WONT RELEASE THIS INFORMATION TO ME B/C THEY DON'T SUPPORT THIRD PARTY UPGRADES!!!!!
I'm new to this site and everything dealin w/ the hardware of a computer. I'm kinda in a bad spot now and i've always kinda been since i bought this computer! Well my question in general is Can anyone tell me is there any way to find the CPU slot my motherboard has...??!?? Specs are... Dell Dimension 3000 Pentium 4 3.00GHz and 1GB of ram! Little backround info on why i need this answered.. i'm a gamer and always have been for about 5 yrs now but when i bought this computer some 4 yrs ago it had the intel graphics controller as a video card, i upgraded if u can call it an upgrade to the only direct x 9 video card that was pci only..a nvidia FX5200, now i'm trying to get the fps for the newer games that are coming out and i need a new motherboard for my comp so i can get a PCI-E. PLEASE HELP ME OUT.... BECAUSE DELL WONT RELEASE THIS INFORMATION TO ME B/C THEY DON'T SUPPORT THIRD PARTY UPGRADES!!!!!