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Upgrading my PC

Discussion in 'Processors and Motherboards' started by Silicon, Nov 11, 2009.

  1. Silicon Newcomer, in training

    Hope I have the correct forum for this..

    I have a Dell Dimension that is some 5 years old now.

    However, I have no idea what might be a suitable board to use. Can anyone offer some suggestions? Always grateful of any advice.

    Thanks
    Silicon, Nov 11, 2009
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  2. elroacho72 Newcomer, in training Posts: 124

    What is your budget?
    elroacho72, Nov 11, 2009
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  3. raybay TechSpot Evangelist Posts: 10,720   +6

    Tell us the Dimension model and configuration... and how you use it.

    Unless you are into serious gaming, and the Dimension is not just a basic model, you may be able to get a lot more out of it with a few practical changes.

    If you change the motherboard, then you need to change the power supply, and many Dimensions have a case configuration that do not encourage an easy switch of power supplies... and motherboards.
    raybay, Nov 11, 2009
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  4. Silicon Newcomer, in training

    The model is the 4600. It has 160Gb HD, 512Mb RAM and a 3GHz CPU. There seems to be an awful lot of disc traffic and I suspect that a simple increase in RAM will do wonders.
    Silicon, Nov 13, 2009
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  5. klepto12 TechSpot Paladin Posts: 1,360   +9

    yeah 2 gigs of ram would do wonders for that system.
    klepto12, Nov 13, 2009
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  6. Silicon Newcomer, in training

    That's what I figured. There was a nice link to Crucial. I'd rather forgo a new lappie for Christmas that waste a perfectly good PC. ;)
    Silicon, Nov 14, 2009
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