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Need to upgrade inspiron 545

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  • Dell Inspiron
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June 15, 2013 9:25:57 AM

I have a dell inspiron 545 with the following specs:
Pentium Dual Core 2.7Ghz
RAM: 6GB
Display: Card name: Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chipset Family
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip type: Intel(R) GMA 3100
DAC type: Internal
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_29C2&SUBSYS_02E01028&REV_02
Display Memory: 256 MB
Dedicated Memory: 0 MB
Shared Memory: 256 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1200 (32 bit) (59Hz)

Rest of the stuff is standard lan/audio etc.
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Purpose/functionality:
I use this m/c primarily to work on audio and photography large format files.
Questions:
1. I would like to upgrade this to a Intel i7 processor with 32GB RAM.
Can some one suggest a good motherboard that will accomodate in the dell inspiron 545 case?
2. I am concerned that my power supply may also need to be boosted. Is that true? If so what are the recommendations?
Thank you for your help!

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June 16, 2013 8:47:32 PM

You won't be able to fit any core i CPUs to that motherboard. Not even Core 2 Quad models. If your 545's case is in mini tower ( meaning it has a standard size PSU and 4 slot on the back ) then any ITX/mATX motheboard will fit in, prefer a board with LGA1150/LGA1155 socket and 4 RAM slots in order to put in an i7 and 32 gb of RAM.

2. If you want to add in a powerful VGA card along with the upgrade of CPU/motherboard/RAM then a new PSU is needed, if running with the integrated VGA is fine then there's no need to. Any ATX PSU will fir into this case, too.
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