Upgrade Dell Dimension e510 Motherboard

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Kristher Louis Vidal

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Hello,

I am kinda new to this, but I have a dell e510 computer that's almost 6 years old with Pentium 4 processor. My concern is, I want my processor to be upgraded to core i3 or i7 but can't seem to find a motherboard for dell e510 that has a socket 1156/1155.

Upon my research dell e510 uses a btx form motherboard. My question is, can I use any btx form motherboard to fit to my btx case?

I don't want to lose the case because its so cool that's why I'm finding a way to upgrade my cpu so that I can keep up with the modern computers. Thank you in advance..
 
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yeah, dell switched from that form factor after lga 775. so you wont find any new motherboards that are lga 1156/1155 that are BTX.

and you can fit any BTX motherboard that matches the standoffs in your case. some are smaller some are bigger. so you will need to use a dell motherboard that will fit your case.

the motherboard for that specific dell has an intel 945g chipset which supports cpu's up the core 2 duo e6700. which is WAY better than your p4. the bios for the e510 was updated to support newer cpu's, it doesnt say which ones though.

i recommend getting a motherboard with a better chipset that supports better cpu's.
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yeah, dell switched from that form factor after lga 775. so you wont find any new motherboards that are lga 1156/1155 that are BTX.

and you can fit any BTX motherboard that matches the standoffs in your case. some are smaller some are bigger. so you will need to use a dell motherboard that will fit your case.

the motherboard for that specific dell has an intel 945g chipset which supports cpu's up the core 2 duo e6700. which is WAY better than your p4. the bios for the e510 was updated to support newer cpu's, it doesnt say which ones though.

i recommend getting a motherboard with a better chipset that supports better cpu's.
 
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Kristher Louis Vidal

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what do you mean with "proprietary 24 pin"
 
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Kristher Louis Vidal

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After much research, I think there is really no way in reusing the old case. too bad :(. Any thank you for your response. Really appreciated it.
 
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