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So can I turn this old dell dimension 4500 into a gaming pc or it it impossible. If so is because of the clam case?
Dell Dimension 4500 Gaming Pc
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That's a socket 478 machine. Probably 32 bit Pentium 4 CPUs. Since then there have been LGA775 P4/D 64 bit CPUs, LGA775 65nm Core2 Duo, Core2Quad, Core2Extreme, then 45nm Core2 Duo/Quad/Extreme CPUs. The fastest P4/Pd CPU just equals the slowest 65nm Core2 Duo. The best 45nm Core2Quads, Extremes and a few Xeons are just hanging in there as low end gaming CPUs. There have been several generations of i3.i5,i7 to choose from since then. It's just too old to bother with. Dells front I/O is proprietary, so are the PSU connectors back then. The case would be the only thing you might use, and that would be a PITA anyway. I like to mod old Dells so this isn't an anti Dell position, it's just reality.
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Think I understand what you said if I were to strip it down and put in modern gaming stuff, would you think it would work. Down to just the case.
The wiring for the front I/O might be different. Dell tends to do their own thing there. I have no experience with systems that old. You will be pretty much on your own to try that. The easy way out is to just get an aftermarket ATX case.
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