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Hi all. I haven't been here for a while. I hope you all are well and
having fun. I know I can always come here for friendly knowledgeable
advice.
I have a 4 year old Dell Dimension 8100 P4 1.3 socket 423 400Mhx FSB
that I want to spruce up. I thought of PowerLeaping it to a 2.8Mhx
socket 428 with this: http://www.powerleap.com/PL-P4N.jsp . Doing this
will require a new Power Supply Unit, my pc has 4 IDE devices & 3 PCI
devices so the stock Dell PSU can't handle the extra power requirements
of the newer Northwood processor.
On second thought, being that I have to spend money on a new PSU I
figured I might as well spend a few bucks more and get a new socket 775
bundled motherboard like this:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1243259&CatId=0
or in my dreams:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1243261&CatId=0
These newer motherboards have PCIe slots and, for video, PCI x16.
Stupid questions but, will old PCI cards fit and work in the newer PCIe
slots? Even dumber question, will AGP video card fit and work in the
PCI x16 slot? I kinda of doubt that an AGP card can work on the x16 bus
but I would like confirmation on this. I don't want to buy new PCI &
video card so if these don't work in the newer motherboards I may have
to consider a socket 478 motherboard or just do the easiest and
PowerLeap the old beast. Any thoughts on this from the hardware savvy
guys out there?
Regards;
John
Hi all. I haven't been here for a while. I hope you all are well and
having fun. I know I can always come here for friendly knowledgeable
advice.
I have a 4 year old Dell Dimension 8100 P4 1.3 socket 423 400Mhx FSB
that I want to spruce up. I thought of PowerLeaping it to a 2.8Mhx
socket 428 with this: http://www.powerleap.com/PL-P4N.jsp . Doing this
will require a new Power Supply Unit, my pc has 4 IDE devices & 3 PCI
devices so the stock Dell PSU can't handle the extra power requirements
of the newer Northwood processor.
On second thought, being that I have to spend money on a new PSU I
figured I might as well spend a few bucks more and get a new socket 775
bundled motherboard like this:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1243259&CatId=0
or in my dreams:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1243261&CatId=0
These newer motherboards have PCIe slots and, for video, PCI x16.
Stupid questions but, will old PCI cards fit and work in the newer PCIe
slots? Even dumber question, will AGP video card fit and work in the
PCI x16 slot? I kinda of doubt that an AGP card can work on the x16 bus
but I would like confirmation on this. I don't want to buy new PCI &
video card so if these don't work in the newer motherboards I may have
to consider a socket 478 motherboard or just do the easiest and
PowerLeap the old beast. Any thoughts on this from the hardware savvy
guys out there?
Regards;
John