fried mobo

[trencin]

MY 4 yr old dell MB just fried today. I am building a new PC anyways but I would like to have this dell up and running again. It is a Socket 478 Celeron 2.4 ghz and i was wondering if I could get an AMD mobo and a CPU and if all the other compononets would work fine with the AMD mobo and CPU.
Or do I just need to buy intel socket 478 mobo?

 

[shadowduck]

MY 4 yr old dell MB just fried today. I am building a new PC anyways but I would like to have this dell up and running again. It is a Socket 478 Celeron 2.4 ghz and i was wondering if I could get an AMD mobo and a CPU and if all the other compononets would work fine with the AMD mobo and CPU.
Or do I just need to buy intel socket 478 mobo?

Your 4 year old Dell is going to have a Dell only PSU in it, that will fry a normal motherboard that plugged into it. You will need to replace the PSU as well.

 

[trencin]

yeah thanks I forgot to mention i would put all this in a new case with 450 watt psu.

 

[0zzy]

The easiest thing to do would be to buy a 478 mobo. If ur CPU is undamaged then it should all work.

 

[trencin]

can you help me choose a mobo on new egg that is cheap but good quality which can support celeron 4 socket 478?

 

[Turbo_VE_Max]

post up the rest of your specs please. more detail better.

To address your question, I don't know too much about Intel stuff since I'm an AMD fanboy but I found this on newegg. Good brand, fairly cheap, intel chipset.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131504

It would be nice to get some feedback from the In'hel camp though.

 

[trencin]

my current PC Specs
Dell Dimension 2400
Dell Motherboard socket 478
Intel celeron 4 2.4 GHZ
1 GB Kingston Ram
Onboard Video
250 watt PSU
40 GB HDD

I bought a MICRO ATX case with 420 WATT PSU and going to buy ADDITIONAL 160 GB HDD when i purchase the new mobo. I need a micro Intel mobo

 

[Turbo_VE_Max]

I need a micro Intel mobo

That motherboard I posted above is micro atx and with your system specs it should work okay.

Again, I'd like to get some intel guys to drop a comment or to just so I dont inadvertently give you bad advice.

EDIT:
or just go with mpilchfamily's advice.

 

[trencin]

i hope the CPU works. thanks for all the advice.

 

[Turbo_VE_Max]

it depends on your budget. the low-end stuff of today can beat an over clocked 2.4 Northwood of yester'month. (excludes gx card benchmarks.)