Updating A Dell 5150
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Hello, I have this board and my Dell 5150 has run perfectly since I received it 6 years ago. Now, I would like to upgrade the processor. I have a SL7Z9 Intel Pentium 4 630 Socket 775 3.0 2M 800 CPU and I also have a X300 D3A27 Video card (A ATI Radeon X300SE). 305Watt (H305N) Power Supply. I am wanting to possibly have quad core and an HDMI video card. Now the bad part. I am not a dummy, but I am a Mac Person from the beginning of Apple. I do understand PC's and Windows XP and the removal and replacement of components. However, I don't know what goes with what. I don't want to FRY the computer as it has worked great since I bought it. Thanks for your help in advance and sorry PC guys about me being a Mac Guy. Brad.
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fossybakerboy said:
Thanks Popatim. Will what I have be sufficient along with a new graphics card ( wanting 3D maybe but for sure, I want a card with HDMI. Thanks Again for your help.I installed this card in my 5150 and it works great. Be aware it takes up two slots but the fine folks at Sapphire sent me a single slot which I attached and the thing works great. I have it connected to my HD monitor via HDMI.
SAPPHIRE 100255DDR4 Radeon HD 4670 512MB 128-bit GDDR4 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
Whether or not the processor will be "good enough" for a better video card depends largely what you want to do. If 3D gaming, it will probably be a bit of a bottle neck, even with the graphics card recommended above. If you want to play blue-ray movies, the card recommended above with the P4 might work just fine, as the video card has hardware acceleration for that task. If you just want to put a computer screen onto your HDTV, it should also work fine.
Joe
Joe
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