I want to upgrade my cpu

[Aveach]

Some information
Computer: Dell Inspirion 530
OS: Vista
Current Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 ~ 2.78Ghz
Motherboard: Dell 0FM586 ~ A00

Budget: 400$
Looking for: Processor around 3.4 Ghz or Higher

Would I need to find a new motherboard or is the a processor upgrade that would fit in my motherboard.

Please link suggestions through www.amazon.com.

If a new motherboard is needed would someone please link me one that would fit into my build as well as a new processor and sufficient RAM to buy.

If you need anything else post here and I'll link it.








Don't...

Bump posts


http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/283384-33-read-first

 

[Mousemonkey]

This topic has been moved from the section CPU & Components to section Systems by Mousemonkey

 

[Graphite946]

Upgrading that dell is going to be very difficult, and expensive. I would recommend saving up, and either buying a new pre built, or build your own.

Tomshardware has a terrific article everyday with good deals on prebuilts. If you'd like to build your own, do a lot of research, and a lot of searching.

 

[nikorr]

U need to change the CPU + mobo + RAM to make it worth.

 

[nikorr]

Intel Core i5-2310 Sandy Bridge $180
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115089

 

[nikorr]

ASRock H77M LGA 1155 Intel H77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157303

$75

 

[nikorr]

G.SKILL Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231422

$39.99

 

[inzone]

http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Q6600-Quad-Core-Processor-Cache/dp/B000LRMR26/ref=sr_1_8?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1343059097&sr=1-8&keywords=LGA+775

http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Quad-Core-Processor-1066MHz-LGA775/dp/B000TGK05A/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1343059774&sr=1-1&keywords=LGA+775+Q6700

These are the only two cpu's that you can upgrade to with the LGA 775 socket MB that you have.
Your other option is to see if a standard atx motherboard will fit into that Dell case you have so that you could upgrade the cpu , MB and ram.

 

[nikorr]

U don't have to upgrade with budget $400.

Install what I posted and have brand new 4x faster PC.

 

[nikorr]

If u don't have windows retail, than u need to purchase new windows.


So get Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit OEM ~ $99.99 @ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=32-116-986&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Keywords=%28keywords%29&Page=1#scrollFullInfo

As a student, u can get even better deal, check http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/cat/categoryid.37826100/

 

[nikorr]

So, all the listed with OS+CPU+new RAM+new motherboard = less than $400

And your PC will leave that DELL in dust in anything u do!

And u getting a quad core CPU.

 

[Gamma]

If you could bump your budget up to around $500, you could get all of this:

Core i5-2500k, awesome processor, I'm amazed by it.
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Core-2500K-Processor-1155/dp/B004EBUXHQ

Same motherboard as mine, except with PCI slots
http://www.amazon.com/MSI-Computer-Corp-Motherboards-Z77A-G43/dp/B007QWI9K8

Pretty Memory, fast too
http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance-240-Pin-Platforms-CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9/dp/B004CRSM4I/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1342066508

Motherboard doesn't support IDE so you need this
http://www.amazon.com/Asus-24xDVD-RW-Serial-Internal-DRW-24B1ST/dp/B0033Z2BAQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342066736&sr=8-1&keywords=ASUS+dvd+burner

Some case I found:
http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Carbide-Windowed-Gaming-CC-9011017-WW/dp/B008B6ONXA/ref=sr_1_9?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1343063417&sr=1-9&keywords=corsair+carbide

And you could just reuse the dell power supply and hard drive, and WALA! A brand new spanking fast computer. Don't bother upgrading the CPU, or putting anything different in that crappy case, if you were to reuse the power supply, I would think of getting a new one in the future, since dell power supplies aren't exactly that powerful and top-of-the-line.