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[inferno14]

i have a dell dimension 4700 casing. can u guys tell me which mother board will fit into this casing? or is it too outdated?

 

[johnb35]

Do yourself a favor and buy a new case as well. Dell cases have proprietary motherboard connections. They have the usb and power connectors all on one connector.

 

[Deviousmind]

Do yourself a favor and buy a new case as well. Dell cases have proprietary motherboard connections. They have the usb and power connectors all on one connector.

Agreed if you have the money for a new pc build (with a decent psu) dont cut back on the case, get one that offers decent cooling combined with alot more features that a "DELL" case cant
offer

 

[Drenlin]

Actually, if I'm seeing this right, the 4700 has standard usb and audio headers, and a light/switch plug that could fairly easily be modified to work.

However, it's still a terrible case, and you probably shouldn't put a computer in it.


As far as picking a motherboard, what other parts are you wanting to use?

 

[inferno14]

what u mean what other parts? u mean from the old dell pc?
i want to use some parts from the dell computer and build a new one. will that work?

 

[Drenlin]

That's a pentium 4 system, right?

Newer parts are not compatible with it, with the exception of the CD/DVD drive and hard drive. I'd replace the hard drive anyway, though...it can't have much longer to live, and a new one would be larger and MUCH faster.

 

[inferno14]

the hard drive is actually not that bad, its a seagate 120gb 7200 sata. and yeah its a pentium 4. im a little confused about pci cards, could u suggest some to get for a just above average office and movie watching desktop.