Can I upgrade the cpu on my motherboard? Or is it too old?

cabby

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I have an old Dell.

Dell Dimension XPS T600r
Pentium III
320 RAM

Can I upgrade to a Pentium 4 or higher?
 
Ok. If I'm to buy a new mobo should I go for a AMD 64? Don't have much cash so I'm kinda looking for a nice setup for cheap
 
Well thats a personal opinion thing. You can build a cheap P4 computer now. A 3.0ghz P4 is around 70 from Newegg.com. I would start there look for whats best for you, or ask for more help :)
 
I'm looking at the mobo's on newegg right now, I still have some things to learn about mobo's so any advice would be appreciated
 
Give me a little bit and I will make a cheapish system for both amd and intel. It would help if you told me what you have to reuse. and your budget.
 
I will re-use everything but the mobo for now. I just want an updated processor. Would like to have an AGP slot since my card is hooked up through that. I would like a board that I could update a couple times with different processors before getting another.
 
Well, you can't really. You can pretty much only reuse your hard drive, cd drive, and any PCI cards that you have in your computer. The rest isn't going to be compatible with a newer motherboard.
 
Ahh ok. For now I have a new computer case on the way and a power supply. After that I will get a new mobo and get my new upgrades over time. I'll check in with you guys from time to time when i need help. Thanks fellas:D
 
You'll need RAM as well. The PIII's only used PC100 or PC133. And you might need a new hard drive. Many new boards only have 1 PATA/IDE connection. So if you have more than two IDE devices(this includes hard drives, CD-ROMs, etc) then you'll have to work around this. Either get a larger drive or a PCI card with IDE connections :P

As for AGP, if the computer is a PIII, unless you recently got the card, onboard video would probably be more powerful. Plus, you'd have a greater upgrade path as you wouldn't be limited to older AGP boards.

Also I know a few older Dell's had a funny form factor. Maybe someone can double check on your model. But even so, you can purchase a case for next to nothing. $20 for a new one :P Or heck, if you're near me, I'll give you one :P

And...Your power supply MIGHT give you some problems. You might have to consider upgrading it too

--edit--

Here's my pick for a board and CPU... But as I said, you also need RAM.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813138036
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...Subcategory=343&description=&Ntk=&srchInDesc= < Any of these would work
 
Well, then thing with dells are...
They really don't like your upgrading things. Like my two dells both a funky form factor that isn't ATX, matx, batx, or anything i have seen. But PIIs use sdram, not ddr.
 
You'll need RAM as well. The PIII's only used PC100 or PC133. And you might need a new hard drive. Many new boards only have 1 PATA/IDE connection. So if you have more than two IDE devices(this includes hard drives, CD-ROMs, etc) then you'll have to work around this. Either get a larger drive or a PCI card with IDE connections :P

As for AGP, if the computer is a PIII, unless you recently got the card, onboard video would probably be more powerful. Plus, you'd have a greater upgrade path as you wouldn't be limited to older AGP boards.

Also I know a few older Dell's had a funny form factor. Maybe someone can double check on your model. But even so, you can purchase a case for next to nothing. $20 for a new one :P Or heck, if you're near me, I'll give you one :P

And...Your power supply MIGHT give you some problems. You might have to consider upgrading it too

--edit--

Here's my pick for a board and CPU... But as I said, you also need RAM.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813138036
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...Subcategory=343&description=&Ntk=&srchInDesc= < Any of these would work

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
 
You'll need RAM as well. The PIII's only used PC100 or PC133. And you might need a new hard drive. Many new boards only have 1 PATA/IDE connection. So if you have more than two IDE devices(this includes hard drives, CD-ROMs, etc) then you'll have to work around this. Either get a larger drive or a PCI card with IDE connections :P

As for AGP, if the computer is a PIII, unless you recently got the card, onboard video would probably be more powerful. Plus, you'd have a greater upgrade path as you wouldn't be limited to older AGP boards.

Also I know a few older Dell's had a funny form factor. Maybe someone can double check on your model. But even so, you can purchase a case for next to nothing. $20 for a new one :P Or heck, if you're near me, I'll give you one :P

And...Your power supply MIGHT give you some problems. You might have to consider upgrading it too

--edit--

Here's my pick for a board and CPU... But as I said, you also need RAM.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813138036
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...Subcategory=343&description=&Ntk=&srchInDesc= < Any of these would work

So that board has a vid card already on? That is what u mean by onboard video correct?
 
Yes, it has an integrated video card, so you don't need to buy one. You can also buy a video card down the line if you want to boost performance in games/3d apps.
 
The first build is fun because you teach yourself and its a lot of trial and error. I know that when I did, if I had to take something apart, I always end up with 1 extra screw lol. I just took my girlfriends laptop apart to upgrade the processor and yep, 1 extra screw! lol
 
The first build is fun because you teach yourself and its a lot of trial and error. I know that when I did, if I had to take something apart, I always end up with 1 extra screw lol. I just took my girlfriends laptop apart to upgrade the processor and yep, 1 extra screw! lol

LMAO, yuep! I always have a handful of screws leftover :P
 
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