Ripping out the guts and starting over

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pcgamerneedshelp

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Hello,

About 5 years ago i purchased a dell dimension 8200 desktop. Back then it was top of the line and cost me quite a bit. I passed this computer onto my son who wants to run games on it, but its nowhere neer were it needs to be to play his games. Because the computer is so old I'm having trouble finding compatible upgrade parts. So i decided to replace almost everything in the computer besides the fan, hard drive, and cd-rw drives. I know the specs of the parts that i want to get, my only question is will it fit in the case? I want to replace the motherboard, ram, video card, and processor.

Thanks for reading and please reply
 
is the case called: dell dimension 8200? cause I'm having trouble google'ing the case type. o.o

[edit] i'd just suggest opening the case and using a measure type to get the save and see if everything fits fine [edit]
 
AusLinda said:
is the case called: dell dimension 8200? cause I'm having trouble google'ing the case type. o.o
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No it's a Dell model.

8200_box.jpg


And no it probably won't fit in the case. Dell uses it's own proprietary parts that are not industry standards.
 
dell size

it looks big enough, but depending on the video card you may need to cut out the bottom cage in the front,,
if your case has it,, you may need to take out the exhaust fan duct for the cpu and do something else..
 
pcgamerneedshelp said:
Hello,

About 5 years ago i purchased a dell dimension 8200 desktop. Back then it was top of the line and cost me quite a bit. I passed this computer onto my son who wants to run games on it, but its nowhere neer were it needs to be to play his games. Because the computer is so old I'm having trouble finding compatible upgrade parts. So i decided to replace almost everything in the computer besides the fan, hard drive, and cd-rw drives. I know the specs of the parts that i want to get, my only question is will it fit in the case? I want to replace the motherboard, ram, video card, and processor.

Thanks for reading and please reply
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I wouldn't mess with those clam shell beasts.. You would be better off to take the parts you want out of the Dell and put them in a newer case.
 
A decent budget case would cost you $50, it would be better for you to drill holes and do so much work to the existing case.
Since your old PC already 5 years, I wonder if it use SATA harddrive. Anyway, I would personally keep that PC as a second PC or just sell it, and build a mid-range spec with $800.
 
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