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The Dell 4500 has an ATX PSU so you don't need the new case and mobo, just a new PSU
Hey ben_wade, did you manage to fit a new PSU in your Dell case? I had an earlier generation Dell Dimension, with a 225w PSU. When I came to change this out I found that the Dell PSU and Intel mobo had propriety connectors ie you couldn't hook up a 'normal' PSU to the mobo as the connectors were different. As it happened I was changing out the mobo too, but guess what? - the mobo had propriety front panel connectors (power, reset, hdd lights etc), so I had to do a soldering iron job. All in all Dell made it very difficult for me to upgrade my computer. It would have been easier to buy a new case, but I like the Dell case, its got much better features than my Aopen H500 case.
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Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Socket 775 (3.0GHz), stock cooler, Gigabyte GA-EP43-S3L iP43 Socket 775, OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 1066MHz/PC2-8500 Gold Memory, PowerColor HD 4870 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDTV Out PCI-E Graphics Card, Seagate 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache, Arctic Power 500W PSU, Hann-G 19" widescreen
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Yes, the 4500 has a standard psu connector on the motherboard and it works fine.
The Aopen H600B i think it is looks a bit like the dell case so you may like that
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