A friend of mine owns a Dell Dimension 3000 carrying a 2.8ghz Pentium 4 processor (socket 478). He wants to upgrade his motherboard so he can have an AGP gfx card! Can this be done and is it wise? I was thinking sometihng along the lines of this one. Would that be compatableany help would be much appreciated!
yes my brother unfortunatly has the same pcand i was gunna get the same board go 4 it
The only problem is that dell uses proprietry boards - doesn't always mean that it conforms to the atx standard, both in terms of the case and the power supply. If you have a atx board handy you could test fit it, then order the new board - any atx board will do, regardless of whether it is designed to support AMD or Intel processors.
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thanks for the quick replies, having a look at the board already fitted, it does look like ATX standard, its a good idea to put a ATX mobo in to try it? I doubt Dell would use a really odd shaped motherboard! hmmm....
They use propriety stuff all the time. I guess its so you have to stick to their upgrades etc. PITA but they do it anyway.
the one in that pc i thought was micro atx tbh
Yes I think you'r right, the PSU looks smaller and the mobo does as well, I think I need to measure it!!
Last edited by AtomicFuse; 15-04-2006 at 04:59 PM.
It's more a case of checking that the PSU connection to the mobo is the same - it may use a different connector, or (possibly) even the same connector but wired up differently. Basically, they don't want you to replace anything with a non-Dell part....
Also what GPU is he planing to fit with what is probably a weedy little PSU?
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the power supply is different and the slots on the backplane won't line up with a standard motherboard - buy a new case and power supply as part of your upgrade..
yer tbh jus tell ur mate to ditch allthings del releated cxase psu mobo
ahh well another case and PSU is a little out of his budget! Hmmm, I'm suprised you can't just fit a mini ATX board in! The cable to the mobo is a standard connection, maybe I should just try it and see what happens....
could do make sure u buy from a reputable palce as rma may need to take place :d
err ok so i persuaded him to buy a new case, i was thinking something cheap with a 400w PSU. Then if I bought an ATX mobo would that work? would an OK gfx card be able to run on that rig?....
yer i cant see any problems apart from if ur buying a new case could u not get a full atx mobo which are cheaper and often have more features?
the gfx card will run fine as long as its all there and working im just thinking u may aswell get a full atx board if u ca ncoz hey are better value.
oh, i was thinking this - or if you can suggest another one with a similar price....I think that would be ok
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