Much easier and cheaper in the long run to build a whole new computer with separate parts. No point in upgrading a dell.
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I thought dell's use the btx format, so you cant use a matx board?
Originally Posted by Tator Tot  Well, you have an AM2 socket on that motherboard, so you should upgrade to a Socket AM2+ board, I would suggest the Gigabyte 785G-UD2H |
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Nope, they use mATX mobo's now
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Originally Posted by Speedma11229 I thought dell's use the btx format, so you cant use a matx board? |
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As my picture shows above, it's an mATX and that does help to prove that.
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You could update the BIOS but you shouldn't need to. You'll need to get a new OS copy though.
Originally Posted by splicersrus I do know the Mobo is a ory206, not sure if that helps. |
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Originally Posted by splicersrus Now if I upgrade to this motherboard (Gigabyte 785G-UD2H) what CPU should I use and is there anything else I would need to do like update the cmos or anything else? |
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Damn, thats ugly
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Originally Posted by Tator Tot Nope, they use mATX mobo's now
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IF you are building this rig for your son we need to know what he does....what is the budget?
Originally Posted by splicersrus Ok thanks, any ideas on a CPU and OS is windows 7 good? |
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A good cheap CPU would be the Athlon II x2 240 Regor
And windows 7 is a very nice OS. Uses less resources than vista, and feels quicker than XP.
Originally Posted by splicersrus Thanks that helps but any ideas on a CPU, also how is windows 7? |
And windows 7 is a very nice OS. Uses less resources than vista, and feels quicker than XP.
Then the regor listed by tator tot should do him well....actually depending entirely on the budget and games a Sempron 140 would be great...that gigabyte motherboard should be able to play a lot of older PV titles for him without picking up a graphics card
Might i suggest looking into setting up a few emulators on the PC? actually when i was your sons age my dad built me a PC as well and instead of loading it up with PC games he had it setup with SNES and MAME titles galore (all legally of course)
If you wanted to set him up games like that i recommend grabbing the gigabyte motherboard and depending on budget either the sempron 140 or the 240 regor
Keep in mind though that if you have the budget you should really pickup the regor...it is a dual core after all and when your son is done with the PC or if he continues to use it for awhile that dual core will provide overall better performance in the long run
Either way grab a nice logitech controller along with a MAME/console emulator and goodluck seeing your kid leave his room or the computer room anytime soon
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Might i suggest looking into setting up a few emulators on the PC? actually when i was your sons age my dad built me a PC as well and instead of loading it up with PC games he had it setup with SNES and MAME titles galore (all legally of course)
If you wanted to set him up games like that i recommend grabbing the gigabyte motherboard and depending on budget either the sempron 140 or the 240 regor
Keep in mind though that if you have the budget you should really pickup the regor...it is a dual core after all and when your son is done with the PC or if he continues to use it for awhile that dual core will provide overall better performance in the long run
Either way grab a nice logitech controller along with a MAME/console emulator and goodluck seeing your kid leave his room or the computer room anytime soon
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