I have a dell 410 with a C2D 2.1. A friend and I are planing to build an extra computer while we get ours going. This is what we had planned. 1.Get a mother board that supports C2D. 2.then get the C2D e4500. instead of that i decided that its best if we just buy the core 2 quad which is an extra 100 dollars and replace my C2D with the quad. then using the C2D on the motherboard we bought. instead of having the extra processor lying around after we finish building ours. what do you all think about this? will it be worth it?
i thought all the dell 410 had the same motherboard. if not then how could i check and find out? i have the new bio updates. took me a while to respond as my net had gotten disconnected. so far thats what we have planned.
Unfortunately it's a BTX case, so if you need a new motherboard, that may not be quite so easy. Fortunately it looks like the board could support a quad core CPU in hardware, but it would require a BIOS update. You'll have to check the Dell site to see if such a thing exists. Also worth bearing in mind is the 375W power supply. There's no guarantee that's going to be able to run the quad core CPU either. If I'm honest, this does sound like quite a lot of hassle, if you want two PCs, one with a duo, one with a quad, my advice to you is to put the quad in the separate PC and leave the Duo in the Dell as is. Dell PCs, whilst well built, are rarely constructed with upgrades in mind.
well its cuz i dont want to waist money on a cpu that i aint going to use for very long. at least with the quad core after a couple of months i plan on taking it out and puttin it on my personal built computer. then putting the core 2 duo back on the 410. i havent quite finished buying my motherboard as the one i want is 580 with the quad or 290 for just the motherboard. the cpu i wanted to buy for the temp computer was a core 2 duo at 2.2. which is 129 plus shipping. the quad core is 279 plus shipping. i could save the 129 and just buy the quad as i am still going to get that one later. do you understand now what im trying to say? i just need to know if its the right thing to do or should i just wait and gather enough money to buy the motherboard and cpu together? without bothering to build a temp computer.
$290 for a motherboard? Why spend so much? Modifying a dell PC seems more hassle than its worth just for a temporary PC. If I were you, I'd stick with the Dell for now, then sort out your custom-built quad core PC when you have the means to do so.
its a ddr 3 motherboard. i want to spend money on something where i will only have to upgrade the cpu the next time. especially upgrading since the new intel chips that are coming out. this motherboard supports them.
So does mine, and it costs half that much. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128048
this is the one im getting. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3109410&CatId=1533 i like the reviews this has gotten. i was going to get the a1 but thera on backorder.
I'm sure that board's good, but it is very expensive. Two faulty boards and mediocre customer service mean I no longer buy from Asus, but hey, that's just my experience.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...-details.asp?EdpNo=3189530&Sku=MBM-975X-Q6600 how about this one? could i use sli on it?
I'm not sure, but that's an old 975X Intel board. There are many boards out there better than that. How about this one? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128067
i need one that supports the new 45nm processors. thats why i like the other one. i dont want to upgrade my motherboard in the middle of the year just to get a new processor.
so you prefer gigabyte. im looking for a top of the line motherboard. one i wont have trouble with in the first month. i dont one to spend money on something thats going to give out.
Well, I use the GA-P35C-DS3R. It was easy to install, I haven't had any issues yet. Overclocking is brilliantly simple too. It only has one PCIe 16x, but I think SLI / Crossfire is a waste of time anyway.
well i need it to carry sli as im a gamer and the dell 410 must go. you know anyone that will buy it from me? 500 dollars flat.
Then you are a very foolish gamer, if I'm honest. I go to a LAN party, and of the 50 or so gamers there, only one uses SLI. Just buy a proper graphics card in the first instance and you won't even need SLI.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2959596&CatId=2051 what about this one?
XFX make good graphics cards, but I don't know what their motherboards are like. Which graphics cards are you going to be running in SLI? If it's anything short of 8800s, seriously, don't bother.
