Upgrading My Dell

Hi, I have a dell dimension 2350:



I want to upgrade the following parts:
Hard drive - to 320GB
DVD Drive - To DL DVD RW
Ram - to 1GB
Graphics Card - no idea

i think a new processor may be too involved however ill give it a try if people say its possible. Thanks

 

Ok i did a bit of research but im not sure if any of this stuff will be compatible with my dell, anyways here is what i was thinking of:

DVD Drive - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/139414

Hard Drive - http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Home/Product/13936/Western-Digital-320GB-hard-disk-drive-Caviar-SATA

Ram - http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=8CC273A7A5CA7304 maybe x2 but a pair deal would be better.

Thanks

 

That box does not support SATA drives, so the DVD drive and hard drive listed will not work with it. The ram should work with it. You do not have any AGP or PCIE slots, so you cannot upgrade the video. Processors are easy to upgrade, but it does not support any good chips.

 

Thanks, What does work with this box then or where can i find out what will work?

 

should i get a new motherboard for it? or just start from scratch

 

There is nothing in there worth saving, and that includes the case. I would recomend buying/building a new system, and using this one to teach yourself linux, giving it to your kids, or donate it to a school, etc...

 

Does this computer have a PCI slot?

 

I have the same computer and what I did was bought a optiples gx280 with 500g of hd and 2g of ram, took out the dvd rw and dvd rom out of the 2350 and transfer all the files over. the new case was use and I bought it for $230. it is easier this way.

 

sorry but i didnt really get what u were saying, say it again with the like what the component actually is

 

chewbkka basicly said that he bought a new system and copied his files over to it, then moved the old drives over (not sure why he did that)

 

because sometimes I am stupid and get ahead of myself. what I should have done was transfer all my files to a external hard drive then get a more powerful internal hard drive.

 

Hey yall,
Ive been looking around and think ive found a good solution to get some upgrades for my dell, what do you think?
DVD drive http://www.ebuyer.com/product/126226

Hard drive http://www.ebuyer.com/product/124733

PCI Sata card http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000MR7SNS/ref=pd_luc_mri?_encoding=UTF8&m=A3QKETRBBWKK1K

also with these:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/SATA-Power-Data-Cable-Pack/dp/B000ITL1PG/ref=pd_bxgy_ce_img_b

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Verbatim-43667-8-5GB-Layer-Print/dp/B0014DCQG8/ref=pd_sim_ce_1

 

I have a dell dimrnsion 2350 i took all apart.i want to repace

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=8245532&findingMethod=rr

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=10363705

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5700428

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=9729692

motherboard

cpu

i am thinking about makeing a mytv box

 

ddrc3po: The S-ATA card should work with the drive (but it's discontinued at amazon, you'll need to find somewhere else to buy it), but it would be simpler just to get a big external USB hard drive.
That is about the only thing worth upgrading in the system though, performance-wise it's much too old to upgrade anything useful (memory, CPU, graphics card)
xbox104: Coolmax PSUs are death. besides the fact that no standard PSU will fit in a Dell PC, you've chosen one of the worst brands out there. The graphics card you've chosen doesn't need a bigger power supply than the one the PC already has, so there's no need to replace the unit (which is good, because you can't anyway)
The external hard drive you've chosen is a compact portable one. You can get much more storage for your money if you buy a full size drive instead.

You will not be able to replace the CPU with anything decent without changing the motherboard and RAM. You won't be able to change the motherboard and RAM without changing the case and power supply too.