CPU in a DELL XPST450

ISKOTB · Post by **ISKOTB** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 4:05 pm

Any1 know what is the max PIII i can upgrade to ?

Massa · Post by **Massa** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 4:08 pm

For the price of a faster p3 you should upgrade to a new mobo and CPU. You could upgrade to an AMD 2500 and a new mobo for under 250 dollars. The speed increase would be far, far more significant than upgrading to another p3.

Tawcan · Post by **Tawcan** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 4:17 pm

Originally posted by Massa
For the price of a faster p3 you should upgrade to a new mobo and CPU. You could upgrade to an AMD 2500 and a new mobo for under 250 dollars. The speed increase would be far, far more significant than upgrading to another p3.

Whath he said. Since you have p3 you probably have SDRAM so you can either buy a motherboard that uses SDRAM (ie ECS K7S5A which is cheap as dirt right now)

or get the following..

Abit NF7 is ~$90 on Newegg.
2500+ ~$90 on Newegg.
Some DDR RAM
Then get yourself a new HS.

JTMON · Post by **JTMON** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 5:00 pm

I say screw the new heatsink and get some nice 3200 Corsair LL Ram. You can then overclock the cpu to 3200+ 2.2GHz 400FSB and maintain it with no heat issues. None here anyways, mind you I'm on an asus a7n8x-dx

ISKOTB · Post by **ISKOTB** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 9:09 am

it's a work computer can't upgr mobo..etc i can get the max PIII cpu that is all dell site don't show what is the max cpu i can have in it

Blisster · Post by **Blisster** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 2:01 am

another problem with the whole new mobo/cpu thing is that Dell uses proprietary cases and mobo mounting points, as well as proprietary connectors for the power/reset switches and HDD/power lights.
I originally was trying to upgrade my XPS500 whne I learned all this the hard way, with computer parts all over the counter, and a mobo that wouldn't mount into my case/connectrs that wouldn't fit.

pimptrizkit · Post by **pimptrizkit** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 4:04 am

ouch. that wouldn't be a fun experience.

i just upgraded from a k7s5a witch i bought for aroudn 70 last year or so the board is still running.

but i went to the abit nf7-s v2 witht he barton 2500 and some geil pc3500 with cas 2 6-3-3 timmings

got a TT extreme and my temps are almost lower then my 1600xp on the ecs board. mine run 36-43 while the 1600 runs 32-38 and i have this 2500 oc to a 3200 right now. i had it at 2.44ghz but found it unstable in weird places. but 2.42 was stable just backed it off due to gammings problems and im tring to pin point where it's coming from.

but im kinda ranting. my fps jumped 45-60fps just from these new coponets..