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Dell Precision Gaming Upgrades

DevilBoy916

DevilBoy916

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Hiya Gang

I have a Dell Precision 670 workstation, which I am trying to beef up to be a gaming PC.

It currently has :

Xeon 3ghz processor.
2GB Ram
Support for PCI-Ex16 Graphics card, up to 150Watts.
650Watt power supply.

I am looking to get an 8800GTS 640mb card, so i'm a bit more future proofed, for playing crysis, and bioshock.
I allso want to get another 3hgz Xeon processor, as they are going for a resonable price now.

The current processor I have is a Nocona core processor, so its quite old (maybe 5 years). So I am guessing that although it is a Xeon, its not going to be as good as current processors.
I think I can upgrade to a 2.8ghz Duel Core processor (Is that right?), which should make it a bit better for gaming.

My question is this. Is it worth me spending a bit on the processor, as well as GPU, to get it up to gaming standards. Or am I better of starting again, and building a fresh PC.

Cheers!
DB
 
You'll need to check the Dell Website for the latest BIOS for the motherboard as it will probably require an update to allow it to recognise later dual core processors.

As to your other question, I'd just start again from scratch. I owned one dell several years ago, never again - far too few upgrade paths, nearly everything inside your rig is probably custom made and proprietary to Dell.
 
Yeah it is. The PSU is a weird dell one. The MOBO is a wierd Dell one.

I'm just thinking though, This upgrade would probably cost me around £350. And I'd have a fairly decent gaming PC.

A new build would cost me in the region of £800. bit of a difference!

p.s. What is "double post" ?
 
g0 is the stepping (or version) of the processor:

http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/29

The g0 version of the Q6600 is the one you want as it uses less power than the previous version (b3). Less power = less heat = more headroom for overclocking.

Before you start again it probably is worthing checking which dual core processors the latest Dell bios for your motherboard support, might just be a case of plopping a new chip and not having to worry about upgrading for a while.
 
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Now that sounds like the perfect solution.

If I could save cash on the MOBO/PSU/CASE/RAM, that'd be a much more painless solution!

How do I check which processors will go with this MOBO?
The Dell site is a little less than helpfull when it comes to proper tech specs!

DB
 
Looks like the latest BIOS (Revision A07) was released in March 2006:

Link

Your PC is based on the Intel E7525 chipset but I'm not sure what your upgrade path is.
 
Hmmm.

The more I hear about this, the more I'm thinking that this MOBO wont hold the processor that I want it to (i.e. for gaming).
Starting again is looking more and more like a better plan.
 
well if u've got a good keyboard mouse monitor and a few good componts then u could just buy a bare bones pc, then use ** hard drive and all that kinda stuff.
but check what a barebones PC comes with, cause i'm not really sure
 
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