Upgrade Problems

Reaper652

Reaper652

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I have been given the task of upgrading my granda's computer (the general request of can you make it faster?). He is currently running an Dimension 3100c with a Celeron 346 3.06Ghz and 2x512mb of 266mhz cas4 ddr2 (only 2 slots).

I was thinking an upgrade to 2gb (max supported) 533mhz ddr2, would this be much of a noticible upgrade?

Also was thinking about a processor upgrade but I can't seem to find a supported processor list. All the information i can get is "Intel® Pentium® or Celeron® processors". New bios's also shows:

"The following changes have been made to BIOS rev A01 to create A02:
1. Add support for new processor."

Do you think this would support the newer pentium 4 dual cores? This should be a nice upgrade for a resonable amount of money.

Cheers guys!
 
It was as much the faster ram, as well as the 1gb extra. It is a tricky one though. I don't want to be the bearer of bad news, namely "if you want it to go faster buy a new one".
 
thingemajib said:
just thought, didnt dells use the BTX layout until recently? Not sure if ATX motherboard would be compatible...
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When looking in the documentation it deffinatly appeared to be one of the inverted mb's, not sure if its btx though. So buying a new cheap system would need a new case aswell...
 
Will talk to him about the upgrade scenario tomorrow, allthough i may end up, for the sake of £30, trying the new RAM first aswell as the usual sweep of services for unneccicary stuff, win reinstall if possible, and then use that 2gb of ram in a ddr2 build such as provided by thingemajib if needed.

I also have an old winpower 650w sitting around i could donate to the cause, if we decide to replace it, should do more than fine for his uses.

Anywho... will talk it over and update you's with a decision. Cheers for the help so far!
 
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