Upgrading a Dell PC? 5150

-=Maxed=- · 2 Apr 2006 at 04:00

Ive just seen what seems to be a realy good deal on a dimension 5150 with dual core intel 820 with 2.8ghz..

Now i will be upgrading it to 1gb of ram (from dell)

But what i cant find from the site is anything about the mobo (eg what slots and ide plugs etc is has).. I have a GFX card that i want to put in and also a bigger hard drive from my old pc.

What are the chances of adding a AGP radeon 9700 pro and a 160gb hard drive? and possibly a good sound card with optical out?

This pc will not be used for games just windows working.

Badyk · 2 Apr 2006 at 10:38

https://support.euro.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim5150/en/sm/parts0.htm#wp1370145

(You'll need to create a profile on http://support.euro.dell.com)

ted34 · 2 Apr 2006 at 12:18

I think the dimension use pci express rather than agp as my friends dimension was pci express. As for upgrades dont get them through dell get them through ocuk as its far cheaper. For hard drive you should have no problem but it will come down to whether the board is pci e or agp for vga card so give dell a call and see

-=Maxed=- · 2 Apr 2006 at 15:42

Do you think it would be much of a upgrade from a shuttle xpc with xp 2500 and 512 ram?

I could sell this system later and get a new GFX...

iraiguana · 2 Apr 2006 at 15:46

that depends what you use it for, general surfing and applications would not show a huge improvement but u would notice it to run smoother (due to dual core). possibly wait a few months and get better components, also very important to find out what dell mobo it comes with as they do have some strange ones which dont have many features.

good luck.