Dell inspiron 530s upgrade

[Malaka]

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[Peetah]

Here are your answers.

U are currently running a core2duo. meaning your socket is a 775. The fastest cpu for 775 would be a core2quad.
U dont need to buy a new harddrive.

Here are my thoughts.Socket 775 cpus are pretty outdated now.
Core2quads are fast enough but since you upgrading this much parts. I say just build a new PC from ground up and sell the old one on Ebay or something.
One thing to take in note. Check the wattage of your power supply. Depending on how beafy your new video card is gunna be, be aware of the power supply.

[Cake Faice]

I am looking to upgrade my computer.
Current specs

• Intel Core 2 Duo...2.4ghz
• 2 GB ram
• 500gb hard drive
• ATI Radeon 2400 HD
• Windows Vista Home Premium
• Kinda fucked up....Many problems starting up

UPGRADES I WANT

• Stronger processer...mabye 8 cores
• 4 gb ram
• same hard drive or new will same properties
• ANY NVIDIA GRAPHICS CARD
• Same or windows 7

QUESTIONS

When changing my ram and processer+ motherboard....should i change my hard drive?
Can my computer support new processers...mabye i7?
My system has fucked up starting problems.....will new hard drive fix this?
Should i just buy a new computer......cheaper than upgraded this piece of shit?

1. You dont have to change your hard-drive
2. Im not experienced in Intel's. But I think the Core2 uses the LGA 775 socket. So the max you can go is at a Core2Quad.
3. Maybe a new OS installation/repair might help. If it still does it, then maybe its your hard-drive.
4. Lets see here, The upgrades you want would be the best, no matter the price im assuming.

In-order to not refinance your car for the highest priced parts, I recommend you get these:

Intel Core 2 Quad, 2.5 ghz, 4 cores, 4MB Cache, LGA-775 socket/92W.

You can always try to overclock it to a good 2.8ghz or even 3.0 if you have proper cooling.

Dell Inspiron 530s's use DDR2 of memory. And since you want 4 gig, they dont have that fancy head-spreader, but they will work with it. (And since the Inspiron has 4 memory connectors, you can try to combine your current 2gb and the new 4gb to get 6gb of ram

I cant really find a good, nvidia card for you thats under $100 but. But I guess you can go with a geforce 9600 for hella better performance than your onboard radeon.

Beh, I'd build a new one with AMD/ATI parts. For the price of your Dell ($330), and since AMD and ATI are fairly cheap and powerful, you could get your self a nice rig for everyday task's and gaming for around that price. Like if you were to get a Radeon HD 4xxxx series GPU and a Triple-Core AMD phenom with a mobo that supports core unlock (Instant Quad core at your disposal), it could work out for you.

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Get a C2Q + GTs450/GTX460

[Malaka]

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[Peetah]

Yeah the core2s dont cut it anymore.

[Cake Faice]

OH FUCK NO.

NEVER PURCHASE AN ALIENWARE DESKTOP UNLESS YOU LIKE PAYING AN EXTRA $700-$4000. Alienware's are overpriced as fuck and still do the same crap as if you were buying an averaged dell/HP from best buy...just they are x9000 more powerful then what you find at Best buy/Walmart/Where ever.

Seriously, it's highly recommended you build your own. You don't have to have much knowledge about computers if you have the internet at your disposable.

Think of building computers as a puzzle piece. Everything just has to fit in perfect + its waay more funner that way of having the accomplishment of building your own rig with the parts you want.

Plenty of videos on youtube about that stuff like this:

Build a PC Computer - Overview of parts - All New for 2009 - homepcbuilder.com

But then of course, if you cant understand/dont wanna risk fucking something up...then go-ahead and buy one. But im sure you can save a good $500 on building your own that has a 10% less power difference then buying an alienware.

[Tomcat]

ibuypower.com

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[Cake Faice]

ibuypower.com

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Read above.

[Peetah]

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Read above.

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http://www.canadacomputers.com/

[Bovicide]

MFW

"Alienware Aurora Desktop       AD875H       1       [224-6493]       1"

"Dual 1GB GDDR5 ATI Radeon™ HD 5670 CrossfireX™ Enabled"



CROSSFIRE 5670s IS LIKE CROSSFIRE SNES. YOU STILL ARENT GETTING ANYWHERE.

[Xrain]

Intel Core 2 Quad, 2.5 ghz, 4 cores, 4MB Cache, LGA-775 socket/92W.

You can always try to overclock it to a good 2.8ghz or even 3.0 if you have proper cooling.

I would recommend against going with that processor, getting a cheap quad core with a small cache will be MUCH slower in daily usage than getting a similarly priced dual core.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037
This dual core would prove much faster in daily usage than that quad core, since most applications aren't threaded very well, your individual core's performance becomes much more important versus how many cores you have.

With that quad core your computer might as well just have this processor in it most of the time.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116372 



But if you would like to go the quad core route, go with the http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115041.
A little bit more pricy but it has a large cache, and lots of room for overclocking.

I have the Q9450 right now, and its pretty ace.


The rule of thumb for Intel quad cores are, if you paid less than 200 dollars for it, you paid too much.
A similar rule applies for AMD quad core processors, if you paid less than 100 dollars for a AMD quad core you paid too much.

[Malaka]

I checked out the ibuypower.com ....I built a good computer and came out to about 1.7k AND its better than that 2k alienware.
Problem is graphics card....not sure which one to get......Nvidia GeForce GTX 450+?


General specs of computer i built
AMD phenom x6 cores
6 gb ram(gaming series)
800watt power supply
SLI motherboard
only 1 graphics card...cant decide which one?

[Xrain]

If you have the cash go for the 470, otherwise 460 is good. But I'd hold off for about a month, since nvidia is about to release all of their new 500 series cards, you can expect all of the prices of the last gen cards to drop a fair amount.

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3GB Triple Channel 1333MHz DDR3       3G1333D       1       [317-2662]       3
The fuck is this shit? Go for 2GB per stick not 1GB

Also 5670x2 = not good combo

get gtx460 in sli or a single gtx470 maybe gtx580