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It's going to be hard to find a replacement motherboard, as the dell motherboards are BTX form factor, which is fairly proprietary. You'd probably just have to order a replacement mobo of the same model directly from dell, and if your budget is 450-900 then you are probably better off just...

I like that board, but it doesn't have great reviews. What do you think of this board? http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813130065 with this power supply? http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817182017

Yeah, that was a typo, i have the x2 4200+, which is why im considering reusing it. However, the options that you linked also look nice, and I will probably use them if I dont end up using my old cpu

Thanks for the advice, and I will try a fresh install of windows soon . For Steve, I would like to have my price range as low as possible, below 300 if possible, which is why i wanted to make use of old parts. The main reason I want to upgrade is that it would be nice to have a case with a...

Well, I was going for an extremely budget gaming machine that I could upgrade significantly in the future, which is why I was looking at an sli board and a nice big case.

I have a Dell E521 with an Athlon XP 4200+ and a geforce 8600 GT, and I want to build a new computer, but use some of the parts from my dell. Is this possible? I know I will need a new motherboard, case, and probably RAM, as well as probably a new PSU, but is it practical to move my processor...

I have a Dell E521 as well, and have upgraded it significantly with a Geforce 8600GT graphics card. I would highly recommend this card, even though you said that you dont approve of the 8000 series. This card is cheap and a powerhouse for budget gaming needs.

I have a Dell E521 with an AMD athlon 4200+ dual core processor, and i want to significantly add to the 1 gig of RAM that is already present in the system. Which RAM should I choose to get a good performance boost without spending a lot of money?

Ok thanks, so i could move my cpu and video card, but are the dell hard drive and the dvd burner proprietary, or would they fit standard into a new case and motherboard?? And i would probably have to buy new RAM, correct?

This is a fairly old topic, but i have a dell E521 with an AMD athlon 4200 64 X2 dual core processor and an XFX Geforce 8600 GT video card. My card runs fairly hot because i have filled the two pci slots directly next to it, leaving little airflow. My question is, would it be possible to take...