Got a dell comp. can i buy a new mob and OC?

[S Bomb]

Hey I just bought a Dell computer used out of the classifieds and of course being factory built I cant over clock through BIOS so I was wondering if there is a compatible aftermarket mother board and I get that would I then be able to overclock. And is there any motherboard that you guys would recommend that can work with a P4 processor and whatever ram dell uses (SDRAM i think)
Thanks

 

[burned-ati]

well you can find your motherboard model and flash its bios to the non dell version lol unless its a dell motherboard. but a friend of mine had a dell and it had an asus motherboard. so it should work.

 

[Ridlyn]

Ya you can buy a new mobo, but then you have to buy a new case, and psu, because dells cases and psu are propiatary to their cases, you cant put another mobo in a dell case, and a dell PSU arent normal atx powersupplys, because they change the shape of them.

So you have to get new mobo, psu(power supply unit), case, also you have to buy a new heatsink fan combo, because dells use air duct cooling for their cpus, and the duct will only fit in a dell case.

 

[burned-ati]

maybe you should just sell ur dell! and build a system.

 

[KorKwin]

My friend bought a new mobo for his dell and went from 2.2ghz to 3.2ghz. We were both amazed.

 

[S Bomb]

maybe you should just sell ur dell! and build a system.

i was thinking about it but I was able to get my Dell system with a keyboard, mouse and speakers for 290.00 which isnt bad for a Pentium 4 computer with 256 ram, 40 gig hd, and windows xp pro, dvd cd writer/reader and a bunch of other stuff on it.

o yea i had another question also. If I upgrade my mob will i still have Windows XP Pro on it. I'm pretty sure I will and sorry for the noob question. I'm just making sure.

 

[KCRMYZ]

To much money wasted and to much of a mess I would just get a new comp.

 

[curtcheese64]

You won't be able to use the dell supplied windows xp disc to install on your new mobo, Dell disc check the motheboard during install to make sre it's a dell. You could always get a pirated copy of windows though.

 

[HAVOC]

Keep the Dell PC so simple stuff, like web surfing, email, etc...

Save and build yourself a OCin' machine....

That's you're only hope...

 

[4W4K3]

Changing out the mobo (especailly if it uses a different chipset) can make your Windows OS corrupt (it changes kernel data if you switch chipset info). So, either buy XP again and get a enw mobo, or keep your PC.

I'd say keep the Dell, you got a good deal. And save for an overclocking machine if you wish.