DELL HELP (warning long winded)

[saywhat5959]

Hi all, I'm sure some of you might know of me from my other posts. I am trying to upgrade my pc (Which is a DELL XPS GEN4) It actually is pretty rocking minus a few things. I want to be able to change the power supply to run a better graphics card, upgrade the SATAs and eventually (don't ask why I just have to) upgrade to VISTA Ulitmate 64. Ok lets get this out of the way I can't seem to get Vista on my PC. I guess DELLs Raid and VISTA just dont get along. Second I am currently in a 32 bit enviornment trying to go to a 64 bit, So clean install probably best. Def. need guidence there. I just swapped out my 2x512mb (PC 2400) 533mhz for 4x1 gb (PC 6400) 800mhz. They shredddddd. but here was my default system. PLEASE WORK SOME MAGIC. Thank you all in advance.

1 5120P CORD, POWER, 125V, 6FT, SPT2, UNSHIELDED

1 702EX INFORMATION, PREPARATION MATERIAL, DEVIATION, PRECISION WORKSTATION, INCREASE, #1

1 U7084 CARD (CIRCUIT), PLANAR (MOTHERBOARD), TRANSFORMER SKY DIVE MINITOWER, XPS-G4, MID-LIFE KICKER

1 X6215 PROCESSOR, 80532, PENTIUM 4 NORTHWOOD, 3.46, 2, 1066, SOCKET T

1 J2523 KIT, SPEAKER, 120V, DELL5650, DELL AMERICAS ORGANIZATION

1 J2427 DIGITAL VIDEO DISK DRIVE, 17G, 16X, I, 5.25" FORM FACTOR, LITEON, CHASSIS 2001, V5

1 P7875 ASSEMBLY, DVD+/-RW, 16X, HALF HEIGHT, NEC CORPORATION, CHASSIS 2001

1 P7665 CARD (CIRCUIT), MULTI-MEDIA, AUDIO, 1394, SB0358

1 F4582 CARD (CIRCUIT), CONTROLLER, 1394A, PC INTERFACE, ADAPTEC

1 T6130 DISPLAY, FLAT PANEL DISPLAY, 20W, DUAL VOLTAGE, 2005FPW, MIDNIGHT GRAY, DELL AMERICAS ORGANIZATION

1 H8442 CARD (CIRCUIT), GRAPHICS, 256, X850, UHMGA12

1 U5986 ASSEMBLY, FLOPPY DRIVE, 1.44M, TEAC, CHASSIS 2001

1 7J597 HARD DRIVE, 160GB, Serial ATA, 7.2K, 8MB, NATIVE COMMAND QUEUEING, SEAGATE

1 7J597 HARD DRIVE, 160GB, Serial ATA, 7.2K, 8MB, NATIVE COMMAND QUEUEING, SEAGATE

1 C6355 ASSEMBLY, CABLE, Serial ATA, TRANSFORMER SKY DIVE MINITOWER, 2.0

1 T7166 KIT, SOFTWARE, WP-PRDCT-STE12, ENGLAND/ENGLISH, V2

1 G7624 KIT, SOFTWARE, OVERPACK, WXPPSP2, COMPACT DISKETTE
W/DOCUMENTATION, ENGLAND/ENGLISH

1 N8757 KIT, DOCUMENTATON ON FLOPPY DISK, SOFTWARE, POWERDVD, 5.3.1012

2 W3768 DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE, 512, 533M, 64X64, 8, 240, 1RX8
(Memory has been changed/ upgraded already

I want more power (safely)
2 kickin SATA Raid drives
3 Rockin GRAPHICS (idealy Nvidia 9000 series if it gets here)
4 Vista Ultimate 64 (that can handle the silly raid problem)
5 Any of your ideas that you think I could do to really get this humming. (I don't care if you suggest to uprade the dvd ROMs)

THANK YOU ALL AGAIN SOOOOO MUCH I APPRECIATE THIS FORUM VERY MUCH AND ALL THE EFFORT YOU ALL GIVE.

Jake

 

[Riznarf]

PSU: Newegg.com - CORSAIR CMPSU-520HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 520W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CUL, CE, CB, FCC Class B, TUV, CCC, C-tick - Retail

GPU:
Newegg.com - EVGA 320-P2-N811-AR GeForce 8800GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

vista ultimate is easy....
what kind of ram did you upgrade to?
maybe a new mobo and cpu wouldnt kill you either, but then thatd practically a new rig right there.

 

[Invisible]

i would recommend vista premium 64-bit...it can handle RAID just as easily as ultimate...

 

[kobe24]

yeah hp is cheaper and will do u fine

 

[saywhat5959]

PSU: Newegg.com - CORSAIR CMPSU-520HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 520W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CUL, CE, CB, FCC Class B, TUV, CCC, C-tick - Retail

GPU:
Newegg.com - EVGA 320-P2-N811-AR GeForce 8800GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

vista ultimate is easy....
what kind of ram did you upgrade to?
maybe a new mobo and cpu wouldnt kill you either, but then thatd practically a new rig right there.

The PSU would be strong enough to power everything plus the GPU? And will fit? Do I have to change anything in the BIOS to handle the new PSU>?

I added 4gb Newegg.com - Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
(it's amazing)

Why do you think Vista wouldn't work before?

 

[saywhat5959]

AWE MAN.. I just found out the 4gigs I put in in RAM, Only shows 3 gb? Is there a legit fix for this? XP PRO 32bit SP2 - does not support 4gbs I have seen some work arounds but I guess it causes unstable drivers.