I have an Dell Optiplex GX110. My Video Card is fine but how much would it cost to upgrade my processe?
These are my System Specs.
Video Card is NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
RAM is 256 Mb
Processor is Intel Pentium 3 933 MHz.
How much would it cost to upgrade my Processor to something with at least 2 GHz and maybe my memory to 512 Mb or 1 Gb?
I am perfectly alright with my video card.
Answers:
Optiplex GX110
USB1.0; PCI and ISA slots; CD Burner?; 10-40 GB hard drive; Pentium III; 133 MHz buss; Win 98 or 2000 (ME)?
You can buy a Optiplex GX110 for between $10 and $60 per eBay completed listing prices.
The FX 5500 is $28.99 brand new at
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.as...
It is probably a very bad idea of putting any money into a computer this old.
Upgrade:
New: Case: Power Supply: Motherboard: 1-2 GB RAM; Dual type processor 2+ GHz with heat sink and fan; DVD/ CD burner; 160 - 500 GB hard drive; ; Win Vista Home; Premium or XP media center or Pro; DVD burning software.
Dell outlet:
http://outlet.us.dell.com/arbonlinesales...
System Price: $319.00
Dimension C521 Desktop:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 3600+ (1.9 GHz)
1 GB DDR2 SDRAM 677MHz (2 DIMMs)
Windows Vista Home Premium
250 GB EIDE SATA II Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
16X DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability
56K DataFax; 10/100 Ethernet port
Onboard sound and video
PCI x16 slot for video upgrade
Microsoft Works 8.5
USB Keyboard, Dell Optical USB 2-button Mouse
Walmart
http://www.walmart.com/search/browse-ng.
Compaq Presario SR2264wm Desktop PC
System Price: $448.00
2.4 GHz AMD Athlon 64 processor 3800+
1024 MB RAM, 250 GB hard drive
DVD Burner, Windows Vista Home Premium
NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE Graphics,
9-in-1 memory card reader
Your biggest issue when trying to upgrade your processor from the Pentium 3 series is finding a different processor that is going to fit that motherboard. Pentium 3's as a general rule stopped at around 1ghz in size and is a 370pin processor, when they announced the Pentium 4 processor the pin configuration changed to 478pins. You need to cross reference your motherboard specification sheet to determine what processors it is rated to support first. The same applies to the memory.
According to specification sheets from third parties, the motherboard only supports a maximum of 512mgs of memory with any one stick not exceeding 256mgs with a total of 2 memory slots available. It also states it uses PC100 SDRam. Here is a link to a stick of 256mg PC100 SDRam for sale: http://www.upgrade-solution.com/detail.c... . Here is a link to the largest P3 processor I could find you can still purchase new which is a P3 1.4ghz: http://www.starmicro.net/detail.aspx?id=... .
I hope this helps.
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