So, I have this really shitty Dell XPS 410 from maybe around 10 years ago that is laying in my office. Why don't I use it? Simple. My parents virused the fucking thing a few years after they bought it, and it hasn't worked since. The hard drive is missing and probably doesn't exist anymore.
Core 2 Duo E6300 1.83 GHz ;-;
2GB DDR2 RAM
No Graphics Card ;-;
A Dell Motherboard
500W PSU I plan on putting in it to to see if it will turn on for shits and giggles, the old 325W PSU that came with it doesn't work anymore.
320GB HDD 5400RPM OR a 250GB HDD 7200RPM.
And I had got the idea to put my GTX 750 Ti in there, but it would be a huge bottleneck I'm guessing.
And I also had the idea to see if I could replace that E6300 with something much more powerful into that LGA 775 socket. These processors, one of them I'm thinking of putting in there, are all LGA 775. I don't know if it will work or not, but here are the processors I'm thinking of.
(All are Quad-Core)
Any Extreme Edition LGA 775 Processor
Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.5 GHz
Core 2 Quad Q9400 2.667 GHz
Core 2 Quad Q9500 2.833 GHz
Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0 GHz
Would ANY of these work in that Dell's motherboard? Also, if they have a come w/ a heatsink and fan, please tell me as I also have a huge heatsink w/o a fan that I would get one for it if they didn't come with one already.
The processor in the computer I use now is an AMD A6-6400K Dual-Core 3.9 GHz, but this AMD processor is in my main computer, that also still has the GTX 750 Ti in it, none of these are in the Dell.
But you might be wondering, why not get an 860K for your main PC? Answer: I don't want to spend the money on that, I have a soft spot in my heart for Dell/Old Computers/ The Dell's Case, and I want to prove to my parents who didn't know what they were doing when they bought this 10 years ago, that I can make this thing faster and bring it back to life. And instead of it running on that shit Windows Vista, I'd put either Windows 7, 8.1, or 10 on it, cause why. The hell. Not? Vista was the most resource consumptious OS Microsoft ever made, so why use it?
If you can find out if these would work, please let me know.
If you can find these on eBay or Amazon that is in the U.S.A. for under 50 bucks, pleeeaaase let me know.
Also, I've seen forum posts online that I need a new bios update to use these processors, is this true or not?
Thanks for your time