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Dell Dimension 2400 Rebuild

Ryan Leech
By Ryan Leech
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So my friend's brother needed a pc to play fallout and source games, and my friend was tired of him using his pc. So earlier this morning (around 3am at a LAN party)) we discussed the prospect of building a pc for his little brother. Between me, my friend, and @Pentium4Life, we managed to round up some old parts and throw a system together. The Dimension 2400 originally had a Pentium 4, 512MB DDR, and a 40GB IDE HDD.

 

The specs:

Dell Dimension 2400 case(from 2003)

Core 2 Duo E8400

Intel Q45 mATX Board

4x1GB DDR2 667MHz

EVGA GT 220

Seagate 160GB 7200rpm laptop HDD

Seasonic 430w 80+ Bronze (from 2005)

Coolermaster OEM Cooler

LGA1155 Stock Cooler Fan (#ghetto)

Hannspree 1680x1050 TN Monitor

Windows 7 Pro 64bit

 

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Needless to say, it a beauty!

[AMD Athlon 64 Mobile 4000+ Socket 754 | Gigabyte GA-K8NS Pro nForce3 | OCZ 2GB DDR PC3200 | Sapphire HD 3850 512MB AGP | 850 Evo | Seasonic 430W | Win XP/10]

 

 

 

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i LOVE THIS! a+++++

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The Intel fan idea was really good.

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Intel Core i5 11400 w/ Shadow Rock LP, 2x16GB SP GAMING 3200MHz CL16, ASUS PRIME Z590-A, 2x LSI 9211-8i, Fractal Define 7, 256GB Team MP33, 3x 6TB WD Red Pro (general storage), 3x 1TB Seagate Barracuda (dumping ground), 3x 8TB WD White-Label (Plex) (all 3 arrays in their respective Windows Parity storage spaces), Corsair RM750x, Windows 11 Education

Sleeper HP Pavilion A6137C

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Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.4GHz, 4x8GB G.SKILL Ares 1800MHz CL10, ASUS Z170M-E D3, 128GB Team MP33, 1TB Seagate Barracuda, 320GB Samsung Spinpoint (for video capture), MSI GTX 970 100ME, EVGA 650G1, Windows 10 Pro

Mac Mini (Late 2020)

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Apple M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB, macOS Sonoma

Consoles: Softmodded 1.4 Xbox w/ 500GB HDD, Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Falcon, XB1X w/2TB MX500, Xbox Series X, PS1 1001, PS2 Slim 70000 w/ FreeMcBoot, PS4 Pro 7015B 1TB (retired), PS5 Digital, Nintendo Switch OLED, Nintendo Wii RVL-001 (black)

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Specs

CPU: i5 4670k i won the silicon lottery Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Corsair SP120 quiet editions Mobo: ASUS Z97 SABERTOOTH MARK 1 Ram: Corsair Platnums 16gb (4x4gb) Storage: Samsun 840 evo 256gb and random hard drives GPU: EVGA acx 2.0 gtx 980 PSU: Corsair RM 850w Case: Fractal Arc Midi R2 windowed 

 

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That's so awesome!

CPU: I7 3770k @4.8 ghz | GPU: GTX 1080 FE SLI | RAM: 16gb (2x8gb) gskill sniper 1866mhz | Mobo: Asus P8Z77-V LK | PSU: Rosewill Hive 1000W | Case: Corsair 750D | Cooler:Corsair H110| Boot: 2X Kingston v300 120GB RAID 0 | Storage: 1 WD 1tb green | 2 3TB seagate Barracuda|

 

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The Intel fan idea was really good.

Yeah we needed a fan so I just tore the fan off of the heatsink, and pushed the pins through the rear of the case. I was delighted to see that it actually worked

[AMD Athlon 64 Mobile 4000+ Socket 754 | Gigabyte GA-K8NS Pro nForce3 | OCZ 2GB DDR PC3200 | Sapphire HD 3850 512MB AGP | 850 Evo | Seasonic 430W | Win XP/10]

 

 

 

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Yeah we needed a fan so I just tore the fan off of the heatsink, and pushed the pins through the rear of the case. I was delighted to see that it actually worked

#FuckIt

 

That is a really good idea though. Kinda like me taking my Sempron fan and putting it on my Pentium 4 heatsink. just for the nice and quiet operation. :)

Main rig on profile

VAULT - File Server

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Intel Core i5 11400 w/ Shadow Rock LP, 2x16GB SP GAMING 3200MHz CL16, ASUS PRIME Z590-A, 2x LSI 9211-8i, Fractal Define 7, 256GB Team MP33, 3x 6TB WD Red Pro (general storage), 3x 1TB Seagate Barracuda (dumping ground), 3x 8TB WD White-Label (Plex) (all 3 arrays in their respective Windows Parity storage spaces), Corsair RM750x, Windows 11 Education

Sleeper HP Pavilion A6137C

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Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.4GHz, 4x8GB G.SKILL Ares 1800MHz CL10, ASUS Z170M-E D3, 128GB Team MP33, 1TB Seagate Barracuda, 320GB Samsung Spinpoint (for video capture), MSI GTX 970 100ME, EVGA 650G1, Windows 10 Pro

Mac Mini (Late 2020)

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Apple M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB, macOS Sonoma

Consoles: Softmodded 1.4 Xbox w/ 500GB HDD, Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Falcon, XB1X w/2TB MX500, Xbox Series X, PS1 1001, PS2 Slim 70000 w/ FreeMcBoot, PS4 Pro 7015B 1TB (retired), PS5 Digital, Nintendo Switch OLED, Nintendo Wii RVL-001 (black)

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those e8400 are quite good. :)

Rig Specs:

AMD Threadripper 5990WX@4.8Ghz

Asus Zenith III Extreme

Asrock OC Formula 7970XTX Quadfire

G.Skill Ripheartout X OC 7000Mhz C28 DDR5 4X16GB  

Super Flower Power Leadex 2000W Psu's X2

Harrynowl's 775/771 OC and mod guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/232325-lga775-core2duo-core2quad-overclocking-guide/ http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/365998-mod-lga771-to-lga775-cpu-modification-tutorial/

ProKoN haswell/DC OC guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/

 

"desperate for just a bit more money to watercool, the titan x would be thankful" Carter -2016

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those e8400 are quite good. :)

More than enough for any source game

[AMD Athlon 64 Mobile 4000+ Socket 754 | Gigabyte GA-K8NS Pro nForce3 | OCZ 2GB DDR PC3200 | Sapphire HD 3850 512MB AGP | 850 Evo | Seasonic 430W | Win XP/10]

 

 

 

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Not bad at all here is my Dell Dimension 2400 Monster Rebuild :)

 

Dell Dimension 2400 Mini Tower Case

 

Foxconn A88GMV Micro ATX Mobo

 

AMD Phenom II X2 555 3.2Ghz Dual Core (Unlocked) Now: AMD Phenom II X4 B55 3.2Ghz Quad Core (Unlocked Using Mobo's Core Release Technology)

CPU OverClocked to 3.6Ghz using Multiplier NB Overclocked to 2400Mhz using Multiplier IGP Radeon HD 4250 Overclocked using Bios from 560Mhz to 667Mhz AMD Cool N' Quiet Enabled with Stable Overclock Average System Temp Under Max Load 90F Average CPU Temp Under Max Load 104F Average NB Temp Under Max Load 110F

 

4Gb Mushkin PC3 DDR3 1333Mhz Dual Channel Ram

Stock IGP AMD Radeon HD 4250 Integrated Graphics Processor

Philips Sata-3 / 5.25" Dual Layer DVD-RW

Generic 5.25" to 3.5" / 2 Port Usb 2.0 / HDD Cage Adapter

750GB Toshiba Sata-3 / 2.5" Primary HDD

1.5TB Toshiba Sata-3 / 2.5" Secondary HDD

1.5TB Toshiba Sata-3 / 2.5" Third HDD

Added 1x 80mm 3200RPM Fan to the front HDD Cage

1x 120mm 2800RPM Rear Case Fan

350W HP Server PSU

Stock AMD AM3 CPU Heatsink Fan Combo

1- 5 Port PCI Usb Hub

1- PCI to PCMCIA Adapter w/ Netgear RangeMax WPN511 Wifi Card

 

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Those old dell case have EXTREMLY crappy airflow, even with fans, that video card will overheat.. and often...

 

I learned that the hard way when I built a system in one

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Not bad at all here is my Dell Dimension 2400 Monster Rebuild :)

 

Dell Dimension 2400 Mini Tower Case

 

Foxconn A88GMV Micro ATX Mobo

 

AMD Phenom II X2 555 3.2Ghz Dual Core (Unlocked) Now: AMD Phenom II X4 B55 3.2Ghz Quad Core (Unlocked Using Mobo's Core Release Technology)

CPU OverClocked to 3.6Ghz using Multiplier NB Overclocked to 2400Mhz using Multiplier IGP Radeon HD 4250 Overclocked using Bios from 560Mhz to 667Mhz AMD Cool N' Quiet Enabled with Stable Overclock Average System Temp Under Max Load 90F Average CPU Temp Under Max Load 104F Average NB Temp Under Max Load 110F

 

4Gb Mushkin PC3 DDR3 1333Mhz Dual Channel Ram

Stock IGP AMD Radeon HD 4250 Integrated Graphics Processor

Philips Sata-3 / 5.25" Dual Layer DVD-RW

Generic 5.25" to 3.5" / 2 Port Usb 2.0 / HDD Cage Adapter

750GB Toshiba Sata-3 / 2.5" Primary HDD

1.5TB Toshiba Sata-3 / 2.5" Secondary HDD

1.5TB Toshiba Sata-3 / 2.5" Third HDD

Added 1x 80mm 3200RPM Fan to the front HDD Cage

1x 120mm 2800RPM Rear Case Fan

350W HP Server PSU

Stock AMD AM3 CPU Heatsink Fan Combo

1- 5 Port PCI Usb Hub

1- PCI to PCMCIA Adapter w/ Netgear RangeMax WPN511 Wifi Card

I want to see pics of this. Is there a post that you made with it and if so could you link it?

A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist.

 

Core 4 Quad Not Extreme, only available on LGA 557 at your local Circuit City

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Could at least use tape for the laptop drive.. (I have a laptop drive taped on top of the main drive in my low pro HP. Fits perfectly between the drive and the top of the PSU.)

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Could at least use tape for the laptop drive.. (I have a laptop drive taped on top of the main drive in my low pro HP. Fits perfectly between the drive and the top of the PSU.)

The HDD is actually screwed onto the floor of the case with one screw (which you can't see in the pictures). This PC is never really moved around so it's a non-issue.

[AMD Athlon 64 Mobile 4000+ Socket 754 | Gigabyte GA-K8NS Pro nForce3 | OCZ 2GB DDR PC3200 | Sapphire HD 3850 512MB AGP | 850 Evo | Seasonic 430W | Win XP/10]

 

 

 

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