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So as the title says i am going to get this dell from my parents it is a Dell XPS 400, and i was wondering if anyone had any experience with it. And, i am thinking about upgrading it to a Core 2 Duo because it has an old pentium 4 in it right now, but i dont know if it supports it.......

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So as the title says i am going to get this dell from my parents it is a Dell XPS 400, and i was wondering if anyone had any experience with it. And, i am thinking about upgrading it to a Core 2 Duo because it has an old pentium 4 in it right now, but i dont know if it supports it.......

Check the socket and compatibility online. I dont think it will support it but you should still check since there is a good chance that I might be wrong

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Oh my... darkness and flame...

 

jokes aside, I'd stick to the p4. It's unlikely it will support a core 2 and either way getting your hands on one is probably not worth the effort.

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So as the title says i am going to get this dell from my parents it is a Dell XPS 400, and i was wondering if anyone had any experience with it. And, i am thinking about upgrading it to a Core 2 Duo because it has an old pentium 4 in it right now, but i dont know if it supports it.......

Most Pentium 4 775 boards will NOT support Core 2 Duos, and this is considering aftermarket as well, not just proprietary Dell boards

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Lol there is a build log with the same name :P

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So as the title says i am going to get this dell from my parents it is a Dell XPS 400, and i was wondering if anyone had any experience with it. And, i am thinking about upgrading it to a Core 2 Duo because it has an old pentium 4 in it right now, but i dont know if it supports it.......

This particular system is from 2005. The bios on this particular board only supports up to a Pentium D 945. You can buy a newer board as long as it is BTX, I have a dell optiplex gx620 that has almost the same board and I was able to obtain a Optiplex 745 board. The system is rocking a Q6600 right now and all I put into it was $35 total. If you would like me to I can find a board that would work in that system since the IO plate can not be changed. I think it is well worth the upgrade and the most you might spend is around $100.

The removal of the IO plate would have to occur in order to support another board. I have a Dell Dimension 5100 that I dremeled the IO plate out of to also support a 745 board that I picked up for $20 on amazon. If you are willing to remove the io plate and purchace a new board I think you will have yourself a nice little system for streaming or whatever you want down the road. If you want to see pictures of mine to give you an idea let me know!

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Lol there is a build log with the same name :P

i didnt know that build log exsisted well now i got to look it up

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This particular system is from 2005. The bios on this particular board only supports up to a Pentium D 945. You can buy a newer board as long as it is BTX, I have a dell optiplex gx620 that has almost the same board and I was able to obtain a Optiplex 745 board. The system is rocking a Q6600 right now and all I put into it was $35 total. If you would like me to I can find a board that would work in that system since the IO plate can not be changed. I think it is well worth the upgrade and the most you might spend is around $100.

Yeh but is it worth spending $100 on a 10 year old machine or is that false economy?

I'd use as is & save for a new or newer reconditioned box with a "core i"

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Yeh but is it worth spending $100 on a 10 year old machine or is that false economy?

I'd use as is & save for a new or newer reconditioned box with a "core i"

Yes it is well worth it, I will get pics of my similar systems to show you. I am very happy the way they turned out 

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Yes it is well worth it, I will get pics of my similar systems to show you. I am very happy the way they turned out

No it's fine don't trouble yourself, you keep your pictures,

i would of seen the 10 year old tech 10 years ago when it was released

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This particular system I use for a file server, like I said the original board had a different IO than the last one so I had to remove the shield. Other than that I have the option to upgrade all the way up to a Core 2 Quad Q6700 if I want and in your case I believe you have a 400 watt PSU. You are super luck in the fact that your case supports dual slot cards unlike mine. The case supports ATX power supplys so the only real hold back you have is the BTX form factor (more or less flipped ATX) that I personally enjoy over ATX.

 

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My only experience is destroying one, gets destroyed well.

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I knew someone that had one.

He smashed it to pieces.

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No it's fine don't trouble yourself, you keep your pictures,

i would of seen the 10 year old tech 10 years ago when it was released

Naa your fine haha I love talking about dells since I have so many of them.

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My tech school has like 50 of these that we use for Beowulf clusters.... as one they are bad, but as 50, they are beast!

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So as the title says i am going to get this dell from my parents it is a Dell XPS 400, and i was wondering if anyone had any experience with it. And, i am thinking about upgrading it to a Core 2 Duo because it has an old pentium 4 in it right now, but i dont know if it supports it.......

One question, what do you plan on using this particular system for?

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One question, what do you plan on using this particular system for?

a bit of everything i just want a cpu with a mediocre gpu

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This particular system I use for a file server, like I said the original board had a different IO than the last one so I had to remove the shield. Other than that I have the option to upgrade all the way up to a Core 2 Quad Q6700 if I want and in your case I believe you have a 400 watt PSU. You are super luck in the fact that your case supports dual slot cards unlike mine. The case supports ATX power supplys so the only real hold back you have is the BTX form factor (more or less flipped ATX) that I personally enjoy over ATX.

 

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does that board have a pcie 16x slot?

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I had one too, motherboard died twice. The second time was literally a month out of the warranty. Might have just been a fluke though.

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does that board have a pcie 16x slot?

What the heck man ya gotta snip dat

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Its most probally not worth it if you can do it any way just get a new one

IAN :o

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What the heck man ya gotta snip dat

Ya know, i thought this was a free forum. I thought people were able to post whatever they want freely. If i want to say "Amd graphics card are hot as balls" i can say whatever the heck i want as long as i dont piss too many people off. No one needs more critics!!

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Its most probally not worth it if you can do it any way just get a new one

Na thats just silly............ :)

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Ya know, i thought this was a free forum. I thought people were able to post whatever they want freely. If i want to say "Amd graphics card are hot as balls" i can say whatever the heck i want as long as i dont piss too many people off. No one needs more critics!!

Balls are actually pretty cold tbh

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