Assistance needed on freshening up a Dell

[denim]

I just scavenged a Dell desktop pc on the junkyard today. It has a P4 @ 3.06Ghz...I am guessing it´s this CPU:


http://ark.intel.com/products/27499/...he-533-MHz-FSB

Can that old beast run in your Dell? If yes I´ll ship it to you..

I'm not sure. Admittedly, I'm a little nervous about swapping out CPU.

[Beerdrinker]

I'm not sure. Admittedly, I'm a little nervous about swapping out CPU.

Maybe F$ can be of some assistance?

[Duke of Buckingham]

Swap CPU?

Man you are brave only to think about that, will you do it?

I got all sweaty of changing the mouse or the keyboard.

Coward Duke

Wait for some help of our friends. I bet there are a lot that can help you with that.

[John P. Myers]

Changing out the more recent Intel CPUs is definitely far easier than the older ones, since the older ones actually had pins on them that would bend very very easily. Still, changing the CPU is an easy task and is nothing to be feared. Just be mindful of the pins and resist the urge to use more thermal grease than is needed. Everything will work out fine

[Fire$torm]

Changing out the more recent Intel CPUs is definitely far easier than the older ones, since the older ones actually had pins on them that would bend very very easily. Still, changing the CPU is an easy task and is nothing to be feared. Just be mindful of the pins and resist the urge to use more thermal grease than is needed. Everything will work out fine

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[Beerdrinker]

Changing out the more recent Intel CPUs is definitely far easier than the older ones, since the older ones actually had pins on them that would bend very very easily. Still, changing the CPU is an easy task and is nothing to be feared. Just be mindful of the pins and resist the urge to use more thermal grease than is needed. Everything will work out fine

--> Denim:

I can provide a photo of the CPU in question. That will give our HW guru´s the info needed to decide wheter it fits or not??

[denim]

Little update, I ordered a trio of the GT430 GPU's (at refurb pricing I might add ) and they just arrived last night. I will try to install them tonight. I think I'm still a little too chicken to do a CPU swap yet.

[denim]

Forgot to update that the stock on board power supply was not enough to start up the machine with even only one GT430 installed. So I ordered a Blue Star 680 watt power supply off Geeks.com. Silly, but fun gold case and blue LED. My son and I installed the power supply today and one of the GT430's. So far it seems to be running great and the picture is so much better on this machine. I will attempt trying to install a 2nd GPU soon and see if they will play nice with each other and still be stable.

Wanted to thank everyone who helped pointing me in the right direction and especially the RAM donation. I had forgotten how fun it was to soup up my computer, almost the same little thrill of making something better and unique, just like when upgrading performance bit's on my cars.

[DrPop]

Hi Denim, long time, how you been? Glad to hear you got yourself a new PSU, that should do the trick. How many amps is the 12V rail rated for? It will say on the sticker on the side of your new PSU - or post a link to it on New egg or something and I can find it for you. . The number it says there will tell us if you can run all 3 of your 430s in the same rig.
Take care and good to see you on here!

[denim]

Hi Denim, long time, how you been? Glad to hear you got yourself a new PSU, that should do the trick. How many amps is the 12V rail rated for? It will say on the sticker on the side of your new PSU - or post a link to it on New egg or something and I can find it for you. . The number it says there will tell us if you can run all 3 of your 430s in the same rig.
Take care and good to see you on here!

Hello DrPop. Been on the rollercoaster called life, no matter how hard I work to steer it, I am just along for the ride it seems.

Back to the PSU, model number BL-680G-24PE (Yes, that is g for GOLD!)

The amp output on the sticker, with +12V input, is saying 22A.

My only worry is that a few people said these 430's don't always play nice, but if able to get them stable, that would be awesome! Help make up some for all the cores and two big GPU's I lost recently.