Dual Display and CPU upgrade help

electro.ie

HI. I recently bought a Dell C521 pc. It has integrated graphics and an AMd Sepmron 3400+ Processor. It is vista capable and the motherboard supports AMD's dual core processors (I think) . I would like to have my display across two 19" monitors, My pc has a PCIe slot spare on it. Would I be right in thinking all I'd have to do is buy a pcie Graphics card with dual output and hey presto? also I would like to upgrade the processor (<200euro) Any recommendations? cheers.

Anti

Yep your right. Just get a graphics card with dual dvi out. for the cpu you cant go wrong with this. its dead on 200 euro, but it alot more powerfull then what you have now. But before you go buying it check with dell that your motherboard is able for the cpu


http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=505239

electro.ie

Cheers! I'll look into it. Thanks for the advice

electro.ie

Hey Anti could I pick your brain for a sec if you don't mind. That Processor is a socket 939, was on the dell site and mine is an, NForce 430 chipset with the AM2 socket. So would that mean this processor is not compatible with my motherboard? cheers

Anti

Yeah it would mean it wont work.

Here is the same cpu, but on the am2 socket.

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=445618

electro.ie

Cheers!

Cuddlesworth

electro.ie wrote:

It is vista capable

If you had used Vista you would not say it.

juliuspret

Get this electro.ie:

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=323806

The price is stable in € and wont fluctuate like the £ prices in Scan.

Shipping will be ~€12 extra but the cost will still stay well under the €200 limit.