Should i upgrade Dell 200Mhz Pc

tunes81

I've got an old dell PC, i think its got 200Mhz processor. is there much point up grading this i wouldn't what anything top of the range maybe a 2Ghz processor. Would i have to get a new motherboard?

mp3guy

indeed you would, check out komplett.ie

Capt'n Midnight

A Dell Dimension of that age probably uses a non-standard PSU which means you might as well buy a new case too, , a 2GB processor won't fit in any motherboard that could handle a 200MHz chip either oh and you'd need new memory too.

What model is it (blue badge on front) because I'm guessing it's a Pentium / MMX

mp3guy

basically, just dump it.

tunes81

Ya its MMX alright with a big dog of a case. Just buying a new PC would prob be alot less hassle?

mp3guy

don't ring up dell or anything like that if you want a new pc, build one yourself, ALOT cheaper.

tunes81

Cheaper than 450 euro!! that includes a flat screen monitor

Vikings

You cant go wrong with the dell outlet, at least thats the word around town.

zod

tunes81 wrote:

I wouldn't what anything top of the range

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=213176

Cabaal

tunes81 wrote:

Cheaper than 450 euro!! that includes a flat screen monitor

If you want it for web browsing and word and stuff thats fine
But if you want it for anything game related forget about it

Capt'n Midnight

tunes81 wrote:

Ya its MMX alright with a big dog of a case. Just buying a new PC would prob be alot less hassle?

The only thing you would be able to use from it are the hard/floppy/CD drives. Monitor might be worth keeping if it's a pristine 17"

Another option would be to pickup a PIII on the for sale thread for €100 or so.

It's down to your budget - you could buy a laptop for €600 , won't be fast but it would knock the socks of your MMX

tunes81

thanks for the suggestions. not going the laptop route, PC is for my parents, they'd never use a laptop. Only reason i was thinking of upgrading it was that i could use up the case and the drives

tunes81

Could i just fit this upgrade kit from Komplett into the case,

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=111118&cks=SPK

Would i have to upgrade or change anything else?

Teamhair

Wouldn't bother- it would mean having to change the motherboard, RAM etc and its not worth it. The cash you'd spend on a new board and RAM would be better spent on a decent second hand PC or better yet, splash out on something new that won't need upgrading for years!

astrofool

its funny how alot of people associate a new case == new pc, but if they keep the case they are just upgrading, even if every bit inside is changed.

Anyway, no, you will NOT be able to use a pc case from 1996(maybe early 1997) with any modern components, from an ease of use point of view, being able to actually fit the parts in it (could well be an AT case...), as well as a heat point of view.

The only thing you could keep would be the floppy drive, maybe the cdrom if you're sadistic (probably an 8x). The monitor "might" be ok, but probably isn't, but a 17" crt is peanuts nowadays, and are ok, and a 17" LCD is relatively cheap as well (iiyama E435S is €289 and has a dvi connector).

Really you will need a whole new pc.

BarraCuda

i upgraded my 400 mhz old PC into the one ive got now and it cost quite alot of money.. I think you should dump it and buy a new one.