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greenformula92 · 09-26-2014, 11:57 AM

Alright guys I need some advice on what to do with my computer. Long story short I added a cheap graphics card to be able to play a couple games a little better and I wasn't really impressed. So I decided to go bigger which of course required a power supply. well of course the mother board that dell used in my inspiron is not compatible with aftermarket ATX power supplies even though it is an ATX board. So should I just upgrade my mother board and processor and use it in the dell case or should I go ahead and get a barebones kit say from new egg or tiger direct? Can I use my hard drive that's in my dell currently with a new mother board? I believe it's currently SATA II. I am currently running Windows 7 and I would like for it to stay that way and I don't want to lose anything I have on it. My other option is to clone the drive to a new larger drive. But with my motherboard in the dell being SATA II idk if it will recognize a new drive to clone it.

Any advice please share as this is the first time I am thinking of doing a build of any kind on a computer

Here is the barebones kit I am looking at: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...755&CatId=7718

Current motherboard specs: http://www.findlaptopdriver.com/specs-f896n-dell/

Here are my current system specs:

OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601

Other OS Description Not Available

OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

System Name MIKE-PC

System Manufacturer Dell Inc.

System Model Inspiron 546

System Type x64-based PC

Processor AMD Phenom(tm) 9750 Quad-Core Processor, 2400 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)

BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. A11, 1/19/2010

SMBIOS Version 2.5

Windows Directory C:\Windows

System Directory C:\Windows\system32

Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2

Locale United States

Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514"

User Name Mike-PC\Mike

Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time

Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB

Total Physical Memory 8.00 GB

Available Physical Memory 5.81 GB

Total Virtual Memory 16.0 GB

Available Virtual Memory 12.8 GB

Page File Space 8.00 GB

Page File C:\pagefile.sys

09-26-2014, 11:57 AM	#1
greenformula92 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Brick, NJ Posts: 1,868 iTrader: (1)	Computer builders come on in Alright guys I need some advice on what to do with my computer. Long story short I added a cheap graphics card to be able to play a couple games a little better and I wasn't really impressed. So I decided to go bigger which of course required a power supply. well of course the mother board that dell used in my inspiron is not compatible with aftermarket ATX power supplies even though it is an ATX board. So should I just upgrade my mother board and processor and use it in the dell case or should I go ahead and get a barebones kit say from new egg or tiger direct? Can I use my hard drive that's in my dell currently with a new mother board? I believe it's currently SATA II. I am currently running Windows 7 and I would like for it to stay that way and I don't want to lose anything I have on it. My other option is to clone the drive to a new larger drive. But with my motherboard in the dell being SATA II idk if it will recognize a new drive to clone it. Any advice please share as this is the first time I am thinking of doing a build of any kind on a computer Here is the barebones kit I am looking at: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...755&CatId=7718 Current motherboard specs: http://www.findlaptopdriver.com/specs-f896n-dell/ Here are my current system specs: OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601 Other OS Description Not Available OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Name MIKE-PC System Manufacturer Dell Inc. System Model Inspiron 546 System Type x64-based PC Processor AMD Phenom(tm) 9750 Quad-Core Processor, 2400 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s) BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. A11, 1/19/2010 SMBIOS Version 2.5 Windows Directory C:\Windows System Directory C:\Windows\system32 Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2 Locale United States Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514" User Name Mike-PC\Mike Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB Total Physical Memory 8.00 GB Available Physical Memory 5.81 GB Total Virtual Memory 16.0 GB Available Virtual Memory 12.8 GB Page File Space 8.00 GB Page File C:\pagefile.sys __________________ Formerly known as blk95formula 86t/a_ram_air on TGO 2018 Silverado 1500 Last edited by greenformula92; 09-26-2014 at 12:28 PM.