A few days ago, I was digging around and found a Dell Inspiron 537S (Small form factor).
I decided to take the project on of upgrading most parts.
Currently upgraded parts:
Core 2 Duo E4400 > Core 2 Extreme QX6700
(The temps idle at 70c so I'm gonna try putting water cooling into this, it is a SFF computer so I'll probably end up cutting a huge hole for the radiator/fan)
2GB > 4GB Ram
Intel Integrated GPU > Radeon 8350 2GB DDR3 (Windows 7 recognizes it as a Radeon HD 7300 though)
320gb > Toshiba 1.0TB
So the current motherboard has a few limitations, therefore I'd like to upgrade it. All I need to work is the front panel. It looks like most Dell front panel ports are similar but I'm not sure.
The limitations are:
•2x2GB ram slots
•2 SATA ports(room for another HDD
I'm looking for a similiar board (support for the QX6700,etc.) that has more SATA ports/ Ram slots. I'd like to get to 8GB on this system.
The SATA problem could be remedied with a SATA card but I just wanna see my options.
Thanks!
I decided to take the project on of upgrading most parts.
Currently upgraded parts:
Core 2 Duo E4400 > Core 2 Extreme QX6700
(The temps idle at 70c so I'm gonna try putting water cooling into this, it is a SFF computer so I'll probably end up cutting a huge hole for the radiator/fan)
2GB > 4GB Ram
Intel Integrated GPU > Radeon 8350 2GB DDR3 (Windows 7 recognizes it as a Radeon HD 7300 though)
320gb > Toshiba 1.0TB
So the current motherboard has a few limitations, therefore I'd like to upgrade it. All I need to work is the front panel. It looks like most Dell front panel ports are similar but I'm not sure.
The limitations are:
•2x2GB ram slots
•2 SATA ports(room for another HDD
I'm looking for a similiar board (support for the QX6700,etc.) that has more SATA ports/ Ram slots. I'd like to get to 8GB on this system.
The SATA problem could be remedied with a SATA card but I just wanna see my options.
Thanks!