Dell dimension 2400 motherboard upgrade

[Guest]

I was recently given a Dell Dimension 2400 for free. My neighbors were moving and didn't want the computer, so I took it. After taking it home I cleaned it and gutted it. Now I want to throw a few bucks into this thing, start by throwing in a cheap socket 775 or AM2+/Am3 board, but am currently undecided as to which would be best for a budget of under $100. Any suggestions?

 

[Alabalcho]

Check the front panel connections - there is a good chance it is proprietary Dell connector on it.
I doubt the PSU will be good for new mobo / GPU as well, check the rating on it.

 

[Hjgrove]

Hi there,
Both of these are under $100 and both have excellent performance:
http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-M5A97-R2-0-SATA-Motherboard/dp/B008V9959O/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1401466654&sr=8-3 (For a AM3+ CPU socket)
But, for a more long term investment it may be worth getting a LGA 1150 Board as you can get a cheap Pentium, i3, or celeron and then upgrade later in life.
Like this: http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-G1-Sniper-B5-Capacitor-Motherboards/dp/B00HB77YU4/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1401466738&sr=8-14
Hope this helps!

 

[Guest]

Hi there,
Both of these are under $100 and both have excellent performance:
http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-M5A97-R2-0-SATA-Motherboard/dp/B008V9959O/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1401466654&sr=8-3 (For a AM3+ CPU socket)
But, for a more long term investment it may be worth getting a LGA 1150 Board as you can get a cheap Pentium, i3, or celeron and then upgrade later in life.
Like this: http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-G1-Sniper-B5-Capacitor-Motherboards/dp/B00HB77YU4/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1401466738&sr=8-14
Hope this helps!

Forgot to mention that this project is just a hobby. In my free time I like to take apart computers and rebuild them with modern components. I plan on selling the tower for $50-75 after it's done. And, I don't want to sink a lot of money into it, since it's old.

I would like to find a cheap mobo/cpu combo on Ebay and use the DDR2 RAM and SATA hard dive from my old Emachines tower, and throw in a good, used PSU, since the old Dell ones just don't cut it anymore.

Here's what I'm looking at:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MSI-MS-7592-Ver-1-G41M4-Motherboard-CPU-Processor-RAM-COMBO-LGA-775-USA-SELLER-/111356136738?pt=Motherboards&hash=item19ed57cd22

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Asus-M2N-MX-Socket-AM2-Motherboard-AMD-Sempron-LE-1250-2-3GHz-CPU-Fan-/251514315662?pt=US_Motherboard_CPU_Combos&hash=item3a8f6be38e

Not sure if an HP board will fit
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-dc5750-432861-001-409306-000-Motherboard-AMD-Socket-AM2-W-2-4GHz-CPU-3GB-RAM-/360913873286?pt=US_Motherboard_CPU_Combos&hash=item540824a986

 

[Hjgrove]

Any of those will do fine.
Are you buying a new CPU to match the motherboard socket?