i purchased a dell xps 420 about 2 years ago i would say and up until recently i have been happy with it. I have recently decided to upgrade my graphics card and while doing some researched realized im completely #@!#ed.
The tower and motherboard are all BTX and the case is entirely too small to put a new pretty chip inside of not to mention the airflow is like sucking air through a coffee straw.
So i have decided that i will switch out the motherboard for a ATX board and get a new case. While doing some research a came across a thread saying that i would also need a new hardrive.
In short what i would really like to do is get rid of my dell but not buy an entirely new system i want to build one using all the parts i can from my xps 420 and go from there.
I have picked out a psu and a graphics card already.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150314
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006
If anyone could possibly help with a reasonably priced MoBo and what i need to do to get this done all help is appreciated.
Dont know if needed but im running four ddr2 ram chips at 3.072gig ram
2 of them are 1g and the other 2 512mb
If anymore information is needed just let me know thanks in advance.
The tower and motherboard are all BTX and the case is entirely too small to put a new pretty chip inside of not to mention the airflow is like sucking air through a coffee straw.
So i have decided that i will switch out the motherboard for a ATX board and get a new case. While doing some research a came across a thread saying that i would also need a new hardrive.
In short what i would really like to do is get rid of my dell but not buy an entirely new system i want to build one using all the parts i can from my xps 420 and go from there.
I have picked out a psu and a graphics card already.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150314
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006
If anyone could possibly help with a reasonably priced MoBo and what i need to do to get this done all help is appreciated.
Dont know if needed but im running four ddr2 ram chips at 3.072gig ram
2 of them are 1g and the other 2 512mb
If anymore information is needed just let me know thanks in advance.