Looking for compatible parts

[TheAnonymousGuy]

Hey, I have an old desktop (Dell Tower 2300) and I'm looking to fix it up. I have the Windows XP restore disc, but I need a new processor (this ones missing a connector) and I was wondering what RAM I need to buy, what processors are compatible, what hard drives I can use (this one holds only 30GBs), video cards and other things that might make it a working desktop again.

The motherboard is a Bluford E139765 and the socket where the processors goes say mPGA478B

Any help is appreciated

 

[unknownofprob]

There are many limitations/problems when working with prebuilt towers, and the most common thing you tend to want to change first is the motherboard and power supply. I suggest these two components as -

1) The motherboard tends to be modified and BIOS locked for original dell specs, preventing many upgrades. (This is not the case for all prebuilts but many are)

2) The power supplies tend to be cheap and very low amperage, which can be a problem.

What would be your budget?

 

[TheAnonymousGuy]

It's less of the cost currently and more of what I would need but I'm not looking to buy everything at once so I'm not really what the budget would be

 

[unknownofprob]

For this upgrade could be expensive, as from seeing it's specs I aren't even sure if it is worth investing more money into it.

Could you list up all the builds specs?

 

[TheAnonymousGuy]

There's not a lot I can tell you about it other than it had an Intel Pentium 4 with some numbers that read 1.8GHz/512/400/1.525v/SL6LA and 512 MBs of ram

I don't really understand a lot of this computer stuff

 

[unknownofprob]

It is going to be expensive, I would consider investing in a new build. What would be your budget?

 

[TheAnonymousGuy]

Budget would probably be no more that $200 at a time. I was thinking about buy the less expensive parts first and saving up along and along to get the more expensive ones

What would be the price of getting this one to an expectable condition (able to do simple things like watch videos) vs getting it to a condition able to play games possibly? Also the cost of either just buying/building a new?

 

[unknownofprob]

building a new desktop would set you back around $800 for a good one.

 

[TheAnonymousGuy]

Shoot, I was afraid of that. How much would be the price range of the parts (less expensive to most expensive)

 

[unknownofprob]

GPU $100-200

CPU $180

Ram $80

PSU $90

Case $80

HDD $70

Motherboard $110

^^ Rough prices.