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  1. whiskey99

    whiskey99 Regular member

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    HI,I have a DELL E 512 that i would like to replace the
    PSU in it,looking at about 500 watts as the one in this
    PC is supposed to be 305 watts must be cheap as i do not
    have a lot spend on it right now,plus will give a chance
    to tinker with.
    Also would like to replace GPU,CPU IN future,thank's
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    what is your budget? what cpu do you have right now as i think it is an intel dual of 1.5 to 1.8ghz?
     
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    whiskey99 Regular member

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    HI,ddp,I have found a CPU called WINDSOR that only uses
    89 watts and runs at 3.0 mhz and they sell for about $30 to $40 ON EBAY.
    The CPU i have in my PC is a 2.0 mhz per Speccy.
    I added another 2GB'S of ram which gives me 4GB'S.
    I had a GT610 but all i got in this PC were black lines put in the other DELL E521 and have had no problems at all
    some people have suggested a bad PSU,will look at a 550WATT PSU,there are my future ideas.
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    don't you mean 2 or 3ghz not 2 or 3 mhz? try the psu from other dell into this & try the card again to see what happens as might not be bad psu? what windows & 32bit or 64bit?
     
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    whiskey99 Regular member

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    Yes it should have been ghz,and it is a 32bit.
    I have a GATEWAY GT 4010 that HDD appears to have gone bad
    i will need see what how many watts it puts out.
    Will pull the PSU out the other DELL and do as you suggested,thank's
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    32bit windows won't see past 3.25 to 3.5 gigs of ram.
     
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    whiskey99 Regular member

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    Yes that's what i have read but Speccy showed when i just ran it.
    The other DELL is being used in a business so i do not want to tear in to it.
    Well i think i will look into a PSU that will work in this
    PC as i want to add video card in the future i do not think it has to be a big one 450 watts should be enough.
     
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    HI,ddp,Here is what Speccy says about CPU.
    It is a AMD ATHLON 64 3200+ running at 90 degrees.
    ORLEANS 90NM TECHNOLOGY.
     
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    it is an e521 not e512 as e512 not shown on dell site.
    specs link as can go to amd dual core. ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_dimension_desktops/dimension-e521_service%20manual_en-us.pdf
     

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