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shebre · 12-20-2004, 08:18 PM

I recently looked into upgrading the memory in my Dell Dimension 8250 and was dismayed to find out that while most memory is so cheap, the memory that I need for my dell could cost close to $700 for 1MB. And forget about ever upgrading it again!

It looks like getting a new motherboard and memory would be a cheaper route. I see that I will also need a new case/power supply. But I have a couple of questions.
-Can I keep my disk and hard drives?
-What about processor?
-Is it really difficult to do? The most I have ever done is replace video/sound cards and I dont want to get in over my head.
-Any recommendations for motherboards etc? (This machine would be mostly used for gaming)

Thanks for any advice you can provide.

12-20-2004, 08:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
shebre Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Upgrading a dell I recently looked into upgrading the memory in my Dell Dimension 8250 and was dismayed to find out that while most memory is so cheap, the memory that I need for my dell could cost close to $700 for 1MB. And forget about ever upgrading it again! It looks like getting a new motherboard and memory would be a cheaper route. I see that I will also need a new case/power supply. But I have a couple of questions. -Can I keep my disk and hard drives? -What about processor? -Is it really difficult to do? The most I have ever done is replace video/sound cards and I dont want to get in over my head. -Any recommendations for motherboards etc? (This machine would be mostly used for gaming) Thanks for any advice you can provide.