[TaintedOne]

Hi everyone, as you can see I'm new to this forum and I need some help. I'm in the search for a new computer (Building one was an option but I'm on a budget). So I've decided to buy a computer and upgrade it within time. This is the computer that I have decided on but I'm wondering if I will be able to add a new graphics card to it in the future. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

My Components

PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor E7400 (3MB L2 Cache,2.80GHz,1066 FSB)

OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-Bit

OFFICE SOFTWARE Microsoft Works 9.0

WARRANTY & SERVICE 1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis

MONITOR No Monitor

MEMORY 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz- 4DIMMs

HARD DRIVE 500GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™

OPTICAL DRIVE 16X DVD+/-RW Drive

VIDEO CARD Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100

SOUND Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio

KEYBOARD & MOUSE Dell USB Keyboard and Dell Optical USB Mouse

FLOPPY & MEDIA READER No Floppy Drive Included

MODEM No Modem Option

My Software & Accessories

SPEAKERS No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)

ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE McAfee SecurityCenter with anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, 30-Days

My Service

REMOTE ACCESS Dell Remote Access, free basic service

DATASAFE ONLINE BACKUP Dell Online Backup 2GB for 1 year
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM

Mouse Mouse included with Keyboard purchase

Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9.0 Multi-Language

Network Interface Integrated 10/100 Ethernet

Labels Windows Vista™ Premium
Miscellaneous Thank you Your Member Discount has been applied

PHOTO AND MUSIC SOFTWARE No Entertainment software pre-installed

 

[Old Rich]

and welcome to the Forum

What Motherboard Brand/Model do you want to use?

 

[TaintedOne]

and welcome to the Forum

What Motherboard Brand/Model do you want to use?

:wave: Well this computer is a Dell and unfortunately I don't know that much about the inside of a computer. I noticed that it doesn't even mention how much RAM it comes with. I just really need an upgrade from my "dinosaur" computer. A gaming computer would be awesome but like I said before I'm on a bit of a budget at the moment. $450.00 at the most is what I'm able to spend. :shy:

If someone could lead me in the right direction on finding a computer that I can easily upgrade for less or around my budget then that would be great.

 

[Old Rich]

What model is this Dell? . . where are you looking at it?

 

[TaintedOne]

It's a Dell Inspiron 530 and I found it on www.dell.com

 

[oldjoe]

You're upgrading will be VERY limited for a laptop.
If you have a monitor, keyboard, mouse and OS..... You can put together a pretty mnce build for $500.

 

[oldjoe]

Double Post

 

[Old Rich]

If it's one of these, you can add a PCIe Video card later. The Power Supply will limit how strong it can be.

http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspndt_530?c=us&cs=19&l=en&ref=dthp&s=dhs

When you customize it, be sure to get the most powerfull CPU you can afford. That is not easy to upgrade later. Also get 4 Gig of Memory so that Vista will run well