Hey guys,
I ordered a Dimension 5150 which I believe has their own motherboard in it, which I know nothing about. I usually order totally custome systems and this is my first Dell, and I heard they can be more of a pain to upgrade b/c everything is totally proprietary.
Anyhow, the system just comes with a basic onboard intel 950 video card that I will want to upgrade to a much better card for gaming, b/c I am a bit of a gamer (mostly RTS games). The sales guy told me the mobo had 2 AGP slots, but didn't seem positive. Can anyone verify this? I want to make sure I can upgrade to a better video card with no problems.
Also, it comes with 512MB ram which is 2X256. I will probably want to upgrade this to 1GB down the road. Does anyone know how many memory slots the board has? Will I have to take out the 2, 256ers and put in 2X512 making the 256ers useless at that point?
Any other info or opinions on Dell's MB's would be great!
Thanks,
Kevin
I ordered a Dimension 5150 which I believe has their own motherboard in it, which I know nothing about. I usually order totally custome systems and this is my first Dell, and I heard they can be more of a pain to upgrade b/c everything is totally proprietary.
Anyhow, the system just comes with a basic onboard intel 950 video card that I will want to upgrade to a much better card for gaming, b/c I am a bit of a gamer (mostly RTS games). The sales guy told me the mobo had 2 AGP slots, but didn't seem positive. Can anyone verify this? I want to make sure I can upgrade to a better video card with no problems.
Also, it comes with 512MB ram which is 2X256. I will probably want to upgrade this to 1GB down the road. Does anyone know how many memory slots the board has? Will I have to take out the 2, 256ers and put in 2X512 making the 256ers useless at that point?
Any other info or opinions on Dell's MB's would be great!
Thanks,
Kevin
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