Worth to upgrade a lga 775?

Brianconway_

Hi all.
I'm a newbie to Boards this is my first post.
Hope you can help me with my question.

Right to the point.
About a year ago I bought a used Dell Optiplex 755 for €100.
The main reason I bought it was to learn about computer hardware and upgrade it a bit as I did not want to spend a lot of money because I'm 12.
The Specs were
CPU- Intel Core 2 Duo E6700
Ram- 6GB DDR2 800MHZ
Mobo- Dell 0GM819 Q35 Chipset
GPU - Nvida Quadro FX370
PSU - Dell 305W
HDD - 1TB Hitachi

I then upgraded it to
CPU- Xeon X3230
Ram - 8GB DDR2 800MHz
GPU _ Asus GT 610 2GB (Was not for gaming just for HD quality and duel monitor support)
And added a extra 80GB HDD that I picked up for €3

I've been looking round on donedeal and adverts for upgrades
and have found many GPU's & lga 775 motherboards.
For around €250 I could upgrade to a Asus Striker II Extreme Motherboard (Which supports 3-Way SLi) and also get a Asus GTX 680 2GB

Would It be worth it?
Thanks in advance.
Brian

papu

I doubt that a standard 775 motherboard will fit inside of the dell case, As far as i know the mounting points are different. Also if you need to upgrade the Psu for the new graphics card that won't be possible unless you get one from Dell which will be expensive.

You'd be best off moving to a new case.

TerrorFirmer

LGA775 is a long dead socket. There is no point investing money in it from a gaming point of view whatsoever. With just a 100 euro card like a GTX750 you'd be able to play some stuff like Call of Duty Advanced Warfare, Shadow of Mordor, but other types of games like Hardline, BF4, Assassins Creed etc would be unplayable.

Easiest thing to do is just sell it and start new, nothing in that build will cross over to a new gaming build.

Second hand 2nd gen i5 based office machines sell for about 200 these days so it doesn't need to be costly.

Brianconway_

Thanks for the reply.
I don't think I'm going to bother upgrading I might as well just save my money for a newer build.
Thanks again
Brian

Hyzepher

Fair play for a 12 yr old. Keep at it.

beauf

The only thing worth buying is a SSD. You'd be able to use that in your new system and it would give the old system a boost.

Brianconway_

That's a good idea beauf. Will consider that. I think my current computer has Sata II 3/Gbs so it should run fine.
Thanks!

beauf

Best thing I ever bought for a pc.

Btw why the switch from the q6700 to the xeon they seem the same on paper.

duridian

beauf wrote: »

Btw why the switch from the q6700 to the xeon they seem the same on paper.

Pretty sure Brian said he switched from an E6700 dual core not a Q6700.

beauf

Ah my bad. The Xeon and Q6700 the same then.

Brianconway_

beauf wrote: »

Best thing I ever bought for a pc.

Btw why the switch from the q6700 to the xeon they seem the same on paper.

duridian wrote: »

Pretty sure Brian said he switched from an E6700 dual core not a Q6700.

Yeah Duridian's right I upgraded from a Core 2 Duo e6700 to a Xeon X3230.
The Xeon and the core 2 quad are the same on paper but I opted for the xeon because it was only another 3euro and seemed to get better scores on benchmarks!

Johnboy1951

Well done to you lad!
I hope you get lots of fun out of the experience

I wondered what you might be doing with that machine that encouraged you to get 8GB RAM?

For some extra experience I suggest you have a look at some Linux operating systems.

They are great to play with and give you extra familiarity with computer workings.

Have fun!

Brianconway_

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Well done to you lad!
I hope you get lots of fun out of the experience

I wondered what you might be doing with that machine that encouraged you to get 8GB RAM?

For some extra experience I suggest you have a look at some Linux operating systems.

They are great to play with and give you extra familiarity with computer workings.

Have fun!

Thanks!
At the time I was upgrading the PC I had a huge interest in Video & photo editing and thought I might need 8GB of ram.
I'm looked at some Linux OS's, Ubuntu is my favorite!
I've extremely happy I bought the computer at the start because the amount I've learned from the experience is amazing!

Johnboy1951

Brianconway_ wrote: »

Thanks!
At the time I was upgrading the PC I had a huge interest in Video & photo editing and thought I might need 8GB of ram.
I'm looked at some Linux OS's, Ubuntu is my favorite!
I've extremely happy I bought the computer at the start because the amount I've learned from the experience is amazing!

Try as many different Linux distros as you can.
Different ones suit different people's taste.

Two I suggest you try are

Linux Mint
PCLinuxOS .... I use this one. There are different 'flavours' of it available.
Here is a link to the ISOs in case it is of interest
http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/pclinuxos/pclinuxos/live-cd/

As you will see there are ISOs of different sizes and with different desktop environments.
The size is usually determined by the amount of software included. The 'mini' versions have very little included, so the user can install only what they want.
There is a very suitable and user friendly forum at
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php

Even if you try that, don't forget to try others too ..... like Mageia, Suse etc.

Lots of alternatives to make your own choice

EDIT:
If you interested in learning about Linux here is a free course you can take on line
https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-linux-linuxfoundationx-lfs101x-2

For certification you would have to pay .... but it is the same course.

Brianconway_

Thanks, I will defenity try them. I've only been on Boards for 3-4 days and I love it because everyone is so nice and helpful!

BloodBath

You could still go for a 750ti and an SSD with your current system if you wanted to upgrade. You might be bottle necked by the CPU on certain games as mentioned but overall you should get a good performance improvement.

The SSD won't run at full speed on SATA2 either but it will still give you much higher speeds than a HDD. Great for the OS and smaller programs.

Those 2 parts can easily be transferred to a new build when you get around to it.

Brianconway_

BloodBath wrote:

Those 2 parts can easily be transferred to a new build when you get around to it.

BloodBath wrote:

The SSD won't run at full speed on SATA2 either but it will still give you much higher speeds than a HDD. Great for the OS and smaller programs.

BloodBath wrote:

You could still go for a 750ti and an SSD with your current system if you wanted to upgrade. You might be bottle necked by the CPU on certain games as mentioned but overall you should get a good performance improvement.

Yeah. Thats a good idea. Thanks.

Brianconway_

I'm going to sell the PC. What do you think would be a good price? Thanks in advance. Brian