• Dell Dimension 4600
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Recently, my DVD/CD Drive went dead. So, my mom was nice enough to ask around at work for a spare one. However, she walked in with a Dell Dimension 4600 desktop. This thing looks in decent shape, and has XP installed. Here's the problem. I'm planning on salvaging the drive from this old fella, but I have a gut feeling it is an IDE drive, not SATA. I've looked around the 'net for a bit and can't find any specs. Can you guys help me in finding out? Also, seeing as I don't want the XP OS to go to waste, I am also wondering if this computer is good for very, very light gaming for my younger brother. He plans on playing these games ( I doubt he can play Modern Warfare 2 though, but is it possible to play it on low/medium with a better GPU, PSU, and RAM? ): [IMG]http://lotr.neoseeker.com/w/i/lotr/f/f1/The_Battle_for_Middle-earth_II.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://shfts.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/battlefield_heroes_logo_clear.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.gamersmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Counter_Strike_Source.jpg[/IMG] Thanks in advance my friends!
It doesn't matter if the drive is IDE; there's no big performance difference between IDE and SATA [B][I][U]DVD[/U][/I][/B] drives.
[QUOTE=PrismatexV8;20111362]It doesn't matter if the drive is IDE; there's no big performance difference between IDE and SATA [B][I][U]DVD[/U][/I][/B] drives.[/QUOTE] I thought they have different ports or something? :sigh: I'm still a computer newbie, even after building a computer. Well, we learn new things every day.
Different ports, but you'd be hard-pressed to find a mobo without IDE ports.
[url]http://reviews.cnet.com/desktops/dell-dimension-4600-pentium/4505-3118_7-30529709.html[/url] Here you are.
So: 1) Salvage drive 2) Use it as brother's light gaming rig ( see OP for games he wants to run ) with small upgrades. Maybe I should open the case first to see if its in good condition internally first... [editline]08:02PM[/editline] Holy cow... DDR at 333 Mhz. 1) Salvage drive 2) Give it to brother and upgrade RAM and GPU, if possible. [editline]08:38PM[/editline] Bump
Bump [editline]12:02PM[/editline] So is it worth spending some time and money to use it as a light gaming setup? Or just salvage the drive? Upgrades: AGP Graphics Card 250 Watt PSU to a ~400 Watt PSU It already has 2 gigabytes of RAM, which is decent considering it uses XP.
i think there is a agp HD4650 around somewhere
[QUOTE=FalcoLombardi;20121350]Bump [editline]12:02PM[/editline] So is it worth spending some time and money to use it as a light gaming setup? Or just salvage the drive? Upgrades: AGP Graphics Card 250 Watt PSU to a ~400 Watt PSU It already has 2 gigabytes of RAM, which is decent considering it uses XP.[/QUOTE] You'd really be better off making him a $250-$300 rig for light gaming. You could save some money by scrapping his HDD and other stuff if there's anything useful. [editline]09:00PM[/editline] AGP 4650s are like ~$70 anyways.
[QUOTE=ghostofme;20123434]You'd really be better off making him a $250-$300 rig for light gaming. You could save some money by scrapping his HDD and other stuff if there's anything useful. [editline]09:00PM[/editline] AGP 4650s are like ~$70 anyways.[/QUOTE] Thanks for info. However, my little brother doesn't have that kind of money. I'm not sure about his budget, but it will not be higher than $125ish. GPU: I can get a decent ATi 3xxx series AGP GPU for probably $60 USD. PSU: Do prebuilts accept third-party PSUs? He's only running 2007 and older games.
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