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How will my computer run with these new parts?

Alright right now, I have the Dell Dimension 9100. My brother has an Alienware with some new parts he's added. He is buying new parts and needs 400$. Im getting one hell of a deal. I can pay him 400$ for these parts: Processor- AMD Athlon FX-55 Motherboard- Asus A8n SLI-Deluxe Power Supply- 650 watt Graphics Card- Nvidia 7900 GT Right now.. My computer has these parts: computer- Dell Dimension 9100 DirectX 9 Motherboard: Dell Dimension 9100 motherboard CPU- Intel Pentium 4. 3000 MHZ RAM- DDR2 533 DDR2 SDRAM- 512 Mb Graphics card- Radeon X600 256mb hypermemory HD- 70 gigabyte harddrive Now my question is: Will my computer work fine if i upgrade these parts to it? Do i need a bigger case? Please inform me with all the info. (I will most likely get more RAM) What other parts and stuff will I need for this new computer to work well? Thx! Alright to answer both of those questions.. I dont want to buy a whole new computer and spend more money. Im fine at what I'm at rite now. and joschmo. Thats what I thought. I probably would buy a whole new case. like 100 bucks. Not that big of a deal. Ok joschmo. Could you be SUPER helpful. And write down all the parts i should have instead? Like all the new parts I should buy and the ones I have in my computer right now.

Public Comments

1. I know this is a family deal so i will keep this short and to the point. For $400 plus your ram upgrade (and other parts), you can buy a new system that will be superior to what you have listed. there are many systems available online from reputable dealers that are superior. There are many systems available with a vista WEI ratiing of 5.7 or higher for under $700 that i would look at first. These are dual quadcore 64 bit systems, 4gb ram, 8500 sometimes 8800 cards! (which are $500 cards) btw, alienwares rock, i love mine!
2. That A8N-SLI-Deluxe motherboard will not even fit inside your Dimension 9100 case. Your Dimension 9100 is a BTX chassis. It will NOT take a standard ATX board like that A8N-SLI. Not only that, the A8N-SLI requires DDR memory. Your P4 uses DDR2 DIMMs and those will not work with the A8N. IMHO you are not getting much of an upgrade. The Socket-939 Athlon is the same generation as the P4 and they perform similarly. I would rather spend that $400 on a new 45nm Wolfdale Core 2 Duo CPU, P35-chipset motherboard (which can use your existing DDR2 DIMMs) and a new ATX case.