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Upgrade - Memory Type & Amount
Upgrading an older Dell Workstation PIII 930(Optiplex GX110)for use at
home. Plan to add new PIII-S 1.4ghz, 133mhz FSB. Would also like to replace, and increase the total amount of memory (if possible). Board has two slots and recommends PC100 CL2 to a max of 512mb. Would like to replace with PC133 and increase amount to 1gig. Is this possible? I'm running XP with the most recent BIOS available from Dell installed. The largest PC100 module I can find is 256mb. I've have located PC133 CL2 256mb moduals on Newegg. The only 512mb PC133 module available runs CL3. Three obvious questions...any advantage to going to PC133 on this set up?, would the system recognize both 512mb PC133 modules? and would the fact that they are CL3 slow the system? (going to reboot after I send this to see if what options are available through the BIOS - from what I remember they are limited). Thank you |
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"A Marini" wrote in message
om... Upgrading an older Dell Workstation PIII 930(Optiplex GX110)for use at home. Plan to add new PIII-S 1.4ghz, 133mhz FSB. Would also like to replace, and increase the total amount of memory (if possible). Use Crucial's memory configurer at http://www.crucial.com to find the highest performance memory they recommend for your system. -- Bob Day -------------------------------------------------------------- Free "HomeSentinal" webcam surveillance software, now with adjustable motion sensitivity, at: http://bobday.vze.com. |
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Don Taylor wrote:
(A Marini) writes: Upgrading an older Dell Workstation PIII 930(Optiplex GX110)for use at home. Plan to add new PIII-S 1.4ghz, 133mhz FSB. Would also like to replace, and increase the total amount of memory (if possible). Board has two slots and recommends PC100 CL2 to a max of 512mb. Would like to replace with PC133 and increase amount to 1gig. Is this possible? I highly recommend you check out the DellTalk forums hosted on Dell's site before buying any memory, unless you are using one of the memory configurators. The Optiplex forum will show if anyone has tried using a 512mb stick in the GX110 and whether it worked. I highly doubt it will, though - it probably won't recognize anything larger than 256 per slot. IIRC, the GX110 was an oddball - used PC100 only, even though the processer ran at 133MHz FSB. I vaguely recall some posters saying they were not able to get any PC133 to work in this machine, but you should check to make sure. Most PC133 made in the past couple of years is NOT backward compatible on older boards. The newer PC133 is high-density; if your GX110 will take PC133, make sure you get low-density PC133. It will probably be specifically labeled as backward compatible with PC100 or as low-density. The Optiplex line is rock-solid, but quirky at times. Given the amount you are likely to spend for a 1.4GHz PIII and the new memory, you may want to sell it, spend a little more, and build/buy a new machine. If not, what will you be using the machine for? The 930MHz PIII should be sufficient for just about anything. I would recommend in this order: 1) max your RAM to 512mb 2) If you are playing games, put in a decent video/graphics card. IIRC, you will have to go with a PCI video card (no AGP slot) 3a) put in a faster (7200 rpm) hard drive, possibly a PCI HD controller card to give you ATA/100 or 133 3b) Processor is bottom of my list in the "bang for the buck" since you already have a capable processor - PIIIS is very nice, but costly. Consider overclocking a Celeron 1.2 or 1.3 using an adapter (search for "geekverter" or "upclocking" in the Dell Dimension forums for details - using an inexpensive ($12) adapter, setting some jumpers, you can bring the $40 Tualatin Celeron up to 1.6/1.733GHz with no additional cooling required. Tualatin Celerons have 256kb L2 cache, compared to 256k in the standard PIII, 512 in the PIIIs, and 128kb in the pre- and post- Tualatin Celerons, including the current crop of P4-based Celerons) |
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(Anonymous Jack) wrote in message . com...
Don Taylor wrote: (A Marini) writes: Upgrading an older Dell Workstation PIII 930(Optiplex GX110)for use at home. Plan to add new PIII-S 1.4ghz, 133mhz FSB. Would also like to replace, and increase the total amount of memory (if possible). Board has two slots and recommends PC100 CL2 to a max of 512mb. Would like to replace with PC133 and increase amount to 1gig. Is this possible? I highly recommend you check out the DellTalk forums hosted on Dell's site before buying any memory, unless you are using one of the memory configurators. The Optiplex forum will show if anyone has tried using a 512mb stick in the GX110 and whether it worked. I highly doubt it will, though - it probably won't recognize anything larger than 256 per slot. Hi, PC100 is identical to PC133 except that the PC133 tested at a higher rate than the PC100 at the manufacturer's test. PC133 will run as if the label said PC100. Jim IIRC, the GX110 was an oddball - used PC100 only, even though the processer ran at 133MHz FSB. I vaguely recall some posters saying they were not able to get any PC133 to work in this machine, but you should check to make sure. Most PC133 made in the past couple of years is NOT backward compatible on older boards. The newer PC133 is high-density; if your GX110 will take PC133, make sure you get low-density PC133. It will probably be specifically labeled as backward compatible with PC100 or as low-density. The Optiplex line is rock-solid, but quirky at times. Given the amount you are likely to spend for a 1.4GHz PIII and the new memory, you may want to sell it, spend a little more, and build/buy a new machine. If not, what will you be using the machine for? The 930MHz PIII should be sufficient for just about anything. I would recommend in this order: 1) max your RAM to 512mb 2) If you are playing games, put in a decent video/graphics card. IIRC, you will have to go with a PCI video card (no AGP slot) 3a) put in a faster (7200 rpm) hard drive, possibly a PCI HD controller card to give you ATA/100 or 133 3b) Processor is bottom of my list in the "bang for the buck" since you already have a capable processor - PIIIS is very nice, but costly. Consider overclocking a Celeron 1.2 or 1.3 using an adapter (search for "geekverter" or "upclocking" in the Dell Dimension forums for details - using an inexpensive ($12) adapter, setting some jumpers, you can bring the $40 Tualatin Celeron up to 1.6/1.733GHz with no additional cooling required. Tualatin Celerons have 256kb L2 cache, compared to 256k in the standard PIII, 512 in the PIIIs, and 128kb in the pre- and post- Tualatin Celerons, including the current crop of P4-based Celerons) |
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