Author Topic: Upgrade Questions (Read 2979 times)

Cunning Plan · « **Reply #25 on:** April 03, 2007, 01:43:38 pm »

Quoting: FUBAR

I'd always had Nvidia GFX cards up until buying my new ATI one... and then the fan broke which i'm sure isn't normal, but it goes like the proverbial sh1t off a shovel!

What card you running.. it sounds the shiznit!

FUBAR · « **Reply #26 on:** April 03, 2007, 03:29:52 pm »

Quoting: Cunning Plan

What card you running.. it sounds the shiznit!

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-069-HT&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=403

Its still an AGP card but its a good one

the Fan started making Grinding noises so its back with Overclockers at the moment.

Cunning Plan · « **Reply #27 on:** April 03, 2007, 04:30:15 pm »

Cunning Plan · « **Reply #28 on:** April 03, 2007, 04:37:07 pm »

Quoting: FUBAR

Its still an AGP card but its a good one

Looks like its a beast - where do you put the petrol??

Ok i took a few pictures of my Dell ehe.. Was confused at how to get the case face off at first as theres no screws - just before I started my 30cm grinding disk up i found a release mechnism which allows the side just to fold down.. quite neat really...

Big ass heat sink??

nice space for another HDD...

tight? Whats weird is the current gfx card is in a black slot - i thought they were AGP and i didnt think there was one??

same again but with night mode on phone

See the neat little recess in the case there for cooling - i figure a lil neon would be cool

Allanv · « **Reply #29 on:** April 03, 2007, 06:05:26 pm »

Well the spec sheet you provided said PCIE and agp are normally brown

Fieldy · « **Reply #30 on:** April 03, 2007, 06:29:35 pm »

oh no.....another of these threads!

Cunning Plan · « **Reply #31 on:** April 03, 2007, 06:40:39 pm »

Ok thats just confusing..

I took some more shots..

Where the gfx card is slotted in to is a black connection?

?

Allanv · « **Reply #32 on:** April 03, 2007, 06:56:23 pm »

A PCIE slot can come in many colours, BLACK, BLUE, YELLOW, ORANGE

AGP is Brown so is a modem riser slot.

White = PCI

Cunning Plan · « **Reply #33 on:** April 03, 2007, 07:11:52 pm »

Ahh ok dude.. hoping its PCIE like it says then..

if not ill weld the card in

BTW looking at the not very good pictures - can you tell if the rest will all fit or not?

Allanv · « **Reply #34 on:** April 03, 2007, 07:25:14 pm »

Its a full size case so Yup, but its a DELL so these rules apply

1, Beer
2, Screwdriver - possie drive works best
3, Beer
4, Beer
5, Kick the Cat
6, open the case
7, unscrew top from Beer
8, think about what your going to do with a Beer
9, take out all the old parts
10, Kick the wife
11, open packaging of new bits
12, find bits that fel on the floor
13, attempt to insert psu in pcie slot
14, drink more beer
15, try and stick memory upgrade into the cat / wife
16, decide you have had too much beer and attempt upgrade in the morning...

I wish you luck

Cunning Plan · « **Reply #35 on:** April 03, 2007, 08:49:47 pm »

Will buy more beer...

ianjpage · « **Reply #36 on:** April 03, 2007, 09:09:08 pm »

haha quality

nick69 · « **Reply #37 on:** April 03, 2007, 10:17:33 pm »

Or you could do what my mate did once and get a GFX card, find out it dont fit and cut the end off to make it fit!!!

Incursus · « **Reply #38 on:** April 04, 2007, 03:05:41 pm »

FUBAR · « **Reply #39 on:** April 04, 2007, 05:33:25 pm »

Quoting: nick69

Or you could do what my mate did once and get a GFX card, find out it dont fit and cut the end off to make it fit!!!

Surely that made it not work!!!

nick69 · « **Reply #40 on:** April 06, 2007, 09:05:12 am »

Quoting: FUBAR

Surely that made it not work!!!

Ummmmmmmm no it was most def' fkued after that!!!!

Allanv · « **Reply #41 on:** April 07, 2007, 06:26:51 pm »

So have you upgraded yet well have you huh huh

Cunning Plan · « **Reply #42 on:** April 07, 2007, 09:55:12 pm »

not yet dude... waiting to order the bits but sun has been out