Dell Dimension 8200 VRS Biostar P4M900M4

OK I'm tryin to sell someone My Biostar P4M900M4 Build , Motherboard 2.8GHz Pentium 4 CPU, 1GB DDR2 Ram to replace the old hardware that's in the dell. Can someone kindly explain the huge differences and what kind of performance boost there gonna notice, and if it were you would you do it?? I would.

 

Note the dell has installed 256mb or Rambus ram..

 

So i got this much..

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Dell demension 8200
Max CPU Size
2.8GHz/533Mhz FSB (2.8Ghz Limit)
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My Biostar setup
Max CPU Size
3.4GHz/800MHz FSB (The biostar board can take a much bigger CPU)
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Dell demension 8200
System Clock 533MHz FSB (Slow bus speed)
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My biostar setup
System Clock 800MHz FSB (Nearly twice as fast)
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Dell demension 8200
Expansion Bus, Bus types
PCI and AGP (Old slower technology)
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My Biostar setup
Expansion Bus, Bus types
PCI and PCI-E (New Faster technology)
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Dell demension 8200
Memory Type, RDRAM (Old expensive slower technology)
Maximum memory 2GB (2GB Limit)
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My biostar setup
Memory type DDR2 (New Way cheaper Faster technology)
Maximum Memory 4GB (Can Hold more ram)
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Dell demension 8200
Drives
ATA/IDE (Old slower technology)
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My biostar setup
Drives
ATA/IDE AND SATA Which is newer technology
So you have the option to upgrade to better
FASTER hard drives, CD Drives/ Burners
Later on.
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Dell demension 8200
Audio
Normal Audio (Kinda crappy) (Can not play HD Videos)
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My biostar setup
Audio
6 channel high deffinition (pretty cool to have HD)
(Can play 720p HD videos as is, if you get a
videocard later on you could play 1080p HD)
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Dell demension 8200
Current memory specs
256mb Installed with the potential to upgrade to 2GB
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My Biostar setup
Current memory specs
1GB installed with the potential to upgrade to DDR2
(Double data rate times 2) 4GB
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Dell demension 8200
Current CPU specs
1.8GHz/ 533Mhz FSB
with the potential to upgrade to 2.8ghz/533MHz FSB
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My biostar setup
Current CPU specs
2.8GHz/533MHz FSB
with the potential to upgrade to 3.4GHz/800MHz FSB
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Dell demension 8200
onboard video
64MB
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My biostar setup
onboard video
64mb, 128mb, 256mb (you can change it)
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I think it's obviously clear which one's a better system right?

 

Yes it's better. Now will it fit in the Dell case as a lot of Dells use non-standard boards.



Sam

 

good point, leave it to dell.....

 

If you had to, you (or the person you're trying to sell it to) could pick up a cheap mini tower case for $30-$40 (the P4M900-M4 is a micro ATX board) to put it in.

Sam

 

newegg? by time shipping's done it cost a butt load, the local comp usa cheapest case is roughly $50.00.

 

Got any local computer shops in your area? I got a case (5 bay mid-tower w/450w PSU) for my P4M900-M4 for $35 at a local shop. It's kinda flimsy metal but fit my needs.

Sam

 

The only computer shops around here is one which when my gf's laptop was broken they tried selling her a Pentium 3 laptop for 200 dollars.