Showing posts with label Computerwine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Computerwine. Show all posts

Sunday, 21 June 2009

Introduction

Hi all! I have made this webpage for those of you who really want to upgrade Dell Dimension E521.

Sure, it is not as powerful as the modern quad core PCs but it does perform decently if you upgrade properly.

I myself, suffered upgrading this system due to the fact that BTX is not supported today. Actually, the BTX motherboard vanished after E521's release and so, the related and compatible components that is specifically designed for BTX motherboards are not manufactured any more.

Not only that but the fact that nobody never, ever, made webpages that describe and explain clearly how to upgrade this system, drove me mad at the end.

I could see here and there who managed to upgrade their E521 in forums but they didn't even bother to help other people out. Chit Chat at forums are not enough. And


I can understand that most people do ask silly questions before they upgrade their systems. I tend to ignore them too but today, i have changed my mind. I feel comfortable helping other people after all.

I personally don't like forums so I made up my mind to create my own webpage. It wasn't my first time to create the webpages so it was alright. I picked Blogspot. I have no particular reason why i picked it.

Today, I am more or less happy with my system after certain upgrades I did. It was time and money consuming. You wouldn't believe if I say that I have spent more than £200 on this machine for upgrading but it is true sadly.


My webpage is based on my experience but I asked for others to help out too because there were certain areas that I couldn't manage myself and also, I wanted to make my webpage, the ultimate E521 upgrade guide.

I will list the contributors and their contact address at the end of the content.

Half of the upgrades are done by them and half of the pics are taken by them. I don't know how to put this in words but I want to thank them deeply. Without their helps, I couldn't make this webpage properly.


The updates are still going on until it finishes. If there is any news or if anybody bring some news about this particular system I would like to hear from them. Any thoughts are also welcome too.

Please feel free to email me if you have anything to say.

Click on my portrait (peach or butt sort of face..) and there you can click ''Email'' under contact.




I check my emails 10 times a day so please expect a fast response from me.


Thank you.


Warmest Regards

Tomo

Monday, 17 November 2008

Upgrading Dell Desktop E521


(NOTICE: For the first time, ever since I made this website, I have received a donation from a generous person. I would like to say thank you very much to the person from my deep heart. Any questions regarding E521 and PCs, please don't hesitate to ask me. I will get back to you straight away. Thank you again.)


E521 and Myself.

Last year, I got this Dell Dimension E521. Until today, I was upgrading this Desktop to meet my standard. If you inspect carefully, the model of the Motherboard, CPU, and the Graphic card, they are bit old and not really designed for gamers. Not even designed for a mid range gamers or casual gamers who plays games that are out today I think. But this desktop can run most games that were out in 2003 and 2004 for sure. £600 sounds nice but not nice in terms of the performance especially if you have bought it with Windows Vista on it!. But it is well recommended for those of you who just want to Email, Web Surfing, watch movies and word processing.

Upgrading this Desktop is bit hard and a little time and money consuming. Let's see what we can do to bring this desktop to a true midrange to midrange (some fussy people might say Mid to low) desktop that is capable of playing modern Games more or less decently.

TABLE of CONTENTS:


Introduction.
1. About CPU
-Compatible CPUs
-Little note about AMD 6400+
-Little note about Brisbaine CPUs (AMD 5000+ BE and 6000+ Brisbaine)
-Choosing among the CPUs
-CPU Driver and Useful Softwares
-Overclocking the CPU

2. About Motherboard
-Buying motherboard
-About Motherboard Heatsink

3. About CPU Heatsinks
-Option 1: Installing the stock Heatsink
-Option 2: Same Heatsink Model used in Optiplex
-Option 3: Installing Noctua NH-U9B
-Option 4: Installing Cooler Master Hyper TX CPU Cooler
-Water Cooling??

4. Memory, RAM
-Why do we need a lot o RAMs
-Compatible RAMs
-How to install Rams
-How much RAMs can you put in E521??
-RAM Disk Configurations Part 1
-RAM Disk Configurations Part 2

5. Graphic Card
-Compatible Graphic Cards
-Installation of Graphic Cards (Updated. adding Double slot installations soon)

6. About Power Supply
-Choosing Compatible PSU

7. Hard Drive
-Which Hard drive is better?
-How much can you put in E521
-Caution before you install the new hard drive

8. Front Fan and Additional Fans
-Buying Fans
-Installing Front Fan
-Installing Additional Fans

9. Installing additional DVD drive
10. Cables
11. Conclusion
12. About my Webpage
-Thank you Mick!
-Thank you Toine!
13.Anti Virus Softwares



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