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Inspiron 531 upgrades
I am possibly about to be upgrading a couple of things in my inspiron 531 after i get my gaming pc built and pay off some of the loan.
I am not looking for huge upgrades, just something to maybe speed it up a bit and get better quality.
I have some ideas what I want but I am not sure what type of slot the motherboard in these things have.
CPU: What kind of slot?
GPU: PCI x16, right?
RAM: 240pin 600MHz DDR2?
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February 23rd, 2010 07:00
See owners manual for spec's: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/inspd531/en/OM/45605A00MR.pdf. Specifically all spec's are listed starting with page 167. As for your other questions you need socket AM2. Yes your graphic card slot is PCI-e and memory is DDR2 up to 800mhz supported in 4 dimm slots. Good Luck with your upgrades.
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February 23rd, 2010 08:00
CPU: What kind of slot?
AMD's AM2 socket technology supporting -
AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor
AMD Athlon 64 processor
AMD Sempron processor
GPU: PCI x16, right?
* Correct
RAM: 240pin 600MHz DDR2?
* 4GB, 240pin, 667MHz or 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory