XPS 410 is CPU Upgrade worth it?

if you have the money do it..

when you buy a pc or laptop, get the best of the model you choose.

its always worth it..

Yes, it's worth the upgrade and you will see a performance improvement. A quad is especially useful with audio and video editing. I'm running a Q6600 in my XPS410 and not looking back. Multitasking is so much better with the quad.

No, it is not supported in the XPS 410.

Below is a list of compatible CPUs.

PR173 Presler P4 915, 2.80G, 2X2MB, 800FSB, D0
UY273 Presler P4 915, 2.08G, 2X2MB, 800FSB, C1
YW816 Presler P4 925, 3.00G, 2X2MB, 800FSB, D0
XJ848 Presler P4 930, 3.00G, 2X2MB, 800FSB, C1
PU963 Presler PD 935, 3.20G, 2X2MB, 800FSB, D0
DK050 Presler P4 940, 3.20G, 2X2MB, 800FSB, C1
RT922 Presler P4 945, 3.40G, 2X2MB, 800FSB, C1
UJ776 Presler P4 950, 3.40G, 2X2MB, 800FSB, C1
CJ163 Presler P4 960, 3.60G, 2x2MB, 800FSB, B1

DK593 Cedar Mill 631, 3.00G, 2MB, 800FSB, C1
PN407 Cedar Mill 641, 3.20G, 2MB, 800FSB, D0
PY394 Cedar Mill 641, 3.20G, 2MB, 800FSB, C1
KU339 Cedar Mill 651, 3.40G, 2MB, 800FSB, D0
PY395 Cedar Mill 651, 3.40G, 2MB, 800FSB, C1
DK594 Cedar Mill 661, 3.60G, 2MB, 800FSB, C1
DT883 Cedar Mill 661, 3.60G, 2MB, 800FSB, D0

HU587 Conroe E4300, 1.80G, 2MB, 800FSB, L2
DX483 Conroe E4400, 2.00G, 2MB, 800FSB, L2
RX522 Conroe E4400, 2.00G, 2MB, 800FSB, M0
DT893 Conroe E6300, 1.86G, 2MB, 1066FSB, B2
DU362 Conroe E6300, 1.86G, 2MB, 1066FSB, L2
DX485 Conroe E6320, 1.86G, 4MB, 1066FSB, B2
DU361 Conroe E6400, 2.13G, 2MB, 1066FSB, L2
KN977 Conroe E6400, 2.13G, 2MB, 1066FSB, B2
DX484 Conroe E6420, 2.13G, 4MB, 1066FSB, B2
KU345 Conroe E6600, 2.40G, 4MB, 1066FSB, B2
PN416 Conroe E6700, 2.66G, 4MB, 1066FSB, B2
WM543 Conroe XE X6800, 2.93G, 4MB, 1066FSB, B2

FG941 Smithfield P4 820, 2.80G, 2MB, 800FSB, Mainstream, B0
UY272 Smithfield P4 805, 2.66G, 2X1MB, 533FSB, B0

HU585 Kentsfield Quad Core Q6600, 2.40G, 8MB, 1066FSB, B30
MP626 Kentsfield Quad Core Q6600, 2.40G, 8MB, 1066FSB, G0
Q6700, 2.66G, 8MB, 1066FSB

UT713 Prescott P4 531, 3.0G, 800FSB, 1MB, ALT, G1
UT714 Prescott P4 541, 3.2G, 800FSB, 1MB, ALT, G1
UY274 Prescott P4 524, 3.06G, 1MB, 533FSB, G1

anyone know if the E7500 cpu, a 1066 FSB cpu, will work?

I bought the exact same XPS-410 Core 2 Duo with ME XP OP and installed to a boxed (happened to get GO stepping) Q-6600 2.40X4. I also went ahead and used 6400 800 speed DDR2 (4X1 sticks rather than 5300 667 speed) and it has been worth every penney even though at this stage extra or  4th ram stick does not help. I am not a computer wiz at all but instal went far easier than had planned, I kept original CPU cooler and fan setup and computer booted 1st try faster and everything showed installed and working like it was made by Dell to be set up that way. Now, I can get better NVIDIA 9 series or 3-D video card that I have wanted to use on single PCIe X16 slot. Will also be used for adding 2nd higher quality Blue Ray R/W DVD player for making videos and photo improvement as well. Adding a high end over 9500GT Video card and/or second DVD blue Ray player may take larger power supply also. The Dell XPS 375 watt unit is great -- but has limits and wish Dell would have used one about 425 watts or so. I am just tring to get most from 2007 XPS with PCIe and SATA raid equiped mother board as I can before having to buy new one.

Wes