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September 24th, 2004 20:00
Raptor Drive/SATA Card Upgrade for a Dimension 8100?
I have a Dimension 8100, 512 MB RAM, 60 G Hard Disk, 1.3 G Processor which I use for mainstream applications. Would installing a Raptor Drive and SATA Card as the Master drive significantly speed up the system?
Thank you.
GSWPitt.
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network01
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September 25th, 2004 02:00
Your best bet would be to go to http://www.powerleap.com/PL-P4N.html and get the 423 to 478 pin adapter and get a 2.6Ghz 400Mhz processor in your system. You will be doubling your processor speed for $219. A 74GB Raptor will run you about $175 + the controller card about $25-$40 + a serial ATA cable about $5 which will roughly be the same price as the Powerleap. You will notice much more after the upgrade of your CPU, rather than with a Raptor.
See the following link from a contributor to the Dell forums for a review of the Powerleap upgrade: http://www.duhvoodooman.com/powrleap/P4N/P4N_1.htm
Hope this helps your decision!
My System:
Dell Dimension 8400
Intel Pentium 4 @ 3.0Ghz, 800Mhz FSB
512MB DDR2 PC3200
80GB Maxtor SATA Hard Drive
128MB PCI Express ATI Radeon X300 SE
Sony SDM-S91 19" LCD Monitor
Lite-On 16X DVD-ROM
NEC ND-3500AG DVD+-RW
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card
VEO PC Camera
HP Laserjet 1000
HP Scanjet 4400C
HP Deskjet 540
Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G 4-Port Router
Linksys BEFCMU10 Ver. 2 Cable Modem
Cambridge Soundworks SUB/SAT speakers