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motherboard

Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:18 pm
by babbio
What motherboard can i put in the dell dimension E521? I want to Know what other motherboard i could put in the dell dimension e521. I really don't know the size of the motherboard, but i want to upgrade the motherboard that supports the AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 cpu that comes with the computer. Please Help?

Re: motherboard

Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 3:13 pm
by edwin
That is a BTX form factor board, those are impossible to find with an AM2/AM3 socket in retail so chances are you need to replace it with a Dell Dimension E521 motherboard. Other options include replacing it with an Intel LGA775 BTX motherboard and cheap LGA775 CPU or getting a barebones system in ATX so you won't get bitten again by this.

BTX was intended to replace ATX however it seems to be a dead-born standard.