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MODDED: Dell Dimension 8300 -> Alienware...ish

post #1 of 10
4/13/06 at 8:17pm
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Well I've had my Dell Dimension 8300 for quite sometime. Served quite a computer and never gave up on me. Reliable through and through. Loved it to death,, but I needed a gaming computer. I had $1000 lying around and put money to use. I built myself quite a monster of a rig. Using a lot of parts from my Dell 8300 (optical drives, monitor, memory, a hard drive, etc) In the end I lost all my harddrive files due to failure to backup . that almost happened again thanks to Norton GoBack, but screw that its Kaspersky from now on. Anyways, here are my specs:



- Dell 19" Flat Panel
- Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe Gaming Motherboard
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 4200+ (2.2 gHz)
- BFG nVidia 256MB 7800 GTX Graphics Card
- 2GB Kingston DDR RAM (4 x 512MB)
- 300GB + 120GB 7200RPM Seagate Baracuda Hard Drive
- 300GB External Maxtor Harddrive
- Ultra xFinity 600 Watt ATX Power Supply w/ (2) 80mm Cooling Fans
- (2) 80mm Blue LED Fans
- (1) 120mm Blue LED Fan

The rest are basic parts from the Dell 8300. Here's what I turned that baby into:







With that, I purchased a XPS M140, as I clearly didn't need another gaming rig and crater in my wallet.
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post #2 of 10
4/13/06 at 10:01pm
Nice!! The 8300 really is a good system. I did have my first one replaced because they couldn't figure out what was wrong with it and my second had the hard drive die when it was 6 months old in October of '04. Since then it's run like a champ. It still a great system. Your use for the 8300 parts looks really great. I'm sure you're very happy with it.
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post #3 of 10
4/14/06 at 9:35pm
Alienwareish? Silly you. Dell owns alienware now .. so technically you didn't need to mod it at all ... =D
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post #4 of 10
4/14/06 at 11:04pm
is that an actualy alienware case?? noob question i know
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post #5 of 10
4/15/06 at 3:31am
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Nope, it's made by JPAC I think. But it IS VERY similar to the Alienware case, main reason I bought it . The real alienware just looks a little better with glossy finish and no side window:



If ya want one, I'll link ya.
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post #6 of 10
4/15/06 at 12:05pm
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Originally Posted by MrAnthonyWong
Nope, it's made by JPAC I think. But it IS VERY similar to the Alienware case, main reason I bought it . The real alienware just looks a little better with glossy finish and no side window:

If ya want one, I'll link ya.
sure a link would be great
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post #7 of 10
4/20/06 at 9:55pm
pretty sick man like the blue lights
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post #8 of 10
4/22/06 at 11:02am
Nice Case!
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post #9 of 10
5/4/06 at 7:44pm
My 8300 is surprising me at how long it's lasting for all the time i left it on. Still on all stock hardware, other than my upgraded wireless keyboard, 40GB 2nd HDD, 2005FPW and wireless network card.

LEMAR
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post #10 of 10
8/11/06 at 3:03pm
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