Mother board upgrade question

[Darkstar99]

hi, i have a dell 8400 with a 3.0 P4 HT, 1gig of ram, and a nvidia 7950 gt and i was wondering if its possible to put a different mother board in it to run a core 2 duo. I don't need any thing fancy at this point, just a short term upgrade to get by playing some of the new games till i can save up for a new comp. my price range would be up to about 400ish. i don't know if i would need a dell specific board or even if one can be put in the old ones place. any help would be much appreciated.

 

[Lamont Cranston]

If you buy it through dell you will probably pay a higher premium than if you buy it through a regular e-tailer. Dont forget you will probably need new ram and check the specs on your power supply in that dell tower