New video card & old motherboard

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I just bought a GeForce 8800 512mb card from Dell and it's a PCI-E. I have a
stock Dell 8300 mobo bought in 2002. I hvn't replaced the mobo so it's stock.
Do I have to buy a new mobo to use this new card? Ok, here the whole rundown
on the card. It's a GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB DDR3 PCI-E 2.0 Graphics Card. The
motherboard is a Dell Computer Corp. 0M2035, Serial Number CN481113703RF. Bus
Clock 800 Megahertz.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, attilathehun1
 
Ok, I am almost certain I need a upgrade from my Dell 8300 stock mobo. I just
bought a mobo and CPU from newegg.com. The motherboard is a GIGABYTE
GA-EP35C-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Dynamic Energy Saver Ultra Durable II
Intel Motherboard, item #N82E16813128082. The CPU is an Intel Core 2 Duo
E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8400,
item #N82E16819115037.
Those along with the GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB DDR3 PCI-E 2.0 Graphics Card
will do the trick. I'm thinking about buying a nw tower. too.
Thanks,attilathehun1
 
Ok, I just bought another item from newegg.com. A PC case, Thermaltake Armor
Series VA8003BWS Black Full Tower Case w/25CM Fan, item #: N82E16811133021. I
paid about 180 bucks after shipping and handling.
Thanks, attilathehun1
 
Ok, I just figured out that I have to buy RAM too. I have alot of RAM, DDR
400-184 pin DDR SD-RAM (PC 3200). This motherboard has 240 pin connectors.
That's another thing. I just bought, last month, 1 GB of DDR 400 184-pin RAM
for my Dell 8300. I see newegg.com has Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin
DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory for $99.99,
after a $100.00 instant savings. There are some other RAM sticks I can buy
for example; Corsair Dominator 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066
(PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory for $172.00 with the $25 dollar
instant savings from newegg. The last option is Patriot Viper 2GB (2 X 1GB)
240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel kit Desktop Memory for
$191.99.
I like the instant savings of $100.00 with the first option of RAM. The PC2
6400.
I can afford to pay more bucks, but I don't want to waste money.
The other thing that has me kinda doubting the Kingston Hyper X is it's
4GBs of RAM where the last option, Patriot Viper PC3 10666 is only 2GBs of
RAM.
What is your opinion?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, attilathehun1
 
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