Thread: Dell GX270 motherboard replacement

The motherboard in my GX270 crapped out again so as an alternative of replacing it with another GX270 motherboard I would like to get some recommendations on a non dell motherboard that will hopefully last more than 6 months. My main criteria are that I can reuse the processor ram and video card that are currently in my dead DELL.

I would like to replace the case also since DELL seems to use a unique system for mounting their motherboards so any recommendation along those lines would be appreciated also.

Here are the specs on my current Dell:
1 G0101 PROCESSOR, 80532, 3.0G, 512, 800FSB, SOCKET N
1 Y1057 PRINTED WIRING ASSY, PLANAR (MOTHERBOARD), GX270, DESKTOP, DELL COMPUTER CORPORATION, TRANSFORMER SKY DIVE MINITOWER
2 X3880 DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE, 512, 333M, 64X64, 8K, 184
1 H3873 HARD DRIVE, 80GB, I, 7.2K, WD-XL80S, 80G/PA

NVIDIA GeForce 7600 AGP graphics card.

To be quite honest your best choice is to probably call Dell and have them replace the motherboard. The GX270's most likely have a proprietary fit to the motherboards?

Another alternative is to get a new case and PSU along with a new mobo and reuse all the old parts from your dell like the CD/DVD, RAM, and CPU etc...

Possibly go to Newegg.com or tigerdirect.com and look for a barebones system.

Just make sure it supports IDE hard drives, P4 CPU, AGP graphics, and your memory chips which are DDR I think.

PS the dell perhaps had on board sound so you will need to get a new mobo with on board sound or possibly a new sound card if it doesn't. That is more up to you on which you choose.