I had this PC except that I upgraded to 1 gb of Ram from 512 meg. I used that awful thing until 2015. Used an Inspiron office PC for a while and now I have a monster gaming machine that I built with a 9900k and an RTX 3080Ti. Leaps and bounds better user experience.
Went to my parents and they still have a dimension 3000 in the garage with the matching black dell CRT. I was thinking of getting it a PCI video card but damn the prices are insane on the secondhand market. Gonna plug it in next time I go over, backup the important stuff, and get a fresh XP install to try and run some games. I think they maxed out the ram to 2gb. Got my fingers crossed
hey man, just wanted to ask how did you get that webbrowser on your computer in that new setup tour video of yours? i installed windows xp home on my dell dimension 3000 and it has a stable ethernet connection, i install setups for xp capable browsers like pale moon, mypal and kmelon on a usb on my main pc and then connect them to the dimension but just nothing works.
Yes, pci graphics cards are awful compared to agp, it was a miracle i was even able to find this one. Even with how bad it is, it’s still one of the fastest PCI graphics cards ever made and that is very sad.
I have a pc just like this but I have a question there is a Geforce 9400 GT 1gb and yours is a 512mb can I use the 1gb or do I have to use yours and also is the 9400 gt the only card I can use or is there better with driver support?
I believe I either forgot to mention that mine was a 1gb, or I mislabeled it as a 512mb in the video, as I have a 1gb. If you do have a 9400 GT, either a 256mb, 512mb or 1gb will work. The limiting factor in this PC is the PCI bus that's in it. Had it had PCI-E, we would have a lot more options for a GPU. I believe the latest GPU to work on a PCI bus is a GT 520, or 610. Other options include Geforce 210, Geforce 9500 GT, Geforce 8600 GT, Geforce 8500 GT, Geforce 8400 GS, and a few older options. In terms of the best card, either the 9500 GT, GT 520, or GT 610 are the best. Keep in mind, though, that you need the PCI version, which can be expensive and hard to find. I'd try looking on ebay. Hope that helps!
@@theREDpanda2002 There is actually cheaper, but riskier way to gain access to better performing graphics cards for these older OEM PCs that lack a built in AGP or PCI-E slot. Instead of spending $100+ for a PCI verison of the 9500 GT or GT 520/610, you can spend $40 for a PCI to PCI-E bridge card and a cheap PCI-E GPU that consumes less than 25W of power or a graphics card that needs a dedicated power source to prevent damage to the weaker PCI bus. The risk comes with the quality of the PCI-E bridge card you may receive or choosing by a GPU that draws too much power from the 25W PCI bus and it ends up damaging the board. I have a childhood Dell Dimension 3000 with a 3.2GHz Pentium 4 that uses a Dell OEM 2GB GDDR5 GT 720 and an IDE to SATA converter for basic SSD support. This configuration gives close to a 20K score in 3DMark03 compared to the 9-10K I was getting with a PCI variant of the 9400 GT. I've also tested an old 650 TI with this PC, too, but there isn't any improvement because of the obvious overkill with a Pentium 4 bottleneck.
Interesting stuff! I'll have to make a follow-up video doing a direct comparison between the 9400 GT PCI version and the 9400 GT PCI-E version. I actually ended up getting a really good deal of $20 for the 9400 GT PCI version, hence why I went for it. This seems like a better alternative for people who can't find one for a reasonable price, and some extra performance!
I found my parents old pc, this is it! It’s really dusty inside, and when I plugged it in, it makes a 1-3-2 beep code. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks!
Many of these Dell Dimension 3000's have 256MB RAM installed, which is really just not enough for windows 7. Windows 7 can run on 512MB, but it isn't very useable. 1GB of RAM I'd way would at least make sure that the RAM isn't causing the issue. The other problem, is that you could be installing a 64-bit OS onto a 32-bit CPU. The Pentium 4's on socket 478 (what the dimension 3000 has) only have 32-bit versions. Make sure that the Disk you burnt is a 32-bit version, or else it will not install. That is just what I think could be two causes for your problem.
agreed very much, after this video I wanted to do some testing on steam, so I installed 7 (I don't think I made that clear in the video). I'll eventually end up downgrading it to XP at some point most likely.
INCREDIBELY awesome video!
thank you
I had this PC except that I upgraded to 1 gb of Ram from 512 meg. I used that awful thing until 2015. Used an Inspiron office PC for a while and now I have a monster gaming machine that I built with a 9900k and an RTX 3080Ti. Leaps and bounds better user experience.
I remember when I upgraded to the desktop I have now, it really does change how you use your computer when it's got good parts in it!
Went to my parents and they still have a dimension 3000 in the garage with the matching black dell CRT. I was thinking of getting it a PCI video card but damn the prices are insane on the secondhand market. Gonna plug it in next time I go over, backup the important stuff, and get a fresh XP install to try and run some games. I think they maxed out the ram to 2gb. Got my fingers crossed
Sounds awesome! I got really lucky with the graphics card, it was priced as though it was a PCIE one rather than a PCI, good luck with the computer!
hey man, just wanted to ask
how did you get that webbrowser on your computer in that new setup tour video of yours?
i installed windows xp home on my dell dimension 3000 and it has a stable ethernet connection,
i install setups for xp capable browsers like pale moon, mypal and kmelon on a usb on my main pc and then connect them to the dimension but just nothing works.
With a graphic like that you can play UA-cam videos in 720p 30fps with the h264ify extension of Chrome?
You might want to replace that capacitor next to your dimm slots it looks like it's bulging?
Yes certainly, this board was made in the dark ages of capacitors, many of them on this board are like that. I’m sure i’ll get around to it sometime.
@theREDpanda2002 btw I think since you don't have agp slot the bottle neck the pci bus since it runs slower than agp would.
Yes, pci graphics cards are awful compared to agp, it was a miracle i was even able to find this one. Even with how bad it is, it’s still one of the fastest PCI graphics cards ever made and that is very sad.
@theREDpanda2002 it's better than the on board graphics:3
I have a pc just like this but I have a question there is a Geforce 9400 GT 1gb and yours is a 512mb can I use the 1gb or do I have to use yours and also is the 9400 gt the only card I can use or is there better with driver support?
I believe I either forgot to mention that mine was a 1gb, or I mislabeled it as a 512mb in the video, as I have a 1gb. If you do have a 9400 GT, either a 256mb, 512mb or 1gb will work. The limiting factor in this PC is the PCI bus that's in it. Had it had PCI-E, we would have a lot more options for a GPU. I believe the latest GPU to work on a PCI bus is a GT 520, or 610. Other options include Geforce 210, Geforce 9500 GT, Geforce 8600 GT, Geforce 8500 GT, Geforce 8400 GS, and a few older options. In terms of the best card, either the 9500 GT, GT 520, or GT 610 are the best. Keep in mind, though, that you need the PCI version, which can be expensive and hard to find. I'd try looking on ebay. Hope that helps!
@@theREDpanda2002 There is actually cheaper, but riskier way to gain access to better performing graphics cards for these older OEM PCs that lack a built in AGP or PCI-E slot.
Instead of spending $100+ for a PCI verison of the 9500 GT or GT 520/610, you can spend $40 for a PCI to PCI-E bridge card and a cheap PCI-E GPU that consumes less than 25W of power or a graphics card that needs a dedicated power source to prevent damage to the weaker PCI bus. The risk comes with the quality of the PCI-E bridge card you may receive or choosing by a GPU that draws too much power from the 25W PCI bus and it ends up damaging the board.
I have a childhood Dell Dimension 3000 with a 3.2GHz Pentium 4 that uses a Dell OEM 2GB GDDR5 GT 720 and an IDE to SATA converter for basic SSD support. This configuration gives close to a 20K score in 3DMark03 compared to the 9-10K I was getting with a PCI variant of the 9400 GT. I've also tested an old 650 TI with this PC, too, but there isn't any improvement because of the obvious overkill with a Pentium 4 bottleneck.
Interesting stuff! I'll have to make a follow-up video doing a direct comparison between the 9400 GT PCI version and the 9400 GT PCI-E version. I actually ended up getting a really good deal of $20 for the 9400 GT PCI version, hence why I went for it. This seems like a better alternative for people who can't find one for a reasonable price, and some extra performance!
Throw a celeron and Halo Cursed edition and you got peak performance
That is the epiphany of computer gaming right there
I found my parents old pc, this is it! It’s really dusty inside, and when I plugged it in, it makes a 1-3-2 beep code. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks!
i hope you got it fixed
Ive tried installing 7 thin pc edition and it usually gives an error and freezed and its screen also looks like that due to no graphics drivers
Many of these Dell Dimension 3000's have 256MB RAM installed, which is really just not enough for windows 7. Windows 7 can run on 512MB, but it isn't very useable. 1GB of RAM I'd way would at least make sure that the RAM isn't causing the issue. The other problem, is that you could be installing a 64-bit OS onto a 32-bit CPU. The Pentium 4's on socket 478 (what the dimension 3000 has) only have 32-bit versions. Make sure that the Disk you burnt is a 32-bit version, or else it will not install. That is just what I think could be two causes for your problem.
@@theREDpanda2002 oh
7:46 The same.
Windows XP is better for hardware like this.
agreed very much, after this video I wanted to do some testing on steam, so I installed 7 (I don't think I made that clear in the video). I'll eventually end up downgrading it to XP at some point most likely.