Need Advice on Dell LGA775 Upgrade?

Hey guys I have a Dell XPS 400 with Pentium D820. Since I cannot overclock this system I would like to upgrade my processor. I already have 3gigs of ram so that should help overall. I have a Intel based I945P motherboard. What can I drop into here? I would like a 930 but is a conroe possible with a bios update? Will the 930 even work? Also I have read that dell no longer uses proprietary parts. I WISH this thing had a SLI board in it like the XPS 600 comes with. What do you guys think?

The pentium D 945 should work in your board and would be the best choice for an upgrade. It is the new stepping presler and has speedstep so it will run cooler when idle.

945 is only $2 more then the 930

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...3+1050716915&Submit=ENE&Nty=1&Subcategory=343

just a question, how is your 3gb of ram split up?

is it 2x1gb, 2x512? or 2x1gb, 1x1gb?

2x1gb and 2x512mb for some reason it came from dell with the 1gb pc4200 amd the 512s are pc5300.

LOL yeah thats Dell for ya.

You guys think the 945 will work huh... Im gonna order one.

ALRIGHT GUYS! I just ordered a new 945 3.4ghz pressy from newegg with some artic silver! YEAH! Cant wait to try her out!