you can put Inspiron 3847 (intel 4th gen) or XPS 8700 (4th gen) or 8900 (6th gen) motherboards in this case.  bear in mind the 537 case has only usb 2.0 ports on front panel while newer motherboard has USB3.0.   537 case looks almost identical to 3847.  Dell Inspiron models after that (such as Inspiron 3668) has major design change and motherboards or psu would not fit 537 case. [IMAGE] 537 [IMAGE] 3847 memory for these dell motherboards would be DDR3 for 3847/8700 or DDR4 for 8900.  
Hello! I found an old Inspiron 537; the date code has it at 2009. It has a Pentium Processor, and 4GB of RAM (I havent powered it up yet; I just took the back off to see what I had.) I'm not sure if I can do much with it as-is, so I'm trying to see what all I can do with it. I wanted to see what my options are, as I really don't want to throw it away Is it possible to take a motherboard from a newer Inspiron model and do a swap? I know a lot of companies try to stick to one design of motherboard for a while, unless there is a major design change. The case itself looks in very good shape with hardly any scratches at all on it, and I would like to reuse the components on it. If it's not possible, then what is the maximum processor and RAM it can take? Since the mfg date code is 2009, I think the RAM is maxed out as is... I don't think it will see 8GB or 16GB, as it wasn't all that common back then.  I already know I will have to a fresh install of Windows (it should take 10; however, I don't know if the drivers listed will work.)   Thanks in advance!
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