Theoretically it should, the ATi Xpress 1100 chipset should work in Win 10 despite no official driver support. I've upgraded a few machines with Xpress 200M, Xpress 1150 and they generally worked. Installing the integrated graphics driver may be a bit complicated though.
Be aware Smithfield (Pentium D 8xx) lack a few required instructions for Win 8.1/10 64-bit so they can only run Win 8.1/10 32-bit. Presler (Pentium D 9xx) can run 64-bit Win 10 just fine. Whether it'll perform well is another question. Still, when even a pathetic single core Pineview (Atom D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx) can run Win 10 acceptably... Pentium D isn't so bad compared to that.
But... why limit yourself to a space heater when you can go for a much cooler Core 2 Duo?
Many people have fitted Conroe or Allendale (65nm Core 2 Duo) into their 320 with success (of course with BIOS updated). Wolfdale (45nm Core 2 Duo) don't work. You should look for these:
Celeron E1xxx
Pentium Dual-Core E2xxx (except E2210)
Core 2 Duo E4xxx
Core 2 Duo E6xx0 (only 1066MHz FSB, also don't mix up with Pentium E6xxx which also uses 1066MHz FSB)
And for the memory, 1GB is just unacceptable, bump it up to at least 2GB, preferably 4GB which is the max it supports.
No one can give you a definitive answer; there is no support for win10 on the support page at dell. In fact, the only supported operating systems are vista and xp; not even win7 is supported.
When you use an unsupported operating system, you are in effect a beta tester. Might work just fine and it might not work fine. The only way you are going to find out is to install win10 and see.
FWIW I have win10 running on an old asus 790fx chipset motherboard [no win10 support] and it works fine however you may have a different outcome.
I am running windows 10 on a Dell XPS 600 duo core and sometimes it crashes a lot. If you are not using it for at least 30 minutes, nothing will respond at all. If you install any updates it will make it to crash even more. You will need to install the graphics card driver if available.
I would just recommend you to use Windows 7 because it might run a little much better.
Take this into consideration, Windows 10 past 1607 will stop supporting old silicone (aka CPU's/Chipsets)
So you likely stuck with 1607 anniversary version, which has extended support until 2023.
The Windows 7 sp1 in contrast has extended support until 2020.
You may as well go Linux side, with some Ubuntu flavour, something to consider perhaps.
But please, not Linux Mint unless you dont value your security. Linux Mint philosophies are IMO unsuitable for machines that are internet facing or have a connection to the internet. Use at own peril.
Avoid 32-bit OS and PAE grab a few cheap ramchips even if you get 4GB ram only.
Forgot to mention it... You will be able to install the 32 bit version of Windows 10. I cannot install the 64 bit version (anniversary update) into my old computer. If you can install the 64 bit version, then you got lucky.
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