My cpu does not have a graphics card and I am looking to buy one. Most of the cards I am looking at need a min 300w power supply. My computer has a 280w power supply, so I obviously need to upgrade right?. What wattage should I upgrade to? Is there anything else I need to do to the computer when installing a higher wattage power supply?
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what is the model of the computer that you have?
what is your budget?
what is your budget?
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Yeah, we need your system specs. What GFX card are you planning to get?
Sorry I should have known better to give my info.
Heres what I got if you need more let me know what ya need.
Lenovo Ideacentre K300
Windows 7 64 Bit
4.00 GB Ram
Intel Pentium(R) Dual Core E 5700 @ 3.00 GHZ
I'm looking to keep the GFX card under $150.00. The power supply I will spend what ever I have to on but like to keep the price to a min.
I have two 2GB sticks of ram (whatever came with the system). I have 2 extra slots a total of 4. What will work the best as far as adding more ram? Is it better to have a two slots filled with higher ram or does it matter if I just add a couple sticks to the empty ones I have. Hope that made sense. What is a good amount of ram to have?
Heres what I got if you need more let me know what ya need.
Lenovo Ideacentre K300
Windows 7 64 Bit
4.00 GB Ram
Intel Pentium(R) Dual Core E 5700 @ 3.00 GHZ
I'm looking to keep the GFX card under $150.00. The power supply I will spend what ever I have to on but like to keep the price to a min.
I have two 2GB sticks of ram (whatever came with the system). I have 2 extra slots a total of 4. What will work the best as far as adding more ram? Is it better to have a two slots filled with higher ram or does it matter if I just add a couple sticks to the empty ones I have. Hope that made sense. What is a good amount of ram to have?
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500 to 600 watt would be good. 4-8gb of ram is good. If you plan on adding more its better to have all the same ram.
Newegg.com - EVGA 01G-P3-1556-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) FPB 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card I would recommend a 560 but since u said under 150 dollars this would be good for nvidia
Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100315L Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity Alot of people have this card and has good reviews
For Psu Newegg.com - CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply
Newegg.com - EVGA 01G-P3-1556-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) FPB 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card I would recommend a 560 but since u said under 150 dollars this would be good for nvidia
Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100315L Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity Alot of people have this card and has good reviews
For Psu Newegg.com - CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply
Good choices on the GFX cards. Way high on the PSU, though.
Newegg.com - Antec BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
$70 + $3 shipping
RAM runs in dual channels so it is best to fills the matching banks with like size and speed sticks. Your motherboard will run all your RAM at the speed of the slowest stick so try to use all the same speed.
That one isn't 10% off as it is not one of the "select" PSUs listed. This one is, though:
Newegg.com - OCZ ZS Series 650W 80PLUS Bronze High Performance Power Supply compatible with Intel Sandy Bridge Core i3 i5 i7 and AMD Phenom
$80 - 10% = $72 w/$20 MIR card, free shipping. It's not modular, though. There's none under it on the list that I would put in my computer.
Never count the rebate off the price when you are figuring costs. It's too easy to miss sending it in, or to do it wrong. That's why I will post the price and then the rebate... full disclosure. So the Corsair would be:
$95 - $10 (w/ promo code EMCJHJG54, ends 12/19) = $85 w/$15 MIR card, free shipping.
Newegg.com - OCZ ZS Series 650W 80PLUS Bronze High Performance Power Supply compatible with Intel Sandy Bridge Core i3 i5 i7 and AMD Phenom
$80 - 10% = $72 w/$20 MIR card, free shipping. It's not modular, though. There's none under it on the list that I would put in my computer.
Never count the rebate off the price when you are figuring costs. It's too easy to miss sending it in, or to do it wrong. That's why I will post the price and then the rebate... full disclosure. So the Corsair would be:
$95 - $10 (w/ promo code EMCJHJG54, ends 12/19) = $85 w/$15 MIR card, free shipping.
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buy any corsair with corsairPSU15 code for 15% off until 12/18
then it would be 95 - 14(code) - 15(MIR) = 66
650 watts is a bit more than you need, though...
then it would be 95 - 14(code) - 15(MIR) = 66
650 watts is a bit more than you need, though...
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