Alright, so my friend let me have one of his old graphics cards and I figured anything is better than my pos onboard video card. It was a GeForce GS 8400 and when I tried to install it, my computer powered on for less than a second, then shut off. So my initial reaction was that it was a power supply issue, but I'm not sure. Here's the specs of my system.
Motherboard: Asus M4A785-M
Processor: AMD Dual Core Athlon X2 245
Power Supply: Rosewill RV2-600(it says 600W, who knows if its right)
Optical Drive: LiteOn 24x Internal CD/DVD Writer
RAM: 2x 2GB GSkill DDR2
Hard Drive: 750 GB Seagate 7200 RPM
P.s. The computer still ran after taking out the video card, so that's why I thought it was a power supply issue.
I've done multiple of the online PSU output calculators and I've never used anymore than 400W total. So apparently this graphics card takes up 200W of power? I have no clue.
Motherboard: Asus M4A785-M
Processor: AMD Dual Core Athlon X2 245
Power Supply: Rosewill RV2-600(it says 600W, who knows if its right)
Optical Drive: LiteOn 24x Internal CD/DVD Writer
RAM: 2x 2GB GSkill DDR2
Hard Drive: 750 GB Seagate 7200 RPM
P.s. The computer still ran after taking out the video card, so that's why I thought it was a power supply issue.
I've done multiple of the online PSU output calculators and I've never used anymore than 400W total. So apparently this graphics card takes up 200W of power? I have no clue.