RogerForrester
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You see, my dad got some sucky low-end presario computer and it sucks for playing games. Horrible built in video thingy and it only has PCI slots.
Our old computer broke. We thought it was the power supply. So we got a new power supply. It still didn't work and I found out that my graphics card was overpowering the power supply. So I got a new graphics card that didnt require as much power and now it works fine.
But now I can't play any new games. I was wondering, do I get a new higher wattage power supply and a new AGP 8x graphics card so I can play games? Would that be the best option? Only problem is these power supplies I've seen so far are big and don't seem to fit in the designated slot for it. I haven't really look very much though. Would it work if I just taped a big one up there? Or perhaps buy a new computer case?
Another problem is that the processor is only a 1.7 pentium 4. Is that good enough if I only played games on the computer and nothing else? It has 40 gig hard drive and "currently" 256 ram but can add more (512).
Our old computer broke. We thought it was the power supply. So we got a new power supply. It still didn't work and I found out that my graphics card was overpowering the power supply. So I got a new graphics card that didnt require as much power and now it works fine.
But now I can't play any new games. I was wondering, do I get a new higher wattage power supply and a new AGP 8x graphics card so I can play games? Would that be the best option? Only problem is these power supplies I've seen so far are big and don't seem to fit in the designated slot for it. I haven't really look very much though. Would it work if I just taped a big one up there? Or perhaps buy a new computer case?
Another problem is that the processor is only a 1.7 pentium 4. Is that good enough if I only played games on the computer and nothing else? It has 40 gig hard drive and "currently" 256 ram but can add more (512).
