Thursday, April 26, 2012

Which power supply would go good with this video card upgrade....?

This is the video card that I am looking to buy.....XFX GT240XZNFC GeForce GT 240 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card - Retail its listed on newegg.com for 104.99



This is the computer i have.......eMachines ET1331G-03W with the specs listed on walmart.com



eMachines ET1331G-03W Desktop PC:



* 2.7GHz AMD Athlon II X2 dual-core processor powers through productivity tasks with ease

NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE graphics deliver best-in-class performance and crisp, vibrant video

* 6GB DDR2 dual channel system memory, expandable to 8GB

Allows you to coast through multiple rigorous applications while watching a movie on your PC all at the same time

* 750GB SATA hard drive rated at 7200 rpm



I am pretty sure that this computer will take that video card no problem as i seen on another forum that my computer has a pci express 2.0 x16 slot on it. So which power supply from newegg would work with this setup?|||That GT 240 card has a 350W minimum power supply rating - and your cpu isn't very power hungry. Using the rule of thumb to have at least 100W cushion, any 450W or higher power supply would be reasonable.



This $30 one is well rated (460W)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…|||A PSU of 500W would probably work but if you are still going to buy one, I would suggest to buy a 600W PSU to avoid any problems.|||Smart guy - he knows he needs a bigger PS!



OK - I buy all my hardware at www.newegg.com



This link:



http://www.newegg.com/Store/ComboDeals.a…



is a section of there store that sells "married pairs" of power supply's and video cards... This is probably the biggest hardware supplier on the internet; they know what they are doing.



My advice is to either buy a pair, or at least get ideas from what they offer.



GL

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