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JvBoss

22-10-08, 14:51

The Graphics card

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/AGP/ATI+Radeon+3000+Series/Sapphire+ATI+Radeon+HD+3650+512MB+AGP+?productId=3 3233

My motherboard
http://www.xxxxxxxxxx/fx/techinfo.php?itm_code=FOXMOT004

Can I use this graphics card on my motherboard?
How much power would I need?
300W enough?

wonderlust

22-10-08, 14:53

The card will fit, but we need to know more about your 300w psu, is it a "free" one that came with your case or a branded one?

marsey99

22-10-08, 17:18

i think it will work but i wouldnt want to have it powering mine for long.

JvBoss

22-10-08, 22:26

my Power supply is actually 400W Golden Silent
http://www.***********.co.uk/(15477)ColorsIT-400W-Gold-Silent-PSU-12cm-fan.aspx

So that graphics card would run perfectly on my system, plus I might add 2GB RAM 400 Mhz on it and it
http://www.************/Product.aspx?WebProductId=217959&Product=2Gb+(2X1Gb)+Corsair+Value+Select+DDR+PC320 0+(400)%2c+184+Pins%2c+Non-ECC+Unbuffered%2c+CAS+3-3-3-8

buy a Athlon 64 socket 754

http://cgi.****.co.uk/AMD-Athlon-64-3400-2-2-GHz-1M-L2-Socket-754-CPU-Rare_W0QQitemZ350110446564QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item 350110446564&_trkparms=72%3A1300%7C39%3A2%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C 240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

and in the future maybe another 150-300 GB hard drive.

Is that all correct and would 400W power supply be enough? (if the hard drive makes a big difference, just ignore it, by that time I will have a recent PC).

Thanks

*links not working, sorry, my bad...

JvBoss

22-10-08, 22:50

By the way forgot to say that my operating system is windows xp professional Service pack 3, its all good right?

marsey99

23-10-08, 00:42

yep

JvBoss

23-10-08, 02:02

woohoo! can upgrade my computer with no problems! thanks for the help marsey99 :)

marsey99

23-10-08, 02:35

like i said above that i think a 300w unit would work, a 400w should hav no trouble but after looking into that unit more i would make sure that the air coming out the psu is not hot(im not talking searing pain hot but warmer than your breath hot) as this indicates your psu internals are very hot and it being a cheapo unit (£15) its not going to have top drawer internals that are rated for those temps.

as it gets warmer the output of power will lessen and will cause other (seemingly) unrelated issues.

im <3ing brackets tonight, interesting :)

JvBoss

23-10-08, 18:30

is that good or bad?

SIMON11

23-10-08, 19:13

JvBoss

23-10-08, 21:18

what the...! it worked fine before! ...

JvBoss

23-10-08, 21:19

try again

http://www.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/fx/techinfo.php?itm_code=FOXMOT004

JvBoss

23-10-08, 21:19

seems fine now :S

wonderlust

23-10-08, 21:55

I would remove that post!

it was changed due to the forum rule of not linking to competitors websites! :D

marsey99

23-10-08, 22:05

and the change made it worse or better?
:chairfall:

hmm link to competetion or pr0n???

wonderlust

23-10-08, 22:07

and the change made it worse or better?
:chairfall:

hmm link to competetion or pr0n???

yeah the porn link was quite amusing ;)

SIMON11

23-10-08, 22:13

Working o/k now! Ha! Ha! Changing good links to porn? Tut! Tut!

jonwoad

24-10-08, 08:19

ooops... my bad... changed them all now, please dont link to competitors.

wonderlust

24-10-08, 08:23

was still quite amusing ;)