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buying a new graphics card

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by dreamer2, Sep 8, 2006.

  1. dreamer2

    dreamer2 Regular member

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    dreamer2 Regular member

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    can u please help me to find a good power supply more than 450W that fits into my desktop because the one i found micro atx is not more than 350 and 7600 just requires 350 , may be my computer shut down with that.can i use other brand of psu that fits into my case or only micro atx.
     
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    Afaik there are only microATX PSUs up to 350W. There may be very specialist ones that do more, but I haven't seen any I'm afraid.
     
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    AND CAN I USE ATX instead of micro or then i have to change case.and will 350 will be fine with 7600gs
     
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    I have a 300 watt powersupply to run another pc which has a 7600gt. It works flawlessly. Running, 1 sata hd, pentiuim 4 2.8 ht, mediacard reader, floppy drive, dvd burner, cd burner, 2 gigs of corsair xms ram, a creative audio card, and the 7600gt.
     
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    dreamer we are not trying to scare you into buying a new psu. buy the card and try it, if during a gaming session your pc shuts down/resets for no apparent reason it will most likly be that the gpu is not getting enough power. i havent looked in to those psu's but if you cant get one that you want try something like this, FSP booster x3 (google it)its a secondary power supply for people who need more power (and cant replace there psu) for gpus or want to stablise there system when overclocking.

    http://www.fspgroup.co.uk

    im sure other companys do a product that does this aswel
     
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    thanks for device. i wil look into it . first i will try without any change but my current psu is 220W. but the device says for pci. i have agp/
     
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    i think, and im sure some one will correct me if im wrong, that the power conector on the top of an agp is the same as a pci one. i hope it is or i also might need to get a new psu or some kind of molex convertor.
     
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    The connector is the same for some AGP and PCI express cards, but often big cards use what's known as a "PCI express power connector" which is different. You can buy cheap adaptors though.
     
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    can u tell me the weblink where i c an find cheap . all i found were pretty expensive.
     
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    The big question is, do you want the system to work? Buy cheap, buy twice.
     
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    Good quote, oh and by the way, afterdawn has corrupted the URL you posted for your power supply, can you try re-posting it?
     
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    For $150, it has to be a 7600GT really EDIT
    Go with the Leadtek.
     
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    Edit: excuse my forgetfulness, I posted a PCIe link!
     
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    Its ok, you got me really exicted for that deal. I was like WOW i cant believe i missed that. But what are your opinons on the ones i posted?
     
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    Yeah the Leadtek one is very good. The 7600 series isn't fast enough to make use of 512MB of memory, and the GS is far slower than the GT.
     
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    Thank I put myself on the waitinglist. Appreciate your input.
     

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