Vid Card and power supply question

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Cypher220

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Alright, im finally deciding that i need to upgrade my graphics card. Although, its turning out to be a ton of work to make sure im getting something good and that its going to work. This is the first time i have changed anything in my computer, so im pretty nervous. But hopefully ill get it all worked out fine.

Pretty much ive decided that not only do i need to buy a new graphics card, I need a new power supply. Im just going to list off links to the graphics card and power supply on newegg, and my pc on amazon.

Power supply

Vid card

And my pc


Im just curious, are all these things compatible together? If yol cant tell me, how would i find out? I just dont want to buy these only to figure out that some cable is model .2334 instead of model .2335 (exagerating, but you get the point).

Also, i believe that that vid card is somewhat big. I have a somewhat normal sized case, but how do i make sure that it will fit? I think one of the reviews mentioned the non-black edition to be 10.5', and i would think that the black edition would be the same length. But how do i make sure?

I learn by trial and error, but this really isnt something i want to go through the error phase with. Any help yol can give would be really great. Thx in advance!
 
hi, you have intergrated graphics, so just disable it in the bios. Your pc supports PCI-Express x16 so has a 2gb/s bus speed. what is your graphics card budget? if you can afford around the $200 I would recommened ATI-4870 or Nvidia GTX 260, you will also need around 650w - 700w power supply and yes they are big cards, so make sure you get the exact measurements before buying a card to make sure it will fit in your case.
 
BoBBYI986 said:
hi, you have intergrated graphics, so just disable it in the bios. Your pc supports PCI-Express x16 so has a 2gb/s bus speed. what is your graphics card budget? if you can afford around the $200 I would recommened ATI-4870 or Nvidia GTX 260, you will also need around 650w - 700w power supply and yes they are big cards, so make sure you get the exact measurements before buying a card to make sure it will fit in your case.
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He doesn't need as high as 650W, then it must be a very very cheap one.
I run smoothly with my GTX260 on a cheap 550W power supply:-)

But very good graphics cards:-)
 
Eventhough a cheap power supply will work, but how efficient will it be??

I'll never advise to buy a cheap power supply. Before I had bought a cheap PSU and it bricked my graphics card. Later on, I found that my gfx card was not getting enough power from the power supply. It had ran for about 6 months,then it died.

I strongly advise to buy a good PSU atleast 600w, some recommended brands:
OCZ
Thermaltake
PC Power & Cooling

if your building a new pc, never buy a generic PSU...

cheeers
 
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