PSU Upgrade on HP

vasiberianhusky · 08-26-2009, 08:26 AM

I currently have a desktop with the following specs:

HP m7750n, AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+, 2.60 GHz, 3 Gb RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

I've only updated the extra 1Gb of RAM and added the NVIDIA card. It's slowed down a lot since I've installed the video card and even the previous video card I installed. I'm wondering if upgrading my current PSU would help boost performance at all. It's currently got a 300W PSU I believe. It's in some dire need of cleaning as well so I think that may have something to do with it as well. Any suggestions?

**Tyree** · 08-26-2009, 09:13 AM

A higher wattage quality PSU is certainly needed. Get a quality PSU and if the performance doesn't pick up you can look for a resolution.

vasiberianhusky · 08-26-2009, 09:58 AM

Is there anything particular i need to look for? Is any wattage ok? I don't want to fry anything by getting a PSU that's too big

**Tyree** · 08-26-2009, 11:20 AM

You can't overpower. 400W is the minimum requirement for the 8800GT.
The CORSAIR 650TX is a very good deal at $99.99 w/free shipping.

08-26-2009, 08:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
vasiberianhusky Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: VA Posts: 6 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium SP1	PSU Upgrade on HP I currently have a desktop with the following specs: HP m7750n, AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+, 2.60 GHz, 3 Gb RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT I've only updated the extra 1Gb of RAM and added the NVIDIA card. It's slowed down a lot since I've installed the video card and even the previous video card I installed. I'm wondering if upgrading my current PSU would help boost performance at all. It's currently got a 300W PSU I believe. It's in some dire need of cleaning as well so I think that may have something to do with it as well. Any suggestions?

08-26-2009, 09:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
Tyree Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: May 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 5,719 OS: XP Pro-7RC-Mandriva My System	Re: PSU Upgrade on HP A higher wattage quality PSU is certainly needed. Get a quality PSU and if the performance doesn't pick up you can look for a resolution. __________________ Posting your PC specs will help us to help you quicker and more efficiently.

08-26-2009, 09:58 AM	#3 (permalink)
vasiberianhusky Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: VA Posts: 6 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium SP1	Re: PSU Upgrade on HP Is there anything particular i need to look for? Is any wattage ok? I don't want to fry anything by getting a PSU that's too big

08-26-2009, 11:20 AM	#4 (permalink)
Tyree Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: May 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 5,719 OS: XP Pro-7RC-Mandriva My System	Re: PSU Upgrade on HP You can't overpower. 400W is the minimum requirement for the 8800GT. The CORSAIR 650TX is a very good deal at $99.99 w/free shipping. __________________ Posting your PC specs will help us to help you quicker and more efficiently.